The Times - UK (2022-04-09)

the times | Saturday April 9 2022 77

We a t h e r

Channel Islands

NORTH

SEA

CHANNEL

IRISH

SEA

ATLANTIC

OCEAN

Aberdeen

Glasgow Edinburgh

Carlisle

Newcastle

York

Manchester

Liverpool

Hull

Llandudno

Shrewsbury Nottingham

Sheffield

Norwich

Cambridge

Oxford

Bristol

Swansea

Cardiff

Plymouth

Exeter

Southampton

Brighton

London

Londonderry

Belfast

Galway

Dublin

Cork

Birmingham

CELTIC

SEA

Orkney Shetland

11

Tuesday

16

8

9

15

Aberdeen

Aberporth

Anglesey

Aviemore

Barnstaple

Bedford

Belfast

Birmingham

Bournemouth

Bridlington

Bristol

Camborne

Cardiff

Edinburgh

Eskdalemuir

Glasgow

Hereford

Herstmonceux

Ipswich

Isle of Man

Isle of Wight

Jersey

Keswick

Kinloss

Leeds

Lerwick

Leuchars

Lincoln

Liverpool

London

Lyneham

Manchester

Margate

Milford Haven

Newcastle

Nottingham

Orkney

Oxford

Plymouth

Portland

Scilly, St Mary’s

Shoreham

Shrewsbury

Snowdonia

Southend

South Uist

Stornoway

Tiree

Whitehaven

Wick

Yeovilton

Around Britain

Key: b=bright, c=cloud, d=drizzle, pc=partly cloudy

du=dull, f=fair, fg=fog, h=hail, m=mist, r=rain,

sh=showers, sl=sleet, sn=snow, s=sun, t=thunder

*=previous day **=data not available

Temp C Rain mm Sun hr*

midday yesterday 24 hrs to 5pm yesterday

Noon today

6 S 2.0 1.6

8 S 0.8 3.3

8 PC 0.0 4.4

3 C 5.0 2.9

10 S 0.0 **

9 S 0.6 **

5 S 0.0 6.1

9 PC 0.2 **

7 S 1.2 6.7

8 S 1.8 **

9 S 0.0 7.3

7 PC 5.6 6.1

10 S 1.8 8.4

7 C 1.4 1.6

7 S 0.0 1.4

8 S 0.0 3.5

8 PC 0.0 **

7 C 0.0 6.6

7 PC 2.0 4.7

8 PC 0.2 7.0

7 S 0.4 **

5 S 15.4 6.7

7 PC 0.0 **

7 S 3.0 4.5

7 C 0.2 **

5 PC 11.2 6.7

7 C 0.0 1.0

8 PC 0.0 2.5

9 S 0.0 **

9 S 0.0 7.1

7 C 0.4 4.5

8 S 0.2 3.2

8 C 0.0 0.0

9 S 1.4 **

7 C 0.0 **

8 PC 0.2 3.6

6 S 3.0 7.6

8 PC 0.0 **

8 C 8.8 **

6 S 5.2 **

8 S 13.0 **

8 C 0.0 8.6

9 PC 0.2 4.1

7 S 0.0 **

7 S 0.2 7.0

6 S 3.8 **

4 S 1.6 3.1

6 S 2.4 5.3

5 S 0.2 2.3

4 S 1.6 **

8 PC 1.8 8.3

The world

All readings local midday yesterday

Alicante

Amsterdam

Athens

Auckland

Bahrain

Bangkok

Barbados

Barcelona

Beijing

Beirut

Belgrade

Berlin

Bermuda

Bordeaux

Brussels

Bucharest

Budapest

Buenos Aires

Cairo

Calcutta

Canberra

Cape Town

Chicago

Copenhagen

Corfu

Delhi

Dubai

Dublin

Faro

Florence

Frankfurt

Geneva

Gibraltar

Helsinki

Hong Kong

Honolulu

Istanbul

Jerusalem

Johannesburg

Kuala Lumpur

Kyiv

Lanzarote

Las Palmas

Lima

Lisbon

Los Angeles

Luxor

Madeira

Madrid

Malaga

Mallorca

Malta

Melbourne

Mexico City

Miami

Milan

Mombasa

Montreal

Moscow

Mumbai

Munich

Nairobi

Naples

New Orleans

New York

Nice

Nicosia

Oslo

Paris

Perth

Prague

Reykjavik

Riga

Rio de Janeiro

Riyadh

Rome

San Francisco

Santiago

São Paulo

Seoul

Seychelles

Singapore

St Petersburg

Stockholm

Sydney

Tel Aviv

Tenerife

Tokyo

Vancouver

Venice

Vienna

Warsaw

Washington

Zurich

25 S

8 PC

22 S

19 B

29 S

33 PC

30 PC

19 S

18 S

20 M

19 S

8 B

23 B

17 S

8 PC

21 S

17 S

26 B

25 S

33 S

16 C

23 PC

6 R

6 PC

18 PC

39 S

40 S

8 PC

17 PC

18 B

6 R

13 SH

20 PC

5 B

26 S

29 B

15 PC

22 PC

19 PC

32 PC

