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The persisting cold wet weather also makes global warming hard to
believe

Not at all. The predicted effects of global warming *on temperate
maritime climates* will be, cooler cloudier windier weather in summer
and winter alike. Winters will be milder cloudier wetter and windier
than before, and so will summers.

Just about describes what we're seeing in Scotland.

Janet.