Guest essay by Eric Worrall
As the reality of the USA’s brutal “global warming” induced winter bites, Minnesotan climate scientists are keen to reassure us they are still in control.
Believe it or not, global warming might have caused the arctic blast
As climate destabilizes, Minnesota could see polar snaps more frequently.
By Jennifer Bjorhus Star Tribune
FEBRUARY 2, 2019 — 6:09PMLast week’s arctic temperatures may have shocked millennials, but Minnesotans of a certain age swear they can remember such frigid spells as fairly regular events.
They’re right, and climatologist Kenny Blumenfeld can explain why.
Five or six decades ago, the polar vortex — the thick mass of cold low-pressure air that swirls counterclockwise around the North Pole — would spill bone-chilling air down to Minnesota every two to three years.
Not anymore.
“This one is as bad as we’ve had in three decades,” said Blumenfeld, senior climatologist in the Minnesota State Climatology Office.
And for anyone who developed doubts about global warming in last week’s deep freeze, Blumenfeld says not so. In his mind, the data demonstrate that climate change is real: Decades have passed since Minnesota trudged through its last extreme deep freeze.
“These used to be much more regular occurrences,” he said.
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Scientists are studying whether the Earth’s rising temperatures might be causing the jet stream to wander even more, Twine said, leading to more frequent leaks of severe cold to more southerly latitudes.
“We don’t know enough about the science to be able to predict whether this is going to happen more or less in the future,” said Twine.
“We’re pretty confident that overall, the winters here are averaging warmer. We just don’t know how these colder outbreaks are going to change.”
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It may be cold comfort, but he added: “Our winters would be warmer if we weren’t getting these increased polar vortex disruptions.”
Who knows – if we give climate scientists a few more billion dollars, maybe they’ll be able to tell us whether the snow will end.
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Believe it or not, global warming might have caused the arctic blast
I will take the ” not ” option on this one
Holy corn flakes, Batman! After Coldmageddon, if MN voters vote for these kinds of flakes, MN is the Land O’ 10,000 fLakes.
https://twitter.com/Jamiemlong/status/1091141798305484800
“Holy butter, Batman” would have provided more satiety than cornflakes. (I’m so sorry)
There should be a requirement for adult supervision of elected officials to prevent them from doing things that will clearly be damaging to their voters.
That will only happen when people stop loaning money to the U.S. Federal government.
Sadly, Minnesota is a “blue state” and that is not from the cold. Much of that is due to the large metropolitan Twin Cities dominating the rural areas.
A study needs to be done to find out why living in urban areas causes a reduction of intelligence.
Probably something to do with a Vertical Gene Pool rather than a Horizontal one
What kind of nonsense is this:
‘“We don’t know enough about the science to be able to predict whether this is going to happen more or less in the future,” said Twine.’
As we have been told time and again, “THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED”. Enough of these mealy mouthed statements.
If the science is not settled, why are billions of dollars being spent to destroy our economies while jetting various celebrity mouthpieces and high ranking, Canadian Bollywood dancers around the globe?
What am I paying carbon taxes for?
Complete answer to your last question: to stuff the pockets of Al Gore and all other pied-piper bureaucrats of the same mindset.
So, let me see if I have this straight: global warming (resulting from ever-increasing levels of CO2 in Earth’s atmosphere) is causing disruption of the polar vortex that in turn causes severe cold spells in Canada and the northern part the US, as seen over the last several weeks . . . EXCEPT that such global warming also explains why the frequency of such polar vortex disruptions in decreasing relative to 50-60 years ago, when there was about 22% less CO2 in the atmosphere. Is that right???
Go figure.
Yup. Here’s your sign.
Jet Stream Disruption soon to be the go to hot air label.
Hot Jet Stream bras. Now there’s the thing. Who’s listening?
https://twitter.com/girlyratfish/status/1090727634151993344
Is that where the term “Cold as a witch’s tit in a brass bra” comes from?
I’ve never heard it expressed that way. A friend of mine always used “cold as a whore’s tit” except when he would use “hot as a whore’s tit”. I just figured he was obsessed with whore’s tit’s.
“could have” “maybe” “might ” the weasel language of the climate alarmist. Could have also has could not have, maybe also has maybe not, might also has might not . The one sided language of those pretending to put forward a scientific theory in the hope that they get access to more climate MONEY!
If you are confused not to worry, I expect Mosh will be around to explain the logic of it all.
It may be cold comfort, but he added: “Our winters would be warmer if we weren’t getting these increased polar vortex disruptions.”
Sorry, but did he just say that if it wasn’t for the cold it would be warmer!
It may be cold comfort, but he added: “Our winters would be warmer if we weren’t getting these increased polar vortex disruptions.”
Sounds like the work of “unsettled science” emanating from a carbandioxymoron.
Apparently another Climate Change propaganda victim.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-of-vermont-student-found-dead-in-snow-after-taking-apparent-shortcut-police-say
This 19-year old college student apparently believed bitter cold was a thing of the past.
Cold kills, warmer not.
Rewind and apply hot …
“A 19-year-old student at the University of Vermont was found d̶e̶a̶d̶ sweating profusely in the s̶n̶o̶w̶ overgrown weeds…”
Yikes! Did you get a look at the guy? I figured it was a girl or pantywaiste soy-boy, but that guy was bruiser. Makes me think alcohol was involved (he was found Sat. morning). At least with hot weather you stand a good chance of surviving when walking home drunk, but in weather like that you stand a very good chance of dying.
What’s the frequency Kenneth?
That guy should have stopped with this and he would have been spot on “…“We don’t know enough about the science to be able to predict …”.
The hyperbola about the polar vortex was absolutely astounding.
