The length of women's mini skirts being sold online can predict changes in the weather ahead of the Met Office, according to eBay.

Analysts at the company said the length of skirts sold on the website becomes shorter several days before the weather changes for the better, and lengthens when colder conditions are due. On occasions, the trend is said to have predicted a shift in the weather before any advice has been issued by the Met Office using more traditional meteorological methods.

Demand for skirts on the internet auction site reportedly rose by 200 per cent a week before the recent hot weather began, several days before forecasters had announced it. Ruth Szyszkowski, of eBay said: "We're calling it mini skirt meteorology. If you want to know what the weather is going to be like in three days, just take a look at hemlines."

I know what they mean... if it gets much warmer I'll take to wearing my knee length under things!

Phew! What a scorcher!

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