From the “weather is not climate” department, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
Hey, where is everybody?
In related news, global warming protesters are gathering in large numbers…
(Thanks to Tom Fuller for the pix)
Ironic headline of the decade:
Blizzard Dumps Snow on Copenhagen as Leaders Battle Warming
By Christian Wienberg in Bloomberg News
Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) — World leaders flying into Copenhagen today to discuss a solution to global warming will first face freezing weather as a blizzard dumped 10 centimeters (4 inches) of snow on the Danish capital overnight.
“Temperatures will stay low at least the next three days,” Henning Gisseloe, an official at Denmark’s Meteorological Institute, said today by telephone, forecasting more snow in coming days. “There’s a good chance of a white Christmas.”
Delegates from 193 countries have been in Copenhagen since Dec. 7 to discuss how to fund global greenhouse gas emission cuts. U.S. President Barack Obama will arrive before the summit is scheduled to end tomorrow.
Denmark has a maritime climate and milder winters than its Scandinavian neighbors. It hasn’t had a white Christmas for 14 years, under the DMI’s definition, and only had seven last century. Temperatures today fell as low as minus 4 Celsius (25 Fahrenheit).
DMI defines a white Christmas as 90 percent of the country being covered by at least 2 centimeters of snow on the afternoon of Dec. 24.
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While I’ve never put much faith in his forecasts due to the overhyped way he presents them, in this case Piers Corbyn was right. See his November 30th forecast for Copenhagen here.
While his main start of snow was a bit late, he predicted then:
14th-16/17th Dec will have more snow showers which will turn heavy with biting cold winds.
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And now, send in the trolls.
Stephen, I did just that.Looks like you are a net exporter just now. So, those powerplants you have, what are they burning?
Just curious.
Interesting link, Stephen. Very well done.
Bah, it´s still summer weather down there in the south, up here in the northern part of scandinavia we have a large inversion and around -20c at the moment.
Eating under-cooked pork can give you trichinosis, too. It’s a roundworm infection which gives the following symptoms: fever, muscle soreness, pain and swelling around the eyes, thirst, profuse sweating, chills, weakness and tiredness may develop. Chest pain may be experienced since the parasite may become imbedded in the diaphragm (the thin muscle separating the lungs from abdominal organs).
So, when roasting a polar bear make sure that the deepest part of the meat has reached over 150F. Should take no more than about 20 hours to do a whole bear.
BBQ anyone?
Oh, and don’t try to eat a wolf, they’ll give you the same infection!
radun (13:08:39) :
“U.N. CLIMATE CHIEF PACHAURI and CARBON TRADING
Is this story verifiable?”
Yes. The plant at Redcar has been mothballed and production moved to one of Tata’s plants in India. Supposedly to benefit from carbon credits.
Christopher Booker had a take on it in the Sunday Telegraph 10 days ago.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/6798052/What-links-the-Copenhagen-conference-with-the-steelworks-closing-in-Redcar.html
AdderW (13:06:00) :
A few phrases and wordings related to the COP15 fiasco…
please add more…
Goregoons Large male man-bear-pigs capable of wrestling a microphone from anyone asking Al Gore a question he does not want asked.
If there is too much ice they should do like those guys t melt it…
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-2158222101210607510&ei=47QqS5GOBIGwqAPKptiIBQ&q=sodium+one&hl=en&client=opera#docid=3825610222960975525
Elizabeth (12:56:40) :
Those snowpeople look pretty angry.
Yep, they went there with high hopes of saving the planet, not realizing they would simply be useful idiots, and part of a huge circus show, and shut out of the main attractions, forced to stand in the freezing cold and snow without access to toilet facilities, food, or water. That can tend to make people a bit cranky. Maybe there will at least be T-shirts saying “I survived Hokumkookenhagen!” they can purchase to console themselves.
The original snowmen image seems to be this Flickr photo.
REPLY: yes, it is one of those widely circulated net images – Anthony
Carsten Arnholm, Norway (13:50:00) :
“…..I have not seen pictures of it in Copenhagen, but I guess the bear must be doing just fine, considering the weather there.”
The Ice Bear was flown by BA to London instead of Copenhagen, together with rest of luggage of the Norwegian delegation flying to Copenhagen conference !
