The Frequency And Extent Of US Heatwaves Has Plummeted

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1. rah says:

   December 12, 2015 at 2:20 pm

   We here in central Indiana didn’t have a single 100 deg. F day this summer and very few days it got up to the 90s. Really a nice mild, though wetter than normal spring and summer. Also had fewer than normal severe thunderstorms this year.

   Here today it was already 62 deg. F at 09:00 and forecast to get up to 66 today. Not normal by any means but I’ll take it because I know ole man winter is coming to stay for awhile later this month. Despite the warmer than usual temps our skies suck and I’m just hoping that it dries out enough to break out the mowers for the last time to grind up the last of the leaves and then winterize the things for their long winters nap in the shed.

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2. Steve Case says:

   December 12, 2015 at 4:23 pm

   The Frequency And Extent Of US Heatwaves Has Plummeted
   Hot weather in the US used to occur much more frequently and cover a
   much larger area of the US than it does now. Summers in the US were
   much hotter prior to 1960

   I look forward to hearing about this on CBS News tonight.

   Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

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3. Kris says:

   December 12, 2015 at 6:01 pm

   Yeah, but it was a “dry” heat back then. This is a wetter heat so it *feels* warming, and feelings are what matters right?

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4. rah says:

   December 12, 2015 at 10:26 pm

   Oh goodness, here we go again! Another headline storm supposed to be the strongest evah to have hit the Aleutian Islands.

   “Powerful Alaska Storm to Rival Strongest on Record”

   http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/powerful-bering-sea-storm-potential-record-breaking-fairbanks-anchorage-alaska/54125652

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   • David A says:

     December 13, 2015 at 1:53 pm

     It does look beautiful and impressive on radar and satellite. I am wandering if it will get to California.

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     • David A says:

       December 13, 2015 at 1:59 pm

       http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/index.php?satellite=west&channel=ir4&coverage=nh&file=jpg&imgoranim=8&anim_method=flash
       You will like the image.

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       • rah says:

         December 13, 2015 at 2:12 pm

         Bet those boys in the crab boats are already home.
         http://www.adn.com/article/20131214/snow-crab-season-alaskas-bering-sea-gets-started-early
       • gator69 says:

         December 13, 2015 at 2:15 pm

         Fishermen are hoping to beat the ice with an early start, especially with the memory of record-setting ice cover two seasons ago still fresh in their minds, Jacobsen said.

         In early 2012, the harbor in St. Paul was closed for extended periods because of heavy ice. Fishermen eventually leased a tugboat to serve as an icebreaker to get crabbers to the Trident Seafoods plant.
5. Martin Smith says:

   December 13, 2015 at 10:05 am

   Steven, it appears the US is in a heat wave right now: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/images/fnl/sfctmpmer_01a.fnl.anim.html

   NOAA predicted it, but you denigrated NOAA for that prediction, and you predicted a cold wave instead. What went wrong?

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6. Martin Smith says:

   December 13, 2015 at 10:14 am

   Steven, anthropogenic global warming is a global thing. You can’t prove anything by cherry-picking 2% of the planet surface. 2015 heat waves:

   India:
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Indian_heat_wave

   Pakistan:
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Pakistan_heat_wave

   UK:
   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-62786/Britain-set-week-heatwave.html

   US:
   http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/06/record-breaking-heat-wavein-november.html

   South Africa:
   http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/south-africa-greets-spring-heatwave-151007100811289.html

   UK earlier:
   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/11719200/Second-British-heatwave-could-bring-hottest-ever-temperature.html

   The Middle Easte:
   http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/04/middle-east-swelters-in-heatwave-as-temperatures-top-50c

   Germany:
   http://www.weather.com/news/climate/news/europe-heat-wave-poland-germany-czech-august-2015

   South Australia:
   http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/southern-australias-heatwave-smashed-records-as-warmth-starts-to-build-again-20151008-gk4xa2.html

   There’s more, but you get the picture.

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   • AndyG55 says:

     December 13, 2015 at 10:54 am

     No picture there except a few weather events, hyped by far-left MSM.

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     • rah says:

       December 13, 2015 at 11:12 am

       Besides:

       http://iceagenow.info/2015/12/two-feet-of-snow-for-california-mountains/

       http://iceagenow.info/2015/12/snow-alert-for-south-yorkshire/

       http://iceagenow.info/2015/12/damascus-coldest-december-night-on-record/

       http://iceagenow.info/2015/12/very-cold-in-perth/

       http://iceagenow.info/2015/12/india-cold-tightens-grip-in-the-valley/

       http://iceagenow.info/2015/12/iran-snow-and-blizzard-in-many-cities/

       http://iceagenow.info/2015/12/unseasonably-cold-in-israel/

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7. rah says:

   December 13, 2015 at 10:38 am

   Joe Bastardi gives us a look at THE WEATHER to come for the US. He still says most of us are in for colder than normal temps come January through March though the NW will be warmer. They still have the higher than normal snow totals running from NYC in the east in an arc down to Central Texas for this winter. He also says that the warm weather we’re having now is what happens more often than not during an El Nino season.

   http://www.weatherbell.com/saturday-summary-december-12-2015

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