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Tue 09 Sep 2008'Soft day' will become thing of the past - expert
The traditional Irish "soft day", with clouds and drizzle drifting in from the Atlantic, could be a thing of the past, a weather expert told a conference in Dublin today.
The age-old term for a day’s rain might be one for the history books with the Irish climate expected to turn angrier and the country to suffer short, but heavier downpours, according to British Met Office scientist Dr Martin Parry
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