** **

23 PC

22 PC

18 S

17 B

34 S

39 S

18 PC

12 PC

22 S

19 S

20 S

21 B

26 B

33 B

19 PC

33 PC

7 R

13 S

33 S

8 R

26 B

17 B

22 S

8 R

25 PC

23 PC

2 S

5 R

24 B

9 B

1 S

4 SH

26 B

33 S

18 PC

27 B

26 S

23 PC

15 S

31 PC

30 B

9 SH

1 SN

23 SH

22 PC

22 PC

19 PC

12 C

17 S

15 S

8 SH

11 R

13 SH

The Times weather

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Five days ahead

Largely dry in eastern

areas at first, otherwise

unsettled with scattered

showers or rain in places

Today Most places will stay dry with sunny spells, but a few showers in the north and east. Max 12C (54F), min -3C (27F)

Tides

Tidal predictions.

Heights in metres

Today Ht Ht

Aberdeen

Avonmouth

Belfast

Cardiff

Devonport

Dover

Dublin

Falmouth

Greenock

Harwich

Holyhead

Hull

Leith

Liverpool

London Bridge

Lowestoft

Milford Haven

Morecambe

Newhaven

Newquay

Oban

Penzance

Portsmouth

Shoreham

Southampton

Swansea

Tees

Weymouth

07:32 3.2 20:27 3.1

12:33 9.5 00:55 9.4

05:22 3.0 17:57 2.7

12:23 8.8 00:55 8.7

11:21 4.1 23:46 4.2

04:36 5.2 17:47 5.1

--:-- -- --:-- --

11:07 3.8 23:39 3.9

06:03 3.0 18:50 2.6

05:33 3.3 17:55 3.2

04:06 4.3 16:59 4.1

11:53 5.6 00:45 5.3

08:50 4.2 21:30 4.1

04:47 7.1 17:33 6.8

07:26 5.9 19:40 5.5

03:47 2.0 15:44 2.1

12:06 4.9 00:36 4.9

05:00 7.0 17:46 6.6

04:29 5.0 17:15 4.8

11:02 4.9 23:33 4.9

11:30 2.6 23:51 2.8

10:37 4.0 23:20 4.0

05:11 3.7 17:47 3.7

04:30 4.7 17:30 4.5

03:54 3.5 06:54 3.5

12:06 6.8 00:35 6.7

09:50 4.3 22:38 4.1

12:04 1.2 00:11 1.4

Synoptic situation

A weak ridge of high pressure

will drift slowly eastwards

through the day bringing largely

dry, settled conditions to most

of Britain and Ireland. A cool

northwesterly fl ow will bring

scattered showers across

Scotland and northern and

eastern England, wintry over

higher ground in Scotland. An

Atlantic front will push rain

into Ireland later in the night.

Highs and lows

24hrs to 5pm yesterday

Warmest: Usk, Gwent, 12.7C

Coldest: Shap,

Cumbria, -4.8C

Wettest: Jersey, 15.4mm

Sunniest: Charlwood,

Surrey, 8.6hrs*

Sun and moon

For Greenwich

Sun rises:

Sun sets:

Moon rises:

Moon sets:

Full moon: April 16th

Hours of darkness

Aberdeen

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Exeter

Glasgow

Liverpool

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Penzance

Sheffi eld

20:34-05:42

20:44-06:03

20:25-05:50

20:28-05:57

20:29-06:00

20:40-05:54

20:31-05:53

20:16-05:45

20:28-05:50

20:28-05:45

20:12-05:37

20:36-06:09

20:24-05:47

General situation: Dry in many places

with sunny spells, but scattered

showers across the north and east.

London, SE Eng, Cen S Eng,

SW Eng, S Wales, Channel Is:

Staying dry with long spells of

sunshine, but turning cloudier into

the afternoon. Light to moderate

northwesterly winds. Maximum

12C (54F), minimum -2C (28F).

E Anglia, E Mids, E Eng, Cen N Eng,

NE Eng, Lake District, Borders,

Edinburgh and Dundee: A dry, sunny

and frosty start, but cloud building

with scattered showers in the

afternoon. Moderate northwesterly

winds. Maximum 11C (54F),

minimum -3C (27F).

