High today of 20 in the Shenandoah Valley with wind chills dropping that to about 0. The wind will die off, but the cold isn’t going anywhere for a week or more. Yes, there are colder places, but this isn’t normal for this area. I’d like a double helping of global warming, please.
While it may be cold in some locations it isn’t cold all over. As per the maps I’ve seen, the only areas that are below normal are most of the United States and Southern Canada, with most of the rest of the entire world including the southwestern United States being well above normal.
Meanwhile, “Down Under”…Australia is set to finish one of its hottest years on record, leaving fire authorities pinning their hopes a La Nina in the Pacific will bring soaking rains before heatwaves build through the summer.
Sydney is on track to post its fourth warmest December on record, according to Weatherzone. For the year, the city’s mean, maximum and minimum temperatures will be in the top five warmest on records going back to 1858, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Most of those who study the field call it “global climate change”. The term “global warming” implies a rather simple model of everything warming at a similar rate at the same time. The earth’s climate is very dynamic and things happen chaotically. More energy retained in the system means more extreme weather events, including extreme cold. Being born and raised in the Midwest but living my adult life in warmer climes, I would love a little global warming so I could go back home an retire to weather I have become used to. Unfortunately, the G— D—— climate change might be increasing the frequency that persistent blocking high pressure ridges are diverting polar air down to the eastern 2/3s of the US, making us all miserable. Yes Donnie, I would love a little old-fashion global warming. It’s global climate change I can do without.
Not all that long ago, on the timescale of geological change, my hometown lay under almost 2 km of ice. Then that all melted without the benefit of a single fossil fuel power plant or internal combustion engine. There is no such think as a normal climate.
Uh, it is global warming. The globally averaged surface temperatures is up, as well as deeper ocean temperature. That makes it global. The warming affects the climate in a non-uniform manner because the earth is not a billiard ball, and has an inclination of the poles wrt the orbital plane. plus a few other factors The fact that a few places may be seeing some cooling is more than offset by the vastly larger areas experiencing higher temperatures.
The variations in the polar jets are also partly due to the increased average polar temperature (which even though a few degrees warmer is still cold).
Masterskrain over 6 years ago
“The Coldest Winter I ever spent was a Summer in San Francisco!” Mark Twain.
jackianne1020 over 6 years ago
High today of 20 in the Shenandoah Valley with wind chills dropping that to about 0. The wind will die off, but the cold isn’t going anywhere for a week or more. Yes, there are colder places, but this isn’t normal for this area. I’d like a double helping of global warming, please.
Lyman Elliott Premium Member over 6 years ago
While it may be cold in some locations it isn’t cold all over. As per the maps I’ve seen, the only areas that are below normal are most of the United States and Southern Canada, with most of the rest of the entire world including the southwestern United States being well above normal.
superposition over 6 years ago
The word global eluded the thinking of some people who feel that their hometown’s weather is all that matters, it seems.
martens over 6 years ago
Reposting lonecat’s link from Henry Payne yesterday. The US and Canada are the most unusually cold places in the world right now.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/12/28/16827022/climate-change-cold-arctic-snap-us-canada-jet-stream
Masterskrain over 6 years ago
Meanwhile, “Down Under”…Australia is set to finish one of its hottest years on record, leaving fire authorities pinning their hopes a La Nina in the Pacific will bring soaking rains before heatwaves build through the summer.
Sydney is on track to post its fourth warmest December on record, according to Weatherzone. For the year, the city’s mean, maximum and minimum temperatures will be in the top five warmest on records going back to 1858, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
face.less_b over 6 years ago
Most of those who study the field call it “global climate change”. The term “global warming” implies a rather simple model of everything warming at a similar rate at the same time. The earth’s climate is very dynamic and things happen chaotically. More energy retained in the system means more extreme weather events, including extreme cold. Being born and raised in the Midwest but living my adult life in warmer climes, I would love a little global warming so I could go back home an retire to weather I have become used to. Unfortunately, the G— D—— climate change might be increasing the frequency that persistent blocking high pressure ridges are diverting polar air down to the eastern 2/3s of the US, making us all miserable. Yes Donnie, I would love a little old-fashion global warming. It’s global climate change I can do without.
Billy Yank over 6 years ago
Not all that long ago, on the timescale of geological change, my hometown lay under almost 2 km of ice. Then that all melted without the benefit of a single fossil fuel power plant or internal combustion engine. There is no such think as a normal climate.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 6 years ago
Uh, it is global warming. The globally averaged surface temperatures is up, as well as deeper ocean temperature. That makes it global. The warming affects the climate in a non-uniform manner because the earth is not a billiard ball, and has an inclination of the poles wrt the orbital plane. plus a few other factors The fact that a few places may be seeing some cooling is more than offset by the vastly larger areas experiencing higher temperatures.
The variations in the polar jets are also partly due to the increased average polar temperature (which even though a few degrees warmer is still cold).