On Sep 7, 2:30*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:
"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message

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Maybe a bit early still, but after such an appalling summer I would have
expected things to settle down by now and high pressure take up residence
in our region. I would be very surprised if later this month and certainly
not October talk of an Indian summer will be on going. I must admit I
can't remember such a wet early September!!!

Welcome to the new world of global warming Keith. Remember all those
predictions (a few years back) of warm dry summers and mediterranean like
conditions in the UK, yeah right, I'll believe that when I see it in our
maritime climate. We may all have to learn to love the rain and cloud as
specific humidities are on the increase with global warming.

Will
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The problem with this summer and to some extent the last one is
not the specific humidity but the cyclonic circulation anomaly and it
can't be said that the former has caused the latter. The predictions
of global warming are that climatic belts shift northwards and the
effect of that has already been seen in that in that July is the
driest month of the year over large areas of England at least. (It's
the driest in my 25-yr record). This can only be due to a lack of
cyclonic activity and my guess is that warm dry summers will return
fairly soon.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.