From the “weather is not climate department” – New record low temperatures set in Cancun for three straight days, and more new low temperature records are possible this week.
Dr. Roy Spencer, who is in Cancun representing climate skepticism on behalf of CFACT writes on his blog:
Today’s my first full day in Cancun at COP-16, and as I emerged from my hotel room I was greeted by a brisk, dry, cool Canadian breeze.
It was 54 deg. F in Cancun this morning — a record low for the date. (BTW, Cancun is nowhere near Canada).
Al Gore is not supposed to be here…but it could be that the Gore Effect has announced his secret arrival. We will check into this.
Here’s the record for today from Weather Underground:
The old record low temperature of 57°F was bested today by four degrees.
And for the previous two days, new record lows have been set:
The weather forecast for the week ahead does not look encouraging, additional low temperature records may be set:
Here are existing Record Lows and Forecast Lows in upcoming days:
Wednesday: 53 °F (2003) Forecast: 51°F
Thursday: 60 °F (2000) Forecast: 59°F
Friday: 60 °F (1999) Forecast: 55°F
Saturday: 57 °F (2003) Forecast: 53°F
Sunday: 55 °F (2008) Forecast: 51°F
The Cancun delegates certainly live in “interesting times”.
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h/t’s to WUWT readers Barry L. and “Amino acids in meteorites”
Perhaps next time they can schedule their little shindig in Hades, ought to be pretty safe against chilly conditions there.”
Not if Al Gore shows up ;o)
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It is unlikely that Al would turn up. He once said that he would not go there unless Hell froze over!
Tom in not so warm Florida says:
December 8, 2010 at 5:00 am
Funny how they are always grown in hot climates, eh?
Some seem to respond well to cold, such as satsumas, but most like warm, warm, warm!
(Excuse me for repeating myself, but previously it was at the end of threads.)
Larry, Moe, and Curly say, “Cancun spelled backwards is nuc nac.”
I well remember the northern European temperatures during the Copenhagen summit and would plead with delegates not to have any more of these meetings because the UK is affected once again and cannot cope with these conditions. Perhaps the anomalies are due to God, compensating for a global gust of very hot air emanating from the conference centre.
Too many vacationing from Western Canada in Mexico? Several thousand vacationers from Saskatchewan alone could take the mercury down half a dozen degrees… until they warmed up of course.
Brian Gaze, of independent forecaster The Weather Outlook, said: ‘This cold spell is a once-in-a-lifetime event. We’ll probably never see it again.’”
Didn’t they say the same about last February – March’s record lows and record snows, which saw the Scottish ski resorts busy until May? The same ski resorts which were threatened with extinction due to global warming less than 10 years ago…
Proof that God has a sense of humor! hahahahahahaha
I’m afraid that all these cool temperatures will do little in the campaign against the warmists.Already I have heard the UK transport minister saying that he will ‘get advice’ about future ‘snow events’ due to global warming..this will definately be the future tactic
The UK climate change minister, Chris Huhne is returning home early from Cancun to vote in the Commons. Looks like Cameron’s priority is getting the bill on University fees through rather than letting Chris freeze in Cancun.
Chris’ constituents will be upset, they sent him a “massive” petition before he left….
“Eastleigh public call on Chris Huhne to think outside the box at UN Climate Conference Eastleigh MP and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne, was today presented with a giant petition signed by his constituents before he travels to the 16th UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico.
Over 40 local people signed the petition strongly urging Mr Huhne to work with world governments at the talks, to find the vital funds needed to help poor countries adapt to the effects of climate change…..”
Yes that’s right, the massive petition was signed by 40 people.
JEM:
Don’t be too sure about Hades.
Piers Corbyn’s summary for this winter for the UK included the phrase “Hell will freeze over” this winter! http://www.weatheraction.com
I’ve got it! Gore (or someone in his close entourage) is actually a minor cold weather deity in disguise! No wonder he seems to think everywhere is getting hotter.
Sorry. Lost the link for this, but here ’tis anyway.
From The UK Independent of Monday, 20 March 2000, these excerpts from a piece by Charles Onians:
“Britain’s winter ends tomorrow with further indications of a striking environmental change: snow is starting to disappear from our lives.
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“However, the [global] warming is so far manifesting itself more in winters which are less cold than in much hotter summers. According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, within a few years winter snowfall will become ‘a very rare and exciting event’.
“‘Children just aren’t going to know what snow is,’ he said.”
So, how’s that working out for you in the UK?
That pesky weather. Ultra dry Australia is flooding. The flooding is so bad the coal mines are shut down. Coal prices are going up and China is importing it in huge quantities. Obama is choking drilling and our heating oil is going up while the arctic blasts bring in frigid air. Nothing is cooperating with heating and reduction of energy consumption.
Moral of the story: Karma, like Mother Nature, is a real bitch!
