European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. June 21, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 experts offer guesses Hoko Skavis stuff drier of  Hwesi  summer Acen ref ing in the Calendar in least is heft. So. A Luther Thi weather .1 ill pct any hint and a Little hit of everything is the Genera consensus among  european Mic Arlo gifts. Will  is Between England and the Alps Bui you probably knew thai a Herman meteorologist said. When you ask  fur a Long Range weather forecast they All quote Casey Stengel i Dnn to Mckeany predictions  the future they All Lake the fifth amendment tin predicting anything beyond four Days and even then they net As though they be Pul their necks in a noose. C3&? to Jilb. T a ass Philo by b Fonda hotter youngster slides into the Lily Hay Erhuy Davs of summer at a Pool in Babenhausen West Germany. My  ill the German Wea lilt . Said there is no Way they d say what the whole summer would be like. Their British colleagues at the meteorological Sla Tion in Huron cell and the european enter Tor medium Range weather forecasts in heading laughed Al the Prospect of predicting the summer weather. The spokesman Al Bui Liu la said what you need is one of those chaps with a Frog in a Glass. The stuff hell Ashy tabloids  maj. Fia Elano Vio i of the Insl lilo Mulc Orologio aeronautics in Naples Italy said he could forecast Only in generalities. No one can make an accurate forecast for More than two or three Days or for a week under certain circumstances. Long term forecasts can Only he general and approximate hut even the meteorologists can he unpredictable Nlaly s lop Weatherman Guido Ca Ruschli in Rome. A crib Way out on a limb about the stale of italian weather through september writing in the Maga inc. L espresso Ca Rodli claim italian weather will he  this year above All the favorite beaches of Gennan and scandinavian tourists Between Lignano and Cattolica on the Adriatic popularly known As the Teuton Grill arc in for More Fain than Sunshine Caroselli claims. If one believes Carselli one should plan on going to the Adriatic during the periods Between july h and22, Between aug. 16 to 14 and during the last 10 Days in september. Caroselli predicts a super summer for inc Northern stretch of he italian Riviera Between sign Mcmo Andi or Hofmo for the first three weeks in july the first three weeks in August and inc list three weeks in sep tember. Permanent summer on the Caroselli weather map can be found from Rome southward particularly on Sicily in Calabria and on Sardinia except for the Las week in j uly. In a Telephone interview carotid to backed off his Tiuch publicized forecasts and said Don i plan your vacation by my predictions. They re Long Range an very general. But. If my predictions come True you can come Back and ask me about the  the Caroselli predictions raise Only an ironic smile in meteorological circles Uherc they atm t like show boaters. Hem Zankl a spokesman for the Wisl German weather Bureau in Offenbach called inc c Arosell prognostications interest ing and quite  All we can say about the German summer is expect anything. 1 can predict that we will probably not have below Zero temperatures or Ilia the temperatures will probably not climb Over 100 degrees. But we could have rain Secl and even Snow hurries. Qut even Beautiful weather cannot be entirely eluded throw thedice a Natl said. Zankl said mos of West Germany is situated be tween the so called icelandic Lints which bring bad weather and the azores highs meteorological Messen Gers of Good weather. Slight movements in either direction make Radical changes in our weather. When the two overlap or arc in Irani icon we get storms. Over the year you la find it generally warmer and colder in Southeast Havana and Austria because hey have a Continental climate. The rest of Germany has a maritime climate subject to Radical changes that sweep off the  the United kingdom and Ireland Are subject to even quicker changes than West Germany although the countries Are less Likely to suffer the number of heavy Rains common to Continental Churape because icy Are islands. Zankl said Alpine Folk warn it s Fohn when ill wind blows next time you re feeling under he weather blame it on a Fohn. In meteor ologies circles a Fohn is an Alpine wind that crosses the peaks at High Speed dumping moisture on the South Side of the mountains Vehik treat ing Northern faces to great fluctuations in air pressure. The accompany in temperature Rise once credited will causing bad tempers and erratic behaviour among Alpini Folk All the Way to Munich now gels the blame for everything from migraines to murder nationwide. Heinz Zankl of the West German weather Bureau in Offenbach said his office receives complaints from suffering people All out the country and at Al limes of the Vear Al blaming a ii Ltd for their disco Jon. Johns turn people irritable and Grouchy and create legends. Onto Story goes that German courts hand out Milia or sentences even far murder if the crime was committed during a Fohn. And there Are reportedly hospitals in Munich that won t perform difficult operations if possible until tin1 wind has passed. These tale of the Fohn usually Are spread by Northern germans who Are fascinated that a Little wind can have such an effect on life in inc sly of Munich. Zinkl said the experts Don t dismiss physical complaints Abou inc weather because we cannot deny thai weather Lias a great Deal to do Riih Man s state of being. We have a record that shows inc relation Between weather and health complaints. These complaints have been registered Over so Many years that Sci ence cannot deny the  a weather inversion that features cooler air on the ground than in the Atmo sphere for example will increase the number of people suffering bronchitis in Lucnia pneumonia and a an prob lems. Rainy weather kids to increase complaints of heart and blood pressure problems bronchial asthma and Gall bladder attacks Zankl said no one is  Zankl said to Leam thai ii re ire few complaints during summer even if there s an inversion Zankl said adages about the weather have a certain degree of Validity. He called them the collected Wisdom of Farmers Hunters and others who live close to nature and Are on intimate terms Wilh weather s tenuous ways for that reason local populations often can pre dict the weather for their regions Bette than meteorologists he said. It s also scientifically proven that a person s Bones can indicate drastic changes in Llic weather he said. Goi an ache or pain take a lip from the germans. Blame it an a Fohn. Edke Avis