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Possible record low number of tornadoes in Oklahoma
42 Comments
September 30, 2014 11:16 pm
Inconvenient truth. MSM can stay asleep. Nothing to see here. No alarms. No catastrophes. Most importantly, … No ratings upticks in disasters that didn’t happen.
BTW: the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane season… another snoozer too.
oh oh Look over there….shiny object … Ebola, HongKong…. … snore….
oh oh Look over there….shiny object … Ebola, HongKong…. … snore….
Wake up! News just in today.
BBC – 1 October 2014
First Ebola case diagnosed in the US
The first case of the deadly Ebola virus diagnosed on US soil has been confirmed in Dallas, Texas.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29437070
This item should go in the new blog, “What´s up with Ebola”
http://what-is-up-with-ebola.blogspot.com.es/
Ebola is believed to be transmitted by animals (monkeys seem to be a prime suspect). Evidently if we were in an Ice Age there would be less monkeys, this in turn would reduce the transmission risk. This is similar to the floods in England. If Scotland were covered by a giant glacier then England wouldn´t see so much rain. If you let me run my imagination I can blame just about everything on global warming.
Fernando Leanme October 1, 2014 at 7:34 am
Ebola is believed to be transmitted by animals (monkeys seem to be a prime suspect).
Actually Fernando, it seems the most recent outbreak may be bat related, not monkey.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-ebola-bushmeat-idUSBREA2Q19N20140327
For the record.
Greg
September 30, 2014 11:41 pm
The Atlantic hurricane season has a chance to be the second lowest two year total ACE. For 2013-2014 with 80% of the season behind us we are at ACE = 67. The lowest is 82-83 with ACE =45. 3rd – 5th are basically tied at ACE = 70 for year pairs: 93-94, 86-87, and 72-73. 6th is ACE = 86 for years 77-78.
Of course we still have 20% of the ACE season to go, and I am sure I jinxed it.
You must be talking about a subset of the Atlantic hurricane seasons (since 1950?). Try 1913-14 for the record at ACE = 39 (13 = 36 > 4 CAT 1’s and 2 TS’s, 14 = 3 > only one TS in the entire season).
Data here:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E11.html
[Your comment “ACE = 39 (13 = 36 > 4 CAT 1’s and 2 TS’s, 14 = 3 > only one TS in the entire season).” is almost undecipherable. Please rephrase it so more can understand the summ. .mod]
Sorry – too much brevity. In 1913 and 1914 the total Accumulated Cyclone Energy was 39. This was comprised of an ACE of 36 in 1913 from 4 CAT1 hurricanes and 2 Tropical Storms and an ACE of 3 in 1914 from a single Tropical Storm. There were no other storms in 1914, although there was one Tropical Depression.
October 1, 2014 1:33 am
Interesting stuff.
Tulsa World – 1 September, 2014
Weather extremes gave Oklahoma an unusually low tornado count, experts say
http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepage3/weather-extremes-gave-oklahoma-an-unusually-low-tornado-count-experts/article_6c381ac1-5d0c-5719-825a-4e7edd3e11be.html
October 1, 2014 4:04 am
This is to be expected. I established increasing tornado frequency using modern robust and verifiable methods copied from the Penn State Earth System Science Center. Unfortunately for this scientific effort, Missouri has been experiencing very cold weather, and the ENSO is stuck below the level we needed to see the enormous tornado frequencies we predicted.
I think we must wait until next year. Hopefully Missouri will experience a monster heat wave and we´ll be proven right.
I’m hoping that the entire surface of the earth bursts into flames. That’ll wipe the smug expressions from those deniers.
[If you are being sarcastic or ironic then you should indicate that fact. If not you just appear to be a sick person who wishes the Earth to be reduced to ashes by fire to make a point and we both know you aren’t, don’t we? . . . mod]
October 1, 2014 7:22 am
As far as I can remember, there was only 1 tornado fatality in the state this year. The unfortunate victim was visiting Quapaw, OK when a concrete wall fell on top of his vehicle and he perished inside. The tornado then went on to strike his own home town of Baxter Springs, KS, nearby across the state line. Quite a bit of damage was done to both of those small towns.
October 1, 2014 7:36 am
In order for the Mainstream Media to pick up an item like this, there needs to be a press released issued from a climate scientist saying that tornadoes are good things which renew the atmosphere and the soil, and that since AGW is causing a reduction in tornados, then it is worse than we thought.
October 3, 2014 8:25 pm
Biden Overstates Deaths in Joplin, Missouri Tornado By 160,839
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/biden-overstates-deaths-joplin-missouri-tornado-160839_808538.html
He moved China to North America as well – http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/10/03/joe-biden-tells-harvard-students-china-a-part-of-north-america
October 3, 2014 8:26 pm
Scientists to ‘fast-track’ evidence linking global warming to wild weather
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/scientists-to-fasttrack-evidence-linking-global-warming-to-wild-weather-9773767.html
From Oklahoma Mesonet – State Climatologist Gary McManus – (h/t to WUWT reader Patricia)
Will Oklahoma set a tornado record this year??
Finally, a climate/weather extreme we can all be happy about…a possible record low number of tornadoes this year. I’ve done all the searching/perusing/data
mining allowed on a browser for OK tornado counts this year (i.e., I looked it up on the NWS-Norman website) and found the total number of tornadoes this year
to still be sitting at 13. The count is only through June, but I can’t find any other reports of possible tornadoes after June either, so let’s assume that count,
albeit preliminary, is good through September.
First off, that would be the second lowest total through September dating back to the beginning of official statistics in 1950. Only 1988 had a lower Jan-Sept
total with 12.
Second, 1988 is the current record holder for lowest annual total of tornadoes with 17. But, 1988 is also a cautionary tale for those thinking no more tornadoes
are likely to occur. After the 12 touched down in the first nine months of the year, five more touched down in November, of all months. That’s tied for the
sixth greatest total for November. So even during a record benign twister year, an uncommon month like November can jump up and bite you. It doesn’t look like
any of those tornadoes were serious, at least no injuries or deaths were reported, but that is all dependent on where they strike and the strength.
C. Even if we see the average number of tornadoes for Oct-Dec, which based on 1950-2013 data stands at 3.9 tornadoes, we will still see a tie with 1988 for
the record lowest number of tornadoes at 17.