Meteorologists do have a different view (for computational purposes): http://www.rin.org.uk/newsitem/4457/Farewell-Winter -- Richard Langley
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Richard B. Langley E-mail: l...@unb.ca | | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://gge.unb.ca | | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 | | University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 | | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.fredericton.ca/ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________ From: sundial <sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de> on behalf of John Pickard <john.pick...@bigpond.com> Sent: Sunday, March 6, 2016 6:52 PM To: Sundial List Subject: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?) 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 john.pick...@bigpond.com In a VERY sunny Sydney. --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
