Thursday
Weather
A very wet day, with strong SW’ly winds bringing persistent rain in the morning, and then fresh W’ly winds bringing frequent heavy showers in the afternoon. By the end of the day, we will probably have seen between 15 and 25mm of rainfall.
Surf and the Water
4-5 foot waves which will be reasonably good for surfers but probably best of all for windsurfers. The tide will be about 8.9m high at 7:50am (probably producing a few splashes on the west-coast road) and it will be about 2.4m low at 2:20pm.
Friday
Weather
A moderate to fresh NW’ly wind will bring us a proper cold day, with a succession of rain and hail showers and brief sunny intervals. We can only expect a shivery max temp of 8°C and there will be puddles aplenty, with about 10-20mm total precipitation.
Surf and the Water
Some very messy 6-8 foot waves on the west-coast, but possibly some clean 3-foot novelties to be found on the south coast. The tide will be about 8.6m high at 8:30am and it will be about 2.5m low at 2:50pm.
The Weekend
Weather
The low-pressure system that brought Friday’s heavy showers will pass directly overhead on Saturday, as it moves from the UK to France. This means that the wind direction will be rather random and difficult to forecast for most of the day, but it’s probably going to start out as a NW’ly and finish up as a NE’ly, ensuring that the cold theme is maintained into Sunday. Both days will have similarly dismal temperatures to Friday (possibly slipping up to 9°C if we get really lucky), but we should see a steady reduction in showers, probably frequent and heavy on Saturday, but isolated and light on Sunday.
Surf and the Water
Some pretty solid waves on Saturday (probably around 6 feet on the west coast). The quality of the waves is very uncertain though, because this depends of the nuances of the wind, as the depression passes overhead. Moving on to Sunday, the waves will probably be a bit smaller but they might just be big enough to break at some south coast spots, which is the only place where they will be at all clean. As for the tides, the highs will be mid-morning and the lows will be shortly before dusk.
Next Week
Weather
Monday and Tuesday will remain unsettled, with a new low pressure system moving from the Atlantic into the Bay of Biscay. The weather will probably be wet and windy through both days, but the SE’ly airflow should give us a slight recovery in temperature, reaching the dizzy heights 10°C. From Wednesday onward, the forecast is typically uncertain. However, early indications suggest that high-pressure will gradually build over the UK, possibly giving us a dry and sunny finish to the week.
Surf and the Water
It looks as though we will have lovely clean waves, if the wind comes from the expected direction. As for the wave heights, well that all depends on the winds in the mid-Atlantic. I think that it‘s very unlikely to go flat, but it probably won’t get any bigger than 4 feet. Medium-sized tidal movements throughout, with highs of between 7 and 8m.
The next forecast update will be with you on Friday evening…
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