Graham P Davis wrote:

Heather Minchen(?) on BBC1 Breakfast described the snow in the south as
"showers" which was bad enough for a supposed meteorologist, but what was
happening further north was said to be "heavy snow flurries"!


It's also creeping into the written forecasts. The following gem appeared in
the Peak District Mountain Weather Forecast the other day

"Further snow flurries are likely during the day, perhaps heavy
at times"

And my pet hate "gusting to gale force" is appearing all too often.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.