In message , Ian
Currie writes
No I am not going to get into the debate about the forecasters per se but
what I do find very irritatiing is this new little catch phrase of "a slow
start" that more than one forecaster has used recently. It has been said in
calm, misty or foggy conditions but equally it has been used on a wet,
cloudy morning. When it is sunny but a calm or just a light wind I have not
heard it used so I presume it is not a slow start in fine weather and has
nothing to do with wind. Is it an expression peculiar to a particular part
of the British Isles. But what a woolly term that could mean anything.
Perhaps as I am involved with the weather so much I am taking things too
seriously.
Ian Currie-Coulsdon
www.frostedearth.com

It probably comes from the same source as "taking the edge off the
temperatures".

Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles
England