Northern Italy 12 Sept >

[Filski]

Hiya,

Dunno if I'm reading the charts right, at least I hope I'm not.

On holidays in Cinque Terre from next Sunday and at the moment the GFS is going for a coolish (20-22'C max) with rain coming in by the end of the week. Other forecast sites however have temps of 27-28'C and sun.

I really hope I'm wrong. What say you?

[Filski]

No takers?

Today the forecasts are coming in line with the GFS. That's not to say it's locked in but does look like my holiday will be a washout.

[Filski]

Well turns out I was right... unfortunately.

Better pack the cards.

[Filski]

The weather turned out marginally better than I'd hoped with a little more sun present each day. Only 2 total washouts. There were a number of massive storms during the early hours though but the rain and lack of cover meant I stayed in bed rather than try to capture any shots.

What I did capture though was my first funnel cloud, almost a water spout. I'd spotted an odd disturbance on the surface of the water like it was raining but without rain above, or a strong localised wind. Looking up I spotted this little fellow poking down. Lasted all of 5mins before fizzing out. No more formed.