Guest post By Joseph D’Aleo, CCM, AMS Fellow
Mother Nature for the second year in a row is sending a message to alarmists in the government and the media.
Another snowstorm has swept across the nation and focused its fury on the northeast corridor. Last year it was the Mid-Atlantic, the political center that was ground zero. This year ground zero is further north from New York City (the nation’s media center) into southern New England. In Connecticut, Hartford has had the snowiest January and month ever.
Since Dec. 14, snow has fallen eight times on the New York region – or an average of about once every five days.
In New York City, the third major snowstorm dropped 19 inches, the 8th heaviest snowstorm in history (back to 1869/70). The post Christmas blizzard brought dropped 20 inches, the sixth heaviest snowstorm. The blizzard paralyzed travel after Christmas.
SXUS71 KOKX 272202
RERNYC
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
502 PM EST THU JAN 27 2011
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT CENTRAL PARK NY...
A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 6.7 INCH(ES) WAS SET AT CENTRAL PARK NY TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 6.5 SET IN 1894.
SXUS71 KOKX 270631 RERLGA RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 128 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT LAGUARDIA NY... A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 9.4 INCHES WAS SET AT LAGUARDIA NY YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 5 SET IN 1994. SXUS71 KOKX 270631 RERJFK RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 128 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT KENNEDY NY... A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 6 INCHES WAS SET AT KENNEDY NY YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 3.3 SET IN 1994.
[See below for cumulative snow reports]
Earlier in 2010 on February 25-26th, the 20.9 inches was enough to put it in fourth place among Central Park snow events.
A storm on the 10th and 11th of January brought 9.1 inches. So far 56.1 inches has fallen which puts 2011 already in 6th place among all years since snow records began.
More light snow events and continued cold temperatures is forecast the next 5 or 6 days. I believe another storm will threaten next Wednesday and Thursday that could move the year into second or third place. I believe this season will eventually surpass 1995/96.
The media has been trying to find a way to blame global warming for the snow. Actually a rapid COOLING (the UAH January global number may be negative down almost a whole degree F since the warm peak after the El Nino during 2010) is likely to blame. The cooling the last several months my be they most significant of the satellite record. Clouds and precipitation always result from cooling processes. The cooling as we have posted is likely due to a Pacific that has turned cold, a La Nina, continued slow ramp up of feeble solar cycle 24 and a series of high latitude volcanoes that together with a quiet sun and a warm Atlantic helped support high latitude blocking high pressure (a negative Arctic Oscillation – the most negative on record last winter and continued negative most of the first 8 weeks this winter).
This video from last night gives you the flavor of the NYC snow although at one time there was lightning and thunder and near zero visibility snow.
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Here’s the snowfall report from NWS NYC:
NOUS41 KOKX 271800
PNSOKX
CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-280551-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1259 PM EST THU JAN 27 2011
THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 13
HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT AFFECTED OUR REGION. APPRECIATION IS
EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN
SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE
ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC
********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
CONNECTICUT
...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
NORWALK 18.0 1025 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
NEW CANAAN 18.0 530 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
DARIEN 18.0 800 AM 1/27 CT DOT
WILTON 17.3 1115 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
WEST NORWALK 17.0 110 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
WESTON 16.5 800 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
GREENWICH 16.0 720 AM 1/27 DPW
WESTPORT 14.8 830 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
RIDGEFIELD 14.0 600 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
SHELTON 13.0 215 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
DANBURY 13.0 215 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
BRIDGEPORT 13.0 600 AM 1/27 COOP OBSERVER
...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
HADDAM 15.0 1000 AM 1/27 CT DOT
MIDDLETOWN 15.0 535 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
OLD SAYBROOK 15.0 1000 AM 1/27 CT DOT
...NEW HAVEN COUNTY...
