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Post by twawki on Jul 6, 2011 12:52:56 GMT
Looks like the southern hemisphere is following the northern hemisphere. 1m snow dump predicted; www.twawki.com/?p=12629 |
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Post by magellan on Jul 7, 2011 2:19:20 GMT
Hey Twaki, how's it going?
You can thank China for your "natural" cycles now.
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Post by trbixler on Jul 7, 2011 13:50:38 GMT
"Driest place on Earth: Atacama desert in Chile buried under feet of snow" "According to the national emergency centre in Chile, the area had not seen this amount of snow in close to 20 years. Some areas received up to 80 centimeters (32 inches) of snow, leading to closed roads and stuck vehicles. The temperature in Santiago, Chile dropped to as low as -8.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. Other countries in Latin America such as Uruguay and Argentina have also been affected by the cold front. Indeed, temperatures over much of middle-latitudes South America have been averaging 5°-10° C below normal for the past week." wattsupwiththat.com/2011/07/07/driest-place-on-earth-atacama-desert-in-chile-buried-under-feet-of-snow/ |
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Post by trbixler on Jul 9, 2011 14:41:55 GMT
"Coldest autumn for Australia since at least 1950." "Autumn 2011 – coldest since at least 1950 Australia has experienced its coldest autumn since at least 19501,2 for mean temperatures (average of maximum and minimum temperatures across the nation) with an Australian average of 20.9ºC. This was 1.15ºC below the historical average3, and 0.2ºC below the previous coolest autumn in 1960. It was also the coldest autumn since at least 1950 for Queensland and the Northern Territory. Large parts of the country recorded temperatures more than 2ºC below the autumn average (figure 1) with about half the country ranking in the coldest 10% of years (figure 2). The season was marked by consistent below-normal temperatures in most areas, with only a few individual areas recording their coldest autumn on record. These areas were in northern and central Australia including the east Kimberley, the central Northern Territory and small parts of northern Queensland." www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/statements/scs33.pdf |
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Post by ZL4DH on Jul 12, 2011 5:06:05 GMT
Global warming at it's best. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14116896The worst snow storms in Bolivia in the last 20 years have left thousands of people stranded. The Bolivian government has appealed for help from neighbouring countries. It says it needs helicopters to drop aid to isolated communities and heavy machinery to clear the roads. The snow took farmers and tourists by surprise in the usually dry highlands of Potosi - a vast area in the south-west of the country. More snow Farmers have lost their crops and more than 50,000 llamas and alpacas are without food, after their pastures were covered by a thick layer of snow. |
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Post by slh1234 on Jul 12, 2011 14:56:44 GMT
Aren't llamas and alpacas quite adept at getting through the snow to the food in thier pastures?
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Post by trbixler on Jul 14, 2011 2:20:37 GMT
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Post by ZL4DH on Jul 14, 2011 3:24:52 GMT
I remember back in the early eighties a local hotel owner wanted to put a ski field up on top of this mountain, so the dep of conservation who opposed this as it is in a national park brought a scientist from NIWA down to testify that it was a waste of time doing this as there would be no snow on the mountain after 2000 as the snow line was receding by 3 feet every year. It got a bit marginal until 1987 now the snow is back thicker than ever.This view from my back door this morning.  |
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Post by sigurdur on Jul 14, 2011 11:46:50 GMT
But.....it will not snow anymore in NZ......right? When this snow is gone.........it is gone?
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Post by woodstove on Jul 14, 2011 13:02:56 GMT
I remember back in the early eighties a local hotel owner wanted to put a ski field up on top of this mountain, so the dep of conservation who opposed this as it is in a national park brought a scientist from NIWA down to testify that it was a waste of time doing this as there would be no snow on the mountain after 2000 as the snow line was receding by 3 feet every year. It got a bit marginal until 1987 now the snow is back thicker than ever.This view from my back door this morning. I presume the tree line is advancing toward the summit several feet a year due to nonstop co2-forced warming. The humanity. |
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Post by trbixler on Aug 16, 2011 1:35:12 GMT
"The Great Snow Storm Of 2011 Starts In Dunedin" "As I write this, heavy snow showers are falling in Dunedin. So far, it is a picture postcard sight - trees looking sugar coated, the ground covered in glistening white and snow flakes as big as anything adding to this picture all the time. But go outside and it's a different story. I went out this afternoon to get my regular Sunday newspapers and my fingers became numb to the bone and my jacket and trousers literally got covered in the stuff. Also, it was difficult to wheel along the road in almost blizzard like conditions but I made it to the shop and safely back! According to forecasters (such as WeatherWatch's Philip Duncan), these conditions are set to remain with us for up to four days. I can remember snow events across multiple days occurring many times within my lifetime and indeed the lifetimes of most of us. What makes this storm more significant than even the July event (and of any in recent times) is its forecast scale. This event is so significant that Wellington - I can't believe it - is even forecast to receive snow dumps to sea level! Even Auckland has a chance of seeing the white stuff for the first time since 1939!" www.voxy.co.nz/national/great-snow-storm-2011-starts-dunedin/1273/98132 |
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Post by boxman on Aug 16, 2011 3:39:30 GMT
Quite funny how "weather" works in both hemispheres several years in a row.
I think it should be safe to say now that it is largely the jet streams being controlled by the sun that is the cause of this.
I think this is the forth or fifth year in a row with jet streams being closer to equator than normal which is exact opposite of what global warming theory predicted.
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Post by trbixler on Aug 16, 2011 3:45:41 GMT
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Post by tobyglyn on Aug 16, 2011 4:04:07 GMT
Philip Duncan: "Well we had a similar snow storm in the 1930s so probably not just global warming - but actually global warming means MORE snow storms, not less"
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Post by sigurdur on Aug 16, 2011 4:33:57 GMT
Let me get this straight? Global warming now means more snowstorms? And of course, record cold?.......mmmmmm..........interesting.
And......can you please explain the justification for this? The mechanics of this?
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