What Has Happened to the Weather?
The rain in Spain obviously does not just fall on the plain!
During the night of Wednesday 7th May we had the most fantastic storm and at 5am we were sitting on the terrace sipping a cup of tea while being entertained by a most spectacular lightening storm over the sea and the mountains. These storms are like watching a free laser display and are really something worth seeing.
Then at 6am the rain hit us with a vengeance, the thunder crashed above us and of course the power cuts came too. The temperatures plummeted from mid 20’s to 13 degrees and the pool water temperature suffered too just as I was about to start enjoying a daily swim! Here we are, nearly into June, and not yet been able to start using the pool.
For the next 48 hours the torrencing rain was relentless and during the 19 days since we have had downpour after downpour with only the odd day in between that has been totally dry all day. While the UK was enjoying beautiful weather we had to revert back to warmer clothing, raincoats and umbrellas and the forecast does not look as though we can expect much improvement over the next week either.
We do feel so sorry for those poor early holidaymakers dodging the showers having left behind such lovely weather. They must wonder why they came here!
Has the world gone mad? We had better weather in January and February than we have now!
Europe generally is experiencing this unseasonal weather while the weather is causing havoc all over the world. Is this what they call global warming or is it just climatic change and is this what we can expect the trend to be in the future?
