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Post by sigurdur on Apr 2, 2017 1:33:38 GMT
Must have lost the pantsuit in the flood ...... Her pantsuit is a bit bloated and difficult to see.
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 2, 2017 19:29:35 GMT
CHIEF ROY SAYS ... copied in full from his blog site: www.drroyspencer.com/The Russians Hacked our Winter WeatherMarch 23rd, 2017 Now that winter has officially ended, I thought it would be useful to address the central role that Russia played in ending California’s drought, as well as in the unusually warm conditions over the eastern U.S. this past winter. First, let’s address the record California rains and mountain snowpack. While such a wet winter usually requires a strong El Nino, we had just the opposite — a weak La Nina. So, what happened? California: The “Atmospheric River” Doesn’t Explain It Blaming the wet winter in California on the “atmospheric river” effect is, in my professional opinion, rather lame. It’s like blaming a flash flood on “too much water”. Well, duh. So, what caused the atmospheric river? A persistent series of extratropical storms (low pressure systems) coming into California. But what caused the storms? An enhanced temperature contrast between the tropics and mid-latitudes, always required for the formation of such low pressure systems. But what caused the enhanced temperature contrast? It wasn’t El Nino, the usual culprit in stormy California winters, because we had the opposite — La Nina. It was because our winter was hacked by the Russians It all started back in October, 2016. (Before the election! A coincidence? I think not.) October experienced an unusually rapid buildup of the cold season air mass in Siberia, as seen in this temperature departure-from-normal map (all maps courtesy of Weatherbell.com): By November, those unseasonably cold air masses were traveling across the North Pacific, cooling the upper layers of the ocean, and turning the previous Warm Blob of sea surface temperatures into a Cold Blob: This set up a stronger-than-normal temperature contrast zone (“baroclinic zone” to us meteorologists), which is what’s necessary for extra-tropical storm formation. The temperature departures from normal for the winter months of Dec-Jan-Feb reveal the persistence of this feature, which then led to repeated formation of low pressure systems and the warm, moist flow of air out ahead of those lows as they tracked eastward: The unusual warmth of the eastern U.S. was likely the result of this chain of events as well. The process has now ended, but not before the cherry blossoms in D.C. were fooled into coming out early, and then the Canadians with their own flavor of frigid air swooped in and ruined everything about a week ago. So, I suggest it’s time for congressional inquiries into the pre-election Russian hacking of our winter weather.
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Post by Ratty on Apr 3, 2017 0:57:20 GMT
The Ruskies are probably working in the SH as well ......
No doubt, you're all sick of hearing me moan about the incessant antediluvian heat. Well, the flood has passed and it's COLD, like someone switched on an airconditioner. We got down to 16C (!) this morning, had to put a shirt on.
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 3, 2017 1:24:17 GMT
The Ruskies are probably working in the SH as well ...... No doubt, you're all sick of hearing me moan about the incessant antediluvian heat. Well, the flood has passed and it's COLD, like someone switched on an airconditioner. We got down to 16C ( !) this morning, had to put a shirt on. You telling porkies again? We got UP to 16C today and the bikinis came out. Spring is springing.
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Post by Ratty on Apr 3, 2017 6:31:20 GMT
The Ruskies are probably working in the SH as well ...... No doubt, you're all sick of hearing me moan about the incessant antediluvian heat. Well, the flood has passed and it's COLD, like someone switched on an airconditioner. We got down to 16C ( !) this morning, had to put a shirt on. You telling porkies again? We got UP to 16C today and the bikinis came out. Spring is springing. I was going to add that I think Astro may have been right.
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Post by douglavers on Apr 4, 2017 5:26:15 GMT
www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/Eyeballing the graph suggests the planetary temperature is the same as about 29 years ago. BTW, I think the satellite figures are relatively reliable. They don't need to "homogenise" their numbers!!
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Post by Ratty on Apr 4, 2017 8:36:15 GMT
www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/Eyeballing the graph suggests the planetary temperature is the same as about 29 years ago. BTW, I think the satellite figures are relatively reliable. They don't need to "homogenise" their numbers!! DougL, in the aftermath of our recent Queensland weather, I apologise for anything unkind that may have been written about Victoria/Melbourne.
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Post by samijafri on Apr 5, 2017 6:44:14 GMT
i think that this year will be the most warmest year of all the time as it's spring is going on and the temperature rose to 38 degrees which is not a good sign for us as that this year the weather will be more warmer then before. So we need to take initiative and steps to stay safe.
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Post by douglavers on Apr 5, 2017 7:00:30 GMT
[in the aftermath of our recent Queensland weather, I apologise for anything unkind that may have been written about Victoria/Melbourne.}
Ratty,
I too have made slightly litigious remarks about Queensland occasionally.
In view of the current suffering there, now all I can do is empathise.
As far as I can make out, there must have been an average of about 40 cms of rain over nearly a million sq kms.
Locally, falls were much higher.
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Post by Ratty on Apr 5, 2017 12:05:41 GMT
[in the aftermath of our recent Queensland weather, I apologise for anything unkind that may have been written about Victoria/Melbourne.} Ratty, I too have made slightly litigious remarks about Queensland occasionally. In view of the current suffering there, now all I can do is empathise. As far as I can make out, there must have been an average of about 40 cms of rain over nearly a million sq kms. Locally, falls were much higher. Quite right Doug. Forget about the weather and let's discuss this litigious aspect ..... my people will get in touch with your people.
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 5, 2017 16:19:01 GMT
i think that this year will be the most warmest year of all the time as it's spring is going on and the temperature rose to 38 degrees which is not a good sign for us as that this year the weather will be more warmer then before. So we need to take initiative and steps to stay safe. Where are you at?
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Post by Ratty on Apr 5, 2017 23:14:14 GMT
I'm wearing one of the coats I didn't sell.
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 6, 2017 13:00:59 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 6, 2017 18:57:37 GMT
Precipitation over the last 14 days has been 300 to 400 percent of normal. Since we had a dry fall and winter, we are now normal for the the last 3 to 6 months ... heading toward??? Not unheard of around here, but moving toward the tails of the longer-term distribution ... like other areas of the world it seems.
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 6, 2017 22:00:53 GMT
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