@tdaley Hi Tim, I was interested to read your post about prediction of Sea Breezes. I'm new to meterology, so I hope you don't mind me asking some basic questions.

1. From my reading I understand that the gradient winds result from the pressure gradients and are at a much higher level than the sea surface. But does the Arome model actually try to predict the heating of the land and sea during the day, work out the resultant pressure changes, rising air over the land, incoming air from over the sea to replace it, sea breeze holes etc? If it does, it appears almost unbelievable!

2. What did you mean by "4 different types of sea breeze"? Did you mean the four different results you might get depending on which quandrant the gradient wind was orientated in relation to the land/sea interface? What is the Corkscrew? (I sail around the East Coast a bit but haven't heard that term before).

Thanks

Adrian