In message , Dave Cornwell
writes
Without drawing global warming into it, do you have an impression that
certain weather types, if any, in your area have become less frequent.
Until this week I would have said gales and that probably is still true
to a large extent. The lack of snow showers off the North Sea,
particularly any giving significant falls of snow and perhaps violent
thunderstorms with associated downpours and flash flooding are the most
significant here.

Dave, S.Essex

Fog. I used to associated lowland fog with autumn (though I have a
couple of recollections of thick fog rolling on off the Solway in 60's
summers). Nowadays, fog is associated with the 6th of November.

But the distribution of fog can be highly localised. Where I now live is
poorly placed for radiation fog in cold pools and for orogenic fog on
rising ground.

There also seems to be a lot less snow lying on high ground in spring
and autumn. I used to expect snow at 2000 feet at Easter (in the Lake
District), at 2500 feet in Snowdonia (in early May) and at 3000 feet (in
early June) in the Scottish Highlands.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley