http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html

http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/421/ziegler.html

Might the ocean be pausing in its function of heat conveyance? Leaving some of us in the bitter cold? Might the pause in the sun be just coincidence or tied to this possible ocean pause?

http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12457&tid=282&cid=18371

http://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/Cosmic_rays_and_climate.htm

I’m glad I haven’t planted any vegetables yet. I usually start mid-March.
Governor “Sleepy” Ted Kulongoski (D-Unions) is throwing huge subsidies and fuel mandates at ethanol and biodiesel. Nothing for biomass fuels, though; that would encourage forest thinning….

UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER WITH VERY LOW SNOW LEVELS AND NEAR
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES IN STORE FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND
NORTHWEST OREGON THIS WEEKEND…

SNOW LEVELS WILL APPROACH VALUES MORE IN KEEPING WITH
MID WINTER THAN EARLY SPRING.

“Julian from UK touched on something that I have not seen. Is there a average for UV energy from the sun that is responsible for at least half of the heating on earth?”

No, solar output tails off pretty quickly, and the shortwave UV gets absorbed high in the atmosphere so it’s hard to work that heat down.

“Also, if the sun is not an important driver in climate, then why are there seasons? The earth is only tilted a tiny bit away during winter… ”

The change in tilt is huge, and is most effective outside of the tropics. Here in New Hampshire, the sun’s noontime altitude is 23.3 degrees in the winter solstice and 70.1 at the summer solstice. Heating per unit area varies with the sine of that angle so we get 40% efficiency in winter, and 94% in summer. And that’s without taking the greater atmospheric distance the sunlight travels. Sunlit length goes from 9 hours to 15. I don’t have the total daily insolation handy, sorry.

http://wermenh.com/sun.html has some pretty raw data.

“What is the delta in UV energy hitting the surface between summer and winter?”

Very little, that’s why we don’t tan during the winter. Poke around the web and look for a graph showing UV atmospheric absorption, I remember seeing one in Sky & Telescope, skin care site or Wikipedia ought to be good sources. Report back.

“The south-west of England (normally mild at this time of year) has been very cold in April. Unusual and damaging frosts and northerly winds.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/7352006.stm
[South Yorkshire is pretty well north, up by Manchester and Liverpool.]

At Ladybower, west of Sheffield, about 10cm (3.9in) of snow fell overnight resulting in a heavy covering on open land and untreated roads.

Further north on the edge of the Pennine hills at Penistone, near Barnsley, about 7cm (2.7in) fell.

“The temperatures aren’t too bad, its just that there is quite a lot of cold and snow and sleet on the roads and it is slippery.”

not too bad temps == lot of cold? Must be the stiff British upper lip. That or frostbite. :-)

Also, if the sun is not an important driver in climate, then why are there seasons? The earth is only tilted a tiny bit away during winter… (not counting orbit elongations). What is the delta in UV energy hitting the surface between summer and winter?

The last thing he needs is immortalizing guys. Someone who predicted the coming downturn would be far more appropriate.

Landscheidt or Charvatova actually did some science and deserve it. AlGorithm Al did some sleight of hand to “earn” 100 million dollars in 8 years, a dynamite peace prize and an award from fantasy land for his sci-fi horror movie. His pontificating and connections will kill millions through bio-fuel folly and driving policy in the opposite direction to the natural cyclical progression we are witnessing. You may not debate him, or his “settled science” and he intercuts atomic explosions with ice shelves calving. He is revered by the masses whilst luminous scientists are cut down daily in the media.

The Swiss establishment that honored Benito Mussolini are just about to do the same to Al – we are through the looking glass.

The snow is a godsend isn’t it? Enjoy this period of peace and quiet as the warmists have all shut up for the time being.

The whole year will be cooler than many expect. Cold even. Next year looks no better. 2010 may be a little warmer.

There are, in the record, periods of extremes that are very close together.

I would love someone(being rubbish with numbers myself) to produce a year on year – based on HAD/CRU – temp set that starts in(for example) Nov rather than Jan – we would see a much different picture of the historically “relevant” years I would hazard to guess. Both coldest(ish) and hottest(ish) ;-)