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Post by jurinko on Sept 17, 2009 11:26:46 GMT
But this summer, for reasons unknown, "the Gulf Stream slowed down," Edwing said, sending water toward the coasts—and sea levels shooting upward.
Adding to the sustained surge, autumn winds from the northeastern Atlantic arrived a few months early, pushing even more water coastward.
But the underlying puzzle remains. "Why did the Gulf Stream slow down? Why did the fall wind pattern appear earlier?" NOAA's Edwing said. "We don't have those answers."news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090910-sea-levels-rise.html
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Post by boxman on Sept 17, 2009 14:30:06 GMT
The september weather here in middle of norway reminds me more of october weather. We usually get our first fall storms in beginning of october or end of september, but this year we got them early in september. We have also had unusual amouint precipitation as well. Temperatures on the other hand is still typical of september.
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Post by Ratty on Sept 17, 2009 22:00:36 GMT
Here in Southern Queensland, Australia, we remain (in our Spring) warmer than average for this time of year.
Station Details ID: 040958 Name: REDCLIFFE Lat: -27.22 Lon: 153.09 Height: 12.6 m
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Post by stanb999 on Sept 21, 2009 22:05:56 GMT
Here in northern PA, USA.
The leaves are changing and we had our first frost this past weekend.
I got 3 1/2 ton of Coal. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
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Post by boxman on Sept 24, 2009 12:56:55 GMT
Looks like winter arrived early this year. Next week forecasts show snow for my area even during daytime. We normally have our fist snow between october-dec and sometimes does not arrive before after christmas. It has never snowed here in september during my lifetime at least.
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Post by woodstove on Sept 24, 2009 14:15:02 GMT
Here in Austin fall has arrived. In addition to much-needed rain coming in a couple of prolonged storms during the past 2 weeks, we left the 100s behind weeks ago (seemingly until next spring or summer). I took a walk around my neighborhood this morning, and got a fair chill. You probably cannot imagine how much good this did my soul.
For those keeping score at home, the high temperature of 67 degrees yesterday was a record-low maximum.
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Post by richdo on Sept 28, 2009 22:58:34 GMT
Noticed a lot of color already here in Mid-Michigan and heard this news today on the radio: www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-earlymaples-mich,0,2435369.story Full quote: EAST LANSING, Mich. - Officials say maple trees in mid-Michigan have begun turning colors about three weeks early.
But trees throughout the rest of state remain on schedule, and in northern Michigan trees are running late.
Bert Cregg, professor of horticulture and forestry at Michigan State University, says no one's quite "quite sure what's going on yet," with Michigan maples. He said possible causes could include the accumulation of stress from previous dry years or some type of fungus or boring pest.
Parts of the state are expected to be in peak color in mid-October.
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Post by hilbert on Sept 29, 2009 12:52:00 GMT
U.S. Northeast May Have Coldest Winter in a Decade (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A
By Todd Zeranski and Erik Schatzker
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Northeast may have the coldest winter in a decade because of a weak El Nino, a warming current in the Pacific Ocean, according to Matt Rogers, a forecaster at Commodity Weather Group.
“Weak El Ninos are notorious for cold and snowy weather on the Eastern seaboard,” Rogers said in a Bloomberg Television interview from Washington. “About 70 percent to 75 percent of the time a weak El Nino will deliver the goods in terms of above-normal heating demand and cold weather. It’s pretty good odds.”
Warming in the Pacific often means fewer Atlantic hurricanes and higher temperatures in the U.S. Northeast during January, February and March, according to the National Weather Service. El Nino occurs every two to five years, on average, and lasts about 12 months, according to the service.
Hedge-fund managers and other large speculators increased their net-long positions, or bets prices will rise, in New York heating oil futures in the week ended Sep. 22, according to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data Sept. 25.
“It could be one of the coldest winters, or the coldest, winter of the decade,” Rogers said.
U.S. inventories of distillate fuels, which include heating oil, are at their highest since January 1983, the U.S. Energy Department said Sept. 23. Stockpiles of 170.8 million barrels in the week ended Sept. 18 are 28 percent above the five-year average.
Heating oil for October delivery rose 1.38 cents, or 0.8 percent, to settle at $1.6909 a gallon on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Post by northsphinx on Sept 30, 2009 15:57:30 GMT
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Post by byz on Sept 30, 2009 17:22:15 GMT
Well Autumn is about to turn up with a vengeance tomorrow in the UK a cold blast from the North I'll the thread name to Autumn watch (BBC are starting theirs on Friday) ;D
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Post by throttleup on Oct 1, 2009 1:21:23 GMT
Link to the Greenland Summit Station (in English) www.summitcamp.org/indexCurrent temp: -41C. Interesting webcam link there during daytime. Looks... chilly.
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Post by byz on Oct 5, 2009 16:19:20 GMT
Well Autumn well on the way got in the last non-blighted tomatoes. About to plant out the winter cabbage, onions and Garlic Everything is turning brown, wind and rain!
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Post by throttleup on Oct 5, 2009 18:09:46 GMT
Well Autumn well on the way got in the last non-blighted tomatoes. About to plant out the winter cabbage, onions and Garlic Everything is turning brown, wind and rain! Hey byz, Is tropical storm Grace heading your way? Tropical Storm Grace Lat: 45.4N Lon: 16.4W Winds: 65 mph (56 kts) Moving: NNE 31 mph (27 kts) Pressure: 29.23 in (990 mb)
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Post by nautonnier on Oct 5, 2009 23:55:57 GMT
Well Autumn well on the way got in the last non-blighted tomatoes. About to plant out the winter cabbage, onions and Garlic Everything is turning brown, wind and rain! Hey byz, Is tropical storm Grace heading your way? Tropical Storm Grace Lat: 45.4N Lon: 16.4W Winds: 65 mph (56 kts) Moving: NNE 31 mph (27 kts) Pressure: 29.23 in (990 mb) www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/203314.shtml?tswind120#contentsIts likely to merge with a standard Atlantic depression but it may lead to more rain than normal - even for Manchester Hurricane force winds are very common on the West coast - but the less panicky Beaufort Scale is used - so "severe storm force 12" will be broadcast in a laconic voice on the BBC shipping forecast
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Post by sigurdur on Oct 7, 2009 1:49:12 GMT
Sounds like 1st snow is heading our way. IF it doesn't snow, it sure is going to be one cold one.
A warm blurp in September, now followed by very unseasonal cold in October...but after no warmth this summer nothing new I guess.
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