Portgordon Harbour

30/12/2025

Winter is coming🌨️❄️☃️⛄️

Good morning,
If you like the idea of proper winter weather, you might be in for a treat.
From New Year's day onwards there is a high chance of very wintry weather with frequent snow showers and strong northerly winds for at least one week.
It is still unclear, how much snow will fall and if it will be cold enough for the snow to stay close to the shore, but there is a good chance for 10-20cm of snow even in Portgordon by mid of next week.
The northwesterly winds on Thursday will reach up to 55mph and that will cause serious snow drifts on all inland roads.

Update 30/12/2025 13:00:
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Due to the spring tide this weekend and the wind direction and long fetch, there will be very high waves (3m) coming in from the north.
This may cause some serious overtopping along Stewart St. and Lennox Pl.
Please take some precautions in that area.

So reconsider any travel plans from Thursday onwards and stay safe.

09/12/2025

Gale/Storm warning for tonight and tomorrow (9-10/12/2025):
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A period of wet and very windy is coming in right now and the rain is just about to start.
This evening the south to southwesterly winds will increase up to 60mph and it will remain that windy until tomorrow afternoon.
Due to the wind direction, high waves and overtopping are less likely.

The predominant wind direction will be from the southwest and it will stay frost free and rather mild with temperature around 10 degrees.

Western and northwestern Scotland will get the worst part of this storm with gust up to more than 90mph.

02/10/2025

Weather warning confirmed for this weekend.
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Please take it slow this weekend and avoid being outside from Friday afternoon until Sunday morning, if possible.
The storm will be intense and long lasting and is likely to cause power outages, flooding and damage to properties and infrastructure.
Winds of more than 70mph are possible for more than 24 hours from Friday evening until Sunday morning.

Please keep yourselves updated.

Simon King looks at what impacts Storm Amy, the first named storm of the season, will bring at the end of the week.

30/09/2025

Severe weather pre-warning:
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The weekend from Friday afternoon until Sunday will be very wet and windy.

Ex-hurricane Humberto will make his way across the Atlantic and turn into an extratropical cyclone.
This will become Amy, the first named storm of this season.
It will most likely become an intense and large storm, but the expact path will be unknown until Friday morning.

This uncertainty translates into enormous differences in wind speed, direction and rain predictions.
So please keep an eye on the forecasts later this week.

02/08/2025

The storm Floris will bring potentially damaging winds with gusts of more than 70mph from the southwest and west on Monday and into Tuesday. Expect a storm like in winter and take necessary precautions.
Please follow the news and warnings.

21/01/2025

Éowyn is coming this Friday and it looks like a serious storm.
Please keep an eye on the forecasts.
Currently it looks like Friday afternoon will be worst with winds up to 80mph from the southwest or west.
Please stay safe!

31/12/2024

A wild start to the new year 2025

Another storm will cross Scotland today and tomorrow and from midnight onwards the wind will turn to northerly directions.

Tomorrow and Thursday will see gale force northerly winds coinciding with spring high tides that can lead to a storm surge in the Moray Firth.
This will most likely cause overtopping waves and potential flooding along the coastline
High tide tomorrow and Thursday will be around 1am and 1pm.

Please keep an eye on the SEPA flood warning and stay safe.

19/12/2024

A stormy weekend ahead.

Today's wind is just a taster for what is likely to come on the weekend:

Very strong westerly winds and changing airmasses with rain and showers will persist until Monday.
On Saturday and Sunday we will see a 24h long spell of very stormy conditions with wind gusts between 60-75mph.

Due to the current tidal height and wind direction, I do not expect much overtopping in Portgordon, but the water will be very rough though.

Tie up everything outside and better hunker down this weekend and avoid unnecessary travel.

Keep an eye on the weather warnings to stay informed.

18/12/2024

The future of Portgordon Harbour?

Have a closer look at the Strategic Outline Case.

As many of you know, the Trust recently commissioned MKA Economics to produce a Strategic Outline Case (SOC) for the harbour. This document, shaped with input from PCT members and our community, lays out a range of options for the harbour’s future, exploring both its challenges and its potential. ...

19/10/2024

Storm Warning: Storm Ashley to arrive on Sunday

Please keep yourselves updated about the storm tomorrow that will bring high wind speeds from southerly directions.
Wind speed could reach up to 70mph in gusts, but as those wind will blow offshore, there is no threat of overtopping, though currently we have very high spring tides.

The peak of the storm will be in the night to Monday and after that the winds will slowly decrease, though it will stay rather windy for most of the ocoming week.

Please arrange you travel accordingy, make sure everything outside is properly tied down and prepare for potential power outages.

Stay safe!

09/09/2024

Storm Warning for tomorrow 10th September 2024:

Please be aware that tomorrow will get unusually windy, wet and cold for the season.
Currently it looks like we could get up to 60mph of gusts from westerly directions for most of the day.
These gusts will be accompanied by frequent and heavy showers with a maximum temperature of hardly 10° (!).

So please make sure nothing will fly around and please stay safe!

20/05/2024

Weather Pre-Warning (Rain) for Wednesday evening until Thursday evening (22-23/05/2024)

Please keep an eye on the weather forecast because there is a risk of very high rainfall from Wednesday evening until Thursday evening.
The rainfall could amount to more than 100mm within 24h which is the amount the usually falls within 2 months.
This rain will be accompanied by strong northerly winds up to 40mph an the temperature will be hardly reaching a maximum of 10°C.

Please adjust any travel plans accordingly as road conditions might be very diffcult.
Local flooding due to the high rainfall is also likely,

I will update this warning if the forecast models change.

Take care!