Weather can be extremely variable and local especially when the weather is showery or stormy in nature.

On a stormy day you can travel a few miles up the road and hit a sudden cloudbursts with road flooding, squally winds, hail and thunder, when surrounding areas stay dry and sunny without a trace of rain. Equally in winter rain or sleet at lower altitude can turn readily to snow with just a small rise in height, coating those locations with thick snow cover. When out walking the hills if the conditions are correct, it is highly possible to be in wonderful sunny blue skies, looking down on to a veil of valley fog.

In summer some spots become hotter than others, these are meteorologically known as hot spots, some locations are shielded from the heaviest of rains, they are situated within a rain shadow caused by being sheltered by higher ground from the prevailing wind. In town or cities, winds can be squally and strong due to the funneling of the breeze between tall buildings, often swirls of dust, paper and other light items can be witnessed rotating at great speed before fading away rapidly.

Next Week: Flooding.

The answer to last weeks question: From sea. This weeks question:

A location which is sheltered from the prevailing wind, logging less rain is called:

A/ Hot Spot.

B/ Rain Shadow.

Good Luck.

Glossary:

Fallstreaks: Lines sometimes seen beneath a cloud. Fallstreaks are caused by precipitation falling from the cloud and evaporating before it reaches the surface. They are also known as virga.

Weather for week Monday 18th August-Friday 22nd August.

Low pressure will again prevail through this coming week bringing rain or showers at times with any drier, brighter spells hard to find and short lived. Windy at first this week then winds lighter later.

Maximum temperature 18-21c 64-70f.

Minimum temperature 11-14c 52-57f.

Last Week's Observations (Monday-Sunday)

Highest day temperature ............21.4c on Friday 15th August.

Lowest night temperature ............6.8c on Thursday 14th August.

Wettest day...............................18.4 mm on Friday 15th August.