Met Office 2010 : “Climate change to make icy UK winters rarer”

17 Responses to Met Office 2010 : “Climate change to make icy UK winters rarer”

1. Latitude says:

   January 9, 2011 at 2:12 pm

   but they secretly predicted the worst record breaking cold winter……

   Just didn’t tell anyone, and the people that they told didn’t tell anyone either………

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2. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   January 9, 2011 at 2:41 pm

   This is how global warming works:

   wait to see what happens in weather and then say that’s what global warming predicted would happen.

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   • Jimbo says:

     January 9, 2011 at 3:22 pm

     You do realise that your comment is not a joke. That is what they have started doing in the cooling world. Colder winters not warmer after all. Drought for Australia and now more rains afterall. The list is growing and the public have finally got their number.

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     • PhilJourdan says:

       January 10, 2011 at 9:46 pm

       I think he knows it is not a joke – but perhaps does not realize how inciteful it is.

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3. Alan Simpson says:

   January 9, 2011 at 2:44 pm

   Mat or Met? Or better yet, ” Lets lie in hindsght Office”

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4. alexjc38 says:

   January 9, 2011 at 2:47 pm

   Interesting that they put last January’s freeze partly down to El Nino. By December that El Nino had long gone, so I’m wondering how they will account for the most recent freeze.

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5. PJB says:

   January 9, 2011 at 3:29 pm

   Hey Steven

   I suppose that the Arctic ice extent at this time of year is of less interest than the late summer when it is minimal… Having just been at the NSIDC website to have a look,

   http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png

   what are you thoughts about the state of Hudson’s Bay and how its late freeze is affecting overall ice extent as well as the comparison with 2007?

   Thanks.

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   • stevengoddard says:

     January 9, 2011 at 3:30 pm

     Hudson Bay ice has no impact on the summer minimum. What is interesting is what is going on in the Arctic Basin.

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     • Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

       January 9, 2011 at 6:24 pm

       I’m wondering if ice flow down between Greenland and Canada will start earlier next summer because of it.

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6. Erik says:

   January 9, 2011 at 3:29 pm

   “Winters like this are likely to….”

   “Colder winters become less likely…..”

   “Most climate scientists now say….”

   “Global temperatures may be 4 degrees Celsius hotter by the mid-2050s if……”

   “The World Meteorological Organization said…… that 2009 would likely…”

   “In the short term, the Met Office expects…..”

   “….but we are starting to see….”
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   A bit weak, innit?

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   • Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

     January 9, 2011 at 6:19 pm

     Considering their barbecue track record….

     I wonder if barbecue briquettes are part of their employee party budget? They crushed them for parking lot grit instead.

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7. M Carpenter says:

   January 9, 2011 at 4:07 pm

   As Jeremy Clarkson put it, it’s forecasting with the benefit of Hindsight! http://climaterealists.com/index.php?id=6991

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   • Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

     January 9, 2011 at 6:22 pm

     “An expert is someone who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today.”

     ~unknown

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8. Dave N says:

   January 9, 2011 at 4:47 pm

   Icy winters will become increasingly rare… just not this year, because we told the government that it would be an icy winter (but they didn’t warn anyone about it), but told the public it would be warmer in some non-forecast advice.

   It’s not even bad comedy.

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   • Latitude says:

     January 9, 2011 at 4:59 pm

     Dave, by their own words, climate scientists are the worst PR people in this whole world.
     At the same time they are saying they need to get their message out, they are saying that they knew it was going to be cold, but told everyone it was going to be warm.

     It’s obvious that they are really that stupid, so who would be stupid enough to trust them with a forecast, short range or climate change…….

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9. Andy Weiss says:

   January 9, 2011 at 4:56 pm

   What is profound about saying that very cold winters will become rarer after you have had three very cold ones in a row? That is like saying that if you picked 3 hundred to one longshots at the racetrack in a row that those hits should become more rare.

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10. Dave N says:

    January 9, 2011 at 5:03 pm

    Meanwhile, in Sri Lanka floods are not attributed to climate change:

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/10/3109287.htm

    They’re even described as “seasonal”, probably because Hugo doesn’t rule there.

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