NORTH HAVEN 18.5 605 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
MILFORD 16.3 800 AM 1/27 CT DOT
NEW HAVEN 16.0 800 AM 1/27 CT DOT
BRANFORD 15.0 554 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
NAUGATUCK 13.0 1020 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
SOUTHBURY 12.5 440 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
WATERBURY 11.5 600 AM 1/27 CT DOT
BEACON FALLS 10.5 600 AM 1/27 CT DOT
MERIDEN 9.0 400 AM 1/27 CT DOT
...NEW LONDON COUNTY...
LISBON 17.5 702 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
COLCHESTER 16.0 800 AM 1/27 CT DOT
GROTON 13.8 1000 AM 1/27 CT DOT
NORTH FRANKLIN 13.5 625 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
GALES FERRY 12.5 717 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
NORWICH 10.5 800 AM 1/27 CT DOT
LEDYARD CENTER 10.0 900 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
UNCASVILLE 9.0 320 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
NEW JERSEY
...BERGEN COUNTY...
GARFIELD 16.6 1038 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
NORTH ARLINGTON 16.5 700 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
EAST RUTHERFORD 15.5 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT
LODI 15.0 1119 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
1 W TENAFLY 14.6 700 AM 1/27 COCORAHS
PARAMUS 12.5 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT
ORADELL 12.2 1015 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
SADDLE BROOK 12.1 700 AM 1/27 COCORHAS
RIDGEWOOD 11.7 700 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
RIVERVALE 11.5 600 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
HARRINGTON PARK 11.0 700 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 9.0 700 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
MAHWAH 8.9 900 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
...ESSEX COUNTY...
NEWARK AIRPORT 18.9 615 AM 1/27 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER
BLOOMFIELD 16.5 340 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
BELLEVILLE 15.6 200 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
WEST ORANGE 14.2 330 AM 1/27 PUUBLIC
VERONA 14.0 200 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
CEDAR GROVE 13.2 410 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
...HUDSON COUNTY...
N HARRISON 17.0 600 AM 1/27 COCORAHS
JERSEY CITY 16.0 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT
HARRISON 15.0 400 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTE
...PASSAIC COUNTY...
CLIFTON 19.0 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT
WAYNE 10.5 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
HAWTHORNE 10.1 825 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
RINGWOOD 9.2 700 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
...UNION COUNTY...
RAHWAY 19.5 1030 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
ROSELLE 17.9 430 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
ELIZABETH 17.7 700 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
UNION 17.0 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT
1 NNW WESTFIELD 16.7 700 AM 1/27 COCORAHS
WESTFIELD 13.0 650 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
CLARK 12.0 400 AM 1/27 NJ DOT
NEW YORK
...BRONX COUNTY...
PELHAM PARKWAY HOUSE 18.0 400 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
PARKCHESTER 16.3 630 AM 1/27 COOP OBSERVER
BRONX 14.7 620 AM 1/27 PUBLIC - BRONX ZOO
BEDFORD PARK 13.1 1230 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
...KINGS COUNTY...
MARINE PARK 17.5 800 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
...KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY...
SHEEPSHEAD BAY 13.0 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
...NASSAU COUNTY...
WOODMERE 16.4 1000 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
LONG BEACH 15.9 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
BETHPAGE 15.5 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
PLAINVIEW 15.0 500 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
GARDEN CITY 14.8 600 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
MERRICK 14.2 700 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
VALLEY STREAM 14.2 900 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
SYOSSET 14.0 400 AM 1/27 NWS EMPLOYEE
FLORAL PARK 14.0 345 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
LEVITTOWN 14.0 545 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
NORTH MASSAPEQUA 12.5 915 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
OCEANSIDE 12.0 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
MASSAPEQUA 11.0 630 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
BALDWIN HARBOR 9.2 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
...NEW YORK COUNTY...
CENTRAL PARK 19.0 630 AM 1/27 CENTRAL PARK ZOO
...ORANGE COUNTY...
