On 19/7/07 23:12, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:41:16 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

This is like waiting for some huge crisis to develop. Having started with a
beautiful, sunny day, we now have thunderously threatening skies but with no
rain. Thunder is rumbling nearby and it's very hot, very humid and still.
The barometer is set on Fair and I trust the barometer more than anything
but am beginning to wonder if this un-British weather behaviour is confusing
it and leading to a Barometer Breakdown.
And we're waiting for a member of the family to land at Exeter airport - I
do hope the thunderstorm isn't doing a rehearsal up there.

We went sailing today on the IJsselmeer. There were big thunderclouds to the
north and to the south of us but we sailed in bright sunshine, we headed back
to
the harbour when it looked like both lots of thunderclouds would join up.
Within
an hour all the clouds just disappeared leaving a cloudless blue sky. I
thought
I understood weather but am having doubts.

I agree. We did have some heavy rain eventually but the skies cleared and
then clouded over again. The air is much fresher but it's still not exactly
normal weather. What you describe is what we had here much of the afternoon
- bright sun with black clouds looming. We're not on springs or an equinox,
are we?!! -- S


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