Longships Lighthouse (UK) Sunday 15 November 2009. The explosion of the wave
is the height of the lighthouse, 115ft high. photo David Clapp

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Huge swell heading for the west coast of Europe

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 20 November, 2009 : - -A huge swell is heading for the West Coast of Ireland and United Kingdom and forcast to peak this week on Sunday evening. Waves are forecast to be in the 35 to 40 ft range and higher. Last Sundays 'warm up' delivered some enormous waves as witnessed in the photo above.

General situation (13h00 20Novermber 2009): A deep area of low pressure near Iceland will bring gales to parts of the Briitish Isles. Another deep Atlantic low will bring more severe weather on Saturday and Sunday.

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Swell chart for 06h00 (GMT) 23 November 2009 courtesy NOAA/NCEP
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MSLP for 12h00 (GMT) 22 November 2009 showing 964mb Low : UK Met Office

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The previous weekend (7 November) at Mullaghmore in Ireland scored a solid swell 
registering 26ft at 15 seconds. Chargers Andrew Cotton, Al Mennie,
Paul o' Kane and Mikee Hamilton were on the job.
More: http://liquid-storm.blogspot.com/

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