See it via live webcam from London.
http://vodpod.com/watch/2678262-polar-ice-bear-melts-in-trafalgar-square
Stephen Brown (14:23:06) :
So, what are they saying? “It’s Still NOT enough! We want MORE!!” (just till about 5:50)
And if they are willing to take, you had better be willing to give. May their fate be that of Mr.Creosote.
how about them apples…but we already knew that…
AdderW (13:06:00)
You forgot:
Cheers, Phil
Gigatons of CO2
Leftist New England Journal of Medicine (attributed to Eric Steig)
Unlawful/alleged hacker
tree mortality
MMs
and of course Tom Wigley’s “Why why why why…”
Well, I just returned from an earfreezing but refreshing two hour walk in the southern part of Denmark, and I can assure you that the blanket of icy white stuff covering the streets looks and feels pretty hale to me. It doesn’t seem like it’s about to melt either. Something is indeed rotten in the constitutional monarchy of Denmark, and it ain’t the snow.
The mayor of New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington, reported on the news here today that her contingent at Copenhagen has learn’t nothing new at the conference that will benefit her city, or nothing that Wellington City Council isn’t al ready doing. The $20,000 (N.Z.) costs were paid for by Wellington rate payers and a fund from Local Govt. N.Z.
Despite having learnt nothing new mayor Predergast, in true politician style, beileves that the trip was NOT a waste of time and money. As you Americans are want to say, go figure!
kwik, we in Sweden import fossil fuel energy from Denmark because most of our nuclear power is down for maintenance. If not, we would be freezing to death as it is cold here, -25.6 degrees Fahrenheit in some parts. Thank God for fossil fuel!
Chokenhagen….. it’s all about to come to nothing. Oh well, maybe they can organise another grouphug somewhere else on this planet – the airlines must love the boost to their revenues.
And it is getting even worse…
http://www.yr.no/sted/Danmark/Hovedstaden/København/time_for_time.html
And the link below is where I live, about 150km North east of copenhagen in sothern sweden.
That is extreemley cold for this time of year.
http://www.yr.no/sted/Sverige/Skåne/Hässleholm/time_for_time.html
@ur momisuglyReed Coray
@ur momisugly Anand Rajan KD
wordings added to my growing list…
http://www.cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/47775-winter-weather-whips-nation.html
From the Copenhagen Post Online. Temps are set to go to -6 Degrees C with more snow.
Hey, Dotto, didnt you vote to close down ALL your nuclear powerplants years ago? I seem to remember that was a “great victory” for …Center party…wasnt it?
To illustrate just how the Global Warming is happening (at least in the U.S.), the EIA today announced a near-record natural gas stocks draw down for last week due to the bitter cold over most of the nation. (207 Billion cubic feet last week, exceeded only once before, in Jan 2008).
“At 207 Bcf, the implied net withdrawal is the second largest withdrawal reported during December in the 16-year history of the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report. Increased space-heating demand appears to be a significant factor in the relatively large withdrawal. Temperatures across the country were about 20 percent colder than normal, as measured by heating degree-days (HDDs) for the week ending December 10, according to the National Weather Service. Key markets for space-heating demand were considerably colder than normal. In the East North Central Census Division, which includes Chicago and other major population centers in the Midwest, HDDs were 13 percent above normal for the week ending December 10. In the Pacific region, HDDs were 46 percent above normal. This week’s withdrawal marked the third time that the total net withdrawal exceeded the 200-Bcf threshold during the month of December. The all-time largest net withdrawal occurred during the report week for January 25, 2008, and totaled 274 Bcf.”
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/ngw/ngupdate.asp
for anyone who knows the infamous hill & knowlton, this explains much:
Oct 30: Hill & Knowlton Selected as Official Media Sponsor for United Nations Climate Change Conference
Paul Taaffe, global chairman & CEO of Hill & Knowlton, said: “Climate change is the world’s number one issue and a huge and complex challenge for us all. We believe that effective global communications about practical solutions is central to meeting this challenge and we are delighted to have been selected to help at COP15.”…
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hill–knowlton-selected-as-official-media-sponsor-for-united-nations-climate-change-conference-67548067.html
kwik, even the “centerpartiet” have echanged their mind now. They want to build new nuclear reactors to replace the old ones.
kwik, even the “centerpartiet” have changed their mind now. They want to build new nuclear reactors to replace the old ones.