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Looking at the UK radar - up to 0700 today there is a nice circulation of
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On May 17, 7:37*am, "CHRIS KIDD" wrote:
Looking at the UK radar - up to 0700 today there is a nice circulation of rain to the SE of Devon over the Channel ... Morning Chris; the rain is being flung towards us (again) in that circulation, which is well shown on the FAX chart. http://euro.wx.propilots.net/ Dawlish is just on the edge of it now and the rain has eased, but it woke us up at 0300 and it rained heavily until about 0700. I would actually describe the rain as being sub-torrential. It really has been heavy. No thunder. I would imagine they are having to have to try to dry things out at Westpoint for the last day of the Devon County Show. They really have been seriously unlucky this May! It will serve to reinforce the phrase; "it always rains at the Devon County Show". It doesn't, but weather memory is such a strange thing and few in Devon would believe you if you told them that it doesn't! Paul Update - moderate rain has started again. The dog is platting his legs and I'm looking at a raincoat! roll on next week and the pleasant sunshine! |
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![]() "Dawlish" wrote in message ... On May 17, 7:37 am, "CHRIS KIDD" wrote: Looking at the UK radar - up to 0700 today there is a nice circulation of rain to the SE of Devon over the Channel ... Morning Chris; the rain is being flung towards us (again) in that circulation, which is well shown on the FAX chart. http://euro.wx.propilots.net/ Dawlish is just on the edge of it now and the rain has eased, but it woke us up at 0300 and it rained heavily until about 0700. I would actually describe the rain as being sub-torrential. It really has been heavy. No thunder. I would imagine they are having to have to try to dry things out at Westpoint for the last day of the Devon County Show. They really have been seriously unlucky this May! It will serve to reinforce the phrase; "it always rains at the Devon County Show". It doesn't, but weather memory is such a strange thing and few in Devon would believe you if you told them that it doesn't! Paul Update - moderate rain has started again. The dog is platting his legs and I'm looking at a raincoat! roll on next week and the pleasant sunshine! === Outlook Express does not recognise previous posters format, hence cannot quote properly. 17.0 mm here overnight Paul. 79 mm so far in May, which is normally our driest month at 86mm. Still moderate at 1.3 mm/h and, of course, the usual fog. No sun now for 2 days, this could be the third in a row. When I moved down here in 2002 I was told it "always rains at the Devon show" :-) Will -- |
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On May 17, 9:30*am, "Will Hand" wrote:
"Dawlish" wrote in message ... On May 17, 7:37 am, "CHRIS KIDD" wrote: Looking at the UK radar - up to 0700 today there is a nice circulation of rain to the SE of Devon over the Channel ... Morning Chris; the rain is being flung towards us (again) in that circulation, which is well shown on the FAX chart. http://euro.wx.propilots.net/ Dawlish is just on the edge of it now and the rain has eased, but it woke us up at 0300 and it rained heavily until about 0700. I would actually describe the rain as being sub-torrential. It really has been heavy. No thunder. I would imagine they are having to have to try to dry things out at Westpoint for the last day of the Devon County Show. They really have been seriously unlucky this May! It will serve to reinforce the phrase; "it always rains at the Devon County Show". It doesn't, but weather memory is such a strange thing and few in Devon would believe you if you told them that it doesn't! Paul Update - moderate rain has started again. The dog is platting his legs and I'm looking at a raincoat! roll on next week and the pleasant sunshine! === When I moved down here in 2002 I was told it "always rains at the Devon show" :-) Will -- We moved here in 1998, and I was told exactly the same! Paul |
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When I moved down here in 2002 I was told it "always rains at the Devon
show" :-) I think we're an odd lot in this country. We seems to have more festivals, fetes, outdoor sporting events and the like (all of which are waiting to be ruined by the weather) than anyone else and yet we have the climate least suited to holding these outdoor events. I think Wimbledon is a classic example. A whole fortnight of tennis played outdoors. What is almost certain about that is that it will rain at some point and cause disruption, sometimes turning a match into a farce. I also have memories of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Manchester a few years back. Somebody forgot to put up the gazebo over the officials' area when the president was making his speech and to watch him standing there making his great oratory in the pouring rain and getting absolutely soaked, unable to see/read his speech, looking totally bedraggled was an absolute classic. Of course, this was being watched by billions around the world and only reinforced the idea that it is always raining in Blighty. And Glastonbury is the ultimate example. I've been there when it was at its worst in 1998. I don't think I ever have fully recovered from that. ________________ Nick. Otter Valley, Devon 83 m amsl http://www.ottervalley.co.uk |
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On May 17, 10:06 am, "Nick Gardner"
