Looking at the UK radar - up to 0700 today there is a nice circulation of
rain to the SE of Devon over the Channel ...

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!

"Dawlish" wrote in message
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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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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
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We moved here in 1998, and I was told exactly the same!

Paul

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

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

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

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

"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
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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...

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.
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Col

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