I’m Spinning Around … Move Out of My Way

Spin. Gotta love it.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM, the Aussie MET Office) released its summer weather forecast today. Summer starts in 4 days, on the 1st Dec. Tonight it is once again chucking it down. It was at least beautiful and blue skies for long periods and the rain whilst heavy was at least in showers rather than constant.

So, the summer forecast is not very good, or great, depending on the spin you put on it.

Weather bureau predicts wet, cool summer
WEST Australia’s unseasonal weather is set to continue with forecasters predicting a wet, cool summer.

Perth has recorded the wettest and coldest November in 17 years – the seventh-wettest on record – and the trend is set to continue.

WA Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Glenn Cook said a warm Indian Ocean and several high-level troughs — or low-atmospheric pressure systems — had produced the wintry weather Perth has experienced during the past few weeks.
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According to WA Bureau of Meteorology forecasts, central WA has a 70 per cent chance of exceeding average summer rainfall between December and February while maximum temperatures are predicted to remain average or cooler than normal during the same period.
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This time last year, Perth was on its was to recording the warmest November on record. But so far this month the mercury hasn’t reached 30C.

Cloudy skies are also robbing Perth of one hour of sunlight a day as the average 10.7 hours of sunshine is cut to just 9.8.

“It is the first time we have not had a 30C in November since 1964 ,” bureau forecaster John Relf said. …

Hot summer on the way, bureau forecasts
26th November 2008, 14:21 WST

It’s going to be a long, hot summer.

The Bureau of Meteorology has released its summer weather forecast, and it’s tipping hot days in the southern states, and hot nights in the north and west.

But there’s some good news too – there’s wet weather ahead for some lucky areas.
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When it comes to overnight temperatures, most of the country is in for a warm summer.

Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory are the areas most likely to have unusually hot nights.

The mercury may rise this summer but there’s some relief on the way when it comes to rainfall.

Western Australia is in for a wet summer, as is north-east NSW and south-east Queensland….

So, its either a great hot summer thats going to be fab because of the rain, or a cold wet summer. Both from the same forecast. Gotta love that spin.

What they havent clicked yet is that its down to us. No matter where and when we go somewhere, the rain soon follows. The rainclouds worship us. They followed us to Jamaica, Lanzarote, Majorca, all over. And now they are here. The reason the UK had such a bad summer this year is that the clouds were sulking because we werent there.

*sigh*