We have been enjoying a great spot of weather here in London lately. Oh I know that you people in California (imagine me saying those four word "you people in California" with utter disdain) have been enjoying weather in the 80s and 90s this week but here a nice day would be somewhere around 55 degrees. This past week we have seen temperatures ranging from 12C (53F) - 16C (60F). There has been very little rain, which is the best part - not having to carry an umbrella everywhere. Because of all the "nice" weather, we have been out enjoying it. Last weekend we went out to Hampton Court Palace (and I will blog about that later) and just enjoying the good weather. We have seen all the daffodils blooming, the crocus are out. We are starting to see that perhaps spring is around the corner. Yay!
I am going to offend all of my UK meteorologists friends (Hey! I could have meteorologist friends in the UK - you don't know!) when I say that "they" are notoriously wrong about the weather here. I am of the opinion that worldwide there is no real scientific basis for a 5 day weather forecast. Those kinds of forecasts are usually pretty wrong, if you live in an area that actually has weather. You could do a 35 day forecast in Southern California in June or July, that is why they started talking about air quality to give those weather people something to do during the newscasts. They can look at the Doppler or whatever and figure out what the weather will possibly be tomorrow or maybe the next day but any days after that is really not a weather forecast but a weather guess. I have just as good a chance as a weatherperson to guess the weather five days from now. But here in the UK, they very often don't get the next day's weather right. I can't tell you the number of weekends that we thought one day was going to be better than the other and tailored our plans around it, only to be totally caught in a torrential rainstorm or watch the kids do their homework in the house when it has been beautiful outside.
Want to know what the weather guess is for Monday in London? Snow. We will see, we will see. Stay tuned.
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