Scattered Showers: Nine Beautiful Short Stories

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It is a repeat performance on Thursday with some sunshine and showers, perhaps with more of a focus on parts of England and Wales. Temperatures are still on the warm side, perhaps a degree higher, so 29C in the south-east. Showers, by contrast,are produced by convective clouds known as cumulus.Rain-bearing cumulus clouds are commonly taller than they are wide and have a fluffy, cauliflower-like appearance to their tops. An easterly freeze is set to engulf Ireland, bringing sub-zero temperatures, widespread frost and wintry showers. Snow for Christmas is set in Rowell’s popular Simon Snow universe (Carry On, Wayward Son and Any Way the Wind Blows) as Baz and Snow endure a slightly strained family Christmas.

There will be similar conditions on Thursday with clouds breaking to reveal periods of sunshine, variable amounts of patchy cloud cover and a widespread threat of showers developing. Some showers will be locally heavy and thundery in nature but will ease and clear during the afternoon to reveal late sunny spells. Temperatures will reach 15°C for Plymouth, 11°C for Edinburgh and 17°C for London. Rain will clear eastwards overnight. Drier by the end of the week What we usually mean when referring to 'rain' is the precipitation that falls from weather fronts. A front is aboundary between two bodies of air that have different properties.Frontal cloud may stretch for hundreds of miles usually consisting of various types of stratus cloud (including stratus, altostratus and nimbostratus). We also distinguish between the two in our forecasts with different symbols referencing showers or rain as in the table below: Shower and rain weather forecast symbolsThe outlook for Wednesday and Thursday adds: "Variable cloud on Wednesday with scattered showers, these most likely in Scotland and central areas of England. Sunny spells in between showers. Turning unsettled in Scotland on Thursday, with heavy showers, some thundery. Sunnier with light showers further south. On Friday, further blustery showers in Scotland and western areas of Britain. Sunny elsewhere. Trending cooler." The Met Office said sleet and snow may fall in the north of Scotland and on peaks above 400 metres (1,312ft) high. Saturday is expected to be the coldest night of the year across the country with the first sub-zero temperatures.

In Waiting is an intriguing tale of what life might be like for an author’s characters before they are written and takes the idea that characters take control of their own stories to new heights.Ireland’s meteorological agency said: “Fine and frosty to begin for many Saturday with icy patches and some mist and fog in places. A little less cold in the west and south with the odd light shower. Sunny spells will develop in many areas, but it will turn cloudier from the Atlantic in the afternoon with rain developing near west and southwest coasts towards evening. Chilly, with afternoon highs of 5C to 8C generally, but again, remaining milder in the southwest. Light variable winds will become light or moderate southeasterly as the day goes on. Any early rain on Tuesday will soon clear from eastern areas. It will then be mainly cloudy during the day with a threat of showers developing and some of these will be locally heavy and thundery in nature. A sharp plunge in temperatures is set to be felt across the UK today because of cold air from the Arctic bringing with it a new phase of colder conditions. It is then expected to stay cold throughout the weekend and beyond, with the mercury dropping as low as -7C in some northern areas overnight on Saturday. Long range UK weather forecast

On Tuesday evening and night a band of rain is expected to move in from the Atlantic which could turn a bit wintry on hills as temperatures fall close to freezing. Scattered showers along with an overnight ice risk may affect some coastal areas of northern and eastern Scotland, and eastern England at times, which could turn increasingly wintry over hills in the north. These conditions could then persist, particularly in the north, but there is an increasing chance of areas of cloud, rain and/or snow, perhaps with strong winds too, spreading north across at least southern areas from later next week.This makes frontal rain hard to avoid because the rain usually stretches along the entire length of the front. These fronts can typically last for a day or so and they are commonly associated with unsettled weather. Showers

Fronts produce most of their rain through mass ascent. Mass ascent is where one body of air is lifted, bodilyupwards, by another body of air. The lifted body of air cools and the water vapour it contains condenses to form clouds and then rain. Showers Meteorologists believe that night will see thermometers hitting minus 4C in Wales and minus 5C in the rural South West. Manchester will see lows of 0C this Saturday, with single figure temperatures continuing into next week. Current indications suggest cold weather for Wednesday and Thursday bringing showers of rain, hail and sleet. It will turn progressively colder and some snow is possible over Ulster and high ground further south. Bright or sunny spells will occur at times too. Daytime temperatures of 3C to 6C falling to freezing or below at night with frost and icy patches. Light northerly or variable winds increasing fresh or strong at times in the west.”Mainly dry Monday night with light northerly or variable winds. A widespread frost setting in with lowest temperatures of 2C to -2C with some icy patches. Some mist or fog patches also.