"danny" wrote in message
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I said the same some weeks ago to danny, Col.
Small mind and all that.

The climate of the British Isles is extremely repetitive. Sure it's
'changeable', but is one low\front after another interesting? I think this
is where the old myth started... the British weather is sure changeable but
for a Weather enthusiast it's not interesting, or comparable to 'most' other
parts of the world. Don't kid yourself on this one.

Yes, dammit that *is* interesting!
There is almost always something going on that is of interest.
A sucession of lows can bring interesting changes, gusty cold fronts
with abrupt changes in wind direction/temperature and possibly
severe gales with squally hail showers behind.
It's the changeabilty that makes it interesting, rather than the absolute
extremes.

Our climate is very benign and mellow. We never see proper extremes. For
one, we hardly ever see 'proper' snow that many other countries in the World
see. We never see proper rain\thunder. Temperatures are certainly not
extreme, and never will be on the edge of a vast, warm ocean.
The weather Keith described is very typical of winter weather in the UK, and
if you think it is interesting you have a smaller mind than me, and probably
a screw loose. .

Why this obsession with extremes, Danny?
Why not open your eyes to some of the more subtle stuff that's going on around
you rather than hoping for that once in 50 years snow event?

Many of the places that have 'extremes' by our standards seem to have
rather boring climates anyway. Imagine living in Oklahoma. Hot in summer,
rather cold in winter. Apart from the odd F5 tornado and spectacular
thunderstorm the weather there must be pretty tedious.

Col
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