HARRIMAN 8.2 1200 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
NEW WINDSOR 7.2 630 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
MOUNTAIN LODGE PARK 7.0 1035 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
SOUTH BLOOMING GROVE 6.5 927 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
1 NNW CORNWALL ON HU 6.5 700 AM 1/27 COCORAHS
MIDDLETOWN 5.4 245 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
GOSHEN 5.0 647 AM 1/27 SYWARN SPOTTER
MOUNT HOPE 4.3 830 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
NEWBURGH 2.0 820 AM 1/27 SYKWARN SPOTTER
...PUTNAM COUNTY...
MAHOPAC 11.0 900 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
4 ESE BEACON 8.5 700 AM 1/27 COCORAHS
8 NE COLD SPRINGS 8.0 700 AM 1/27 COCORAHS
...QUEENS COUNTY...
NYC/LA GUARDIA 17.3 615 AM 1/27 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER
BAYSIDE 17.3 800 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
FRESH MEADOWS 16.2 230 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
WOODSIDE 16.0 600 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
NYC/JFK AIRPORT 10.3 615 AM 1/27 ASOS
...RICHMOND COUNTY...
GREAT KILLS 20.0 1000 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
ELTINGVILLE 18.0 800 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
STATEN ISLAND 15.0 500 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
...ROCKLAND COUNTY...
STONY POINT 7.6 624 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
CENTERPORT 16.5 600 AM 1/27 COOP OBSERVER
NORTHPORT 16.5 600 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
COMMACK 15.7 430 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
EAST SETAUKET 15.5 510 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
MEDFORD 15.4 700 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
MELVILLE 15.0 800 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
SMITHTOWN 14.5 1000 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
PORT JEFFERSON 14.0 630 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
SHOREHAM 13.7 625 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
ISLIP AIRPORT 13.7 700 AM 1/27 FAA CONTRACT OBSERVER
NORTH BABYLON 13.5 615 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
UPTON 13.3 700 AM 1/27 NWS OFFICE
STONY BROOK 13.1 1100 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
MOUNT SINAI 12.4 600 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
SOUND BEACH 12.1 630 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
CENTEREACH 12.0 730 AM 1/27 NWS EMPLOYEE
PATCHOGUE 12.0 620 AM 1/27 NWS EMPLOYEE
HOLBROOK 11.3 600 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
LINDENHURST 10.9 540 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
AMITYVILLE 10.5 1050 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
BABYLON 10.3 717 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
RIVERHEAD 9.2 730 AM 1/27 NWS EMPLOYEE
MATTITUCK 8.5 900 AM 1/27 NWS COOP
...WESTCHESTER COUNTY...
HARRISON 16.0 610 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
LARCHMONT 15.5 1000 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
ARMONK 14.5 615 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
PORT CHESTER 12.6 945 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
MOUNT KISCO 12.0 350 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
SCARSDALE 10.8 100 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
BEDFORD 8.1 1215 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
***********************STORM TOTAL ICE***********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
ICE OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
CONNECTICUT
...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
WESTPORT 0.10 830 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
NEW YORK
...NASSAU COUNTY...
MERRICK 0.15 700 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
...QUEENS COUNTY...
BAYSIDE 0.10 800 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
BABYLON 0.25 717 AM 1/27 SKYWARN SPOTTER
HOLBROOK 0.20 500 AM 1/27 PUBLIC
STONY BROOK 0.12 110 AM 1/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
***********************PEAK WIND GUST***********************
LOCATION MAX WIND TIME/DATE COMMENTS
GUST OF
MPH MEASUREMENT
CONNECTICUT
...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT 40 1138 PM 1/26 ASOS
...NEW HAVEN COUNTY...
NEW HAVEN 48 1216 AM 1/27 ASOS
MERIDEN 37 1231 AM 1/27 ASOS
...NEW LONDON COUNTY...
GROTON 44 1207 AM 1/27 ASOS
NEW JERSEY
...ESSEX COUNTY...
NEWARK AIRPORT 40 1037 PM 1/26 ASOS
NEW YORK
...NASSAU COUNTY...
FARMINGDALE 40 912 PM 1/26 ASOS
NORTH MASSAPEQUA 35 725 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER - TSTM
...NEW YORK COUNTY...
CENTRAL PARK 37 735 PM 1/26 ASOS
...QUEENS COUNTY...
NYC/JFK AIRPORT 49 720 PM 1/26 ASOS - TSTM
NYC/LA GUARDIA 40 733 PM 1/26 ASOS - TSTM
...RICHMOND COUNTY...
STATEN ISLAND 55 720 PM 1/26 TRAINED SPOTTER - TSTM
...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
WESTHAMPTON BEACH 52 1117 PM 1/26 ASOS
SHIRLEY 41 1117 PM 1/26 ASOS
...WESTCHESTER COUNTY...
WHITE PLAINS 43 817 PM 1/26 ASOS
*****************MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORDS******************
...SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD...
...CLIMATE SITE... ...OLD RECORD... ...JANUARY 2011 TOTAL*...
CENTRAL PARK 27.4 INCHES (1925) 36.0 INCHES
NEWARK 31.6 INCHES (1996) 37.3 INCHES
LAGUARDIA 27.6 INCHES (1996) 32.4 INCHES
BRIDGEPORT 26.2 INCHES (1965) 41.8 INCHES
ISLIP 21.5 INCHES (2005) 34.2 INCHES
*MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS AS OF 7 AM JANUARY 27 2011
Average total season snowfall today for Boston, MA is 19.3″.
Actual total season snowfall for 2010-2011 Winter in Boston, MA is 61.4″.
Departure from normal total season snowfall in Boston, MA is 42.1″.
We’re only 1 or 2 inches away from breaking the snowiest winter ever recorded!
Based on that guys comments, you would think most people would be in favor of global warming.
In Boston, this is shaping up to be another 1978. In ’78 we got several storms that did not melt and then a large nor’easter. Looking out into my back yard it is rumored that several piles of snow contain a car or three that we own. No melting temperatures of any sort forecast for a long time.
Well, it’s not as bad as the Sea of Okhotsk, where two ice breakers have been struggling to bring a 32,000 ton ship out of the ice since 31st December. 300 metres today & 20 miles to go. Of course, the trapped 300+ crew are of no interest to western media, because the world is warming and cold conditions are an anomaly.
http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2011/01/three-hundred-metres.html
Al Baby, are you in area?
According to some bloke called Trenberth, last year’s US blizzards were down to El Nino!
“Blame it on El Niño!”
Steve Baragona | Washington, DC February 10, 2010
“US blizzards, Asia’s typhoons, other extreme weather all linked to Pacific Ocean anomaly”
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/special-reports/american-life/Blame-it-on-El-Nino-84040872.html
Suppose this year it is the little girl’s turn?
No need to replay “In Search Of the Coming Ice Age”.
Just tune into the nightly news.
Some States have exhausted thier snow removal budgets, and more are nearing the end of thier ropes.
That map’s a fake!
(there’s no red or yellow dots on it……;-)
Joe Romm Jan 2009 said warm and permanent dry winters. Hello JOE
In weather and climate we have feedback mechanisms. In forecasting, we should give feedback.
Is this the reason the Hockey Team spent so much time training in Hawaii?
The “Al Gore Effect” is live and well: http://meteorologicalmusings.blogspot.com/2011/01/global-warming-meeting-cancelled-due-to.html
I do hope Edward Markey’s district in MA is getting hit the hardest, again and again. They deserve to get hit hard. Let the AMO cycle and solar cycle divergence land on that district and then spin itself off to East Anglia.
ShrNfr says:
January 27, 2011 at 2:28 pm
78? There were only three storms of any consequence, at least anything before that got obliterated in most people’s memory.
A Jan 20 storm set a record for snow in 24 hours (25.1″), a couple weeks later a came the midwest’s Blizzard of ’78 that set an all-time low pressure record in Cleveland, but brought rain to a lot of the east coast. Then on Feb 6 came the start of the New England Blizzard of ’78 and people stopped using the 100 hour storm from 1969 as the living history yardstick. http://wermenh.com/blizz78.html
Hmm, I say the 24 hour record was broken again, but I must have something wrong, as I give 23.6″.
