"Norman" wrote in message
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John Hall wrote:

Referring to the expected dry interval between rain this afternoon and
more
rain tonight, the young female weather presenter on the regional BBC
South
news programme (I think her name might have been Holly Green) called it a
"suckers' gap". (In placing the apostrophe I've assumed that there
would
be more than one sucker.)

That's a phrase often used by marine weather forecasters briefing North
Sea
operators when discussing a transient ridge of high pressure bringing a
very
short interval of relatively light winds that's not long enough to carry
out
many weather sensitive operations.


I thought it was that relatively small area of subsidence behind
an active cold front giving pleasant, sunny conditions for an hour
or so before the wind picked up and heavy showers developed.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg