Britain's Bad Weather.

Mt Benger Mail, 16 September 1931, Page 4

Britain's Bad Weather.

“ NORTH I‘UI.K 18 TO BLAME, " • * The great weather inyMcrv in Bn tain has been .■.oh*-']. The North Pule is to blame.” So >;i)s an English new r»|*a|n*r. An official ui the meteorological de i>arl iiioijt of the A;r Ministry told the whole sad story recently. * * The cause of all tin,- I»tiii v.e;ithcr,’’ he said, ‘‘is due to it high depression over the North Pole which should not be there at nil: It has been there fur the last three months, and it shows \ery little sign of shifting, although to-day there hu» been a slight change for the better. It has moved slightly. There is a low depression over England that should not be there either. It ought by rights to be at the North Pole at this lime of the year.”

For a moment the official paused, deep in thought. Perhaps he was thinking of the June record so far —an earthquake, a heat wave, a wirivvind, u cloudburst, had rain and thunder.

‘‘Yes,” he continued, a trifle sadly, ‘‘the North Pole is at the roof of the trouble. lam afraid I cannot predict any early improvement. “ Y'ou see, when you get a long spell like this there is every likelihood that it will continue. If the weather gels into a particular mood it generally settles down to it in earnest and that mood then takes some shifting.”