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[Ya-ta Boy]

Usually the Chosun Ilbo announces the start of the rainy season several weeks early, but this year they let us down.

According to today's newspaper (Wednesday), the rainy season started yesterday:

"A monsoon front will affect the entire nation starting Tuesday with the first seasonal shower forecast nationwide. But the Korea Meteorological Administration predicted more "dry monsoon" days of sunshine and low precipitation this summer, compared with the typical monsoon of downpours throughout the wet season...

The showers will continue through Wednesday, let up briefly and resume on Saturday. This year's monsoon arrives four days earlier than last year's and two to seven days earlier than the average (1973~2000)...

The monsoon has arrived but its progression will be different this year. A KMA official says days of ceaseless rain will likely give way to a continuation of sunny days interrupted by bouts of showers."

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200806/200806170008.html

Anyway, the soggy time is here. Hope you dried your laundry one last time before September.

[weatherman]

Todays rain fall:

[Underwaterbob]

Looks like 독도 is the place to be. It's been raining here all day long solid and I'm in one of the light blue areas.

[brento1138]

Reminds me of the dull, soul-destroying Vancouver weather.

But for some reason, I kinda like it!

[sojourner1]

The USA is getting lots of rain this year too. I call it the changing of the climate to include only 3 seasons: Winter, wet warm season, and late dry summer. Yes, the climate is going from Winter to a wet Summer in late May to a dry hot season in August through late September with nice days until Winter hits all of a sudden in October or November. There was no Spring this year as it was cold all the way into May and just became a rainy Summer one day in late May.

It rains lots and floods now days... One out of 4 days are pretty, but the rivers are out of their banks and I can't go the river to camp and fish like I would like to.

[Ramen]

[Bibbitybop]

Rainfall in Korea has been predictable, but over the last 3 years, its started earlier and not lasted nor ended at predictable times. Korean weather forecasters are dumbfounded.

[Underwaterbob]

[nautilus]