95-96 was a good season – 146.7″ in the Berkshires at Granville, MA. At the Blue Hills south of Boston, they had 144.4″, see http://www.bluehill.org/climate/annsnow.gif – there are several seasons with over 100″ there.
We should all take personal responsibility for climate change. Having decided to take responsibility, the action required is to minimise your personal impact, primarily through energy use but also through the foods that you eat.
NOTE: This is a SPAM ROBOT to link back to a site that sells solar power – ignore it – not a real person. I’m leaving this up so people know to ignore “it” on other sites as well.
Anthony
“The media has been trying to find a way to blame global warming for the snow. ”
Yes.
The main issue for the Warmista’s is Backradiation.
It is my opinion that backradiation is in conflict with the 2’nd law of termodynamics.
I must admit I was quite puzzled when I understood that Backradiation is the most important argument. It is THE ARGUMENT. It also puzzled me that I had never heard about this, and it contradicted every thing I had learned at school. But, yes, school was a long time ago.
It is also interesting to see that I am not alone. A professor at my old school is also of the opinion that it contradicts the 2’nd law. And since he is a Professor, and is much better at equations than I am, (I am below the cut-off frequency.) his writing on this might be of interest;
http://www.csc.kth.se/~cgjoh/blackbodyslayer.pdf
It’s just ‘local weather’, not climate — even though it takes up the ENTIRE northern hemisphere…
Hey Joe! Did you have the mute on when that video was playing? The wife is not happy that the kids heard it, although I must say I found it hilarious.
Anthony/Joe
1) Abdul is a robot advertising solar power gadgetry.
2) In the interest of completeness you should show the rain records that were on the original weather map. They complicate the story a bit but are part of this extreme weather story just as much as the record snows and lows.
“Can’t wait ’til summer!”
I hear ya, brother.
Climate change has caused my vision to deteriorate. I have become color blind. I cannot detect the red dots on that map yet I have been told by experts that they would be there.
Did the red dots already melt, or were they submerged by the rising seas?
Here in the D its been crazy… snow all the bloody time. Getting tired of it… although it is good for business (methane transport) so I’m not complaining, but we certainly don’t seem to be experiencing “global warming.”
And I have to ask, why again is global warming a bad thing again? Something about polar populations increasing and plant life growing better? Less snow and better crop wields maybe? Can’t seem to remember….
Abdul Rahim how, exactly, do you think human behaviour can effect the climate?
We can try to keep our personal environment clean by using less packaging and picking up after ourselves etc, but the hubris in thinking that we can control the sun, moon, tides and ocean currents is overwhelming.
my kids would like some snow. (highs in the 50’s this week.) We’re not as mild as last winter, but last year, spring didn’t arrive (first 75F day) until towards the end of June, or after it was “officially” summer.
Abdul Rahim says:
January 27, 2011 at 3:07 pm
“We should all take personal responsibility for climate change.”
OK. I admit. I did it. But it sure has been fun flipping things around to screw with the minds of the consensus. I drove a little less last year and, voila, Real Winter! But my apologies to western Russia and Pakistan for those blocking highs earlier last year. I was on vacation and things got a little out of control.
On the ABC national news that aired on the west coast just before the SOTU address by POTUS, the anchor reporting the severe cold weather in the east showed a graphic trying to explain how this was all caused by global warming. The idea was that an unusually warm Arctic with very little ice cover was putting immense amounts of moisture into the atmosphere that was falling as snow in New England. The problem . . . the graphic was a summer 2007 image of the Arctic sea ice extent, not a present-day image of the Arctic ice.
Abdul Rahim says: January 27, 2011 at 3:07 pm “We should all take personal responsibility for climate change. Having decided to take responsibility, the action required is to minimise your personal impact . . . through the foods that you eat.”
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Does that mean we should outlaw bean and cheese burritos here in California to curb methane emanating out of the bipedal hominids from such foods?