@Larry Cullen in Texas: re: coming to Milwaukee… buy and bring even more warm weather gear than you have, it’s cold, cold, cold here!
I’m sorry to have to be the first to bring this up.
Doesn’t ANYONE get the JOKE? It’s HILLARIOUS! Dr. Spencer and Lord M. show up at Cancun. Now aside from some trite jokes about Heck freezing over (and the connection with the Greenies going away..) what we have here (“Son”, must be said with a Cool Hand Luke southern accent.. “IS a classic case of NEGATIVE feedback!”.
Please NOTE how “effective” it is in “controlling” the climate. It’s SO good, that it worked within a period of 48 hours. Personally I think the Brits INTENTIONALLY sent Lord Mockton to Cancun, to try to save themselves from their current winter. (Kind of like throwing Johna out of the boat…) Likewise, look at the Huntsville temp. today:
25°F | °C
Current: Partly Cloudy
Wind: NE at 7 mph
Humidity: 49%
Right off the Weather Channel…
It’s obvious Alabama had to get rid of Dr. Spencer for a while too!
Suggestion: Dr. S and Lord M. should STAY ANOTHER TWO MONTHS in Cancun to save the planet!
The Gore Effect is actually more in line with a thunder storm. Agressive arm waving, hand wringing and oral venting produces a column of super Goral heated air that sucks colder air down causing the Gore Effect cooling. Now just need to produce a model to prove my point and ………
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Ben U. says:
December 8, 2010 at 12:32 am
I believe that the concept of the Gore effect was introduced by Tim Blair, or at least that Tim Blair has believed that he introduced it. Evidence for his having so believed may be provided at a later time. But at the present time I think that it may be time to introduce a further concept: The Gore effect by proxy. Gore’s absence is the clock that ticks louder in the mind when the battery in the actual clock died and went unreplaced. If a sufficient number of Gorish warmists gather and are as boring as Gore in his momentous absence, then they may operate by the same heat sink rules, drain the surrounding energy, and depress the temperature.
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Interesting theory and just as scientific the mechanisms that the warmists think up. I think this calls for a press release generating study.
JEM says:
December 8, 2010 at 12:56 am
‘Perhaps next time they can schedule their little shindig in Hades, ought to be pretty safe against chilly conditions there.’
graphicconception says:
December 8, 2010 at 6:28 am
‘It is unlikely that Al would turn up. He once said that he would not go there unless Hell froze over!’
It has. With a hat tip to the Norwegian commenter who originally put this great link up:
http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nord-Tr%C3%B8ndelag/Stj%C3%B8rdal/Hell/
What’s actually happening at Cancun is the death of a belief system.
http://thepointman.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/the-death-of-the-agw-belief-system/
Pointman
Unusually cold weather has settled over Cancun Mexico (MMUN) where this morning the temperature dropped to 50 F and the temperature was under 60 F for 12 consecutive hours. Let’s hope our climate delegates brought some warm clothing. Here is a map for this morning (12 UTC 8 Dec 2010) with Cancun in the lower left:
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/marka/sfcplot.cancun.gif
Also note the land breeze over Florida with an offshore wind on both coasts.
NOTE: In Cancun 50 F appears to be a new record low temperature for December, eclipsing the old record of 52.
I was just out plumbing the tower for my wind turbine and the apple trees looked funny. When I checked, I saw little bits of green bud emerging at the end of the little branches. The weather has been mild enough to fool the trees out of dormancy. This is not good. My apples are vanity apples, old trees I’m working on for a couple of dozen apples a year. No sprays, I staple paper bags over each apple to deter he bugs. Works great and pruning helps but there is still some fungus. Strange tree behaviour won’t hurt me, but the blueberry producers may have a poor crop next year. Lets hope there is no more unusual warmth and the buds aren’t damaged.
Ron Bailey at Reason.com is reporting from Cancon. He actually listens to the speechs.
Check out the first days report. As the developed world has a carbon debt of over half a teraton, we owe the undeveloped world $23 trillion!
I hope Lord Moncton got his bananas and enjoyed the sun before the cold snap.
If Al Gore still believes that the arctic sea ice is at risk, then based on this evidence, he should live on it permenantly.
Within a few years, the polar bears will be able to walk across the ice to Iceland, and warm theselves in front of the fiery volcanos.
If all Al’s supporters were to join him at such a camp, out on the arctic ice, the rest of the worlds population would be extremely grateful.
H.R. says:
December 8, 2010 at 2:06 am
JEM says:
December 8, 2010 at 12:56 am
“Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide.
Perhaps next time they can schedule their little shindig in Hades, ought to be pretty safe against chilly conditions there.”
Not if Al Gore shows up ;o)
The Inuit say that ‘Hell is a cold place’
It looks like we could be going there