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U.K. Issues First-Ever Extreme Heat Warning 馃敟馃敟馃敟 [I Hate Hot Weather]






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ArishMell70-79, M
I cannot understand why people are merely criticising it.

Presumably the Meteorological Office has established statistically, maxima and minima to define "extreme" conditions compared with historical [i]mean [/i]weather behaviour and values. It's not a mere record-chasing exercise - that's for dozy "red-top" journalists to play!

No-one denies those past extreme events, nor their severity, but they happened before the Met. Office developed the present warnings and definitions.

The significant point would be whether the present extremes will be more isolated events or part of a developing pattern.

It should be remembered too, that these are extreme in British Isles climate terms.
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@ArishMell Thank you, someone who gets it! 馃