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Expecting bad weather

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:46 pm
by garry&jill
I noticed that the barges and cranes are coming into shelter in Latsi/polis
today even the diggers are shoreside, so i'm expecting the winds to increase in the next couple of days
garry

Re: Expecting bad weather

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 5:50 pm
by PhotoLady
Yes, it is on its' way - I've been watching the weather in Malta and they've had 2 very windy days, which has caused the Azure Window on Gozo to completely collapse into the sea. It's gone now forever, one of nature's creations which she's just destroyed :-(

The forecast indicated the weather was headed in the direction of Rhodes....

Re: Expecting bad weather

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:15 pm
by Shogun
Coptic or Coincidence - Fact or Fiction
The Cyprus Coptic Equinox gale (El Hossum), an 8 day, South Westerly gale is due 10 March (+ /- 24hrs)

Re: Expecting bad weather

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:29 pm
by PhotoLady
I tend to take the Coptics with a pinch of salt.... a storm, is a storm, is a storm. Weather does strange things and that's about as much as we need to know ;-)

Re: Expecting bad weather

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:36 pm
by Mark
PhotoLady wrote: Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:29 pm I tend to take the Coptics with a pinch of salt.... a storm, is a storm, is a storm. Weather does strange things and that's about as much as we need to know ;-)
I have found over the years that the Coptic Storms/gales are very accurate.
The next few days of bad weather happen every year at about the same date, the Cypriots are great believers in the Coptic Charts.

Re: Expecting bad weather

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:05 pm
by PhotoLady
Well I've just looked back over my photos for the last 3yrs in March and there's nothing significant to report on dodgy weather...

Re: Expecting bad weather

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 6:35 am
by JimX
Mark/Lloyd, never in my time here have I ever found Coptic storm warnings reliable in any way.

Re: Expecting bad weather

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:48 am
by garry&jill
Not sure Devil will agree with you though

Re: Expecting bad weather

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:13 am
by JimX
Well they never work for me, I always think if they are on time it is pure coincidence.