“We should all take personal responsibility for climate change. ”
not me. and you can bank on that.
Abdul Rahim says:
January 27, 2011 at 3:07 pm
You first.
Abdul Rahim says:
January 27, 2011 at 3:07 pm
We should all take personal responsibility for climate change. Having decided to take responsibility, the action required is to minimise your personal impact, primarily through energy use but also through the foods that you eat.
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The preceeding public service announcement was brought to you by the makers
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….have a nice day
That’s one eloquent cameraman.
Meanwhile, global temperature indices are in freefall since last autumn: http://processtrends.com/images/RClimate_UAH_Ch5_latest.png
The UAH Ch5 anomaly is dropping below 2008 levels (most recent value: -0.251 deg.C). However, global SST anomalies are roughly 0.1°c higher than the lowest value ever reached during the 2007/08 La Nina. http://bobtisdale.blogspot.com/2011/01/mid-january-2011-sst-anomaly-update.html
Considering the 4 to 6 months lag between ENSO and global temperature, 2011 could be the coldest year since the mid 1990’s if La Nina conditions will last through the first part of the year.
By the way, I have not seen a post from Barrie Harrop in the WSJ for a long time. I guess he retreated to his whine (sic) cellar and is trying to figure out his next scheme using some of the overpriced fermented grapes he brags about.
2nd comment?
greylar, You are kidding, right? GW leads to more snow.
Or so I’ve read. Well, I have, but I’m just kidding.
I hate to even mention this; but it should be mentioned, since we are talking ice
Almost 50 years ago, on Feb 15 1961, occurred one of the most devastating accidents, that will never go away; and likely never be forgotten.
A plane crashed near Brussels, killing the entire USA figure skating team on its way to Prague for the World Ice Skating Championships. 18 skaters, and 16 coaches, Officials, and Judges as well as some family mebers, all wiped out in the blink of an eye.
The 1960 Womens Olympic figure skating gold medallist was Carol Heiss, a name that we still hear around the figure skating world; and she received that sad news in the middle of the night. I never heard about it for a long time; because I was already on a ship; a ship itself destined for tragedy; on my way from NZ to New York City.
My Ship, the Johann van Oldenbarneveldt, was on its last voyage from Wellington to the UK and back to Holland, to be sold to a Greek shipping line; who took it to the Mediterranean, as a cruise ship, now renamed the Laconia. It caught fire in a storm in the Adriatic, and the crew jumped ship, leaving some 700-800 passengers to eventually go to the bottom with the ship.
I’m not a particular fan of ice skating; either speed or figure skating; they don’t do any figure skating any more anyway; just aerobatics; but the story of the loss of that entire team always haunts me. Not into team gymnastics either; but the team efforts and the skill of those people always does amaze me. They seem to be a family, just like the figure skating team was.
So thinking of all the snow and ice back east; no idea if weather played any part in that awful crash.
Can you fix that missing 50 years please mod.
REPLY: No, since I have no idea what you are talking about from that short blurb. – Anthony
Henry chance says:
January 27, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Joe Romm Jan 2009 said warm and permanent dry winters. Hello JOE
In weather and climate we have feedback mechanisms. In forecasting, we should give feedback.
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I check Romm’s blog and did not find anything like what Henry claims. In science we provide references for our claims. But then Henry even missed out on the complete sentences concept so there is no telling what he meant to say. Romm did have one post that mentioned warmer winters, but these were post 2050. (http://climateprogress.org/?s=permanent+dry+winters+2009) But, maybe I missed it. Search here, http://climateprogress.org/2009/01/, and see if you can find what Henry was talking about.
Listening to someone walking through the snow talking to himself is boring. This one has a much better sound track.
Al Gored says:
January 27, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Climate change has caused my vision to deteriorate. I have become color blind. I cannot detect the red dots on that map yet I have been told by experts that they would be there.
Did the red dots already melt, or were they submerged by the rising seas?
