I was chatting to a friend yesterday about the weather we’ve been having recently. Whilst we’re all subject to limited memories or cloudy judgements, we were of the same opinion that the weather patterns have changed.
5-10 years ago you could pretty much rely upon SW’ly winds and swells during Sept-Oct-Nov, you could set your watch by them. They would form in the mid Atlantic, head our way and hit the South Coast along the Jurassic Coastline first, then creep ever northwards up the country. Every 2 weeks one would pass through, we’d have strong winds, temp drops to about 15C and then they’d blow over and the sun would come out and the swell would remain and the temps creep back to 17C.. We’d get this pattern every couple of weeks right up to December when we’d get a stonking Northerly and bitter icy blasts that would stay around until late Jan then Feb would be strong winds from the South East and cold..
Now, well we have none of it. We are of the opinion that the mid Atlantic storms aren’t coming our way anymore, but are much further North and hence hitting the upper middle part of the country, Northern Ireland and Southern Scotland. Thus leaving our part of the coastline with fickle and random wind angles and strengths. It’s been commented on by all my mates at some point during the Summer, some would make a random comment of the lack of swell, the lack of wind, the lack of ….
But todays more like early Autumn of years gone by, with one odd angle, and that is the wind angle. Its coming from the South East… it really ought to be the South West. And yet the temps are 15C according tot he car.. it’s all a bit blooming odd..
