Depending on which site you look at, the weekend forecast is either gonna be hot and sunny, or have scattered showers and thunder. BBC and Accuweather provide the positive ones, Wunderground and Weather.com forecast the nasty ones. Any ex-pats out there have any pointers as to which one I should be taking notice of?
2 days to go!
Tony
Message posted by ElaineK (Paxos) on 28 June 2006 at 8:12pm - IP Logged
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Someone once told me that he could tell what the weather was going to be like by how high the sea came up against the harbour wall. If it comes higher than normal, that means there's low pressure and bad weather on the way. If it's lower than normal, the opposite applies. So if you keep an eye on the sea level against the jetty on the webcam you'll probably have as much idea as anybody else
Elaine
Message posted by Sailor on 28 June 2006 at 8:48pm - IP Logged
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Unfortunately, there is no tide as such in the Mediteranean Sea. It does not have a High or Low Tide as we no it in the UK. The difference is so minute, probably less than a centimeter.
The best weather observation was discribed by MartynG. Something to do with the wind direction. If it is blowing from the South, the weather is going to be OK, if blowing from the North, expect a change. It might be round the other way, but I am sure MartynG will offer his knowledge once again.
Yeiamas, Chris.
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I am going on monday for a week, expecting good weather as I go at this time every year and so far has always been very very hot! Can't do much about it anyway, look at the bright side, even if it rains, it will be warm rain!
Message posted by ElaineK (Paxos) on 28 June 2006 at 11:16pm - IP Logged
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The water moves up and down about a foot with the air pressure. If the water suddenly goes up by a foot in about 10 minutes and you think it's such a nice day then just wait for an hour or two and a thunderstorm is sure to appear. When the water level raises fast then I know I have to go back to the house soon to batten down the hatches. The first thing is the sudden strong cold wind and then the roar of thunder and lightening.
You need some sort of marker on the harbour wall or the jetty. When the water is up to the tyres on the jetty at Agni then rain is coming. In the winter it sometimes goes up a further 6 inches and the storms are violent.
The same thing must happen in the UK but because of the tides you can't really see it. It's only because of the lack of tides that you see the affect of the air pressure in the Med.
Message posted by ElaineK (Paxos) on 01 July 2006 at 1:13am - IP Logged
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Sorry Chris - wrong way round: wind from the south eventually leads to thunderstorms; wind from the north, the weather will be fine, unless the Meltemi kicks in, in which case it will be very windy, but largely sunny, but you may get some rain.
Contrary to pobular belief, there is a tide around Corfu. According to my Admiralty Charts, the range is between .3 and .5 of a metre. This will be affected by the phases of the moon (springs and neeps) and atmospheric pressue. It's not very significant (certainly to shipping) and the tidal streams will not even register, but if you are on a yacht along side one of the jetties in Stephanos, it can make a difference!
Martyn
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I love getting off that plane and feeling the heat and sun smack me in the face!!!
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Many thanks Martyn for your explanation. I have actually been going through my books and charts after the initial question, and found similar wording as to what you have said above.
I was not sure about the winds as I said, but again thanks for pointing that out to me.
Of course, as I have said before, most, if not all of my sailing in the Med was aboard warships, so these figures would not be noticeable as much.
Thanks again Martyn.
Yeiamas, Chris.
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