UK - Met Office Gives One-In-Six Chance This Summer Will Surpass 2003's Record Heat - Reuters

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LONDON - This summer will probably be hotter than average in Britain and there is now a one in six chance of average temperatures reaching or exceeding levels seen in the sweltering summer of 2003, the UK's Met Office said.

The national weather forecaster said in its last summer outlook in early May that there was a one in eight chance of Britain seeing the kind of temperatures experienced during the heatwaves of 2003 and 2006. Although it thinks average temperatures across Britain could exceed those of last year and 2003, indications are that there will be less daily variations than during those periods, with more constant hot weather, a spokesman for the Met Office said on Wednesday.

"For the UK it is likely that exceptionally hot spells will be fewer than experienced in the summers of 2003 or 2006," the forecaster said in a statement.

"Predictions suggest that there is no more than a one in six chance that the UK summer 2007 overall will be as hot, or hotter, than 2003 or 2006."

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1. There's a coincidence...

That's the same odds you get when playing Russian Roulette.

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2. Only the posers leave 5 chambers empty.

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3. True...

Environmentally, we're more like this guy.

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4. Oooooh. They didn't water down the illustration, did they.