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The Weather Club: Press Release from Royal Meteorological Society


theWeather Club is launched by The Royal Meteorological Society to bring together like minded weather lovers from across Britain

The Royal Meteorological Society, one of the oldest and most respected weather institutions in the UK, is launching ‘theWeather Club.’ theWeather Club is the first membership organisation to be launched in the UK that brings the general public together in order to share their fascination with the weather. The club is aiming to attract 1,000s of members from all four corners of the UK. And, with a recent survey revealing that the average Briton spends an astonishing six months out of their lives talking about the weather, some may say that the club is appealing to an eager audience.

The club, which operates on a non for profit basis, is offering its members a quarterly magazine, entitled theWeather; access to an interactive, social media website where people can come and share their weather stories and images; free gifts and discounts; and collectable weather information. theWeather Club members also have the chance to participate in nationwide weather related experiments such as ‘The Great British Weather Experiment’, which launches across September and October, to track the arrival of autumn in real-time across the UK. The experiment will run until mid- October 2010.

The study is the largest of its kind and will collect information about the weather, temperature and rainfall across the UK. Teachers and school children as well as the general British public will be participating.  To get involved visit www.theWeatherClub.org.uk.

Legendary weatherman Michael Fish, commenting on the launch of theWeather Club, said: “In Britain we are bonkers about the weather. Maybe it comes from having such a varied climate. Foreigners certainly seem astonished at how much we obsess about the weather.  I can barely walk down the street without someone wanting to have a quick chat about the weather. So I know this club will have a lot of people who want to participate. I for one am signing up!”

Meteorologist, theWeather Club founder and well known TV commentator on all weather related matters Dr Liz Bentley said: “theWeather Club is for all those who appreciate the weather for all its wonders. Its beauty, its power, its fragility, its occasional absurdity, and deep fundamental influence it has upon us all. It will allow us to come together and share our very British obsession with the weather.   People can share their interest in weather; get involved in national experiments and surveys; and ask an expert about things they’ve always wanted to ask, like ‘why is the sky blue?’ (Answer: white light from the sun is a mixture of all the colours of the rainbow but our atmosphere scatters blue light more than red light so this is what we observe – except during a spectacular sunset or sunrise of course, but that’s another question…..)”  

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