Aldren Head desk

MARINE ZONE 14 · 28-MEMBER ENSEMBLE · RUN 06Z

Gale warning, two stations 06:00Z

Temperature ensemble

28 members, 10 days, degrees Celsius
161284
now+2d+4d+6d+8d+10d

Member Median 10th to 90th percentile Spread is the forecast, not noise: by day ten the members disagree by 7.2 degrees.

Confidence horizon

spread below 2 degrees

3.5 d

Median day 10
9.1 °C
Spread day 10
7.2 °C
Members
28
Run
06Z today

Past three and a half days the members disagree by more than two degrees, which is the point this product stops being a forecast and starts being a distribution.

Coastal warnings

in force
Gale Cape Weir, Port Aldren

Sustained 46 to 52 knots from the west, veering north-west overnight. Issued 05:40Z, in force to 22:00Z.

Swell Marine zone 14

Significant wave height 4.2 m, period 11 s. Small craft should remain in harbour.

Fog Fenmouth inshore

Visibility below 200 m expected between 02:00Z and 08:00Z as the airmass cools over the estuary.

Surface wind

station observations, 06:00Z
Aldren Head38 kt
Cape Weir52 kt
Fenmouth24 kt
Kirkwall17 kt
Brackenmoor12 kt
Thornhill9 kt
Port Aldren46 kt
Marsh End31 kt

A pennant is fifty knots, a full barb ten, a half barb five. The shaft points the way the wind is coming from, so the two amber stations are taking a westerly straight off the open water.

Precipitation

accumulation by type, millimetres
  1. +14.9
  2. +23.3
  3. +31.5
  4. +40.3
  5. +513.4
  6. +66
  7. +712.3
  8. +84
  9. +98.3
  10. +105.9

Rain Sleet Snow Frozen types only appear once the column cools, from day six.