wrote: When I moved down here in 2002 I was told it "always rains at the Devon show" :-) I think we're an odd lot in this country. We seems to have more festivals, fetes, outdoor sporting events and the like (all of which are waiting to be ruined by the weather) than anyone else and yet we have the climate least suited to holding these outdoor events. I don't think we're the only country in the world to have a "maritime" climate though - think western Canada, Newfoundland, Belgium, the Netherlands, South Island (New Zealand) and (colder and wetter in summer than any of these I suspect) much of Norway and Iceland... Nick |
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On May 17, 10:34*am, wrote:
On May 17, 10:06 am, "Nick Gardner" wrote: When I moved down here in 2002 I was told it "always rains at the Devon show" :-) I think we're an odd lot in this country. We seems to have more festivals, fetes, outdoor sporting events and the like (all of which are waiting to be ruined by the weather) than anyone else and yet we have the climate least suited to holding these outdoor events. I don't think we're the only country in the world to have a "maritime" climate though - think western Canada, Newfoundland, Belgium, the Netherlands, South Island (New Zealand) and (colder and wetter in summer than any of these I suspect) much of Norway and Iceland... Nick It "always rain at Pontefract races too". Another classic from my misspent youth! Paul |
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On May 17, 10:46 am, Dawlish wrote:
On May 17, 10:34 am, wrote: On May 17, 10:06 am, "Nick Gardner" wrote: When I moved down here in 2002 I was told it "always rains at the Devon show" :-) I think we're an odd lot in this country. We seems to have more festivals, fetes, outdoor sporting events and the like (all of which are waiting to be ruined by the weather) than anyone else and yet we have the climate least suited to holding these outdoor events. I don't think we're the only country in the world to have a "maritime" climate though - think western Canada, Newfoundland, Belgium, the Netherlands, South Island (New Zealand) and (colder and wetter in summer than any of these I suspect) much of Norway and Iceland... Nick It "always rain at Pontefract races too". Another classic from my misspent youth! Paul One thing that does seem to be the case is that there is a disproportionate chance of heavy rain and low temperatures in late June/early July compared to the rest of the three official summer months. Haven't done a formal analysis of this but late June/early July has been dominated by changeable weather in many recent years, and there seems to be a lower than average chance of a hot spell compared to say mid June or mid July. Would be interesting to do a proper analysis of this, but Wimbledon and Glastonbury do *seem* to be scheduled for the on-average worst period of the whole summer! Nick |
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![]() "Nick Gardner" wrote in message ... When I moved down here in 2002 I was told it "always rains at the Devon show" :-) I think we're an odd lot in this country. We seems to have more festivals, fetes, outdoor sporting events and the like (all of which are waiting to be ruined by the weather) than anyone else and yet we have the climate least suited to holding these outdoor events. I think Wimbledon is a classic example. A whole fortnight of tennis played outdoors. What is almost certain about that is that it will rain at some point and cause disruption, sometimes turning a match into a farce. I also have memories of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Manchester a few years back. Somebody forgot to put up the gazebo over the officials' area when the president was making his speech and to watch him standing there making his great oratory in the pouring rain and getting absolutely soaked, unable to see/read his speech, looking totally bedraggled was an absolute classic. Of course, this was being watched by billions around the world and only reinforced the idea that it is always raining in Blighty. And Glastonbury is the ultimate example. I've been there when it was at its worst in 1998. I don't think I ever have fully recovered from that. ________________ Nick. Otter Valley, Devon 83 m amsl http://www.ottervalley.co.uk It's called a "stiff upper lip", godamn it man, we *are* British after all! "We'll fight them on the beaches, ....." Will -- |
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![]() wrote in message ... On May 17, 10:06 am, "Nick Gardner" wrote: When I moved down here in 2002 I was told it "always rains at the Devon show" :-) I think we're an odd lot in this country. We seems to have more festivals, fetes, outdoor sporting events and the like (all of which are waiting to be ruined by the weather) than anyone else and yet we have the climate least suited to holding these outdoor events. I don't think we're the only country in the world to have a "maritime" climate though - think western Canada, Newfoundland, Belgium, the Netherlands, South Island (New Zealand) and (colder and wetter in summer than any of these I suspect) much of Norway and Iceland... Newfoundland may be surrounded by water but it doesn't have a maritime climate in the way you mean, as in westerly dominated winds tempering the cold of winter. Winters here are very cold, though not as cold as continental Canada for the same latitude. I believe there is also a small section of coastal southern Chilie that has a climate that approximates to our own. -- Col Bolton, Lancashire 160m asl |
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