Rain

Yet more deluges over the weekend - all very boring now. Where I was it was grey drizzly and cold all weekend.

There is a lot more shite waeather on the way up until the weekend, but there is some hope beyond that from the forecast charts that it'll become more settled. Still not much hope on the surfing front, bar the odd day here and there, but while there is high pressure nearby, at least it won't be raining.

Here'e the latest idea from the EC on what next week will be like.

Nice to see a journalist with some sense! http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/shortcuts/2012/jul/08/which-weather-forecast-to-believe?newsfeed=true

there's waves

The surf is looking nice right now. Not perfect but something to be getting along with.

The end of the forecast period offers feint hope of this crap weather ending with an all together different picture developing.
PLEASE LET IT BE

Blatant plage but hey ho

Oh dear, what can the matter be...

The wait goes on - this week we have whats known in the trade as a "cut off" low. A low that gets cut off from the typical west/east flow of the upper atmosphere and gets stuck. Depending on where they get stuck, they can be a blessing or a nightmare. This one gets stuck a tadge to the south-west of the UK and won't be moving til after the weekend - expect gash weather, gash waves and not a lot else.
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh - here's the 10 dayer.

Stone the crows

There might be some waves... Wahoo.
it wont be big and bouncy but enough to keep the crowds happy.
Just over a meter of swell with a light south easterly.

There hasn't been an awful lot to get excited about...

It's been months and months since a really nice chart reared it head, hence the blog's been sitting dormant waiting for something to happen. The upper trough that's been ruining everything surf and weatherwise is still there.



The yellows and reds show the position of the jetstream. It should be somewhere north of Scotland, but it isn't and its bringing rain and shit weather - Until it moves, there's unlikely to be any really good surf.

It's not moving away completely, BUT, it will slacken and arch its back on Wednesday or Thursday and the wind will turn offshore for 24 hours. So, there should be 2-3 foot of summery waves that are worthwhile. Grab it while you can, as the longer range is as grim as now.

Bonj

Hmm, it rained all day yesterday where I was. Loads of it. When i went to bed the night before it was raining, i got up and it rained, then rained all day and was even raining when i went to bed.
It's now spotting, and there is no real surf to speak of.
Some good potential at the weekend as another system moves in to bring more of the same.