Alan White wrote:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:19:29 +0000, Graham P Davis
wrote:

The use of "scattered showers" was banned from weather forecasts over
forty years ago because it is a meaningless phrase

It still means a lot more to me than '30% chance of rain'.


Maybe, but it still means nothing and should never have been allowed to
return to weather forecasts. There are plenty of more meaningful phrases to
use such as "a few showers", "frequent showers", "isolated showers", etc.

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