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What does England’s current heatwave mean?
Simple as that. Photo by piblet (source: Flickr Creative Commons)
Today’s temperatures are predicted go as high hit 30C (85F) making it the hottest day of the year in England, with temperatures highest in London and the southeast.
World cup fever – and the more civilized pursuit of eating strawberries and cream whilst watching a considerably smaller yellow ball move backwards and forwards at a much faster rate than a football ever could when North Korea are not playing – is gripping the country.
But so is a heatwave.
According to an article in the Guardian, ‘MeteoGroup weather forecaster Steve Ellison said the heatwave was caused by a ridge of high pressure across central and eastern England.’
But I’m just going to ignore that and say it’s because of global warming.
That’s right, I’ll take a page from the climate change skeptic’s book and flip it on its head. What’s the point of sticking to science anyway?
Mitchell & Webb – Global Warming Skeptic
Enjoy your global warming while it still just means that there are more days when it isn’t absolute hell to lie down on a rocky English beach. Unless you’re an old person of course, which means you have a slightly higher chance of dying during the night. Gosh, I almost sounded alarmist there.
By Graham Land
Additional resources:
Telegraph – Cities to get hotter at night, predicts Met Office
Times – Night-time temperatures could rise above 25C because of climate change
Tags: climate change, England, global warming, heatwave, london, skeptic, temperatures
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Lol
I guess irony is lost on some people. Maybe you should have stuck to global warming lectures and stayed away from masseuses, Mr Gore.
Ug ug. Cave man see strange weather. Must be my fault. Gods are angry. Will sacrifice to please gods. Ug Ug.
History is laughing already.