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I see plenty of red dots along the west coast: http://mapcenter.hamweather.com/records/7day/us.html (as of Jan 27, 2011, 8:03 PM EST). Although there are more record lows than highs.
You see the graph used in the post specifically left out record high data. Read the fine print under it: “Record snowfall, record low max temp, and record minimum temp plotted – click for all records”.
So, you have indeed been gored, but not by Al. Someone is trying to mislead you. I’ll let you figure out who.
Mike says:
January 27, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Right you are Mike!
What’s up with that?
On the bright side, I’m not color blind after all.
Maybe you should put a warning for R rated language in the video.
Sinatra’s version of that video was better.
New York, New York, it’s a f-ing wonderful town,
The f-ing Bronx is f-ing covered up and the f-ing Battery’s down somewhere under all this f-ing sh!t,
The f-ing people shovel a f-ing hole in the f-ing snow but can’t find the f-ing ground,
New York, New York, it’s a f-ing f-ed up town.
Entire northern hemisphere? Not quite. We are having near record HI temps and unusual dryness in Oregon right now. I was riding my bike with my son this evening when we should have been wet and shivering.
By using language like “Brutal Winter Assault” you create a hostile environment in which tragedies like the Gabrielle Giffords shooting are encouraged.
Good post, Joseph D’Aleo.
Thanks again Anthony, for helping the return of sanity!
The NW is one small area enjoying a nice winter. Beautiful today.
Global Warming measured in inches or feet 2o11?
Bob Tisdale says
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As noted in the November 2010 SST Anomaly Update, the global SST anomalies do not appear as though they will drop to the level they had reached during the 2007/08 La Niña,
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Joe says
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Due to a Pacific that has turned cold, a La Nina
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I reckon the message from Mother Nature is that she has an evil sense of humour and she will flummox those who try to spin weather as climate, irrespective of their prejudices.
They love to say a snowstorm is weather. But what about the entire season of record storms and cold… Is that just weather? And what about three winters in a row… Is that just weather? Do we have to wait thirty years to claim this cold weather is part of the climate? Do they have to wait thirty years to claim a single flood is part of the climate or is that just weather? The AGW crowd are very confusing to me.
Pete w says:
January 27, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Entire northern hemisphere? Not quite. We are having near record HI temps and unusual dryness in Oregon right now. I was riding my bike with my son this evening when we should have been wet and shivering.”
Is anything bad happening due to the record high temps in your ares? Or is everyone enjoying that nice weather? I would prefer the global warming scenario of warmer drier winters rather than the constant shoveling of snow and potential for accidents on the roads. I’m really hoping they are right about global warming. But please, don’t let them stop it.
I can always tell when NE weather gets interesting by the number of accesses to my Blizzard of ’78 pages:
Dec 24: 18 |—|
Dec 25: 12 |–|
Dec 26: 36 |——-|
Dec 27: 130 |————————–|
Dec 28: 137 |—————————-|
Dec 29: 52 |———-|
Dec 30: 10 |–|
Dec 31: 7 |-|
Jan 01: 11 |–|
Jan 02: 5 |-|
Jan 03: 5 |-|
Jan 04: 8 |-|
Jan 05: 16 |—|
Jan 06: 8 |-|
Jan 07: 21 |—-|
Jan 08: 11 |–|
Jan 09: 15 |—|
Jan 10: 9 |-|
Jan 11: 41 |——–|
Jan 12: 118 |————————|
Jan 13: 139 |—————————-|
Jan 14: 59 |————|
Jan 15: 41 |——–|
Jan 16: 22 |—-|
Jan 17: 18 |—|
Jan 18: 10 |–|
Jan 19: 10 |–|
Jan 20: 13 |–|
Jan 21: 28 |—–|
Jan 22: 30 |——|
