Be careful in the sun

Just checked the weather on the met office and it says this
At present levels of UV are higher than normal for this time of the year. Measured levels have fallen into the High (index levels 6-7) rather than Moderate category (index levels 3-5) which we would typically expect in late April. The public are therefore advised to note the higher level of risk than is indicated in our current forecasts and to minimise their sun exposure particularly between 11am and 3pm when the sun is likely to be at its strongest.

So slap on the sun cream if your lucky enough to see it

 

Don't think many of us have got a residual tan from last year either, good call Mowgley

 

Yes Mowgley, i found that out for myself on Tuesday....pottering away merrily,pleasant and warm but by no means sunburn weather, come the evening my back and shoulders were bright red

 

If we get some sun here I'll wear my hat.

 

Bought factor 100 sun cream the other day. Nothing's gettin through that stuff!

 

Ive never been burnt in the UK, but Im surprised those UV level are as high as that.. the record UV ever recorded in the UK is something like 8-9, which shows how weak our UV output is compared to the rest of the world. Even Scandinavia can record higher UV. I'm not worried though, as I've been thinking the sun was too weak here recently. You can feel UV, it presents itself is an itchy feeling when you are over exposed (UV isn't the heat you feel), but recently I just havent felt that UV, and as a result have not picked up a tan, but then again its been generally too cold here to go out and wear short sleeves.. so I wouldn't know.

 

Us gingers burn if we get shown a picture of the sun, so i'm staying out of it

 

OH no, that hole in the ozone layer hasn't opened up again, has it?

 

No news on that since 2011 Pete, but it did say back then that extreme cold & high winds made the situation worse. So it could well be.