At the start of the month, snow covered everything. Roofs were white, schools were closed and the south was settling in for a long weekend. The roads were icy and it was difficult to get anywhere, especially on smaller roads where there wasn't a speck of grit to be seen. It was Spring, and we were having a snow day. However, by the 16th of March, it felt like Summer. I saw people in t-shirts and shorts after school, playing happily in the garden. As I write this, the sky is grey but bright, and there is a definitive chill in the air that reminds us, once again, that the British weather does not take any notice whatsoever of the season.
The reason for the inconsistency of the British weather is because of the different temperatures that clash with each other. A brief explanation of this is that the north's polar air and warmer air from the Tropics push against each other, creating the unpredictable winters and inconsistent weather we in the UK experience so regularly. Unfortunately, this extreme and rapidly changing weather is on the rise due to global warming. A study found strong links between high temperatures near the pole and the severe weather, including unusually heavy snowfall and cold- especially in the south-meaning that these extreme winters we experience are on the rise as global warming is left unchecked. The reality of this is that the weather that we know as erratic and 'extreme' will one day become known as normal.
