Scott W wrote:

Good points put forward by Simon Keeling to temper the nonsense and hysteria
around today's 'climate summit' at UKMO

http://www.weatherweb.net/wxwebtvsimonnew.php?ID=778


I made much briefer comments along the same lines on BBC Three Counties Radio
this morning. A string of warm dry summers a few years ago, together with
associated media-hype, have raised expectations to unrealistic levels. The fact
is that warm dry summers occur in this country only occasionally. Our "default"
summer weather is changeable, rather cloudy and, for many people, rather cool.
Our "default" winters produce some snow, frost, fog and rain and not very much
sunshine. We have a maritime climate which means mostly changeable weather with
a lot of cloud, cool summers and mild winters.

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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.