Graham Easterling wrote:

On Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 12:22:12 PM UTC, Norman Lynagh wrote:
Graham Easterling wrote:



Just wondered if this gets more views than my other post!


Graham
Penzance

Well, yes it has. Proving fake sensationalism doesn't just work
for the Express.

A gust of 78mph, but peak wind speed was a F9, in the most exposed
spots. The normal few branches lying around, and some of the
people who insist on putting up wooden fences in W Cornwall have
learnt the "Error of their Ways", which is a great track by
Wishbone Ash circa 1971, tremendous on vinyl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9mYeGhn1TA One of my favourite
ever tracks. Sorry, I've drifted.

The sea conditions are quite spectacular
https://www.atlanticcottageholidays....from-sennen-co
ve/

Graham
Penzance


The GWAM model tells me the significant wave height just off the
north coast of West Cornwall is currently close to 6m. Quite
impressive given it's not an oceanic fetch.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr

Yes, I was surprised to see 25' at Sevenstones this morning, I
certainly didn't expect that. Very rough yes, but not such a swell.
Perhaps an oceanic swell got mixed in with the more locally generated
waves. It's certainly very messy.

It's low tide in 2 hours, and there are still wave setup surges
almost up to what should be high tide mark. You need to be careful
strolling along the beach.

Graham
Penzance

The model says that there's wind waves of 5.5m from 330° with a period
of 9 sec and a 2.0m swell from 290° with a 13 sec period.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr

On 27/01/2019 14:14, N_Cook wrote:
On 27/01/2019 12:40, Graham P Davis wrote:
On 27/01/2019 09:49, Keith Harris wrote:
On Sunday, 27 January 2019 09:43:32 UTC, Graham EasterlingÂ* wrote:
Wind speed of 78mph made it a hurricane in the north Cornish resort.
Strongest wind ever recorded by someone . .

(Just wondered if this gets more views than my other post!)

Best not to mention hurricane force gusts - as they don't exist.

Graham
Penzance

Sounds like winter has woken up.


Wondering whether the excess heat in the Gulf Stream is energising these
depressions beyond normal; the pressure pattern we're seeing does seem
to match up with what would be expected from that scenario.


Processing NOAA SST monday and thursday anomaly plots putting numeric
values to the 6 Atlantic sea areas, current and previous month) selected
regarding the paper (URL below) for storms affecting the Channel
approaches. From last thursday processing , value of 42 below the value 50
which tends to be the cut-off value to predict,about 1 week before,
storms for the UK (exception being Eleanor).

I haven't looked at the paper yet but I'll try soon. I'm just going on
what I learnt at the long-range-forecast conference fifty years ago.
Don't tell me it's out-of-date, I've heard that before. I've also seen
recent discoveries and inventions that I knew about fifty years ago.
Ignoring the past seems to be common these days.

The anomaly charts I look at are these daily ones which show more
structure. For some time, they have been showing an unusual structure
south of Greenland which suggests a new density current might have
developed.

The daily SST chart shows a sharp temperature gradient there but, of
course, I can't say which way the current would flow. I suspect it's
from west to east but if the cold pool to the north is particularly low
salinity, it could be the reverse. Just looking at the SST chart
suggests to me that a cold flow has broken away from the Davis Strait
area and contrast with the warmer waters to the south means that a warm
current has been induced to the south of it. Don't know whether this is
the indicator of a long-term change in North Atlantic currents or just a
temporary thing.

Here's the link to the hi-res SST and anomaly charts:
http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/sst/rtg_high_res/


--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Web-site: http://www.scarlet-jade.com/
With great power comes great electricity bill.
OS: Linux [openSUSE Tumbleweed]

On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 03:49:19 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling wrote:



Just wondered if this gets more views than my other post!


Graham
Penzance

Well, yes it has. Proving fake sensationalism doesn't just work for the Express.

A gust of 78mph, but peak wind speed was a F9, in the most exposed spots. The normal few branches lying around, and some of the people who insist on putting up wooden fences in W Cornwall have learnt the "Error of their Ways", which is a great track by Wishbone Ash circa 1971, tremendous on vinyl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9mYeGhn1TA One of my favourite ever tracks. Sorry, I've drifted.


Go down to the fishing boats and you can hear them playing Throw Down the Swordfish.


--
Regards, Paul Herber
http://www.paulherber.co.uk/