Jan 23: 25 |—–|
Jan 24: 20 |—-|
Jan 25: 21 |—-|
Jan 26: 30 |——|
Jan 27: 66 |————-|
Jan 28: 76 |—————|
Apparently the novelty of 20″ storms has worn off a bit since December. 🙂
On the other hand, interest in current year snowfall is increasing. I have a suite of pages about NE snowfall and “Snow Depth Days” at http://wermenh.com/sdd/index.html (I haven’t updated it for December data yet), and those are getting much more popular than I’ve seen before:
Dec 24: 27 |—–|
Dec 25: 3 ||
Dec 26: 28 |—–|
Dec 27: 50 |———-|
Dec 28: 124 |————————-|
Dec 29: 67 |————-|
Dec 30: 53 |———-|
Dec 31: 62 |————|
Jan 01: 27 |—–|
Jan 02: 13 |–|
Jan 03: 9 |-|
Jan 04: 40 |——–|
Jan 05: 19 |—|
Jan 06: 36 |——-|
Jan 07: 16 |—|
Jan 08: 30 |——|
Jan 09: 17 |—|
Jan 10: 28 |—–|
Jan 11: 59 |————|
Jan 12: 63 |————-|
Jan 13: 122 |————————-|
Jan 14: 104 |———————|
Jan 15: 55 |———–|
Jan 16: 26 |—–|
Jan 17: 27 |—–|
Jan 18: 17 |—|
Jan 19: 48 |———|
Jan 20: 35 |——-|
Jan 21: 63 |————-|
Jan 22: 140 |—————————-|
Jan 23: 75 |—————|
Jan 24: 54 |———–|
Jan 25: 116 |———————–|
Jan 26: 141 |—————————–|
Jan 27: 151 |——————————-|
Jan 28: 282 |———————————————————-|
I better update those this weekend. There’s also some redesign I want to do.
Anthony- It looks like another East Coast Storm in 5 days! This winter is just incredible along the EC.
8″ of fairly wet snow here in western MD; roads were passable the next morning. Alittle more snow right now from a “clipper” system coming out of Canada.
A cake-walk compared to last season’s snows.
If there was a dearth of snow and/or warmer than usual temps it would, of course be due to manmade C02. The wailing and gnashing of teeth by the Warmists would be epic.
Oh, wait, more snow, and cold temps also equals manmade warming. I forgot.
Mike:
What is Romm saying here http://climateprogress.org/2009/10/28/max-baucus-montana-global-warming-bark-beetle-wildfires/ ? He emphasizes hot and dry, but agrees with someone named Sarah, and she included floods:
[Sarah] They’re [scientists] also telling us that temperatures are higher and we’re warming faster than at any time since we’ve been keeping temperature records — that’s almost 160 years. In fact, in my own lifetime, average temperatures in this country have gone up more than 2 degrees.
We’re also seeing more extreme weather events, like floods and droughts. And less snow is falling.
[Romm] Precisely.
Less snow is falling….precisely….wrong. That’s what generally happens when you try to over-simplify something as complex as climate then try to predict weather events.
@Pete w
“Entire northern hemisphere? Not quite. We are having near record HI temps and unusual dryness in Oregon right now. I was riding my bike with my son this evening when we should have been wet and shivering”
Hardly. 2 weeks ago the whole Northwest was flooding. Last week it was dry and we only had 2 days of mid 50’s temps with freezing over night. That’s it. Our weather for the winter has been cold and wet. Reminds me of the “ice age” winters we use to have here in the 60’s. I travel all over the NW for work weekly. Same weather in OR, WA & ID. Make sure you use that helmet when you ride your bike Pete……:)
“Mother Nature for the second year in a row is sending a message to alarmists in the government and the media. ”
Alarmists is a polarizing term, but aside from that little piece of bias how does weather in the United States characterize the global climate? There have been several posts focusing on the US weather, why not keep the focus on analyzing global trends?
My mom actually called me a bitch on Facebook the other day. She lives in DC and when they were taking about the temps I just couldn’t resist telling them it was only going to get up to 76 here in southern California. I suppose I deserved it lol.
If it should happen to get hotter than blue blazes in the coming few years, then we’ll know that leaving off the red and yellow dots is a jinx. Mother nature doing her thing.