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"Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)" <reunite.gondwana@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:40:25 +0100, Peter Boulding
> <pjb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:20:25 +1000, Jen <jenhallinan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
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> > <ftscdl$6tg$1@[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.
>
We have them in Vancouver, but we don't have a special name for them.
There's light overcast rather than heavy overcast, I suppose. I've
always enjoyed overcast with funny periods.
On light overcast days, we keep an eye on the southwest, the direction
of the southern Gulf Islands and, south of the international border, the
San Juan Islands. If there's sun anywhere, it's in a gap in the clouds
that shows up remarkably often over the islands, especially the southern
ones. Some people call it the San Juan Hole.
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bill
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