In article ,
Will Hand writes:
When the weather changes and that weather is expected to persist but
doesn't. Bit like a lull in the wind in the centre of depressions
fooling unwitting sailors that the gale is over.

Yes I admit that sometimes gaps can become chasms, canyons, or inter-
planetary voids! :-)


You can also have mini sucker' gaps. There was heavy rain in
Cranleigh first thing this morning, but then it brightened up and there
was some sunshine. But in the early afternoon the weather rapidly
deteriorated, and by about 3pm it was pouring again.
--
John Hall
"I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
will hardly mind anything else."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)

"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
Will Hand writes:
When the weather changes and that weather is expected to persist but
doesn't. Bit like a lull in the wind in the centre of depressions
fooling unwitting sailors that the gale is over.

Yes I admit that sometimes gaps can become chasms, canyons, or inter-
planetary voids! :-)


You can also have mini sucker' gaps. There was heavy rain in
Cranleigh first thing this morning, but then it brightened up and there
was some sunshine. But in the early afternoon the weather rapidly
deteriorated, and by about 3pm it was pouring again.

Which is what I unstood as the original meaning of the term.
More specifically, after the heavy rain of a cold front, the
often relatively sharp clearance to bright sunshine, only yo
be followed an hour or two later by heavy showers.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

On 07/01/2011 19:32, Col wrote:

Which is what I unstood as the original meaning of the term.
More specifically, after the heavy rain of a cold front, the
often relatively sharp clearance to bright sunshine, only yo
be followed an hour or two later by heavy showers.

Isn't that one down the E coast of Ireland now ?

Phil