Drier-season forecast a washout in Britain
Posted: August 11, 2009 at 4:44 a.m.
It's the phrase that haunts Britain's weather forecasters - "barbecue summer." It was used in April by the country's chief weather forecasting body when it predicted the summer would be warm and sunny.
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