Let us compare it to the cold front of December (Christmas) 1983 at O’Hare Airport Chicago.
In 1983 the temperature was below 0 deg F for 99 hours 7 am 22 Dec. to 10 am 26 Dec. 4 days and 3 hours
In 2019 the Temperature was below 0 deg F for 54 hours 5 pm 29 Jan to 11 pm 31 Jan. 2 day and 6 hours
The Jan 2019 temps were -10,-23,-21 on the 29th 30th and 31st respectively
The Dec 1983 temps were -14,-18,-25,-16,-9 from the 22nd thru the 26th
Source of the data is here. You may adjust the dates for data back to 1948
https://infoseek.wunderground.com/history/arport/KORD/1983/12/31/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=KORD&req_state=IL&req_statename=Illinois&reqdb.zip=60666&reqdb.magic=4&reqdb.wmo=99999
I just tried that link and it came up Iran, you may have to enter KORD on the submit button;
is there an answer for this or is it being corrupted by design?
Last week the heaviest snowfall in 70 years fell on Moscow, and then lots of icicles formed.
It’s called winter weather…
https://themoscowtimes.com/news/huge-snowfall-in-moscow-in-photos-64307
Since Wednesday, at least three people, including a 9-year-old boy, were hospitalized with injuries from falling icicles in the city of St. Petersburg alone. (also most winters).
It’s getting a lot warmer folks!
(try tell this to the kids this week, where we expect -34C mid week)
https://www.google.com/search?q=ice+surfers+Wladiwostok&oq=ice+surfers+Wladiwostok&aqs=chrome.
But WUWT posted a graph recently, saying that the number of polar vortexes has been steadily DECREASING.
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Normally there is one, difficult to decrease that much.
“In his mind, the data demonstrate that climate change is real: Decades have passed since Minnesota trudged through its last extreme deep freeze.”
Yup, in his mind. Minnesota must have been felt smoking hot, in his mind, when the last major polar vortex swept through in 2014 and temps in the state dropped as low as −38 °C.
“These used to be much more regular occurrences,” he said.
Gee, anyone would think weather is cyclical or something. A really brutally cold winter in between all those regular brutal cold winters.
It is much warmer today in Minnesota. Yes we used to have very cold weather on a frequent basis. Conditions have changed that just may get us into big trouble.
So it is remarkable that just 13 days ago, the Minneapolis Star Tribune assured us that cold temperatures are a thing of the past, even in northern Minnesota:
“We just don’t expect temperatures to be below 10 degrees Fahrenheit in Duluth anymore,” [Tracy] Twine said.
Heh. Great prediction. Ms Twine is an “expert” on climate who testified before the Minnesota House Energy and Climate Committee on January 15.
Guess who the legislature listens to?
Like “It is never going to rain again?”children won’t know what snow is?”
God seems to have a sense of irony here…
“Five or six decades ago, the polar vortex … would spill bone-chilling air down to Minnesota every two to three years”.
That would have been during the ’50s and ’60s when there was a temperature dip in the NH.
The mid-’30s to ’40s is beyond (most) living memory.
“Our winters would be warmer if we weren’t getting these increased polar vortex disruptions”.
It is world best practise for responsible climate practitioners to adjust the recorded temperatures to reflect what they know must be happening.
“Our winters would be warmer if we weren’t getting these increased polar vortex disruptions.”
Warmer than when? When there were less such disruptions, or further back when there were more? Every year that was subjected to a polar vortex would have been warmer without one. The only way to compare is to remove the days affected by a vortex. Of course, then you need to replace those super-cold days with fictitious average cold days, which then leads to fictitious averages. Regardless, you can not simply exclude this year’s polar vortex, then compare it to other years. That’s not even wrong, it’s fantasy.
There is the possibility that he doesn’t understand that ‘average’ does not mean each, maybe not typical, and in some cases, a value that never happened.
Heck, I would have made all As in school if I could have eliminated all those bad test scores.
At the first sign that Nature might be going to terminate their funding, the Warmistas hit their keyboards in instant droves to rally the crowds. They will be busy adjusting temperatures as well.
The logic is hard to follow, but typical of what we have come to expect from alarmists:
“Cold fronts from the polar vortex used to happen more regularly. We have had 3 decades of mild winters because of climate change. Now we can look forward to more cold weather because of climate change.”
Well, which is it? Does climate change cause more outbreaks of cold winter weather. Or fewer? Do they ever just listen to themselves?
They are disconnecting Global Warming from Climate Change, and very soon will stop using Climate Change; like any good chameleon
So how then would you know if you were in a global cooling cycle? They do tend to happen as often as warming cycles.
“Our climate model crystal ball says the pscience is settled, so just take our word for it.” – 97% … or is it 3%?
Live in Minnesota since 1972, still trying to find the part of the state where the weather has been any different than same old same old Minnesota.
Still looking….
Due to global warming, Minnesotan children will never see warm weather again.
Post hoc arm waving, better known as “climate’splaining”.
Also known as ‘making crap up”.
you mean goresplaining?
Hmm, so if humans could carry on as per usual and release more CO2 into the atmosphere we would have less of these weather events?
Sorry The Cob, but while a logical person may think that when hearing that before global warming “These used to be much more regular occurrences,” however, they’ve got the opposite scenario covered as well: “Scientists are studying whether the Earth’s rising temperatures might be causing the jet stream to wander even more, Twine said, leading to more frequent leaks of severe cold to more southerly latitudes.”
So less frequent or more frequent it’s all proof of Global Warming.
wetter or drier, hotter or colder, more snow or less snow it’s all global warmings fault. When every possible scenario is the fault of global warming then it is UNFALSIFIABLE and thus *NOT* science.