I can remember from long ago a ditty my grandmother used to sing to me and it went something like "March winds do blow and there shall be snow". Well, that may well be true of the northern hemisphere, at least in Britain's highish latitudes. Down under, Spring comes in September and October and yesterday was the last day of September. And guess what! The September winds have blown for a good few days. But that's where any resemblance to the northern hemisphere expired. Rather than snow, we're in the middle of a heat wave which would cause many Britons to expire. Parts of Sydney managed 35 C yesterday and here, in Armidale, at 1000 m asl we reached 25 C. Imagine standing in a gale on the top of Snowdon in Wales at the end of March in that kind of temperature. Admit that it's unlikely!
Oh well, these conditions surely cannot last. Today for instance a cold front is moving through dropping the temperature precipitously to a freezing 23 C!!
AS
Oh well, these conditions surely cannot last. Today for instance a cold front is moving through dropping the temperature precipitously to a freezing 23 C!!
AS
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