PHEW, WHAT A SCORCHER!
WARMEST WINTER WEEKEND FOR OVER 600 YEARS
Picturesque views of Froghill nestled beneath a blanket of snow are becoming little more than a distant memory as our winter and summer weather patterns change places.
Sunday’s record high of 37.2˚C, recorded at the Withering Pond boathouse, was the warmest since November 1375, and the trend looks set to continue as global warming heats up our planet.
Dr Willoughby Twerpe, senior researcher with the Climate Observation and Weather Pattern Assessment Team (COWPAT), said: “We're likely to see much more of this kind of thing as our climate warms up. By the year 2027, we can expect winter temperatures to top those of the Gobi Desert in summer.
“Rivers are drying up and crop seasons are changing. Farmers are growing passion fruit where they used to grow parsnips.
“Birds are migrating in reverse, with toucans, emus and lyre birds coming here to spend the winter months. More ominously, Froghill’s first case of dengue fever was reported last week, with the patient now critically ill in an isolation ward in Froghill General.”
“Sunstroke will become a regular feature of future winters,” Dr Twerpe added.
But it’s not all bad news. People were out in their hundreds enjoying the unexpectedly warm weather last weekend and the Froghill municipal baths were thronged with swimmers and sunbathers.
Local pubs and ice cream sellers in particular welcomed the weather, with one gelateria – Bomponi’s in St Alfege Street – selling completely out of stock by 2pm on Saturday.
“It’s the best business we’ve ever done,” said delighted manager Arturo Bomponi. “If this is global warming, then let’s have some more of it, that’s what I say!”
Love the COWPAT, we have several outlying offices here. The "staff" are constantly buzzing around recording the sunny smells.
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24/01/07 @ 13:18