Daily Archives: August 4, 2012

PIOMAS already shows an ice free Arctic occurring in three years. How are they going to pull themselves out of their death spiral when nothing changes?

I’m just back from a bike ride up in the mountains and took a couple of pictures along the way.  Fort Collins is listed by the US Drought Monitor as being on the border between severe and extreme drought. The picture … Continue reading →

A favorite idiotic claim of warmists is that it is too cold to snow in Antarctica Heavy snow occurs at frontal boundaries, where cold air collides with warmer humid air. The colder the air, the more snow is going to … Continue reading →

Hurricane Two Category 1 hurricane This hurricane hit the U.S. in May, causing minor effects. It was one of only 3 May hurricanes during the 20th century in the Atlantic Basin; the others were Able in 1951 and Alma in … Continue reading →

The graph below is a good visualization of the criminally incompetent nature of the IPCC, who told the US Congress this week : IPCC scientists tell Senate committee drought, wildfires and hurricanes are becoming normal because of climate change Climate … Continue reading →

In August 1992, Hurricane Andrew struck Florida with 145 knot winds. It was the last category five hurricane to hit the US. The second highest land wind speeds (135 knots) were at the Indianola hurricane of 1886. By contrast, the … Continue reading →

10/19/09 (METEOROLOGYNEWS.COM)  When one thinks of Moscow in the winter, visions of snow-covered domes and Russians cloaked in fur coats often come to mind.  But if the mayor of Moscow has his way, this winter will be much different.  It … Continue reading →

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Someone named WOT has been arguing with me all afternoon, trying to claim that the heavy rain in Colorado has been over the mountains. So I overlaid precipitation map on the map of Colorado. The heavy rain is east of the Continental … Continue reading →

In 1988, Hansen forecast catastrophic warming. Today he said his forecasts had come true. Temperatures are slightly lower so far this year than they were during the first half of 1988 Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs