Thanks Julian. Incidentally I received a two page letter from a chap who
read one of my forecasts a couple of years ago in which I had stated the
Weekend will have good weather- dry sunny and warm. The two pages consisted
of reasons why he likes cool, wet and cloudy conditions in summer and top of
his list was "less barbecue smoke wafting over his garden".
I was praying for rain at the end of his letter.

Ian Currie -Coulsdon


"JJCMayes1" wrote in message
...
I suspect one reason we hear so much of this phrase is that many of
today's weather presenters have little feel for the weather (many obvious
instances of this) and the distinction between haze and high cloud simply
does not occur to them. Perhaps they've never noticed it, or perhaps
they
have,
but think such niceties are beyond the public. Have they ever thought
that
just
a smithereen of education could be a good thing? Dream on.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

I suspect that the reason we hear the phrase 'hazy sunshine' is that it
can be
said in a second or two - presentation getting in the way of accuracy.

As for education, yes, dream on. We seem to live in a society that views
education as a commodity to be purchased rather than something to be
acquired
through curiosity (having spent the day correcting basic errors of
spelling and
grammar in some degree level examination answers). Perhaps my neighbour's
barbeque (or, BBQ as some might say!) fumes are getting to me...

Julian
Julian Mayes, West Molesey, Surrey