Theoretically, there are four seasons in the year so each one should last three months. I'd break it down as autumn = September, October, November; winter = December, January February; spring = March, April, May; and summer = June, July, August. Therefore summer is here. But it sure as hell doesn't feel like it.
Last year apparently we had Iceland's summer. That would have been fine if we'd had Iceland's winter as well. But no, it was just a bland and boring winter with little snow or anything exciting. I love it when it snows in the UK, as it absolutely cripples the country even if it's just for one day. The roads jam up, trains stop running, planes don't take off. It's pathetic, seeing as other countries manage just fine when they have snow all the time. But it has always resulted in days off school or whatever, so it's been fine with me.
I'm digressing. What I mean to say is, last year's summer was bad beyond any imagination, and I definitely definitely can't take another one like that. However, there are no positive signs to suggest that the UK might get a 'normal' summer. I'm looking out the window now, and it's dull and overcast. What the...?! It's June! April showers etc should have ended over a month ago. Yet the forecast is still for heavy rain and so on.
Let me guess, it's because of global warming. Wrong. Maybe I'll do a separate post on global warming another time. One thing I did learn from doing a geography degree is that there are an awful lot of misconceptions (read: bullshit) floating around out there about GW. I'll give three facts right now though:
Fact: the planet Earth has been heating up ever since its formation (ie the Earth warming up is a natural process).
Fact: the rate of this heating has accelerated during the time that humans have inhabited the planet.
Fact: there is no concrete evidence to suggest that the human race is entirely responsible for this.
This has turned into quite a different blog entry to the one I had planned to write. I'll call it quits for the time being and end it here.
I guess the message of this entry is PLEASE EARTH, PLEASE GIVE US A DECENT SUMMER!
-J
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From the met office.
UK forecast for Summer 2008
Temperature
There is a slightly enhanced chance of more frequent cloudy and cool spells compared to recent summers prior to 2007. Nevertheless, mean temperatures are more likely to be above the 1971-2000 average.
Rainfall
Our forecasting methods continue to suggest that rainfall for the summer as a whole is more likely to be either near, or above average.
Have a nice day.
The Gambler. :-)
After the heatwave during April last year, all you ever heard on the weather forecasts was that we were due for the hottest summer in years blah blah blah...
End of the day, forecasters can never get it wrong. If they give a 90% chance of sun, they're right if it's sunny, and they're still right if it rains.
Ugh!
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