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The London Gatwick
@easyJet
flight taxiing and taking off from
@RAF_Gib
this morning with the backdrop of some impressive
#Levanter
cloud over the Rock of
#Gibraltar
The
#levanter
cloud just keeps getting better today!
#LevanterSpam
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Fog has been flirting with the eastern coast of
#Gibraltar
this morning, with this spectacular Levanter cloud developing around the Rock.
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Good morning
#Gibraltar
! A muggy day with a mix of sunny spells and low cloud, perhaps some misty conditions this morning. Moderate easterly winds and gustier across the city. High of 26 Celsius.
#Levante
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Not a view we often share of the
#LevanterCloud
! Here we can see it mixing into
#cumulusclouds
, gradually thinning downstream of
#TheRock
as it mixes in dry air from its surroundings☁️ You can see the transition from smooth Levanter cloud to bubbly cumulus quite nicely🌞
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The
#Levanter
cloud is in full force over the Rock of
#Gibraltar
this morning, as moist easterly winds are forced up, cool and condense into
#Cloud
#WeatherInAction
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Is
#Gibraltar
being invaded by aliens?!🛸No! It's just the
#LevanterCloud
getting better as the morning goes on🤩We are so used to seeing the classic Levanter cloud only being deflected up and over
#TheRock
,but this example shows it being deflected around it as well!
#CoolWeather
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The shock wave from the
#Tonga
#volcano
eruption arrived in
#Gibraltar
this evening, as can be clearly seen in the kink in the atmospheric pressure trace on the Met Office Gibraltar weather station!🌋
#Tongaeruption
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A stunning view from the top of the Rock at
#sunrise
this morning, taken by one of our meteorologists! It shows the
#Leavanter
cloud forming as humid air is forced to rise (and cool) over the Rock.
The humid easterlies are forecast to remain with us in
#Gibraltar
into next week
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Good afternoon
#Gibraltar
! A member of our
#metoffice
team has been observing some
#Levante
cloud forming at the top of the Rock in
#Gibraltar
today. We live and breathe it! ⛅️
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WINTER RECORD MAX TEMP: Today reached a maximum temperature of 25.0C which is the hottest maximum temperature recorded in the winter (Dec, Jan and Feb) since our records began in 1947. For the rest of the evening, remaining settled with a gentle westerly breeze and a low of 13C
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Some classic Levante cloud action over the Rock of
#Gibraltar
this morning.
When moist easterly winds (Levante) hit the Rock, the air is forced to rise and cool rapidly, forming this area of cloud.
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The famous
#levante
cloud in full force across
#Gibraltar
this Monday morning. There's a risk of more extensive low cloud first thing, giving way to plenty of sunshine with cloud becoming mainly confined to the rock. Moderate easterly breeze, fresher to the west. Highs of 27 C
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We have had it all on the Rock in the last half an hour, heavy rain, thunder, hail and even a waterspout spotted to the east of
#Gibraltar
Hail stones of over 1cm have just fallen. The rings indicate the build up of ice as they formed within the Cumulonimbus(thunderstorm) cloud
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Plenty of blue skies this evening with a few puffs of cloud. Remaining fairly hazy throughout the night.
Easterly winds easing and turning westerly overnight. Lows of 12 Celsius.
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Yesterday evening's low cloud and
#fog
rolling in across
#Gibraltar
, as seen from the Moorish Castle 🏰🇬🇮😶🌫️
A return to easterly
#Levante
winds dragged this cooler, more humid air in off the Alboran Sea.
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#LevanterLapse
🎥Wowee! The
#LevanterCloud
today is incredible!☁️ This weekend we have a strengthening Easterly flow, with strong upper winds getting squeezed over the Rock - as evidenced by the
#TurbulentEddies
shown downstream in the rapidly moving cloud today!🌀
#CoolClouds
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Wed 18 Jan - Good morning
#Gibraltar
A breezy but less windy day than yesterday with lengthy sunny spells and patchy cloud. Just the small chance of an isolated passing shower. Feeling chilly in the breeze with highs of 15 or 16 Celsius.
