Another 10 years of wet summers?

I_have_spoken · 19 June 2013 at 7:05AM

Britain has a higher chance of wet summers for up to the next ten years, the Met Office has predicted

The current run of wet summers began in 2007 and usually the pattern lasts for ten to 20 years. Stephen Belcher, the Head of the Met Office Hadley Centre, said there is a “glimpse” of hope that the run of wet summers could come to an end within five to ten years.

OK, it's the Met Office who've been hopeless, but maybe we should be planting bog gardens not Mediterranean herb gardens?

Funky_Bold_Ribena · 19 June 2013 at 7:07AM

Celeriac, celery, beetroot and swiss chard - is the new tomato.

I suppose the answer is more polytunnels and greenhouses if we want crops that need the longer hotter summers...

wallbash · 19 June 2013 at 10:11AM

Are these the same guys who promised us a BBQ summer last year?

A._Badger · 19 June 2013 at 5:30PM

wallbash wrote: »

Are these the same guys who promised us a BBQ summer last year?

And the same idiots who told everyone to pant Mediterranean plants six or seven years ago. Where I live (Kent - fairly coastal) they can barely forecast 24 hours ahead with anything approaching accuracy.

beedeedee · 19 June 2013 at 5:50PM

I'd sooner rely on a bit of seaweed than a forecast from them. Piers Corbyn is the man - check him out. He's usually spot on with his weather predictions.

Linda32 · 19 June 2013 at 7:16PM

It makes you wonder why we were told to plant Mediterranean herb gardens ever. England is not in the med last time I looked

so why the weather should be forecast as such is beyond me.

The weather forecast now seems to have become news, when it used to be five minutes at the end of the proper news.

wallbash · 19 June 2013 at 7:37PM

To be fair , the short term weather forecast has become much better over the past years.

Ash_McCloud · 19 June 2013 at 8:14PM

They picked a good day to announce it on :doh:

Leif · 19 June 2013 at 8:52PM

wallbash wrote: »

To be fair , the short term weather forecast has become much better over the past years.

I agree, it's actually not bad at all, whereas 10 years ago it was pants. The general trend a week ahead is quite decent.

beedeedee wrote: »

I'd sooner rely on a bit of seaweed than a forecast from them. Piers Corbyn is the man - check him out. He's usually spot on with his weather predictions.

Apparently not, at least according to Wikipedia.

[Deleted User] · 19 June 2013 at 10:12PM

beedeedee wrote: »

I'd sooner rely on a bit of seaweed than a forecast from them. Piers Corbyn is the man - check him out. He's usually spot on with his weather predictions.

absolutely right. I bought a forecast once, just out of interest and was amazed at the accuracy. I am now a subscriber and tbh it is worth every penny, I do actually use it to plan the month ahead and am allowed to send it to 4 family members. Days out and short holidays, all have been planned wrt this

I have forward planned my allotment growing and seed sowing according to his forecasts, which are actually trends and not short term forecasts as such, they take a while to get used to. I started a thread not so long ago wrt veg growing taking the changing weather into account
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4594923

I obviously cannot breach copyright but lets just say that blight plans are in place

Leif · 20 June 2013 at 12:47PM

How many forecasts have you bought from him and over which time periods?

Another 10 years of wet summers?

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