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Post by sigurdur on Feb 19, 2016 15:26:37 GMT
Code: Don't sell your skiis.
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 19, 2016 20:20:41 GMT
Code: Don't sell your skiis. Depends what type - langlauf skis may be more useful to get around than downhill skis.
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Post by AstroMet on Feb 19, 2016 21:07:33 GMT
I'm wondering Astromet, does the increased incidence on noctilucent and now nacreous clouds occur as a result of the processes you describe? Nacreous clouds sometimes are observed during winter months over high latitude regions; while noctilucent clouds appear during the summertime at high latitudes. These rare nacreous clouds are best viewed during the twilight, just after sunset and just before sunrise. The clouds are in the lower stratosphere, but primarily seen over polar regions in winter. That's where very cold air, say minus 80˚C and lower, condenses small amounts of water vapour that are present into tenuous clouds and seen at altitudes of around 20 kilometers. Noctilucent clouds, seen during summer seasons, are much higher up in the mesosphere, near to altitudes of about 85 km. But the increase in Nacreous clouds is a testament to the action at the poles as global cooling nears. When there are polar vortex shifts that bring colder air south, even regions over England may be able to see Nacreous clouds during winter, usually when skies are clear. That happened earlier this month.
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 20, 2016 15:23:38 GMT
I wonder if the decline of the BLOB (see article posted on Pacific & PDO) can be quantitatively linked to the Northwest's increase in snow / rain. I noted that the increase in precipitation seems to be moving southward. San Francisco precip. was about 3/4 inch below normal for the Nov.-mid Feb. period, while Los Angeles was still about 4.5 inches below normal for that time period. NOAA, of course, got it bass-ackwards. Live by the model ... die by the model. That catwalk is darn slippery.
And, if the BLOB is dispersing, is that heat being lost to the atmosphere? Or is the water mass rotating southward around the sub-tropical Pacific gyre? Probably both.
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 1, 2016 22:43:13 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 4, 2016 0:25:06 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 9, 2016 17:24:55 GMT
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Post by douglavers on Mar 14, 2016 10:04:54 GMT
The first graph is from an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, 14th March. The second, from Dr Roy Spencer's blog. Wonderfully selective use of statistics in the first graph. I have some doubts whether the comparable graph will be published in three years' time.
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 18, 2016 0:36:27 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Mar 18, 2016 11:04:16 GMT
"On the good side they've just lifted the restrictions on using sprinklers"
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Post by nautonnier on Mar 18, 2016 14:09:33 GMT
Just saw these on WUWT. Anyone have any comments? February March
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Post by fly guy on Mar 18, 2016 14:39:54 GMT
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Post by acidohm on Mar 18, 2016 19:29:04 GMT
Just saw these on WUWT. Anyone have any comments? February MarchYou'd think with all these 'record warm temps' were experiencing, the oceans would be busy sucking up all the heat?? Isn't that what happens???
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 18, 2016 20:21:10 GMT
About a year ago. Attachments:
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Post by sigurdur on Mar 18, 2016 20:25:26 GMT
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