The plague of the south Devon coast. I 'ate sea frets. Spoiling,
'orrible things. 'e takes away my sunshine my luvver!

On Mar 21, 8:56*pm, Dawlish wrote:
The plague of the south Devon coast. I 'ate sea frets. Spoiling,
'orrible things. 'e takes away my sunshine my luvver!

Is that in some way equivalent to the "Haar" so beloved of people in
the east?

(I'm asking, as I've never heard of it).

On Mar 21, 8:49*am, Rupert Wood wrote:
On Mar 21, 8:56*pm, Dawlish wrote:

The plague of the south Devon coast. I 'ate sea frets. Spoiling,
'orrible things. 'e takes away my sunshine my luvver!

Is that in some way equivalent to the "Haar" so beloved of people in
the east?

(I'm asking, as I've never heard of it).

Yes, Rupert. Can be called a Haar as well. Haar comes from the German
for "hair" I believe. Whetever it is called, it is still a coastal
weather bane for me! Hardly brightening as yet. This looks like it is
pretty extensive in southern England this morning. I think that is it,
stretching into the North Sea on the visible satellite image - anyone
better qualified than me to interpret that please?

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_vis.html

On Mar 21, 10:13*pm, Dawlish wrote:
On Mar 21, 8:49*am, Rupert Wood wrote:

On Mar 21, 8:56*pm, Dawlish wrote:

The plague of the south Devon coast. I 'ate sea frets. Spoiling,
'orrible things. 'e takes away my sunshine my luvver!

Is that in some way equivalent to the "Haar" so beloved of people in
the east?

(I'm asking, as I've never heard of it).

Yes, Rupert. Can be called a Haar as well. Haar comes from the German
for "hair" I believe. Whetever it is called, it is still a coastal
weather bane for me! Hardly brightening as yet. This looks like it is
pretty extensive in southern England this morning. I think that is it,
stretching into the North Sea on the visible satellite image - anyone
better qualified than me to interpret that please?

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_vis.html

Thanks for that Paul. The "swings and roundabouts" of coastal
climates.....

On Mar 21, 9:13*am, Dawlish wrote:
On Mar 21, 8:49*am, Rupert Wood wrote:

On Mar 21, 8:56*pm, Dawlish wrote:

The plague of the south Devon coast. I 'ate sea frets. Spoiling,
'orrible things. 'e takes away my sunshine my luvver!

Is that in some way equivalent to the "Haar" so beloved of people in
the east?

(I'm asking, as I've never heard of it).

Yes, Rupert. Can be called a Haar as well. Haar comes from the German
for "hair" I believe. Whetever it is called, it is still a coastal
weather bane for me! Hardly brightening as yet. This looks like it is
pretty extensive in southern England this morning. I think that is it,
stretching into the North Sea on the visible satellite image - anyone
better qualified than me to interpret that please?

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_vis.html

The term 'fret' in sea fret originates from the irritation it causes.
The term is only applied to sea fog incident on the coast. It may not
be seen as extensive over southern England as you imply from the sat
pic.
What you saw inland was just lifted stratus.
Even here on the south Devon coast at Wembury we were not fretting.
Just had thin stratus cloud, which eventually thinned after lunch to
give some pleasant sunshine.

By the way, the term we use here is 'frigging mist'.
It ruins many a nice sail and day on the beach.

Len Wood
Wembury

"Len Wood" wrote in message
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On Mar 21, 9:13 am, Dawlish wrote:
On Mar 21, 8:49 am, Rupert Wood wrote:

On Mar 21, 8:56 pm, Dawlish wrote:

The plague of the south Devon coast. I 'ate sea frets. Spoiling,
'orrible things. 'e takes away my sunshine my luvver!

Is that in some way equivalent to the "Haar" so beloved of people in
the east?

(I'm asking, as I've never heard of it).

Yes, Rupert. Can be called a Haar as well. Haar comes from the German
for "hair" I believe. Whetever it is called, it is still a coastal
weather bane for me! Hardly brightening as yet. This looks like it is
pretty extensive in southern England this morning. I think that is it,
stretching into the North Sea on the visible satellite image - anyone
better qualified than me to interpret that please?

