This can be anything to do with anything to do with the weather!
A Acid Rain
A Acid Rain
A-Z Of Weather
- Thread starter herringthorpe
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mikemiller
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B Billowing clouds
C Cold and Frosty Mornings
mikemiller
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D Dense fog - old fashioned London "pea soupers" are not as common these days. I once went to see England v Bulgaria at Wembley (late 70's) and the game was called off a couple of hours before kick off due to fog. We were still in the Wembley area having a pint (before heading back) at the scheduled kick off time ... and the weather was perfectly clear by then !
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sixpence
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Cold and frosty mornings - with a watery sun shining. I love them!
E - Electrical Storm - alternative name for thunder and lightening
F Floods - I just don't know how you ever get over flood water in your property
mikemiller
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H Hurricane - a fair bit windier than that !
Also nickname of Alex Higgins (World snooker champion), Reuben Carter (American boxer who Bob Dylan wrote a song about) and Norman Smith (producer of early Pink Floyd albums / occasional novelty-hit vocalist)
Also nickname of Alex Higgins (World snooker champion), Reuben Carter (American boxer who Bob Dylan wrote a song about) and Norman Smith (producer of early Pink Floyd albums / occasional novelty-hit vocalist)
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I Ice - not good on roads or pavements - anyone remember a game a few years ago at Shrewsbury (sure it was Shrewsbury) when some of our fans had got there early and helped clear the pitch off snow but nobody had thought about clearing the way in for the fans and we skated to the ground, my friend on crutches! on ice.
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mikemiller
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J Jet Stream - high level westerly airflow that has an important effect on the movement of weather fronts heading towards Britain. It's sort of the atmospheric equivalent of the Gulf Stream
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K Kelvin Scale - a different temperature scale.
mikemiller
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Zero degrees Kelvin is about minus 273 degrees Celsius.... and nothing ANYWHERE in the Universe can get colder than that!
Brrr...
A degree in Kelvin is the same temperature interval as a degree in Celsius. More convenient to use the Kelvin scale in thermodynamic calculations, rather than Celsius or Fahrenheit... if you like doing that kind of thing .
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L Lightning - Electrostatic discharge caused by charge differences between clouds and the earth, within clouds themselves, or clouds to air. (Quite complex processes!)
Brrr...
A degree in Kelvin is the same temperature interval as a degree in Celsius. More convenient to use the Kelvin scale in thermodynamic calculations, rather than Celsius or Fahrenheit... if you like doing that kind of thing .
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L Lightning - Electrostatic discharge caused by charge differences between clouds and the earth, within clouds themselves, or clouds to air. (Quite complex processes!)
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N Nimbus - a cloud that usually means rain or snow
mikemiller
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O Ozone - Gas in the upper atmosphere which absorbs ultraviolet radiation and protects the Earth's surface from overheating. Ozone molecules contain three oxygen atoms, and ozone gas is quite toxic in high concentrations .
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P Precipitation - just a posh name for rain!
R Rainbows - I love rainbows! Made from sun and showers
mikemiller
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S Scattered showers - another term also often used by weather forecasters, and associated with rainbows too
