In the Countryfile forecast, the term "fingers of rain" was mentioned.

What the hell is a "finger of rain"?

I think he meant to say..."two fingers to rain" :-)

Brendan



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Rayleigh, Essex (51:34N 0:36E 30m asl)
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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:56:04 -0000, Brendan DJ Murphy wrote in


In the Countryfile forecast, the term "fingers of rain" was mentioned.

What the hell is a "finger of rain"?

I think he meant to say..."two fingers to rain" :-)

The main rain area seems to be heading across Scotland at present, but
there appear to be narrow extensions of it to the south. There is
currently a particularly active one approaching N.I.. I imagine he was
referring to these features - embedded within the westerly flow.

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 18/01/2004 12:12:38 UTC
Temp +5.8C and rising. Presure 1024 rising slowly

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:12:38 +0000, Mike Tullett
wrote:

The main rain area seems to be heading across Scotland at present,...

Yes!

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Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow.
Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
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.... one of those phrases that we fall into because of the particular job
we do: if you are used to looking at the radar, then sometimes the
precipitation will come along in 'fingers' or linear features - this is
particularly true of banding associated with warm fronts. Doesn't mean a
lot to anyone 'out and about' though: it's just wet;-)

Another phrase often used by broadcast forecasters is 'rash of showers';
I wonder if this comes from the fact that the old METAR/TAF present
weather for a rain shower was "RASH"?

Martin.