Wee bit wet in Cumbria at the moment.

Look on the bright side those that survive the flood will be worth more, every cloud silver linings and all that

 

Good news for sun worshipers, as a Met Office forecast predicts that 2016 will be one of the warmest years on record.

The global mean temperature for 2016 is expected to be between 0.72 °C and 0.96 °C above the long-term (1961-1990) average of 14.0 °C, according to the Met Office annual global temperature forecast.

Professor Chris Folland, Met Office research fellow, said: “2015 is on track to be the warmest year on record, and this forecast suggests 2016 is likely to be at least as warm, if not warmer.”

Man-made global warming, combined with the smaller effect of El Niño from unusually warm waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean feature within the forecast.



The forecast is based on the key drivers of global climate, but it doesn’t include random events, such as large volcanic eruptions - which can cause a temporary cooling effect.

The outlook for 2016 is warmer than the Met Office’s forecast for 2015, which had a range of 0.52 °C to 0.76 °C and a central estimate of 0.64 °C (using the 1961-1990 long-term average).

The forecast for 2016 - including the range of uncertainties - also places the coming year among the warmest on record.

Professor Adam Scaife, head of long-range prediction at the Met Office, said: “This forecast suggests that by the end of 2016 we will have seen three record, or near-record years in a row for global temperatures.”



Read more: http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/ne...rmest-years-on-record-1-7128710#ixzz3vc32FdAH

 

Yeh but it was only winter 2012 where we had temperatures of
-18 and it snowed from early December through to the end of March!

 

its belting it down here like nothing normal , if that goes your way the flooding will be mental again