On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:40:25 +0100, Peter Boulding
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> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:20:25 +1000, Jen <jenhallinan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >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.
> >
> >I consider myself educated.
>
> It is not (pace global warming) a common feature of our climate - at
least
> not this late in the year. *Seriously* uncommon down here in the South
West.
Still, it's something they have an official name for. I think the UK
is the only place I've heard of "bright spells", referring to thin
spots in the omni-present clouds, included in the forecast as if they
made the constant precipitation any better.
Mary "Although Seattle might have them, too"
--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote re****ts about it.
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