In case you haven’t noticed, it is as cold in Canada (and soon some parts of the USA) as it gets at the South Pole at times:
The video author writes:
Woke up to a balmy -41C (-41.8°F) this morning in South Porcupine, ON. Thought I’d share what happens when you mix boiling water and a water gun and take it outside for a few shots.
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And meanwhile in the UK we are still suffering from a relentless string of storms, floods and mild weather. Probably the worst winter for storms in living memory.
Just think, without evil global warming it would be -41.2!
Gareth
We have very short memories. It is only the worst winter for storms in the UK since 1991.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/05/uk-winter-storms-worst-two-decades
interesting that it should happen now that our temperatures have dropped back to the levels of the 1990’s
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/
I hesitate to say that weather is better when temperatures are warmer but it is intriguing to see the correlation
tonyb
Relax, it’s going to get worse before it gets better, it may start warming up on Wednesday.
Clear further evidence the heat is hiding in the deep oceans, or it would obviously be a little warmer.
Although this is a weather, and not a climatic (at least I hope not), event of extreme cold, the alarmist community can be guaranteed to somehow morph it into being “further irrefutable proof of global warming/climate change/whatever.”
It would be interesting to know what percentage of the US’s electricity is being generated by wind and solar power now and over the next few days.
Flash freezing – great! Love the video.
It’s a well known fact that hot water freezes faster than cold water and would be interesting to see the effect of using warm, rather than boiling, water.
Global Warming is great stuff or is it the 1970’s again, global cooling. I have not even looked but just hope there is not many deaths from the cold and snow. I thought I was checking out.
I rushed my self to the hospital on Friday afternoon to after working my body way to hard for 11 hours plowing snow and shoveling in the cold weather, My body was already low on fluids from not drinking water day before.I dehydrated my body even more by drinking 2 Java Monster Energy drinks in the first 8 hours of working time period, eating no food,not drinking water and then accidently inhaling a piece of rock salt coated in CMA in my lung at the 10 hr mark. After the salt inhalation, I tried to cough it out then I got chest muscle spasms and numbness in left arm. Within an hour blood pressure was spiking, never had that happen before. Took a few aspirin and headed to the hospital. They Kept me over night hooked up to all kinds of equipment, x-rays, several blood tests then let me go in the morning.
All test came back good, My left chest and arm still feeling little weird but that is the main arm I use to turn plow truck steering wheel while I plowed mostly large residential driveways in N NJ.
We got down to around -20 F here in western New Hampshire yesterday morning. That’s close to a record low, and I’m sure we’re shattering a lot of low temperature records all over the U.S.
Impressive and interesting. Glad I can’t do that, at the moment, in our +5C in the UK.
Keep warm Canada, keep burning that oil, gas and coal to keep warm.
I wonder have they got any squirt guns on the Aurora Australis?
On the other hand in Australia, they could be enjoying cool drinks at +100F
http://www.vukcevic.talktalk.net/CoolAntarctica.htm
but alas it wasn’t to be.
Having your own private snow making machine. Just like the ski resort’s.
I was in Stowe, Vt, in ’96 and we had -30F, skiing was great but a bit cool. Had to keep the car running all night to guarantee it ran next morning, but gas was $1.10 per gallon then so not a great problem pocket wise.
Reality seems to be quickly departing from NOAAs forecast for this winter season.
Peter Miller says: January 5, 2014 at 4:18 am
“…Although this is a weather, and not a climatic (at least I hope not), event of extreme cold, the alarmist community can be guaranteed to somehow morph it into being “further irrefutable proof of global warming/climate change/whatever…”
Correct. There were three green muppets on the Beeb this morning reviewing the Sunday newspaper’s coverage of the recent storms. One commented that this ‘weather disruption’ was a sure sign that climate was changing and that the storms were the worst in recorded history.
They obviously had conveniently forgotten how bad the storms were back in the early nineties, although all were old enough to experience it for themselves. This typically one-sided agenda driven BBC propaganda makes me want to vomit…
Wait, that can’t be true because a person posting at Haplessington Post said in a comment that because the polar vortex was so far south as a result of global warming, there was no cold air left in Canada. I thought Richard V, Super User, really nailed it for simpletons like us skeptics:
Richard V. (richnerd)
Super User·1,247 Fans·Retired Imagineer, gentleman farmer
“For all of you so enthusiastically displaying your incredible lack of understanding of the impact of global warming on weather patterns, let me explain it in a way you would understand:
Think of global warming as a bad marriage. As the marriage grows worse over time, the arguments get more intense and more frequent….but just because you have a day without an argument, it doesn’t mean your marriage is fixed.
