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Victoria is congratulating itself on its weather "getting back to normal" 
after many years of "drought".
   The rainfall is same as what used to apply, except that it doesn't want 
to stop - farmers have a nice wheat crop, which is now in danger of ruin 
because of continued rain.
   Is self-congratulation premature?
   After all, chimneys continue to belch smoke into the atmosphere, and, 
presumably, global temperature is steadily rising.
   The recent rain in Victoria seems more due to tropical weather impacting, 
than from the "normal" Westerlies.
    Maybe, our Temperate Zone is tending Tropical, in which case farmers may 
have to adjust time of sowing and reaping.  Canada uses rapid-growing wheat, 
as it has a short summer.
    Generally, atmospheric pollution from coal-fired power stations, etc, 
has dust particles, steam, and heat, as components, as well as CO2, etc.
    Hot air rises, and sufficient of it may cause air currents to modify; 
steam adds to water vapour already present, while dust particles can seed 
clouds.
     While getting more rain is better than none at all, too much can be a 
problem.
      AGW climate change tends to bring erratic and extreme weather, but 
even this may be somewhat predictable - we know where polluting industries 
are located, and can calculate rate and volume of discharge.  Meteorologists 
may be able to figure out the rest.