Friday, 31 January 2014

Phenomenal Sea States

This autumn and winter have been almost constantly blown out for any diving. The powerful Atlantic jet stream has been steering low pressure systems across the UK like a conveyor belt, with rapid cyclogenesis spinning up deep low pressures which cause rough seas, in some cases 'phenomenal' sea state on the Douglas Scale has been reported off the southwest coast of England.

The sea is a rusty red colour where all the silt and sand has is in suspension, so any quiescence that does betide us will still be very poor in terms of visibility, and even any sign of more settled weather still seems like a dream, especially to everyone living in Somerset.