What I can’t understand is that extremes in weather conditions related to global warming have been explained repeatedly in the media (except for FOX News) and yet the inevitable village tools pop in here with pointed caps and declare that 97 percent of climate scientists are” The brilliant Super User, Drew B, showed his wide-ranging knowledge as well with this gem”
Drew B. (pixeloid)
Super User·1,037 Fans·Reality has a liberal bias.
“Ironically, as global warming proceeds, the warmer arctic air will push parts of the jetstream further South resulting in even harsher winters for some areas, as well as extremely mild winters elsewhere. Americans really have a hard time understanding that America is only a small part of the planet.”
This is relevant:
http://his.library.nenu.edu.cn/upload/soft/haoli/112/171.pdf
Basically, warmer times are less stormy for Western Europe.
Less storms during MWP (when a higher population was sustained in the Western Isles of Scotland) and more storms during the LIA as per data from ships logs of the time.
Hence the current high level of storminess correlating with the recent falls in CET.
I recommend tonyb’s site for lots more detail which the Met Office seems to be blissfully unaware of:
http://climatereason.com/LittleIceAgeThermometers/
Gareth Phillips says:
January 5, 2014 at 3:57 am
And meanwhile in the UK we are still suffering from a relentless string of storms, floods and mild weather. Probably the worst winter for storms in living memory.
I think it is more noticeable now because of the high likelihood of flooding. Britain has always been a wet country. The problem now is, we allow building on flood plains then get get surprised when homes get flooded. The situation can only get worse, as we continue to concrete over the countryside to accommodate the ever increasing population of our small island nation.
Try filling a mug with warm water and throwing the water into the air.
Similar result but a bigger cloud of snow/ice.
Apparently the string of vicious storms, flooding and mild weather are being caused by the dramatic temperature differences across North America and a record breaking Jet stream whipping the resultant lows across the Atlantic towards the UK. It may be a reasonable prediction that this low temperature in North America will spawn even worse storms in the next week or so. Time to check the tie downs on the chicken shed I think. http://www.theweatherspace.com/2013/12/22/strongest-jet-stream-ever-recorded-to-bring-two-super-storms-to-united-kingdom-region-this-week-with-possible-tornadoes-in-ireland/
Tenuc says:
January 5, 2014 at 4:19 am
Do you have references for that “fact?” The claims I’ve looked into in any detail used things like home refrigerators which have horrible temperature control, especially in the freezer compartment (the thermostat is usually in the warm side).
https://medium.com/editors-picks/d8a2f611e853 is the latest claim to explain the phenomenon. Perhaps you can check out the paper it links to, http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.6514 , and let us know if it makes sense.
Caz Jones says:
January 5, 2014 at 4:48 am
I think it is more noticeable now because of the high likelihood of flooding. Britain has always been a wet country. The problem now is, we allow building on flood plains then get get surprised when homes get flooded.
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True.
Another significant factor is that whereas many people in the past would have a small front garden (next to the street) many of those have now removed walls and paved it over to provide car parking. The rain can’t sink into the soil in all those little plots as it would have before, runs into the street and overwhelms the often Victorian-sized drainage system.
This cold air mass is forecast to blast down to southern Mexico and Florida over the next 48 hours. Early tomorrow afternoon – 10C to 20C below normal in eastern North America.
http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs-ens/2014010506/gfs-ens_T2ma_namer_7.png
Ice fog.
RE: Chuck L says:
January 5, 2014 at 4:38 am
I really chuckled reading the explanation by “Drew B. (pixeloid)” stating that “warmer arctic air will push parts of the jetstream further South resulting in even harsher winters for some areas.”
You can’t make this stuff up.
Of course, you could try: “Warmer arctic air is responsible for the increase in ice, frosts in Florida, and the fact poor people can’t afford heat, while an absence of colder tropical air makes the greener reds be dumber smart and… ”
No. I just can’t do it. My heart’s not in it. I just feel too much like a complete dope even pretending to talk that way.
Sorry guys, I’m off to sunny Malaga first thing tomorrow and staying until April. Not only will my old bones be warm they will be commendably ‘green’ as my carbon footprint will be low – no central heating to run. As if it matters.
Fun that cold means global warming. But in fact the cold is only proof of global cooling. The cold has a negative impact in temperature and there for the climate. Inf act if you dump the data adjustments you will see that where closer to an ice age then the climate optimum.
If you go back in time you see warm air gets closer tho the pole when the earth is warming and goes back further to the equator whit global cooling.
If the world was warming there would be no place for ice.
Fun test. Trying making ice cubes in the oven! Di dent work well. Seems to me that warm t do sent make ice.