Foggy, foggy dew

[zoidberg]

Hands up those who were surprised by seafog in the waters of SW Wales and England this morning/Monday..... and wil be surprised again later on this evening.

 

[FairweatherDave]

Good one. Not surprised....Chichester conservancy tipped me off via their weekly e mail. Quite spectacular lighting on Sunday.....mist rather than heavy fog,. ... more impressed by the pleasant swimming conditions..........summer! Nice. And in the evening the most windless conditions I have ever had my sails up in........seriously mocked by my wife for mentioning the spinnaker! But a pleasant drift back down the Emsworth channel with the tide.

 

[johnalison]

The Foggy Foggy Dew is a metaphor for virginity, which makes the words of the folk song a bit more meaningful.

 

[Bristolfashion]

I had a moment of panic when the warning suddenly popped up just before we left - thankfully, not where we were sailing

 

[zoidberg]

Aye, 'johnalison', that it is.... for those few of us old enough to remember 19th century folk music!

I s'pose my post was a kind of reminder that 'we' ought to be able to anticipate the onset of seafog - of whatever flavour - from our own direct observations and seamanship.
As I remember, there are certain areas around our coasts especially prone to such inconvenient phenomona, due to seasonal upwelling of cold water.... and the seasonal advection of warm air from the adjacent land.

Shouldn't take us by surprise....

 

[longjohnsilver]

We went out early yesterday from Exmouth. I honestly can’t say I was that surprised at the Misty/foggy conditions in early September with hot calm weather forecast.
It turned out to be our best day at sea this year, along with one off my most successful dives in 40 years. A perfect day out.

 

[RobbieW]

The Foggy Foggy Dew is a metaphor for virginity, which makes the words of the folk song a bit more meaningful.

Curious, I've long associated the foggy dew with the Dublin Easter rising thanks to the Chieftans and Sinead

 

[RobbieW]

As I remember, there are certain areas around our coasts especially prone to such inconvenient phenomona, due to seasonal upwelling of cold water.... and the seasonal advection of warm air from the adjacent land.

See also the northern coast of Portugal

 

[capnsensible]

See also the northern coast of Portugal

For similar reasons, same same in the Gibraltar Straits.

 

[zoidberg]

And, closer to home, just west of the Channel Isles.... and north of the islands running E-W between Ouessant and the Breton mainland.

 

[Sandy]

Having just got back to Plymouth from the east coast, where the haar was prevalent, not in the slightest.

 

[Gary Fox]

Aye, 'johnalison', that it is.... for those few of us old enough to remember 19th century folk music!

I s'pose my post was a kind of reminder that 'we' ought to be able to anticipate the onset of seafog - of whatever flavour - from our own direct observations and seamanship.
As I remember, there are certain areas around our coasts especially prone to such inconvenient phenomona, due to seasonal upwelling of cold water.... and the seasonal advection of warm air from the adjacent land.

Shouldn't take us by surprise....

Spot on Zoidberg, I remember you gently chastising me for not predicting it when I came up the Chenal du Four in May a couple of years ago. Going into L'Aber Wrach in a white-out with an invisible bowsprit, I lost my way and nearly lost Marihøna and maybe my self.
Same thing happened entering the Needles, but by then I was totally 'blasé' , 'bring it on, been there done that..'
(Edit, the log book entry for that day 11th May 2016 in the CdF has a large skull and crossbones at the edge and I meant it.)

 

[zoidberg]

That's an area which, in flash fog, is a renowned killer. The old Breton fishing communities have folk songs about it.
Next time down that way, have a long hard look at the Plateau de la Helle. If you get in there in flash fog, GPS and radar will not be of much help. Then think of fisherfolk in times past, no engines, when the winter wind shifts and the fog clamps down....

'Chante ta chanson. Chante, bonne vieille. La lune s'eleve et la mer s'eveille.'
( Sing your song. Sing, old woman. The moon arises and the sea awakes. )

 

[Gary Fox]

That's an area which, in flash fog, is a renowned killer. The old Breton fishing communities have folk songs about it.
Next time down that way, have a long hard look at the Plateau de la Helle. If you get in there in flash fog, GPS and radar will not be of much help. Then think of fisherfolk in times past, no engines, when the winter wind shifts and the fog clamps down....

'Chante ta chanson. Chante, bonne vieille. La lune s'eleve et la mer s'eveille.'
( Sing your song. Sing, old woman. The moon arises and the sea awakes. )

It's warm and sunny here, but that sent an actual shiver down my spine.