N Wales, W Mids, NW Eng, IoM:

Sunny spells and dry much of the

time, but thicker cloud will bring the

chance of a few showers. Moderate

northwesterly winds. Maximum

9C (48F), minimum -3C (27F).

SW Scotland, Glasgow, Cen Highland,

NW Scotland, Moray Firth, Argyll,

NE Scotland, Aberdeen, N Isles:

Bright spells, but rather cloudy much

of the time with scattered wintry

showers. Snow over high ground.

Moderate to fresh northwesterly

winds, strong in the Northern Isles and

Aberdeenshire. Maximum 8C (46F),

minimum -3C (27F).

Republic of Ireland, N Ireland: A mainly

dry day with sunny spells, but a few

showers in the northwest. Light and

variable winds. Maximum 10C (50F),

minimum -1C (30F).

Tomorrow

11

9

10

11

Monday

12

9

11

12

Wednesday

16

12

14

14

Thursday

15

12

17

14

8

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7 15

19

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14

21

11

16

13

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21

23

9

8

8

7

7

5

5

4

5 5

11

12

11

9

7

10

9

9

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10

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86

77

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59

50

41

32

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35

30

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20

15

10

5

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-5

-10

-15

Wind speed

(mph)

Temperature

28 (degrees C)

34

Sea state

Calm

Slight

Moderate

Rough

Flood alerts and warnings

At 17:00 on Friday there were no fl ood

alerts or warnings in England, Wales

or Scotland.

For further information and updates

in England visit fl ood-warning-

information.service.gov.uk, for Wales

naturalresources.wales/fl ooding and

for Scotland SEPA.org.uk

Cold front

Warm front

Occluded front

Trough

LOW

HIGH

LOW

LOW

HIGH

LOW

1032

1024

1024

1016

1016

1016

1016

1008

1008

1008

1000

1000

992

992

984

984

968976

A mostly cloudy day with showers or

longer spells of rain possible in many

areas, perhaps wintry on higher ground

in the north. Staying a little drier

across southeastern England.

Max 17C, min 0C

A largely dry day across most of

Britain with a few isolated showers in

the north and east and plenty of sunny

spells in the southeast. Rain may push

into western Ireland through the day.

Max 13C, min -1C

Most eastern areas will stay dry with

sunny spells, but scattered showers

may develop across the Midlands and

western parts of Britain. Showery rain

across Ireland.

Max 14C, min -1C

Sunny spells and scattered showers

across much of the British Isles

with rain spreading into Ireland the

afternoon.

Max 18C, min 3C

Some places will stay dry, but a

scattering of showers is possible

across England and Wales. Cloudier

with some showery rain across Ireland

and Scotland.

Max 17C, min 3C

06.17

19.46

10.52

04.20 Sun

9

T

hey are a surfer’s dream —

the longest waves in the

world, rolling steadily

along the windswept arid

coastline of northern Peru

in orderly lines, travelling for up to a

mile or more. These are the

Chicama waves, generated by sea

swells in the open ocean.

As the waves roll near parallel to

the coastline it gives them plenty of

distance to travel; they are also

perfectly shaped and 1m to 2m high,

thanks to the lack of reefs and a

mostly sandy seabed along the coast.

Perhaps most extraordinarily of all,

they all line up in an orderly queue

up to 50 at a time, almost like an

assembly line of consistent waves

waiting their turn to break near the

fishing town of Malabrigo.

The ocean swell that generates the

waves comes from storms and

weather fronts hundreds of

thousands of kilometres away in the

Pacific Ocean. And because the sea

along the coast of Peru is deep,

those large swells carry on travelling

close to shore until the shoreline

ends in a diamond-like headland,

where the sea swells wrap around

the tip of the headland and form the

multiple lines of waves.

While many other famous surfing

waves vary with the seasons, the

Chicama waves are reliable all year

round, although they are at their

best from April to October when

winds and swells from storms in the

South Pacific reach Peru. Generally

the larger the swell, the longer the

waves, potentially carrying on for up

to two and a half miles and lasting

about four minutes in ideal

conditions. In practice, they can be

surfed only for just over a mile and

the longest-lasting surf ride was two

minutes and 20 seconds.

So treasured are these waves that

in 2016 they became the world’s first

nationally protected surf, when the

Peruvian government passed a law

banning construction within

0.6 miles of the shoreline that might

compromise the way the waves form

along the coastline. There is one

drawback to the Chicama for surfers

— even though northern Peru lies

near the equator, the Humboldt

current makes the sea cold.

Weather Eye

Paul Simons