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The Met Office weather station at Gibraltar Airport/
@RAF_Gib
is the only official climate monitoring station in
#Gibraltar
and probably one of the most scenic in the world!
Full records have been kept here since 1947!
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'Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning' has some truth to it today.
Today's
#sunrise
illuminating high level cloud advancing ahead of weather fronts which will bring some rain to
#Gibraltar
later today
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As our moist easterly winds are forced upwards over the Rock of
#Gibraltar
, the air cools and condenses to form the
#Levanter
cloud as seen this morning in the time-lapse below ⬇️
#LoveGibWx
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With the heavy rain that fell yesterday and overnight, we recorded 61.8 mm of rain at the Airport and
@RAF_Gib
🌧️ This makes it the wettest day since March 2021!
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Another beautiful day on the Rock. At lunchtime we have just hit 23C at
#Gibraltar
Airport, slightly cooler at the Dockyard with 18C in light south-westerly winds 🌞
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The easterly
#levante
winds are creating beautiful
#turbulent
patterns in the cloud today 😍
Max gusts recorded by our
#MetOffice
weather stations so far are 🌬️
Gibraltar Airport: 21 KT (24mph/39kph)
Port of Gibraltar: much stronger at 38 KT (44mph/70kph)
#Gibraltar
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After a fairly cloudy morning the
#Levanter
cloud is slowly decreasing with more in the way of sunshine, especially away from the western side of the Rock.
Temperatures are currently 18C at the Airport, 17C at the Dockyard and 16C at the Top of the Rock
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A bright and sunny start to this Saturday in
#Gibraltar
. There may be some patchy cloud around first thing, but this will quickly clear away to a fine and sunny day with a Moderate westerly breeze. Highs of 17 Celsius 🌤️☀️
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Sunlight interacting with the ice crystals in high level Cirrostratus have produced a stunning a solar
#Halo
over
#Gibraltar
this afternoon.
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The sunshine has arrived 🌞 At lunchtime temperatures are up to 20 C with just few amounts of
#Levante
cloud streaming off the rock. There is a further risk of low cloud affecting the airfield into this evening and overnight
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A beautiful start to the day for
#Gibraltar
. There won't be too much cloud around today, but it will feel breezy with moderately gusty conditions from the west. This breeze will make it feel cool in shady spots, with highs of 18 Celsius.
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Another sunny day ahead with very little cloud and moderate westerly winds☀️ Highs of 19 Celsius.
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Has anyone else seen the
#Rock
in
#Gibraltar
bathing in golden sunshine this
#sunset
? 🌄 ⬇️💛
Expecting clear and dry weather to continue as we enter the overnight period. A moderate westerly breeze will help to keep temperatures down to 21 C!
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Brrrrr. With a minimum of 8 Celsius, last night was the coldest night of the Winter so far.
Plenty of clear blues skies and sunshine across Gibraltar today though, with a Light and variable breeze turning to a Gentle easterly this afternoon. Highs of 15-16 celsius ☀️☀️☀️
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Good Morning
#Gibraltar
High level cloud building with hazy sunshine throughout today. Some patchy lower cloud at times this morning. Light to gentle westerly winds. Highs of 23 Celsius.
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A beautiful start across
#Gibraltar
🌅
It will stay fairly cloudy throughout with some isolated brighter spells. Moderate to fresh easterly winds and highs of 18 Celsius.
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WOW! Just take a look at that deep
#bluesky
!😍 Westerly winds stick with us into tonight, but Easterly winds gradually make a comeback in the early hours 🌬️ A clear start to the night, but
#LevanterCloud
capping the Rock by the time we wake up tomorrow⏰ Lows of 21.
