Porthleven Hurricane
The Meteorological Office issued a warning of very high winds and seas on Monday 10th March 2008 and at Porthleven that`s exactly what was experienced.
At Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose at 1550hrs a Maximum Wind Gust of 74.8 mph or 120.4 km/h was recorded.
Hurricane strength or Force 12 on the Beaufort Scale is 73-83 mph, so that puts the wind strength just into the hurricane bracket!
DAVE DAVIES captured some of the huge waves.
![PORTHLEVEN HURRICANE 10th March 2008](http://www.helstonhistory.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/porthlevenhurricane6.jpg)
10th March 2008