After this morning’s foggy start to new week, things are looking warmer and brighter out there.
Today should reach a top of 20 degrees — a nice change from the chill and drizzle last week.
It’s been a late start to a new season but it should feel more like spring this week.
There will be chance of rain scattered throughout the week, with the sun making its best appearance on Thursday; expect a top of 23 degrees.
If you happened to hear the words ‘‘Sprinter and Sprummer’’ making the rounds recently, there may be an explanation to the unseasonably dry winter and cooler start to spring.
Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, Tim Entwisle, is arguing that Australia should scrap the European approach and adopt a five-season model.
Dr Entwisle said a rejection of the traditional four seasons would help us in noticing and responding to the effect of climate change.
In his new book, he discusses how the natural world responds to seasonal changes in temperature, rainfall and daylight, and why it would be better to divide up the year based on what Australian plants do rather than ancient rites of the Northern Hemisphere.
Should we scrap the four seasons weather model?
