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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 7, 2010 2:52:08 GMT
Perhaps you could remind us, skylark, of the time when the climate didn't "change". Sorry I don't mean to be sarcastic, but ..... A propos of nothing, I was watching a tv prog last night about the kingdom of Nubia which apparently persisted over several thousand years gradually moving southwards via Kerma and Meroe along the upper Nile into modern Sudan as the Sahara persistently encroached from the north turning the lush pasture land on which this African cattle-owning society depended into parched desertland. Would you call that "climatechange", skylark? Would mankind have been to blame for it? Maybe it was the cows to blame? p.s. The series is called "Lost Kingdoms of Africa" www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pq946/Lost_Kingdoms_of_Africa_Nubia/ |
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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 11, 2010 16:53:30 GMT
According to the Rutgers University Global Snow Lab, last month had the second greatest December Northern Hemisphere snow cover since records were started in 1966.
Snow extent was measured at 45.86 million sq. km, topped only by 1985 at 45.99 million sq. km. North America set a record December extent at 15.98 million sq. km, and the US also set a December record at 4.16 million sq. km.
Only 25 years since this amount of snow was recorded in the Northern Hemisphere. Not very long at all, then?
Merely weather.
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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 11, 2010 16:55:08 GMT
This is Corbyn's forecast for Jan and Feb 2010
"4th January 2010 WeatherAction News No 2
Cruel winter to continue in UK & N Hemisphere through Jan AND Feb - North Hemisphere reverting to cold winters of the 1960s - Britain, Ireland, Europe & much of N Hemisphere could be in coldest 6 winters in 100 years."
Make a note in your diary for the end of February and then let's reconfer and judge whether the Corbyn forecast was in the right ballpark or not.
We'll see!
If I'm still around I'll revive this thread at the beginning of March!
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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 11, 2010 17:15:09 GMT
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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 11, 2010 19:19:19 GMT
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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 15, 2010 19:42:14 GMT
NWS Met on Florida Cold:
“This is the longest stretch ever in 100 years of record keeping.”
15.01.2010
From the “weather is not climate department” and the High Springs Florida Herald, a story of record length of subfreezing cold in Florida.
As of Wednesday, Jan. 13, the area has experienced 12 consecutive days of below freezing temperatures — a new record.
Freezing Fog Event: January 14, 2010
Angie Enyedi,
NWS Jacksonville
An unusual freezing fog event happened this morning across portions of the Jacksonville County Warning Area. Freezing fog is defined as a suspension of numerous minute ice crystals in the air, or water droplets at temperatures below 0 ° C, based at the Earth’s surface, which reduces horizontal visibility. Freezing fog is also called ice fog.
(I s'pose you have to explain this stuff to folks who've never seen it before.)
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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 16, 2010 3:07:01 GMT
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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 16, 2010 13:49:04 GMT
Gareth on WattsUpWithThat says: “We’ve seen that in the UK to such a deleterious effect – the constant squeaks from the Met Office of ‘milder winters’ has led councils to be ill-prepared for normal wintery conditions. Even with milder winters on average you should still expect times of bitterly cold weather, icy roads and snowfall. It is winter, after all, and blasts of arctic weather can hit the UK with very short notice. The modellers are seeing what they want to see in the models, things that aren’t actually there, and councils and Governments are seeing the same things.” wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/15/forecasting-the-arctic-oscillation/ |
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