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Old March 24th 08, 09:03 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
Will Hand Will Hand is offline
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Default ****ed Off with it already!

I'm not sure like my name taken in vein, but Dave R if you lived on Dartmoor
you'd be as excited and as interested in the weather as me! Yesterday
morning was wonderful seeing genuine heavy snow with large flakes bringing
visibility down to fog limits. OK it didn't last but it was nice to see and
far more interesting than this morning which is dry, cloudy and a little
chilly with a temperature of +4.5C . We never do get proper Alpine snow in
England so you'd better lower your expectations. We never get Mediterranean
type summers either so you'd better lower your expectations there as well.
We get good o'l British weather with all its variability and yes,
disappointments, and I love it!

Watching deep lows track across Britain not knowing exactly where they are
to go, watching thunderstorms break out, not knowing if they are going to
produce hail or become tornadic, and the mystery and wonder of fog and mist,
I love "wolkensee" weather for example and yes I also like warm summer days
when it's summer. Good luck in your retirement, when I retire I *may* buy a
property in Austria to get even colder weather in winter and still enjoy the
wonderful and varied British summers LOL.

Will (meteorologist)
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"Dave R" wrote in message
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Well so far we've only had two days of these cold Northerlies and to tell

u
the truth I'm totally ****ed off already. How anyone can say they love

Snow
[Will and loads of others here] in this country at least is completely
baffling to me. After all the alpine/continental type clear crisp cold

stuff
hardly ever transpires here so i dunno what all the fuss is about. For the
most part its dull, damn freezin, and thoroughly miserable and I'm in west
London too! which is hardly - a bearing the brunt- location. I been out

all
day wrapped up too plus am quite used to the outdoors and I come home
feeling really exposed and in need of a hoyt bath and i'm going to bed
early. Has this something to do with such a kind winter we hads I wonder?

I
tell you all these Will Hands in the world won't convince me that its
exciting. Exciting? what the heck is he on about. What has really put the
tin hat on it is I checked the BBC long range and oh God no they are
forecasting this flow well into the first TWO weeks of April!! How
thoroughly terrible is THAT for a thought. At least the sun if it comes

out
at this time of year could compensate it slightly. But you get no sun out

of
Highs to the NW and Lows to SE in East and South Eastern areas, which is
predicted. I'm in the wrong country I know, I should be wintering in
southern Spain. I'm retiring soon I know were I'm going from NOV - MARCH
from then on. Anyone back me up here or are you all lily livered Will Hand
supporters?

Dave R [west London]