A very different day to yesterday's rather dark & chilly ESE wind, which was strong enough to give white horses and made 7C seem distinctly cold.

Today a very light ENE descending from the moors to the south of Camborne, prolonged sunshine & a maximum of 9.8C. Already back to 7.0C (16:50).

Forecast & synoptic setup similar, weather very different. With the sunshine & light winds it felt so much warmer. Coffee on the sea front leaning against a granite wall made warm in the sunshine.

Unusually good visibility for an E, the air obviously didn't originate over the continent.

Also of note was the swell with a 20 second period which arrived at noon. Only small but perfectly formed. https://magicseaweed.com/Sennen-Surf-Report/4/ I know MagicSeaweed says 18secs, but I watched the webcam at 13:00 when it first arrived and made it a good 20 seconds. It must have originated off the east coast of America.

Not the humid warm sunshine of 3rd, but a still a decent sunny day. Shame there are no official stations on the south Cornwall coast. The only low level coastal station now is Bude, and that's on the north coast, so often very different to Falmouth or Penzance. Newquay is actually St Mawgan airfied, about 300' & as windy and exposed as you can get.

Graham
Penzance

On 06/03/2021 17:19, Graham Easterling wrote:
Shame there are no official stations on the south Cornwall coast. The only low level coastal station now is Bude, and that's on the north coast, so often very different to Falmouth or Penzance. Newquay is actually St Mawgan airfied, about 300' & as windy and exposed as you can get.


Appreciate you'd prefer an official station, but presumably you are
aware of the NCI stations like:

https://www.nci.org.uk/stations/weat...nzance-station

Don't know how good its exposure is but the NCI stations are usually
pretty good - certainly the St Ives one is.

Same data in a different format also available on weatherlink.com at:

https://www.weatherlink.com/map/53da...9-d832eadcc365

Think that link should work, but best to have a (free) account at
weatherlink.com and check the map for nearby stations.

On Saturday, 6 March 2021 at 19:28:52 UTC, JGD wrote:
On 06/03/2021 17:19, Graham Easterling wrote:
Shame there are no official stations on the south Cornwall coast. The only low level coastal station now is Bude, and that's on the north coast, so often very different to Falmouth or Penzance. Newquay is actually St Mawgan airfied, about 300' & as windy and exposed as you can get.

Appreciate you'd prefer an official station, but presumably you are
aware of the NCI stations like:

https://www.nci.org.uk/stations/weat...nzance-station

Don't know how good its exposure is but the NCI stations are usually
pretty good - certainly the St Ives one is.

Same data in a different format also available on weatherlink.com at:

https://www.weatherlink.com/map/53da...9-d832eadcc365

Think that link should work, but best to have a (free) account at
weatherlink.com and check the map for nearby stations.

Yes, I'm aware of those thanks.

Also there's John Chappell's Lands End site
https://www.landsendweather.info/
Bosullow between Penzance & Pendeen
https://www.greatbosullow.net/

My issue really is that there are so few official stations these days that the warmest / coldest / wettest places lists are pretty meaningless. In Cornwall Bude keeps coming out near the top because it no longer has any competition!

You also get the ridiculous situation where Camborne is given as recent weather in Penzance on the MetO site, when they are on opposite coasts & there are times in Spring when there can be close to 10C difference in the maximum temperature, if the onshore coast is plagued by mist or low cloud.

I was a bit involved in trying to get the Penzance station restarted. It was a lost cause, the goal posts kept moving. The Cornishman followed the depressing story. It was sadly closed just after I pointed out that the reported minimum temperatures were far too low. I got a nice, thorough reply explaining the problem. I expected the equipment to be replaced, but the cheaper option was chosen . .

Graham
Penzance

On 06/03/2021 19:53, Graham Easterling wrote:

Yes, I'm aware of those thanks.

Also there's John Chappell's Lands End site
https://www.landsendweather.info/
Bosullow between Penzance & Pendeen
https://www.greatbosullow.net/

OK, good. On the weatherlink.com map I can also see in the immediate
area: one behind Mousehole; Marazion; Canon's Town; and Townshend.
(Before moving round to Mullion etc)