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Old 16 September 2012, 17:34   #1
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Biggest weather front you ever saw?
This one is quite a size!
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Old 16 September 2012, 17:38   #2
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I'm no weather forecaster, but does that mean it's gonna rain a bit?
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Old 16 September 2012, 17:45   #3
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That is one hell of a weather front.
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Old 16 September 2012, 18:08   #4
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I'm no weather forecaster, but does that mean it's gonna rain a bit?
Looks like that high is heading our way, We'll av nice weather later this week.

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Old 16 September 2012, 18:11   #5
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Not a huge differance in pressure across the front...not going to be a huge drama in my eyes.....
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Old 16 September 2012, 19:45   #6
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Pah!...how's this for weather with some serious front....



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Old 16 September 2012, 20:00   #7
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I was returning home from the midlands in me' lorry late Fri eve and caught the shipping forecast. They were giving 980mb lows for Faeroes and S. Iceland.
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That is one hell of a weather front.
Good pic that
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Old 16 September 2012, 22:48   #10
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Not a huge differance in pressure across the front...not going to be a huge drama in my eyes.....
But to be fair it is quite big. And don't forget what Michael Fish said in 1987.
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