Australia's record 2013 heat 'virtually impossible' without climate change
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Climate must be changing because it's never snowed like that in Beantown before.$$$$$$$
Meanwhile in Boston...
Thanks for that, Capt.
New keyboards are a bitch to buy for sure.
See if your dealer'll sell you Nugg insurance.:lol:
And it is snowing again... and we might get even more snow later this week.
But record snow in Boston is simply weather.. a record heat wave in Australia is global warming.
No wonder why the alarmists are failing world wide.
either that or high mositure in the air brought about record warm sea temps off the coast.
Record warm sea temps should be bringing drought ending rain to CA and TX and the other Midwest states. Why for no?
Kinda chilly off of Chile.
There was some relief for California this year. They were hoping for a more pronounced El Nino.
see "Triple R, the..... Ridiculously Resilient Ridge"
The culprit: a persistent, strong region of high pressure anchored over the northeastern Pacific/West Coast of North America has deflected Pacific storm systems to the north of California–just like last year. In fact, the similarity of the large-scale atmospheric wave pattern between January 2014 and January 2015 is extraordinary. While the longevity of the current dry spell still isn’t quite what it was last year–thanks to our December wet spell–the Warm West/Cool East atmospheric pattern that has been quite common in recent winters appears to once again be repeating itself this year.
Causes of California drought linked to climate change, Stanford scientists say
Using the Triple R as a benchmark, the group compared geopotential heights – an atmospheric property related to pressure – between two sets of climate model experiments. One set mirrored the present climate, in which the atmosphere is growing increasingly warm due to human emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. In the other set of experiments, greenhouse gases were kept at a level similar to those that existed just prior to the Industrial Revolution.
The interdisciplinary research team found that the extreme geopotential heights associated with the Triple R in 2013 were at least three times as likely to occur in the present climate as in the preindustrial climate. They also found that such extreme values are consistently tied to unusually low precipitation in California and the formation of atmospheric ridges over the northeastern Pacific.
"We've demonstrated with high statistical confidence that the large-scale atmospheric conditions, similar to those associated with the Triple R, are far more likely to occur now than in the climate before we emitted large amounts of greenhouse gases," Rajaratnam said.
"In using these advanced statistical techniques to combine climate observations with model simulations, we've been able to better understand the ongoing drought in California," Diffenbaugh added. "This isn't a projection of 100 years in the future. This is an event that is more extreme than any in the observed record, and our research suggests that global warming is playing a role right now."
The interdisciplinary research team found that the extreme geopotential heights associated with the Triple R in 2013 were at least three times as likely to occur in the present climate as in the preindustrial climate. They also found that such extreme values are consistently tied to unusually low precipitation in California and the formation of atmospheric ridges over the northeastern Pacific.
"We've demonstrated with high statistical confidence that the large-scale atmospheric conditions, similar to those associated with the Triple R, are far more likely to occur now than in the climate before we emitted large amounts of greenhouse gases," Rajaratnam said.
"In using these advanced statistical techniques to combine climate observations with model simulations, we've been able to better understand the ongoing drought in California," Diffenbaugh added. "This isn't a projection of 100 years in the future. This is an event that is more extreme than any in the observed record, and our research suggests that global warming is playing a role right now."
These stats are from the same folks who keeps changing the data to fit their agenda.
I need 87 meters of sea rise to have waterfront property. How long do I have to wait?
Well there you go. Computer models are never wrong.
I was wondering how you were doing. Probably don't want to know about the next storm but it's coming Bet you could be making a lot of money if you had a ski-doo. Stay safe and warm. You have about a week after this little system passes through and then a bid dump by the look of it.
Meanwhile we have to suffer another Chinook, lol. Sorry that isn't really bad news.
About 4 hours after that trench off Japan's east coast collapses.
Global cooling should lower the level of the water. 400ft is the estimate for the last ice-age.
I kinda like the word "virtually" in the title It's words like "could", "might", "possibly" and several more that have been used by miracle pills and snake oil salesmen for a long time.....
It's their usual disclaimer.....like the current hiatus...
Only suckers fall for them......
It's their usual disclaimer.....like the current hiatus...
Only suckers fall for them......