Comments on: UAH Satellite data: Globally, 2008 significantly cooler than last year

By: smellytourist

smellytourist — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:34:36 +0000

Which is why I say this
http://smellytourist.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/hunt-polar-bear/

By: wait...i thought the ice was GROWING?!? - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:59:07 +0000

[...] years show declining temperatures. It may take a while before Arctic ocean waters respond, but temperatures have actually been falling for a while now. “The Arctic sea ice melt is a disaster for the polar bears,” according to Kassie Siegel, staff [...]

By: ranyl

ranyl — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:54:35 +0000

I bet it has nothing to do with the strong La Nina from Feb and April (there is a time lag in the earth’s system) and the fact we are the low of sunspot cycle with no to hardly any for 2 years, the low activity is notable and the overall intensity of the trough is the lowest since 1990.

Also March 2008 by NOAA was the second hottest ever and the hottest over land despite these doubled cooling influences.

Also the globe is the whole globe not a single tomato plant, in May here we where 6C above normal and Asia and parts of the Arctic are severla degrees above normal.

Nino conditions have gone neutral and most likely to be EL Nino later this year or early next year, and the NAO is in a negative phase which will encourage the arctic ice melt and as it is 90% (NSIDC) likely that we have a new arctic sea low this year with all that extra heat absorbed due to albedo conditions, wouldn’t be surprised to see those global temepratures to reveal the actual warming again soon.

By: poetSam

poetSam — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:48:15 +0000

It might not be too early to learn Spanish. But if I’m wrong, I already know Canadian.

By: Pamela Gray

Pamela Gray — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:57:19 +0000

It is currently 25 degrees F below the temperature recorded last year at 6:45 PM in Enterprise, Oregon. All those tomato plants are jus’ sittin there. Fortunately I love fried green tomatoes. There will be plenty in the valley come fall because none of them will be able to ripen to the red stage. I also love green tomato salsa, spiced with hot peppers, onion, and garlic. Mix in an avocado (if they will even be available this fall), and you’ve got some good stuff to go along with warmed tortilla chips! Salty marguaritta anyone? Cuz we are gonna need the HEAT, and a drink that cools the lips but warms the innerds!

By: Tomorrow could be a lot sooner than you think… « Corrosive Material

Tomorrow could be a lot sooner than you think… « Corrosive Material — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:15:13 +0000

[...] I thought it was getting hotter? Or no? [...]

By: KBK

KBK — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:02:34 +0000

And why are the 2008 temps higher than the ‘record’ temps?

I couldn’t find a reference to the original data. Frankly, I don’t trust it.

By: Global Warming, Er, Cooling, Today: May Was Cooler Then Normal » Pirate’s Cove — Give No Quarter!

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:09:22 +0000

[...] will see in a few days where this May ranks. Clearly it will be colder than normal. UAH MSU daily data suggests the global average will be well below last year as well. Stay tuned for official [...]

By: Pamela Gray

Pamela Gray — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:13:33 +0000

Right now it is 17 degrees colder than last year. Friday could bring valley wide freezing to several gardens in this remote corner of Oregon. And more snow in the Blue and Wallowa Mountains all week, with some at pass level near Tollgate. This kind of stuff happened in the 50’s. Prior to that, in 1878, my great-grandfather decided to settle in the Wallowa Valley when the Blue’s experienced such a fall through spring blizzard that no one could get to the Willamette Valley along the Oregon Trail all winter long.

By: R John

R John — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:02:27 +0000

The month of May in Peoria, IL was a whopping 8.34 degrees F cooler than a year ago. More carbon dioxide please, I’m freezing here in the Midwest.

By: Mike Bryant

Mike Bryant — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:44:36 +0000

Sorry I was looking at the wrong channel…

By: Mike Bryant

Mike Bryant — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:09:41 +0000

Hmmm, As Lucia pointed out there was no crossover between 07 and 08… There is now.

By: Retired Engineer

Retired Engineer — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:51:51 +0000

Tom: The real test will be August/September. If the Cubs survive that, we can count on another ice age. Possibly the end of life on Earth.

As Ernie Banks said, “Any team can have a bad century.”

By: Chance Metz

Chance Metz — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:34:23 +0000

That and that the Yankees are on ice.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:38:33 +0000

The y scale on the graph is in degrees Celcius.
The note at the bottom is incorrect in referencing Fahrenheit.

REPLY: that is what UAH put on as a caption, not my error.

There is no error whatsoever.

Drs. Christy and Braswell created a robust, near real-time, highly dynamic and widely published graph for our convenience. As if that weren’t enough, they also (apparently manually) add a text box to the graph daily to help readers understand what they’re being shown.

And then someone comes along and complains that the (manual) text box is in Fahrenheit while the y-axis is in “degrees Celcius” [sic].

This shallow-thinking reminds me of when I would perform advanced calculations in Excel, but would have to use “precision as displayed” because invariably some yahoo whose only expertise is the ability to add numbers would complain.

By: Tom in Florida

Tom in Florida — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:49:03 +0000

If you follow American baseball, the Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays have the best records which is a clear indication that not only is Earth cooling but that Hell is freezing over.

By: Patrick Hadley

Patrick Hadley — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:44:39 +0000

Kim asks about the likelihood of every single daily temperature reading so far in 2008 being lower than its equivalent date in 2007.

Strangely enough I have just noticed that every single day this year I weigh considerably more than I did on the same date last year. What are the odds of that?
Is it 1 divided by 2 to power of 152?
Or is it actually very nearly 1, when you take into account all the food I have been eating lately.

By: Brian D

Brian D — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:41:59 +0000

Here in Minnesota.

Jan-May departure from average in degF.(1971-2000 climate normal)

International Falls
2006 +4.0
2007 +0.1
2008 -4.3

Duluth
2006 +4.7
2007 +0.9
2008 -2.1

Minneapolis
2006 +5.3
2007 +2.3
2008 -2.9

Jan 06 had a departure of +15 to +16 degF. It was like spring in the middle of winter, and I loved it.(and the heat bill, too)

A warming climate isn’t all THAT bad. Less harsh winters, and earlier springs. Aahh, the good old days.

By: Chance Metz

Chance Metz — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:51:22 +0000

Hw true and it semes very few get this al lfor free excpet poloticans and people like Al Gore. Everyone else ahs to pay jsut to see these reports.

By: drwilliams

drwilliams — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:29:37 +0000

The y scale on the graph is in degrees Celcius.
The note at the bottom is incorrect in referencing Fahrenheit.

REPLY: that is what UAH put on as a caption, not my error.