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Post by nautonnier on Jan 25, 2021 18:23:48 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 25, 2021 19:27:28 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Jan 25, 2021 21:51:28 GMT
1st blast of the winter, -15F last night. A balmy -2F right now. Had to run to town, no one is wearing a jacket yet. Caps and gloves, but not cold enough for jackets to date.
I wear a heavier shirt, no jacket unless going to be outside for over an hour. Just to dog gone cumbersome to work in a jacket when it isn't that cold.
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 26, 2021 23:46:01 GMT
I will note that so far for January, Azores surface pressure has not been this low since 1987. Conversely, Iceland surface pressure has not been this high since (wait for it) 1987. One hell of a negative NAO right now. Gibraltar January is the lowest since the the 2009-11 period. ACID? As for England ... Record Cold Spell of 1987: How It All Started Introduction It is well accepted that the most severe spell of weather in southern England since the 'Little Ice Age' occurred in the unlikely year of 1987 in an otherwise 'average' winter. www.theweatheroutlook.com/twoother/twocontent.aspx?type=libgen&id=1503
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 27, 2021 3:34:04 GMT
I will note that so far for January, Azores surface pressure has not been this low since 1987. Conversely, Iceland surface pressure has not been this high since (wait for it) 1987. One hell of a negative NAO right now. Gibraltar January is the lowest since the the 2009-11 period. ACID? As for England ... Record Cold Spell of 1987: How It All Started Introduction It is well accepted that the most severe spell of weather in southern England since the 'Little Ice Age' occurred in the unlikely year of 1987 in an otherwise 'average' winter. www.theweatheroutlook.com/twoother/twocontent.aspx?type=libgen&id=1503I remember driving to work near London Airport 25 miles along the M-4 motorway. The first time I had seen it pack snow all the way all lanes. As any airport controller will tell you solid salt although cheap stops working to melt snow/ice once the temperature is -5C or lower so the grit may have assisted but the salt did not. I have a feeling that the current pressure set up is more stable so the cold may last a little longer this year.
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 27, 2021 20:47:14 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 28, 2021 2:07:15 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 28, 2021 18:35:20 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 28, 2021 20:20:41 GMT
They may not show a negative NAO, but I do. The blue is the NOAA teleconnections data through December. My NAOs are constructed from recorded average monthly pressures for Reykjavik, Gibraltar and Ponta Delgada (Azores). January 2021 is the monthly average through the 28th. Here you can see the extreme (not since the exit slope from the Dalton Minimum) 2020 summer NAO for the Azores.
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 28, 2021 20:24:38 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 28, 2021 21:08:45 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 28, 2021 21:30:18 GMT
That might explain this The Earth's Temperature Currently: 57.12°F/13.96°C Deviation: -0.08°F/ -0.04°CStations processed last hour: 59556 Last station processed: Aniak, United States Update time: 2021-01-28 21:26:55 UTC temperature.global
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Post by missouriboy on Jan 29, 2021 20:43:22 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Jan 29, 2021 21:29:39 GMT
"Fifteen Years Into The Australian Permanent Drought Posted on April 12, 2020 by tonyheller Fifteen years ago this month, Tim Flannery announced the Australian permanent drought.
“Perth is facing the possibility of a catastrophic failure of the city’s water supply,” says Tim Flannery, director of the South Australian Museum and Australia’s most high profile scientist and ecologist. His next book, to be published in October, will feature the water crises faced by Perth and Sydney.
“I’m personally more worried about Sydney than Perth,” Flannery told me. “Where does Sydney go for more water? At least Perth has a buffer of underground water sources. Sydney doesn’t have any backup. And while Perth is forging ahead with a desalination plant, Sydney doesn’t have any major scheme in place to bolster water. It also has nowhere to put the vast infrastructure of a desalination plant.”"realclimatescience.com/2020/04/fifteen-years-into-the-australian-permanent-drought/#:~:text=Fifteen%20years%20ago%20this%20month,%20Tim%20Flannery%20announced,the%20water%20crises%20faced%20by%20Perth%20and%20Sydney.
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Post by Ratty on Jan 30, 2021 0:12:48 GMT
See. The closure of the Hazelwood brown coal plant in 2017 has brought the rain. Never mind about the poor people and electricity prices.
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