No snow this morning, but quite icy under foot. The air temp was up to around 2 degrees and the sea was up to almost 5 degrees; still extremely cold but not as bad as yesterday.
This morning I swam out rather than along; just going out beyond the Brighton Pier sign. There was a slightly weird feel in the air this morning, just floating out in the sea it felt almost atmospheric, like something was about to happen; it’s hard to describe. The sky was quite grey and it looked like snow clouds on the horizon, although no snow is forecasted. It was very still, although there were large swells at the shore; quite a strange unexplainable feel in the air. Apparently there is some very large movement way out in the Channel, so perhaps some surfing waves are heading into shore for tomorrow??
They reckon at the Arches that if one checked the records you would find that this December is the coldest in the sea for many decades, perhaps on record. Typical my first winter in the sea and it’s like a scene from “the day after tomorrow” !
Well back at the office, it seems my atmospheric experience has substance; with today being the first total lunar eclipse in 3 years and the first eclipse corresponding to the winter solstice in 372 years. Amazing!
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