#GibraltarWx
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Some stunning
#Altocumulus
cloud over the
#Rock
of
#Gibraltar
this evening
Some lower cloud is likely to develop across the area as we go into the night with the risk of some patchy mist or fog developing
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Good morning,
#Gibraltar
🌄 Who's ready for a
#SunnySunday
? 🌞 With next to no cloud around and light winds for much of the day, today's max temp could creep up to 30 C! Perfect
#BeachWeather
😎
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Low cloud swirling around the Rock of
#Gibraltar
as commuters flow across the runway of
@RAF_Gib
at
#sunrise
this morning
Most of the low cloud has cleared for now, but it will come an go today, properly returning this evening with another risk of
#Fog
tonight
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Happy Saturday,
#Gibraltar
! A lovely
#Levanter
#sunrise
with a full 180 degrees shot from this morning. Feeling very humid today, with
#LevanterCloud
persisting into late morning/early afternoon. Highs of 28 Celsius.☁️
#GibraltarWeather
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Happy National Day, Gibraltar!
There will be some patchy cloud around this morning, including Levanter forming on the Rock. Into the afternoon it will become more widely sunny, with temperatures reaching 27 Celsius. Light easterly winds will become variable during the afternoon.
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Thu 03 Nov
Good morning
#Gibraltar
What a
#sunrise
! All thanks to high Altocumulus & Cirrus clouds
Some sunny spells through the morning, but upper cloud will thicken up by the afternoon. Westerly winds picking up and becoming breezy later. Highs of 22 C
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Good evening
#Gibraltar
Staying dry tonight, with a moderate easterly breeze. Patchy cloud is likely overnight, so the Levanter cloud is likely to continue.
Temperature dipping to around 16 Celsius.
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The
#Levanter
is back🌬️☁️
With a switch to easterly winds and increasing humidity,
#Gibraltar
's famous Levanter cloud has made a return.
The timelapse from just now shows how it is formed - moist air forced to rise and cool over the Rock, creating some stunning cloud formations
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Another sunny day to come with plenty of blue skies and light westerly winds. Feeling warm in the sunshine with highs of 20 Celsius ☀️
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Good morning
#Gibraltar
! Cloud thickening from the west, and there may be light to moderate amounts of rain or showers at times. A westerly breeze today, and you may hear the odd rumble of thunder in the distance. Highs of 19 Celsius.
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The Rock looking stunning in the evening sunlight as the last
#Easyjet
flight of the day lands
With temperatures falling and humidity rising, some patchy
#Levanter
cloud has formed on the Rock
Patchy low cloud will come and go in
#Gibraltar
tonight with a low risk of some sea fog
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A dry and bright day with long sunny spells, some high cloud dimming the sunshine at times. Gentle to moderate westerlies, strengthening a little through the afternoon but remaining pleasant. Highs of 16 Celsius.
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Good evening
#Gibraltar
- a fine end to the weekend
#sunset
Remaining dry and largely clear overnight, with a moderate westerly breeze. Turning chilly with a low of 10C.
Another fine day to come tomorrow with patchy cloud, but turning rather windy into the afternoon.
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The afternoon
#britishairways
flight departing the sunny Rock, with the morning
#Levanter
cloud largely dissipated.
Across
#Gibraltar
the temperature is 19C at the Airport and Dockyard, 17C at Europa Point
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29
The easterly winds have returned in
#Gibraltar
and with an increase in humidity that only means one thing -
#Levanter
cloud over the Rock ⛰️☁️
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Good morning
#Gibraltar
!
Another bright and sunny day is in store with plenty of blue skies and a gentle westerly bringing pleasant conditions. Highs today of 17 Celsius.
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Good morning
#Gibraltar
.
Sun starting to break through the cloud layer this morning, with an increasing chance of sunny spells into the afternoon. Keeping a light easterly wind until the evening, with a switch back to southwesterly winds later on. Highs of 18 Celsius.
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Happy Sunday
#Gibraltar
. Another glorious day is in store today, with plenty of long sunny spells and temperatures expected to reach 24 Celsius. Gentle westerlies will turn light and variable through the afternoon, before settling into an easterly later this evening.
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Thu 16 Feb - Good morning
#Gibraltar
Another breezy
#levante
day with Fresh E'ly winds becoming locally Strong later.
