Quinaultic Weather

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Quinaultic Weather is a phenomenon only observed in the Pencaer [1] peninsular of North West Pembrokeshire, a county in the western region of Wales. The key characteristics of Quinaultic Weather are a five day period of persistent high pressure with its associated extended sunshine and the occurrence of this weather pattern on and around 29th August annually. This phenomenon is believed to arise as a result of the micro-climatic conditions uniquely found in this area of Wales. It was first noted by Richard Whitby, a polymath and long-time resident of Pencaer. The weather pattern has been extensively analysed by Dr Roland Quinault [2], a London-based historian with a strong interest in Pembrokeshire history and a spare time hobby of meteorology. The term Quinaultic Weather unusually reflects the coincidental combination of Dr Quinault’s name and – given the five-day duration of the weather pattern – a corruption of the Latin root of quinque, or five.