Tag Archives: La Nina

Declining global average cloud height: “A significant measure of negative feedback to global warming”

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Guest post by Dr. Pat Michaels – reposted (with permission) from World Climate Report A new paper just published in Geophysical Research Letters by Roger Davies and Mathew Molloy of the University of Auckland finds that over the past decade … Continue reading →

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UAH global temperature anomaly goes negative

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

UAH Global Temperature Update for January 2012: -0.09 deg. C By Dr. Roy Spencer PERSONAL NOTE: I’ve been unavailable for a while…my oldest daughter was in a bad car accident, will be OK eventually, but won’t walk for about 3 … Continue reading →

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What in the world is going on with global temperatures?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Multiple indicators show global temperatures headed down this month, and fast. by Joe D’Aleo, CCM, AMS Fellow As shown above (see the datapoint in the square box), the UAH AMSU daily temperatures are the coldest for the globe at 600mb … Continue reading →

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NOAA and “climate disasters” – made up words?

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

I got a chuckle out of this new buzzword that NOAA has created in this press release: “climate disasters”. Personally, I think they’ve been caught up the disaster hype. Why? Well, because the term is undefined. It isn’t even in … Continue reading →

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Global temps in a Crash as AGW proponents Crash the Economy

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

By Joe Bastardi, Weatherbell Analytics When the PDO turned cold, most of the meteorological and climate community understood that the pattern was turning very similar the last time of the PDO reversal, the 1950s, and it was a matter of … Continue reading →

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La Niña and flu

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

From the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Does the La Niña weather pattern lead to flu pandemics? Worldwide pandemics of influenza caused widespread death and illness in 1918, 1957, 1968 and 2009. A new study examining weather patterns … Continue reading →

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Warmer loses BBC sponsored bet: “…the standstill, not the increase, is now this warm period’s defining characteristic.”

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Press release London, 13 January: A climate bet proposed by the BBC’s radio programme “More or Less” four years ago has been won by Dr David Whitehouse, a former BBC Science Editor and a scientific adviser to the Global Warming Policy … Continue reading →

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Frank Lansner on Foster and Rahmstorf 2011

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

This is a repost from Lansner’s website, since Tamino aka Grant Foster won’t allow it to be discussed on his own website, I thought I’d give a forum for discussion here. – Anthony The real temperature trend given by Foster … Continue reading →

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NCEP ensemble forecast shows deep La Niña coming

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

We know that we are currently in a La Niña pattern by the various maps and graphs we have on the WUWT ENSO page, for example this one: But have a look at the ensemble forecast, updated yesterday. The average … Continue reading →

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UAH monthly global temperature, down again slightly, daily data closing in on record cold territory

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

UAH Global Temperature Update for September 2011: +0.29 deg. C By Dr. Roy Spencer The global average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly for September, 2011 retreated a little again, to +0.29 deg. C (click on the image for the full-size version): … Continue reading →

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Climate clam chowder has a spicy ENSO rhythm from an old recipe

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

From the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research comes word that the climate varied before, just like it does today, and we won’t be stuck with a permanent El Niño. Imagine that. 50-million-year-old clam shells provide indications of … Continue reading →

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A Note Regarding The NOAA ENSO Meter

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

UPDATE: Ric Werme is graciously producing a new updated meter for the WUWT sidebar, see comments. – Anthony by Bob Tisdale There have been a number of comments at WattsUpWithThat wondering if the NOAA ENSO Meter, Figure 1, is broken. … Continue reading →

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Global Ocean Heat Content Is Still Flat

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

While there’s news of ocean heat content in the Atlantic being pumped up by “leakage” from the Indian Ocean, and NOAA proclaims that La Niña is back, Bob Tisdale finds that the global ocean heat content trend since the turn … Continue reading →

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It’s official: NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says La Niña is back

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

As we reported on WUWT on August 24th, La Niña is now officially “back” with this press release from NOAA. Hopefully NOAAwatch will finally move the ENSO meter they produce (in the WUWT sidebar) from neutral to something that reflects … Continue reading →

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More evidence La Niña will return

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Following WUWT’s story on 8/22, we have this from the University of Arizona Evidence Suggests La Niña Will Return This Winter By Zack Guido and Mike Crimmins, CLIMAS, August 23, 2011 A return of La Nina, which historically delivers dry … Continue reading →

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La Niña returns

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

While we wait for NOAA to update their ENSO meter on the WUWT sidebar, Bob Tisdale is way ahead of them. Visually, the La Niña seems rather obvious in the image below: More is available at the WUWT ENSO page … Continue reading →

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Another GISS miss, Tisdale calls out Hansen and Sato on failed predictions

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

A Memo To Hansen and Sato Guest commentary by Bob Tisdale Date:August 21, 2011 Subject:A Request About Your El Niño Predictions And A Question About Anthropogenic Global Warming To: James E. Hansen and Makiko Sato Dear Makiko and James: I am … Continue reading →

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Montana’s new big sky discovery – El Niño casts a wide net

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

From Montana State University  and the “weather is not climate” department: Montana State researcher discovers link between Montana weather, ocean near Peru BOZEMAN, Mont. – A Montana State University researcher who analyzed 100 years of data has found a significant … Continue reading →

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Bering sea water temperature, headed down

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

Apparently, not all the Arctic is warming to script. This is an interesting graph from PICES, titled The Bering Sea: Current Status and Recent Events. It is accompanied by this text:

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El Niño – a global warming survivor

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

From the AGU Weekly highlights: El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability persisted in warmer world Changes in the distribution of sea surface temperature associated with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cause significant changes in weather. In the past 40 years it has … Continue reading →

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Climate craziness of the week: “ethics requires” linking tornadoes to climate change

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Since this essay by Penn State’s Associate Professor Donald A. Brown is placed on a publicly funded university web server,  I’m repeating this in entirety here for discussion. Be sure to see what I found at the end. Why Ethics … Continue reading →

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New WUWT Oceanic Oscillation Page – With Link Tutorial

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

Introducing WUWT’s newest addition, the Oceanic Oscillation Page, which includes graphs and graphics,on Oceanic Oscillations including the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), El Niño/La Niña and the Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation (AMO). It was a struggle to find content for this page, … Continue reading →

Posted in AMO, climate data, ENSO, measurement, oceans, PDO, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 17 Comments

ENSO color tricks from NOAA’s Environmental Visualization Lab

Posted on May 21, 2011 by

Or, “how to hide the decline with color”. Here’s the image and press release from NOAA NNVL this week to push their hurricane season announcement. Notice anything odd? Weakening of La Niña but Above Normal Hurricane Season is Predicted [Thursday] … Continue reading →

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Interannual Terrestrial Oscillations

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

There’s a saying, “timing is everything”. After reading this, I think it is more true than ever. In other news. Paul Vaughn is giving Bob Tisdale serious competition in the contest over who can fit the most graphs into a … Continue reading →

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UAH global temperature anomaly – up in April

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

As La Niña fades, this is not surprising. Dr. Roy Spencer is back at work and reports the new lower troposphere number. Note also the global sea surface temperature graph below, which is quite interesting. I’m sure Bob Tisdale will … Continue reading →

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