aldivalloch Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Following on scolopax's post of 24th November.... I've just been looking at EMEC's website. EMEC has some wave-measuring devices sited just off the west coast of the Orkney mainland. At around 6.00 am yesterday morning (Sunday 27th Nov) one of them measured a wave of just over 40 metres in height. I'm glad I was at home in bed and not out at sea..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRamsay Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Following on scolopax's post of 24th November.... I've just been looking at EMEC's website. EMEC has some wave-measuring devices sited just off the west coast of the Orkney mainland. At around 6.00 am yesterday morning (Sunday 27th Nov) one of them measured a wave of just over 40 metres in height. I'm glad I was at home in bed and not out at sea..... I,ll bet you were glad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosshair Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 It was so windy here today one of my chickens on the yard laid the same egg four times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Following on scolopax's post of 24th November.... I've just been looking at EMEC's website. EMEC has some wave-measuring devices sited just off the west coast of the Orkney mainland. At around 6.00 am yesterday morning (Sunday 27th Nov) one of them measured a wave of just over 40 metres in height. I'm glad I was at home in bed and not out at sea..... Just been looking at that, does it not strike you as a bit odd that it was roughly 5-15 metre seas all day long but a sudden spike of 40+ metres? Would it not be a much bigger general wave height maybe 25 metre plus with the occasional 'big one'? 02.30 = less than 10 metre seas, 04.30 = 12 metre seas, 06.30 = 15 metre seas, 10.30 = 15 metre seas but at 08.30 40+ metres? Doesn't seem right to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldivalloch Posted November 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Yes, I saw that. But as you'll have seen from their site, EMEC is right at the forefront of the development of marine energy and their equipment is far too sophisticated to be telling porkies. Probably worth noting that at roughly the same time, a windspeed of just over 130 mph was recorded at Hammar Hill, Evie, on mainland Orkney. I know that the storm was at its height around 6.00 am as I was awake then, and thinking our bedroom window was going to cave in! Maybe the big wind was accompanied by the big wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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