Is West Wales in for another Battering from the Forces of Nature?
The last battering we had from the weather a few weeks ago destroyed the seafront in Aberystwyth and made quite a mess of Borth and Ynyslas and resulted in us being evacuated from our house for the night. It looks as though it could all be repeated again this weekend.
The storm a few weeks ago was associated with a high tide of 5.5m. This weekend’s high tide is even bigger at a massive 5.7m and the forecast at the moment is for it to be accompanied by 40 knot winds and 5m swells. Could be time too batten down the hatches and hope the coasts of West Wales survive another onslaught from the Forces of Nature.
There isn’t much we can do about it though and true forecast may well change by the time the weekend rolls around – fingers crossed as we are supposed to be camping in it!!
Details
Saturday High Tides: 8:40am 5.6m and 9:01pm 5.3m
Sunday High Tides: 9:22am 5.7m and 9:43pm 5.2m
Winds looks set to be at their strongest on Saturday afternoon when the swell will reach a peak as well. At least the strongest winds and largest waves don’t coincide with the high tides this time, but this could of course change as the forecast improves the closer we get to the weekend.
Weekend Wind and Wave Forecast
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I noticed yesterday that the Golf Club had almost finished clearing the debris left from the last storm off the golf course. Not all of it, but the worst of it so that they could re-open and allow people to play a round of golf.
Let’s hope they don’t have to start all over again with the clear up next week.
Al.