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What a flat spell looks like on the charts....

Postby drowningbitbybit » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:21 am

For all those that ask how to read the charts, this is a textbook flat spell...

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(from the met office)

:(

Scotland might get a small wave later in the week, the east coast just about possibly (but we all know Im crap at the east coast...) but for almost everywhere.... FLAT.

C'mon hurricane season, get blowing.
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:22 am

In a week or two, once this flat spell is over, this short introduction to pressure charts will continue with "The Perfect Hurricane Swell" :wink: :surfing:
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Postby greg@hoodatsurfco » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:29 am

i would have liked to be in the Caribbean this last week or so with a big wave gun ;)
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Postby Chris369 » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:16 am

I got two weeks off from work and it's flat everywhere :( Hopefully next week will be a little better.
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:25 am

Um.... not looking good for that week either. :(

Admittedly you never can tell that far in advance, but that looks like a pretty stationary high pressure. No sign of it going anywhere as far as the charts will go. This flat flat flat spell might well last for quite a while :bang:
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Postby surferdude_scarborough » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:39 am

feck! im going to cornwall on thursday.
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Postby Laguna » Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:05 am

This flat spell is peeing me right off. Its funny how we cant get the sun and waves at the same time. Either one or the other.
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Postby northswell » Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:44 am

Just getting set for an East Coast overnighter. Not flat oop here.

Weekend fun too by the looks. Got to love those Atlantic Highs, set to stay for a while too, bound to be wrong now i've said that, but a slow start to the SW hurricane season.
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Postby O_Danny_Boy » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:44 pm

i cant remember the last we got a high pressure block like this

look at the fu/cker, sitting there

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Postby brummie » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:16 pm

bank holiday monday there were flat spells at croyde but it also threw up some decent sized waves
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Re: What a flat spell looks like on the charts....

Postby MrJoe » Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:57 am

It's bloody typical isn't it! I've booked a trip to south of France for late next week! :( :(

drowningbitbybit wrote:
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I understand the high and low pressure bit; but what's the red and blue bobble lines for? :?
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Re: What a flat spell looks like on the charts....

Postby drowningbitbybit » Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:08 am

MrJoe wrote:I understand the high and low pressure bit; but what's the red and blue bobble lines for? :?


Bobble lines? Stop dazzling me with your technical jargon! :wink:

Blue lines are a cold front, red lines are a warm front. Blue lines are usually (but not always) associated with rain.

There's more to it than that, but thats where it turns into weather forecasting rather than surf forecasting.


If you really want to know.... weather bobbles
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Postby Big Man » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:19 pm

Dammit i'm off work next week too. I want waves, and DBBB, if you don;t give me some i'll throw a tantrum! :o
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:28 pm

Not sure if you can get any flatter than 'flat', but next week is looking even flatter! :bang:
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Postby northswell » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:46 pm

Have a Holiday on the East Coast, Whitby is nice, and there will be waves.
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Postby Milo » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:32 pm

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :roll:
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Postby fzlogik » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:49 pm

Milo wrote:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :roll:


Werd. It's so frustrating! :(

I've been checking all the forecasts I can (BBC, MagicSeaweed and SurfCore). MSW has the longest-range pressure charts. If they're anything to go by (probably not... can't trust any forecast more than a few days, I guess), it looks like the high-pressure spot is starting to move away on Monday: http://magicseaweed.com/UK-Ireland-MSW-Surf-Charts/1/pressure/in/.

Well, nothing we can do about it, so maybe it's just a great time to enjoy the great weather, cook a few barbeques and get some chores done and out of the way (more time to head out when the swells come back). :)
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Postby O_Danny_Boy » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:04 pm

ive been spending as much quality time with the girlfriend as i possibly can in preperation for the constant nagging im gonna recieve over the winter :blah: :blah: :blah:
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Postby Sillysausage » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:50 pm

northswell wrote:Have a Holiday on the East Coast, Whitby is nice, and there will be waves.


I won't need a holiday i'm moving there on the 9th of September (well to South Tyneside) hope there will be waves!!
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:06 am

fzlogik wrote:I've been checking all the forecasts I can (BBC, MagicSeaweed and SurfCore). MSW has the longest-range pressure charts. If they're anything to go by (probably not... can't trust any forecast more than a few days, I guess), it looks like the high-pressure spot is starting to move away on Monday:


:( Nope, it'll still be there on monday.

This site goes the furthest foward that I know of (almost into the realms of fantasy, but this is a pretty easy one to pridict) and this is what it looks like NEXT thursday...
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Still flat! :bang:


BUT, it is beginning to finally break down at last :?

So... maybe some swell for the weekend of the 8th.... please....
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