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Post by sigurdur on Oct 17, 2012 21:28:32 GMT
Well, in North Dakota and Southern Canada we are recieving more rain today. So far the guage shows .7 inches.
A wonderful blessing. Some folks would have liked to finish harvest, but even those folks are welcoming the precip.
The La Nada conditions seem well established in the Pacific. There are areas of Brazil that are very dry, and areas of Argentina that are very wet.
Aussie is a mixed bag.
Would folks from areas outside of North America provide more useful information?
Thank you.
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Post by Ratty on Oct 18, 2012 0:10:06 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Oct 18, 2012 1:12:37 GMT
ratty:
That is a GREAT link. Thank you ever so much!
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Post by Ratty on Oct 19, 2012 1:02:50 GMT
ratty: That is a GREAT link. Thank you ever so much! $100.00 thanks Sig. (Australian, not US dollars please) ......  |
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Post by sigurdur on Oct 19, 2012 3:26:33 GMT
ratty: That is a GREAT link. Thank you ever so much! $100.00 thanks Sig. (Australian, not US dollars please) ...... The check is in the mail Ratty. US postal service of course...  |
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Post by sigurdur on Oct 19, 2012 8:17:10 GMT
The rain that the upper midwest has gotten, along with the Mississippi Valley region is most welcome. It will assure at least a reasonable start to next years crop cycle.
In my area we are now only down approx 4-5 inches for the year.
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Post by sigurdur on Oct 30, 2012 1:01:08 GMT
Sandy is a very bad storm. With all the destruction, there is a silver lining in the clouds.
The wide area that is forecast to recieve rain will benifit production of grains etc in 2013. The Western Corn belt is still way below average as far as moisture goes. But as a result of this storm, 2/3 of our most productive area will have sub soil moisture in 2013.
At least folks will have full bellies amist the lingering carnage of Sandy.
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Post by sigurdur on Nov 26, 2012 23:39:19 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Dec 8, 2012 11:31:09 GMT
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Post by karlox on Dec 8, 2012 12:35:55 GMT
Sigur, extracted from Natonnier post on GCR´s, in case it helps:
"Its just one other way that the Earth's albedo can be raised. Perhaps if that _and_ something else say a hard winter _and_ something else say a Sudden Stratospheric Warming _and_ something else say a negative PDO _and_ something else say a negative AO .... all happen at just the right time in relation to each other, then its enough to tip the climate over the cliff. The argument that only one aspect of the climate governs everything else can only be made by people who do not understand chaotic systems."
I´ve learned thanks to that post and relate " most on Sudden Stratospheric Warming " very interesting, and we are sort of having one right now (scale and time expand to be seen, but early for this time of the year)
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Post by karlox on Dec 8, 2012 12:47:06 GMT
Another major player is AMO, just see how weak has been so far this present warming phase... would like to check this data against solar flux progression charts...  |
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Post by karlox on Dec 8, 2012 12:47:41 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Dec 11, 2012 21:06:12 GMT
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Post by glennkoks on Dec 12, 2012 13:09:10 GMT
sigurdur,
That is more depressing news. Anyone who has ever driven across Kansas on I-70 from I-35 in the east all the way into Colorado knows just how much grain production will be lost if this drought continues. Other disruptions around the world due to weather will only exaggerate the situation.
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Post by karlox on Dec 12, 2012 19:21:14 GMT
sigurdur, That is more depressing news. Anyone who has ever driven across Kansas on I-70 from I-35 in the east all the way into Colorado knows just how much grain production will be lost if this drought continues. Other disruptions around the world due to weather will only exaggerate the situation. What would it be a general global outlook for 2013´s main food productions, such as rice, wheat, corn, soy...? Any data or forecast? Is it looking that bad globally? Or concerns rely only on the USA´s drought? Imagine what a sharp increase of basic food prices for billions in Africa and Asia could bring to us? (not to mention an Oil crisis... which doesn´t look very unlikey from now up to two years...) Really worries me...  Information please... |
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