Rain band

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(Meteorol.)

a dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions.

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Christmas Day will be mild, but heavy rain in northern England and southern Scotland has the chance of snow, with a rain band moving across the rest of the UK later in the day.

Nightmare after Christmas: Britain set to be hit by 70mph 'weather bomb' for New Year as storms threaten travel nightmare; Hogmanay and New Year's Eve celebrations have been thrown into doubt as several storms threaten to batter the UK

We've not had much today and it's due to be largely dry tomorrow, but there's a rain band on Wednesday.

Enable rockets to head of Ascot market; Gosden: it makes sense to have a look at Ascot

Tomorrow, we will see outbreaks of rain as the rain band will be pushed further north.

Rain set to return after hottest day of the year

There is some uncertainty over the exact position and intensity of the rain band, so the alert will be kept under review and updated as necessary.

Yet more heavy rain on the way

Lando" had weakened into a tropical storm and moved into the South China Sea this morning, but its huge rain band ensured downpours across swathes of the sodden north where tens of thousands of people were displaced.

'Lando' death toll now at 12 - NDRRMC

Within the general rain band are vigorous storms, which track west.

The other side of dust storms

Much cooler air arrives on Saturday after the rain band - and it gets cooler as the weekend goes on.

Winter blows in; Rain and gales set to make summer a distant memory

When University of Washington scientists examined precipitation records from 1930 to 1990, they found that over that period, the tropical rain band moved southwards.

African drought caused by air pollution

Typhoon Bopha slammed into the Davao region at dawn, its ferocious winds ripping roofs from homes and its 500-kilometer- (311-mile-) wide rain band flooding low-lying farmland.

Typhoon pounds the Philippines, killing at least 7

Monday night into Tuesday a rain band will move through giving us five or six millimetres, so overall we are looking at up to 10 millimetres before racing starts on Tuesday.

Horse Racing: Festival could start on soft ground, warn Cheltenham

I remember having a short-lived fascination with a Manchester group called the Rain Band who did this kind of thing.

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Obviously if we got an unannounced rain band we'd be in trouble but at the moment we are fine and no further inspection is planned.