On 02/04/2017 09:27, Metman2012 wrote:
On 02/04/2017 08:42, Col wrote:


Yes, April is certainly the time when 'heat' showers first develop.
However to the public a shower is just a shower and they wouldn't know
if it was generated over the land or sea. So why not March, June or
November showers? What I was getting at was is showery activity in April
commoner than in other months?


Col, if you assume that April shower is a meteorological term then your
question is valid. However, I don't think it is such, but rather a folk
saying. This article in Wikipedia may help to bring a bit of light here
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_shower.

I think of it more of a 'folk saying' as you say. However even folk
sayings have to originate somewhere and be based upon something. We
don't talk of July showers after all, so why April ones?

That article doesn't really make a lot of sense to be honest. It talks
of the jet stream moving north in spring but still says this depressions
will track across Ireland & Scotland, but isn't that the norm during
winter anyway?


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Col

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