On 06/03/2016 22:52, John Pickard wrote:
Good morning all (and especially those in the Northern Hemisphere
still stuck in winter),
The following letter appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald (Saturday 5
March 2016, p. 39)
"Still summer in Sydney.
It's hard not to be amused by the apparently genuine surprise
expressed this past week - mainly by television weather presenters -
at the high temperatures being recorded around the country 'in the
first week of autumn'. I'm not sure which authority declared that
autumn starts on March 1; however the change of seasons is an
immutable astronomical event resulting from a shift in the earth's
axis each three months on the two equinoxes and the two solstices,
which coincide with the human invented calendar dates of
(approximately) March and September 21; and June and December 21. So
it has not been an amazingly hot start to "autumn'; it is still summer
and will be for nearly three more weeks.
Martyn Yeomans, St Ives."
Relying on TV weather presenters for anything other than a forecast
taken directly from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (in our case)
is a bit silly. TV presenters are selected on their good looks (that's
why I didn't make it!), laser-whitened teeth, and their ability to
smile while talking under wet cement. They are never selected on their
knowledge of anything.
And yes, it is still summery here, temperatures in high 20s,
wall-to-wall blue sky. Lovely!
Cheers, John
Dr John Pickard
[email protected]
In a VERY sunny Sydney.
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Meteorologically, in the Northern hemisphere, the seasons are :-
Winter - December, January, February
Spring - March, April, May
Summer - June, July, August
Autumn - September, October, November
Of course, we can have an 'Indian summer' which lasts into September;
but it's rare to see winter weather in March.
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Richard Mallett
Eaton Bray, Dunstable
South Beds. UK
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