So this was bound to be global warming right? I mean 40 degrees? Pheww!!
Unfortunately not even the most diehard global warming fanatic could claim this one as a victory. After all this is summer: And above all this is Greece, a hot country where for thousands of years, temperatures of this sort are nothing extraordinary, and is why millions of tourists visit Greece each year - precisely cos its hot at this time.
But why the heatwave? As a glimpse at the map below will show this was a result of winds travelling from near the South American continent making their way across the Atlantic and over the blazing sands of the Sahara Desert before blow torching their hot winds on the eastern Mediterranean. Once again no mystery at all, and the picture more than speaks for itself.
In the Bristish Isles meanwhile variable conditions brought the usual quagmire to the Glastonbury music festival, and there were spectacular thunderstorms. In fact just about usual for this time of the year.
