Weather: Rough seas and swell heads-up

[simonjk]

Hi everyone,

Something we've not been used to for a few weeks is low pressure close to the UK.

So it's worth being aware that seas will be getting rough around western coasts of the UK, western and southern Ireland and the western Channel this weekend.

The charts below are from the sailing section at www.Weatherweb.net

First is predicted swell for 7am Saturday morning showing the main swells southern Ireland, NW France, but these spread into the southern Irish Sea through the day.

Next is midday Sunday with the swells now into the Irish Sea and affecting SW UK.

Then 12-hours later for 1am Monday morning with most western coasts and the western Channel experiencing rough seas, but look at the seas northwest of Ireland showing greater than 5.5m waves.

So the message for this weekend is beware, especially if your sailing in the western UK and Ireland.

Hope this is useful?

Keep the sun shining!

Simon

 

[Mariner69]

Thank you for that heads up

 

[simonjk]

Pleasure!

 

[bitbaltic]

Great stuff, our only cruising week of the year coming up (starting Saturday from Milford haven) I knew something would happen

That’s a 3.5 m swell at Milford heads Sunday lunchtime.....

 

[harry potter]

Not a good weekend to visit Alderney?

 

[Daydream believer]

Not a good weekend to visit Alderney?

View attachment 72332View attachment 72333View attachment 72334

Except one of those pictures at least was taken in Dec 2017
Current web cam of Alderney show flat calm

 

[johnalison]

Except one of those pictures at least was taken in Dec 2017
Current web cam of Alderney show flat calm

I assumed that it was intended to show what might happen.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Thanks Simon. Just what we wanted to hear with the Crinan shut and the only route west now round the Mull of Kintyre. We might find out just why cutting that canal was such a good idea.

 

[Sans Bateau]

Good luck to anyone who is ending their two weeks this weekend, heading back across the channel or back to Falmouth from Scilly. Some aspects of sailing I am quite pleased to say are in the past.

Sail safely, stay safe.

 

[Daydream believer]

I assumed that it was intended to show what might happen.

& my factual post was intended to show the current situation at the time of my post