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Hi Norman,

Far be it from me to stick up for TV weather nowadays as I only really watch it
now if I happen to have the TV on. But it seems to me that there is a grain of
truth in what the presenter allegedly said this morning. A stratocumulus sheet
will only disperse if dry air is entrained either from above or from below,
usually from above. For this to happen a convective circulation has to get going
within the whole cloud layer from top to bottom, either through cooling of cloud
tops (as at night) or by heating from below or by turbulence. With light winds
turbulence becomes much more unlikely and although the terminology used was
loose and it might have been better for the presenter to say the cloud was too
thick, he/she was trying to get across a difficult concept for the general
public.

ATB,

Will.
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"Norman Lynagh" wrote in message
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The weather presenter on BBC SouthEast a few minutes ago said

'Winds will be very light so not enough wind to punch any
holes in the cloud'

I despair :-)

Norman.
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England