In article <8ZlMj.422$ix6.40@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Charles Wm. Dimmick" <cdimmick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Jen wrote:
> > Peter Boulding wrote:
> >> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:01:54 GMT, Mary <mrfeathers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
> >> <C94Mj.117076$yE1.74879@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
> >>
> >>>> 80 degrees F here today. Too hot!
> >>
> >>> Aw, shaddup, Jerry.
> >>
> >> I hereby endorse Mary's imprecation; indeed I could do with the loan
of a
> >> few more pins for my Jerry Bauer doll.
> >> Here in the UK we expect the sun****ne and showers and all the spring
> >> flowers
> >> at this time of year: what we don't expect is that the showers may
> >> well be
> >> of sleet or snow, carried by arctic winds, or that late frosts will
have
> >> done so much damage.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Until I moved to England I laughed to myself, in a smugly superior
way,
> > when weather forecasters predicted "wintry showers". "Silly Brits," I
> > thought (or words to that effect) "don't like to admit it's going to
> > rain". Then I encountered that unique sort of ice-water slush that
> > descends on you in a fine drizzle: sort of snow, not quite hail,
almost
> > sleet, practically rain. And half the time the sun's trying to ****ne
at
> > the same time.
>
> Sounds typical for southern New England.
It's not typical, but not unheard of here in Vancouver. About two weeks
ago, we had an episode of precipitation that started with a big thunder
clap, produced heavy hail, gradually turned into snow, and after that to
rain. And then the sun came out.
--
bill
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