Big Rock Naming Week

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1. DirkH says:

   August 19, 2011 at 9:48 pm

   Double-dip La Nina starting right now.
   http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_update/sstanim.gif

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   • suyts says:

     August 19, 2011 at 10:11 pm

     Funny how that parallels the economy……..

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     • DirkH says:

       August 19, 2011 at 11:08 pm

       I think the DJI is a leading indicator for ENSO.

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     • gator69 says:

       August 20, 2011 at 3:29 pm

       “Funny how that parallels the economy…”

       http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/gw-us-debt-co2-temp.jpg

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2. Latitude says:

   August 19, 2011 at 9:55 pm

   “A new research study shows that overall global tropical cyclone activity has decreased to historically low levels during the past 5 years. ”

   Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2011GL047711, 2011

   http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GL047711

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   • Latitude says:

     August 19, 2011 at 9:56 pm

     of course, I had to ask Ryan what he means by “cyclone”
     a cyclone is nothing more than a squall line that’s turning around

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   • stevengoddard says:

     August 19, 2011 at 10:01 pm

     This is just what the climate models predicted.

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     • omnologos says:

       August 19, 2011 at 10:25 pm

       Anybody wishing to collect and re-publish all the dire predictions of increasing cyclone activity from the time of Katrina?

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     • Latitude says:

       August 19, 2011 at 10:35 pm

       That’s what I asked Ryan to clear up…
       In the Caribbean, a cyclone is nothing more than a squall line with a low….
       The NHC calls them invests….

       It goes tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane…but all of them are cyclones in the Caribbean

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3. PJB says:

   August 19, 2011 at 11:55 pm

   Looking up the analog years for this time around ( 1996, 2004, 2005, 2008) shows just how cyclical the hurricane “seasons” are. The various ENSO phases can be factored in and if the AO and AMO are also in sync, we can realize easily that it is not [CO2] but natural variation that “controls” storm frequency and, to some extent, severity.

   Warm-core, tropical cyclones are a phenomenon of nature and natural variation. All we can do is get out of their way.

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