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_vis.html

The term 'fret' in sea fret originates from the irritation it causes.
The term is only applied to sea fog incident on the coast. It may not
be seen as extensive over southern England as you imply from the sat
pic.
What you saw inland was just lifted stratus.
Even here on the south Devon coast at Wembury we were not fretting.
Just had thin stratus cloud, which eventually thinned after lunch to
give some pleasant sunshine.

By the way, the term we use here is 'frigging mist'.
It ruins many a nice sail and day on the beach.

Len Wood
Wembury
======================

We're so used to mist and fog up here that I really didn't notice it this
morning!
Just drove to work like any other day.

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On Mar 22, 10:37*am, Len Wood wrote:
On Mar 21, 9:13*am, Dawlish wrote:





On Mar 21, 8:49*am, Rupert Wood wrote:

On Mar 21, 8:56*pm, Dawlish wrote:

The plague of the south Devon coast. I 'ate sea frets. Spoiling,
'orrible things. 'e takes away my sunshine my luvver!

Is that in some way equivalent to the "Haar" so beloved of people in
the east?

(I'm asking, as I've never heard of it).

Yes, Rupert. Can be called a Haar as well. Haar comes from the German
for "hair" I believe. Whetever it is called, it is still a coastal
weather bane for me! Hardly brightening as yet. This looks like it is
pretty extensive in southern England this morning. I think that is it,
stretching into the North Sea on the visible satellite image - anyone
better qualified than me to interpret that please?

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_vis.html

The term 'fret' in sea fret originates from the irritation it causes.
The term is only applied to sea fog incident on the coast. It may not
be seen as extensive over southern England as you imply from the sat
pic.
What you saw inland was just lifted stratus.
Even here on the south Devon coast at Wembury we were not fretting.
Just had thin stratus cloud, which eventually thinned after lunch to
give some pleasant sunshine.

By the way, the term we use here is 'frigging mist'.
It ruins many a nice sail and day on the beach.

Len Wood
Wembury- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks to the contributors on this one!

I guess (at least going by a rough scanning of areal sunshine maps)
that any loss of sun from these events doesn't counterbalance the
cloudier skies in your inland locations, at least for most parts of
the coast - typically the brightest parts of a region seem to be
coastal.

"Dawlish" schreef

On Mar 21, 8:49 am, Rupert Wood wrote:

On Mar 21, 8:56 pm, Dawlish wrote:
The plague of the south Devon coast. I 'ate sea frets. Spoiling,
'orrible things. 'e takes away my sunshine my luvver!

Is that in some way equivalent to the "Haar" so beloved of people in
the east?

Yes, Rupert. Can be called a Haar as well. Haar comes from the German
for "hair" I believe.
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I hope you are a better meteorologist than you are an etymologist.

"Haar" meaning sea mist is apparently a Scots word. The only suggestion as
to its etymology that I can find online is a link to "hoar" meaning greyish
or whitish (as in hoar frost).

Ther is no connection at all with the German "Haar" (hair).

Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Mar 21, 10:58*pm, "Colin Youngs" wrote:
"Dawlish" schreef

On Mar 21, 8:49 am, Rupert Wood wrote:

On Mar 21, 8:56 pm, Dawlish wrote:
The plague of the south Devon coast. I 'ate sea frets. Spoiling,
'orrible things. 'e takes away my sunshine my luvver!
Is that in some way equivalent to the "Haar" so beloved of people in
the east?

Yes, Rupert. Can be called a Haar as well. Haar comes from the German
for "hair" I believe.
____________________

I hope you are a better meteorologist than you are an etymologist.

"Haar" meaning sea mist is apparently a Scots word. * The only suggestion as
to its etymology that I can find online is a link to "hoar" meaning greyish
or whitish (as in hoar frost).

Ther is no connection at all with the German "Haar" (hair).

Colin Youngs
Brussels

Heh! Right. Thanks Colin.

The sea fret lasted all through yesterday, thinning a little towards
lunchtime and thickenening again in the evening. It ruined what could
have been a glorious day. It was sunny in Newton Abbot, a few miled
inland. The winds have switched NW during the night, the Fret has gone
and we've woken up to a blue sky and the prospect of a sunny (and
warm) day.

Irnoy calls, as the typical location of a Haar, the east coast, saw
17C in sunny Brid! Thanks, as always, for the reports, Colin.