JAStewart Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Anyone seen the mael beach with a tide this high? http://www.jastewart.co.uk/Mael.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted August 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Where the furthest wave it just cracking is where the sea usually is.. well, whenever i've been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgegulper Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Could just be an abnormally high tide. Wouldn't put it in the news section though I would have thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 When was it taken? It was a full moon yesterday. Always does odd things. Usually involving me getting drunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted August 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Yup, yesterday 9pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdal Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Low atmospheric pressure yesterday too.It's generally reckoned that a 1" drop on the barometer will allow the sea level to rise by 1'. In metric, I think that's 100mb and 300mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 It's been a good westerly swell for several days, the break will typically run faster and harder, and ultimately further (if it can) with each additional day. Whether or not the actual height or the water surface is higher overall, it can often be raised coastally due to it being forced upwards by the coast and rapidly shallowing depth, so as to dissipate the additional energy it is carrying compared to normal. The effect is multiplied during most of the time the flood is running, as the energy of the wind and tide are combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted August 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 It was just weird to me. I did have a nice walk on the beach though. We found lots of onions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowe Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 Onions Mary... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdal Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g87/vaila2/bergen2.jpg Anyone familiar with the Bergen waterfront will recognise this. Shows the effect of spring tides and a prolonged westerly blow, March 2005. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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