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mumsisdaughter) wrote2007-07-27 09:14 pm
mumsisdaughter) wrote2007-07-27 09:14 pm
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Rain
It's official.
In the past two months, Britain has experienced the heaviest rainfall since records began in 1766. The cost of June and July floods has reached 3 billion pounds and it's not over yet. Gloucestershire County Council estimates the repair bill for the county's roads will be 25 million pounds, and that's only one county.
The cause apparently is the high altitude jet-stream winds. Normally, the jet-stream is to the north of Scotland at this time of year but it has been drawn further south to lie below the English Channel. It carries a lot of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean that normally falls at high latitudes during our summer but is dropping over England and parts of Wales, this year. And why has it been drawn further south?? High pressure over the Mediterranean, giving some areas temperatures in the 40s Celsius.
If we don't get higher temperatures and drier weather soon, it does not bode well for the winter. The air and ground will not have warmed up enough to buffer us against the winter temperatures. We haven't had a harsh winter since 1963, which I remember--it snowed until April, and the one before that was 1947 when the whole country ground to a halt. Oh dear, this weather is making me soooooo depressed and we aren't in the flood zones.
In the past two months, Britain has experienced the heaviest rainfall since records began in 1766. The cost of June and July floods has reached 3 billion pounds and it's not over yet. Gloucestershire County Council estimates the repair bill for the county's roads will be 25 million pounds, and that's only one county.
The cause apparently is the high altitude jet-stream winds. Normally, the jet-stream is to the north of Scotland at this time of year but it has been drawn further south to lie below the English Channel. It carries a lot of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean that normally falls at high latitudes during our summer but is dropping over England and parts of Wales, this year. And why has it been drawn further south?? High pressure over the Mediterranean, giving some areas temperatures in the 40s Celsius.
If we don't get higher temperatures and drier weather soon, it does not bode well for the winter. The air and ground will not have warmed up enough to buffer us against the winter temperatures. We haven't had a harsh winter since 1963, which I remember--it snowed until April, and the one before that was 1947 when the whole country ground to a halt. Oh dear, this weather is making me soooooo depressed and we aren't in the flood zones.