13th Jan 2020: Boats demand Attention!
The house adjoining mine is let out so I experience a succession of neighbours. The previous occupant was a young French man who acquired a...
Category: Diary Entry
2020 Diary Entries other than sailing trips …mainly for my own benefit
Jan. 14-15th: Storm Brendan
The first storm of the year, “Brendan” was a large, complex low pressure system which occupied much of the northwest Atlantic from Greenland to the...
Jan. 17th: Hurst Spit after Storm Brendan
Having been shocked by the erosion along Hurst Spit during my Christmas Day walk I thought I’d go and see how it had fared during...
Jan. 18th: Lepe Sunset
One of the few calm days of the year so far. After we’d closed up the station, and taken the keys to the office, I...
2020 – year seven!
At the start of the year I created a introductory page and underneath my Calendar cover image I wrote: “Let’s hope for more sailing in...
Jan. 20th: High Pressure!
The Met Office forecast chart for 00Z on Monday 20th January showed an anticyclone over southern England. The central pressure of about 1050mb would be...
Jan. 17th-25th: Tide Gauge Comparison
In assessing the tide height for the surge at around 02 gmt on the 15th January it was obvious that the Environment Agency’s Woolston Tide...
Feb. 9th: Storm Ciara closes NCI stations
An amber warning for wind on Sunday, 9th February, was issued ahead of storm Ciara, the second named storm of the year. On the Friday,...
Feb. 12th : Hurst Spit after Storm Ciara
I was curious to see what effect storm Ciara had had on Hurst spit. It turned out that the top of the spit was still...
Feb. 15th/16th: Storm Dennis
Another weekend, another named storm! Storm Dennis arrived on Saturday 15th February. I was on watch at NCI Stone Point and arriving there found that...