Thread: Indian cyclone Category 4, "massive" and could be very bad news.
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Old October 11th 13, 06:24 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Indian cyclone Category 4, "massive" and could be very bad news.
On Friday, October 11, 2013 6:35:13 PM UTC+1, Dawlish wrote:
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/indi...#..Ulg19H1waM8

Lots of other information sources.

I've read more than 1 newspaper report which said waves could reach 3-4m. What?! As waves go that's nothing. After all it was larger than that in North Sea recently, at Sevenstones off Land's End anything a 5m swell occurs several times a year and the Cribbar reef at Newquay gets 8m at some point most years. The point is this is misinformation, it is the storm surge that could well be 3m. Now that is big.

Certainly looks like a very serious storm.

Anyway, here's a big Cornish wave:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckGbmXlCd_0

Here's more of a Cornish surge in the centre of Perranporth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aum7a9R10Bo during the now legendary March 2008 storm

Spot the difference

Graham
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