"Freddie" wrote in message
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Unfortunately and on a slight tangent, I did not get away with a late
evening reference to "drizzly showers" (meaning occasional light drizzle
in a warm sector) because I was informed that " drizzle has no convective
element".

Which is silly, because I'm pretty sure that the average viewer thinks of
showers as "rain that doesn't last long" rather than considering any
atmospheric processes involved.

Or how about a fragmenting front that is giving intermitent periods
of rain, something that most people would think of as showers.

'Showery rain' perhaps?
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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
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