But let me be clear as to why this is the storm I have always feared. A lot of it has to do with its end game in the forecasting.
Category: extreme weather
Does Climate Change Cause Extreme Weather Now? Here’s a Scorcher of a Reality Check
Many of the climate attribution studies are resulting in headlines that are deceptive and result in people coming to incorrect conclusions about the relative roles of global warming and natural…
Hot Air Coming From IPCC At Tropical Storm Levels: Typhoons Trending Down Since 1951
From the NoTricksZone By P Gosselin on 13. August 2021 Typhoon trends contradict alarmist claims made by the IPCC’s latest report By Kirye and Pierre The latest IPCC AR6 report claims there is a…
July 2021 A Month Of Extremes? The Archives Say Otherwise
True to form, the media have gone totally mental over a few flash floods in London last month, where the highest daily rainfall total was less than 2 inches. As…
Claim: Global evidence links rise in extreme precipitation to human-driven climate change
Understanding how humans influence extreme precipitation is important for interpreting climate events today and for preparing cities and protective infrastructure for the changing world ahead.
Was Global Warming The Cause of the Great Northwest Heatwave? Science Says No.
The evidence for a predominantly natural origin of the high temperatures records of last week is compelling, with global warming marginally increasing the peak temperatures by perhaps a few degrees.…
New Podcast: Global Warming and the Northwest Heatwave, Plus the Weekend Forecast
Reposted from the Cliff Mass Weather Blog New Podcast: Global Warming and the Northwest Heatwave, Plus the Weekend Forecast The severe heatwave this week has been on everyone’s mind, for…
The Big Heat Post Mortem and the Next Few Days
Reposted from The Cliff Mass Weather Blog It’s over. Throughout the region, all-time temperature records have been broken, if not smashed. Just to name a few: SeaTac hit 108F,…
Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability
In assessing the risk from extreme weather events, I advise clients to develop an understanding of the entire historical record of events impacting the locale, as well as any relevant…
Even More Extreme: Extraordinary Record Highs Followed by Perhaps the Most Rapid Cooling in Northwest (US) History
The latest model runs, all at very high resolution, show even more profound extremes than previously predicted. And the end of the event will be extraordinary, with temperatures falling by…
Update 3 on Northwest US Heat Wave Predictions
As we get closer to the big heat event, powerful new forecasting tools are becoming available. Tools that provide a higher resolution and more nuanced view of the extreme heatwave…
Update 2 on Northwest US Heat Wave Predictions
Surface temperatures will get above 112F over and near the western slopes of the Cascades. Large portions of western Oregon and Washington away from the water will be above 104F.
Update on Northwest US Heat Wave Predictions
If this forecast verifies virtually every major observing location in the western WA and Oregon interior will achieve their all-time temperature record. And several of these locations have observations that…
Landmark study casts doubt on controversial theory linking melting Arctic to severe winter weather
Every time severe winter weather strikes the United States or Europe, reporters are fond of saying that global warming may be to blame. The paradox goes like this: As Arctic…
France declares ‘calamité agricole’ after record cold
Farmers across France will receive government support after the agriculture minister acknowledged the damage the cold had wreaked on crops; with the cold snap set to continue across the country.…
Record Breaking Rain Claims Don’t Stand Up To Scrutiny
However, the fact that England & Wales are not seeing the same increases totally discredits the theory that a warmer atmosphere is driving heavier rain. Instead we need to look…
Hotel in Austin Texas sends letter to trapped guests: “we are out of food” – “use glowsticks for lighting”!
As we previously reported on the ice-storm Texas frozen wind power – outages ensue, electricity now at unheard of $9000 per megawatt-hour I have friends in Texas that are reporting…
Claim: Climate change is making extreme cold much less likely, despite the UK plummeting to -23°C
Extreme cold, a heatwave, a deluge, and another cold snap: the succession of different extremes raises questions about climate variability and climate change.
Claim: Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger
Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow bands of moisture in the atmosphere that extend from the tropics to higher latitudes. These rivers in the sky can transport 15 times the volume…
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