wet spell

But one other significant spell, a 15-year wet spell, did end.

The wet spell has been replaced by a cold, dry front which will last until at least the New Year.

Palmer's algorithm also is used to describe wet spells, using corresponding positive numbers.

The constable was right in forecasting a wet spell.

As a mating ritual, it even survives climatic wet spells.

A long wet spell will cause rot, so consider starting the plants in pots that can be protected from rain.

'It's turned quite cold and I think we're in for quite a wet spell.

'Well - it looks as if we're in for a wet spell,' said the policeman.

We would pray for fine weather as a prolonged wet spell meant ruin for our efforts.

In climates with long dry periods and short infrequent wet spells the best land use are grasslands.

January through April is hot and rainy, which also can be a fine time to visit, as long as you're prepared for occasional wet spells.

A cold wet spell has affected Northern India.

Cold wet spells, especially in August and September, can make life very difficult for those living in sub-standard housing.

The wet spell also caused the Great Salt Lake to rise to a modern historic high of 4,211.85 feet above sea level.

This is why a sudden cold, wet spell can damage plants more than a gradual cold, dry spell.

"And you've hit a wet spell."

Fleece is easier to wrap but will not be waterproof (cover in clear polythene in wet spells).

Prepare wide planting hole with leaf-mould and garden compost, and apply this as an annual mulch during a wet spell in early spring.

"Raining raining raining," was the greeting I got when I visited her on the third day of the wet spell.

Prepare the ground with leaf-mould and a little bonemeal, and mulch with leaf-mould during a wet spell each summer.

This was the wettest spell for the region since T.S. Allison of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season.

Gouged by tires during the recent wet spell, it had been blow-dried by mountain winds into treacherous ruts, bumps, and potholes.

Nurse Hopkins said cheerfully, "That was the wet spell agatha christie last week, I expect.

C. africana takes advantage of any wet spells to complete a leafing, flowering and fruiting cycle, and retreats into dormancy over unfavourable periods.

Heavy precipitation recorded during the six day wet spell of February 28 to March 5, 2011 in the province based on data from the Pakistan Meteorological Department.