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.
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