Weather Banter - View Single Post - Never known such a variation in weather over such a short distance...

John Hall · August 22nd 07, 06:19 PM posted to uk.sci.weather

In article om,
writes:
Maybe I was wrong about Dorset yesterday... it appears that the
adjacent counties of Hampshire and Dorset (never mind Devon) are
either side of a line dividing near-continuous sunshine from gloom
(yesterday) or heavy showers (today). I'd have expected a more gradual
transition from east to west, with Hampshire a bit more settled and
Dorset and Devon a little less.

I can remember something similar about 20 years ago at just this time of
year. I had to travel from Surrey to Torquay by train
(Guildford-Reading-Newton Abbot-Torquay). Surrey was under thick
stratus, but by the time I reached Reading there had been an abrupt
clearance and the sky was clear of cloud, as it was for the rest of the
journey
--
John Hall "Never play cards with a man called Doc.
Never eat at a place called Mom's.
Never sleep with a woman whose troubles
are worse than your own." Nelson Algren