Variable cloud with some sunny spells, more especially away from the Rock. Any sunshine will be hazy thanks to continued Saharan Dust and high cloud. High 17C
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Another cloudy sky this evening over
#Gibraltar
as
#Levante
winds continue. Cloud cover helping to keep temperatures mild with an expected minimum of 15 Celsius.
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A welcome break between showers came through this afternoon, giving some late sunny spells. 🌤️
Overnight showers are expected to return, with a risk of turning heavy and thundery. Minimum of 10-11 Celsius.
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Some good
#sunny
spells to end today. Clear for much of tonight too resulting in a cool feel with lows of 10 or 11 Celsius. Light winds slowly turn
#easterly
overnight bringing
#LevanterCloud
tomorrow.
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The sun setting on what has been a mild October day - albeit hazy thanks to high cloud. Plenty more cloud to come this weekend... 😅
#Gibraltar
#sunset
#cloud
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Good Morning
#Gibraltar
Strong easterly winds continuing throughout today with Rough seas. Otherwise, fairly cloudy with the odd sunny spell and isolated light shower🌥️ Highs of 15 Celsius.
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6
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Good morning
#Gibraltar
! A breezy but sunny day to start the working week. Winds will be Moderate to Fresh West to South-westerly with highs of 27 Celsius☀️
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Another day, another
#LevanterLapse
🎥After a misty murky start to the day, the fog has now lifted into Levanter cloud over
#TheRock
, with some slightly lower bits skirting round the side☁️ smooth over the top under the inversion giving the Rock a comb-over!💇♀️
#LevanterCloud
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High level cirrus clouds making for a stunning back drop for the illuminated Rock of
#Gibraltar
this evening
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WOW! A stunning
#sunrise
to wake up to here in
#Gibraltar
😍 Today will see some patchy cloud around under thickening upper cloud, with some
#sunnyspells
poking through during the day. Highs of 20 Celsius.
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A developing
#heatwave
across Iberia will also send temperatures soaring in
#Gibraltar
this week. Absolute max temperatures always dependent on the wind locally, but we could see highs at least in the mid 30s Celsius mid-week making it the hottest few days of 2023 so far📈🌡️🌞
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#Pink
skies this evening in
#Gibraltar
! 😍
A
#Poniente
continuing overnight with clear skies and a moderate westerly breeze. Lows of 21 C! 🌙
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#Levanter
cloud at night 🌙⛰️☁️
It's a milder start to the day in
#Gibraltar
compared to recently with the temperature currently 13C with a moderate easterly breeze.
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The
#Rock
is back! ☁️⛰️🌞
The low cloud and
#fog
has finally cleared with more of the way of hazy sunshine this afternoon. Staying humid though with a return of low cloud and fog once again this evening and overnight as temperatures drop.
#Gibraltar
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Good morning
#Gibraltar
! A day of hazy sunshine with plenty of
#cirrostratus
around. A gentle westerly breeze, turning light and variable through the afternoon, with highs of 28 Celsius.
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22 Mar - Good evening
#Gibraltar
Another fine evening and remaining largely clear overnight with perhaps a few scraps of Levanter cloud on the Rock. Gentle E'ly, perhaps variable, winds. Low 11 C.
Remaining fine and sunny tomorrow. Variable winds settling SW'ly later. High 21 C
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Beautiful
#fogbow
with the
#rock
just peaking out above the fog top as the fog arrived. A risk of patches of fog affecting
#Gibraltar
throughout the night, with winds remaining easterly and minimum temperatures of 19 C expected.
#BeTheFogBowInSomeonesCloud
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Happy
#NewYear
#Gibraltar
! Starting 2023 with plenty of high level cloud but staying dry throughout the day. Maximum of 18 Celsius with light easterly winds.
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Sunrise on the Rock. Another sunny day with temperatures up to 33 Celsius, moderate breeze for the afternoon.
