It is surprising to see this headline in USA Today:
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/02/13/snow-cover-usa/5454645/
This calls for a song and a cartoon about Dr. David Viner.
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we’ve no place to go
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
It doesn’t show signs of stopping
And I’ve bought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low (because we can’t afford electricity anymore)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
And here’s the cartoon:
Reference for the cartoon: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/01/04/the-dr-david-viner-moment-weve-all-been-waiting-for-a-new-snow-record/
Here’s the current snow map. Note Florida has no snow. Alaska, not shown, does, and Hawaii, not shown, does according to the USA Today article.
Source: http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/nsa/
In other news, the media spin cycle is on FULL WASH set at cold temperature:
CBS Blames Global Warming for Harsh Winter Weather
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2014/02/13/cbs-blames-global-warming-harsh-winter-weather
CNN Hypes ‘Global Warming’ as ‘Catastrophic Ice Storms’ Descend on Atlanta HQ
tommoriarty says:
February 13, 2014 at 12:40 pm
So, global warming causes “harsh winter weather” according to CBS, and “catastrophic ice storms” according to CNN. Does that mean if next winter is mild, then global warming is over?
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No, Global Warming also causes mild winters and warm winters. Basically Global Warming causes everything. (do I really need to sign /sarc )
It snowed in Orlando (and parts slightly south of there) back in 1989. It;s snowed in the Panhandle twice since the beginning of this year.
Folks you don’t understand. This is not regular snow. It is global warming snow, completely different from regular snow.
20 years ago, I threw a snowball at my son, who was 5 at the time. Knocked the poor kid on his butt, earned me a scolding from his mother. I decided to repeat the experiment today. I was careful to make a snowball of the same size, throw it from the same distance, and I hit the exact same son.
It just bounced off of him. Who know that global warming could have such an effect on snowball density?
I was going to cut the snowball open and count the rings, but said son elected to wash my face with it instead.
While poking around the internet I ran across this article. (Have an air sickness bag ready)
Is Extreme Weather a Result of Global Warming? (POLL) – CBS News
Makes me remember why I gave up watching TV and reading dead tree papers.
Thanks for the stalk, Jeff from Calgary. A laugh a day keeps the doctor away.
NOAA’s report issued today, February 13, about January winter in the U.S.:
… January was an exceptionally cold month across much of the Southeast region.
… A bitterly cold air mass overspread much of the region on the 7th and 8th of the month, resulting in subfreezing temperatures as far south as central Florida. For several locations, including Raleigh-Durham, NC and Atlanta, GA, this event marked the strongest cold outbreak not associated with snow cover in nearly 20 years. Maximum temperatures failed to climb above freezing across southern Georgia and Alabama.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2014/1
So what did NOAA’s Winter forecast look?…
NOAA’s Winter Outlook October 2013 …”warmer-than-average temperatures this winter are expected from the Desert Southwest into the Southern Plains and Deep South.”..
…Another concern is winter’s potential dearth of precipitation in the Southeast. Drought is likely to develop across parts of the Southeast, according to NOAA,
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-outlook-noaa-2013-2014-20131121
It seems to me that CNN and CBS owe much to the techniques of mass indoctrination pioneered by Goebbles and the Third Reich. But, as I recall, the Third Reich’s pronouncements were more accurate and believable, at least before the war started not going their way. I wonder if those two
baindead networks publicized Viner’s “No more snow” predictions back then?
These frequent storms in the UK are actually a sign of global cooling.
Very cold air moving south from Canada and western Greenland have caused major instability over the North Atlantic ocean during recent weeks. With cold air moving south this strengthens the jet stream and moves storms east usually towards Iceland. The very cold air instead has moved the storms east towards the UK.
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn001.gif (current image, will change)
Usually these would often move towards Iceland during warmer climate periods, but now they are one after another hitting the UK instead. This happened often during the Little Ice age, but it is now starting to happen in 2014 after a recent number of cold/very cold winters in the UK. This is exactly the type of weather pattern that occurred during the LIA, with more often cold winters and even the mild ones had the usual frequent storms hitting the UK instead of Iceland, giving very wet winters when Atlantic driven.
Sorry, posted my above post on wrong thread.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/02/13/uk-flooding-met-office-and-all-that-a-map-from-878ad-tells-us-more-than-slingo/
It snowing like crazy here in New Hampshire…but that’s perfectly NORMAL for this time of year (ahh, normal — word not known to the CAGW maniacs).
Peter Stroud says:
February 13, 2014 at 12:13 pm
We are getting the same stupid connection between our current floods and CAGW…
Yes, a recent ecoboob survey (cant remember the org.)showed that more Brits are believing because MOST media there are connecting any major weather event to CAGW or whatever they call it now. The L(ame)SM in the US is picking this up apparently.
Is it ‘old snow’ or some of that ‘fast snow’, similar to that ice seen recently near Antarctica? 😉
Remember, folks, we’re dealing with ideologues, who ALWAYS have only ONE explanation for anything, no matter how WRONG it is.
Hey, ideologues, I can tell you why the globe is warming! It’s because water freezes into ice when you heat it! /sarc
The cartoon is priceless – we should demand that every TV and cable network and every newspaper show it.
Gail Combs on February 13, 2014 at 1:03 pm
While poking around the internet I ran across this article. (Have an air sickness bag ready)
Is Extreme Weather a Result of Global Warming? (POLL) – CBS News
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WAIT A MINUTE!!!! I thought weather wasn’t climate. How can extreme weather be climate????
This high albedo condition is happening right when the sun angle is accelerating as we approach the equinox. Think of the effect.
Stephen Richards says:
February 13, 2014 at 11:53 am
Anthony, That is a major mistake in your headline. I ask you. It’s in the headline of all places. Your great leader said there were 57 states. Come one now 🙂
Correction: Dear Leader said he had visited 57 states with one to go.
My cartoon about media spin about hot weather in Australia and cold weather in the US:
http://www.itsnotclimatescience.com/0028.html
Another one about the cold weather:
http://www.itsnotclimatescience.com/0021.html
Meanwhile … look at the temperatures above 80 degs north: http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php
PS I am a big fan of Josh’s cartoons, and readily acknowledge that they are much better than mine!
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[The] cartoon would be funny if the idiots were ONLY killing themselves. Alas, they are trying to take as many people as possible with them.
Not one mention of climate change or global warming confirming once again that cold is weather and hot is climate. Another example was their article this week on Great Lakes ice shutting down shipping. No mention of climate, but in 2013 they were running stories of the demise of the Great Lakes and the lack of ice due to climate change. Cowards wouldn’t run my comment pointing that out.
Thank you Janice for getting ahead of the crowd with V’ wishes…
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How about in non-leap years?
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