Difference between onshore & offshore winds

mrs_overall | 11:31 Mon 15th Oct 2007 | Weather

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Can anyone explain the difference please.
(Am I the first person to post a Q in this new category? Fame at last!!!!!!!!!)

What's the weather like in your area?

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jane1098

ohhh! thought i was gonna be first. never mind.

well done mrs o. can i have your autograph please? lol

mrs_overall

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Thank you jane!
Of course you can have an autograph..it may be worth a few bob in years to come.
i'd send you a signed photo but it would only frighten the children & horses lol

Aquagility

You tend to get an onshore wind in the afternoon when the air is rising over the warmer land.

Offshore (blowing out to sea) is seldom due to the sea being warmer, but there are other possible causes.

You need a book, really!

mrs_overall

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Thanks for that aquagility.You now have the honour of posting the first serious reply to the first serious question in this new category. I award you a gold star!
(I have several books, including every Rupert Bear Annual since 1962...will they do?)

Aquagility

By the sound of it, yes!

Aquagility

By the sound of it, yes!

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Aquagility

Yes, was it Funph who had the punchline "I go - I come back"?

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