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Taken from the 1125
#EasyJet
flight this morning by loyal follower
@JCobden_Wx
. Showing the
#Levanter
cloud which has now cleared away for the afternoon.
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Good morning
#Gibraltar
! High level cloud this morning giving us a good sunrise ☀️ Plenty of sunny spells expected throughout the day with temperature expected to get up to 25 Celsius in relatively light winds.
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Fri 06 Jan - Good morning
#Gibraltar
Another beautiful
#sunrise
to start the day here on the Rock. 🌅
A fair amount of cloud this morning but increasing amounts of sunshine through the day. Light easterly winds, becoming variable at times, and then westerly later. Highs of 18 C
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2
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Welcome to a brand new week,
#Gibraltar
!🌄What a fabulous
#sunrise
to see first thing on a
#MondayMorning
. Overnight was very warm, with a min temp of 26 C! 🫠 Such a high min could help max temps today reach 32 C🥵Though the added breeziness will help it feel less
#hot
!
#GibWx
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Fri 02 Dec - Good morning
#Gibraltar
The current view of the
#Rock
as a shower passes to our south. There will continue to be a risk of showers throughout today, but also some sunny spells too.
Moderate easterly winds and milder than yesterday with a high of 17C
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5
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Good Morning
#Gibraltar
! Fine and sunny throughout today. Feeling slightly warmer than yesterday with the winds not as strong. Highs of 23 C in a Moderate Easterly breeze.
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Blue skies all round in
#Gibraltar
! It's feeling warm with a current temperature reading of 26.7 Celsius at the airport.
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17 Oct - Good morning
#Gibraltar
Early cloud (which could give a spot of rain) soon clearing with spells of hazy sunshine. Cloud increasing into the late afternoon/evening to bring a risk of a few showers. Light mainly E'ly winds, switching SW'ly later. Very warm again, 26-27C
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What a beautiful Levante sunrise,
#Gibraltar
! Has anyone else seen
#pink
Levanter cloud before?! 😍
Some key characteristics shown in this
#sunrise
clip 🌅⬇️
1.) Sea fog to our east
2.)
#Levanter
cloud streaming over the
#Rock
A moderate easterly breeze, with highs of 27 C.
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3
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A pleasant and warm day. Light to gentle winds to start strengthen during the morning to a moderate west or southwesterly breeze. Mostly clear skies will give way to long sunny spells. Warm for this time of year with highs of 24 Celsius.
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3
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Another beautiful start today on the Rock.
Clear blues skies will continue across
#Gibraltar
today with a moderate westerly breeze, perhaps a southerly sea breeze later. Highs of 25-26C.
Similar conditions tomorrow, but with easterly
#Levante
conditions expected to return on Weds
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Not a
#cloud
in the
#Gibraltar
#sky
this afternoon ☀️
Staying clear tonight with gentle westerly winds and lows of 20 C.
#BlueSky
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Good evening,
#Gibraltar
!
#Levante
winds take the reigns once more, meaning a risk of mistiness and
#LevanteCloud
over the Rock☁️ as we head into the next couple of days. This was taken last night during our last true
#PonienteSunset
of the
#C17
coming in to land
@RAF_Gib
🌄
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4
22
WOW! Beautiful
#LevanterCloud
streaming off
#TheRock
this morning!😍 You can see the exact moment the sun breaches the horizon and gives it a warm glow🌞This cloud is expected to persist for much of the day, though thinning at times, with
#HazySunshine
throughout. Highs of 27 C.
1
2
23
A brighter sunrise today over
#Gibraltar
with some lingering
#Levanter
cloud. A mix of sunny spells and patchy cloud again today, chilly to start with a current temperature of 9.1 Celsius but rising to 16 Celsius this afternoon. Light easterly winds turning moderate later.
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The atmosphere acts like a fluid and when the
#Tonga
#eruption
occurred, this sent shock waves around the globe.
Even though
#Gibraltar
is over 18,000km away, the waves reached us on Sat night, the largest of these producing a drop in pressure of over 2 hPa in a couple of secs!
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