My apologies for yesterday’s “bust”. Yes, we know when we’re wrong. We pace, check the Doppler, press our concerned faces up against the nearest window. A friend walked up with a copy of the Star Tribune weather page, pointing to the “sunshine” prediction with a big smirk on his face. “What happened, Paul?” Yes, the prediction called for “partly sunny”, and the sun was out much of the day north/west of St. Cloud. That didn’t do residents of the Twin Cities any good. I could SEE the clearing line 30 miles to the north & west of MSP much of the day. What happened? A storm in the upper atmosphere (one of those dreaded “upper air disturbances” meteorologists like to babble about) drifted over southeastern Minnesota, brushing the MSP metro with patchy clouds and a few light showers and sprinkles. No excuses, but this bears repeating: I have never, ever seen a year like this. Ever. Not only is the weather more extreme, it’s harder than ever to predict.
h/t to Tom Nelson and Marc Morano
Seeing as how every year is different I would be surprised if he had seen a year like this.
This is hilarious………..
Unusual weather is hard to predict…..but usual weather is easy to predict
……well duh, we all knew that already
Maybe he is just a lousy forecaster. Joe Bastardi seems to be doing fine job this year. Oh, and by the way, the cooler than normal mid and upper levels of the atmosphere make the “dreaded ‘upper air disturbances'” a more likely occurrence and they have been a regular feature of the atmosphere all year. Of course, none other than “the resident PhD” Jeff Masters has assured us that is must be CO2 that has causes the wild weather in 2010 and 2011.
What a couple of clowns!
lol, Imma gonna blame CO2 when I display a lack of competence in my job, too!
I think he’s saying that if we stop global warming….he’s job will be easier
Without global warming, all of a sudden weather will just follow those trend lines……
……just like it never has in the history of the world
If this isn’t proof that they still can’t predict anything…….nothing is
Tonight dark, tomorrow, increasing light, temperatures are expected….
This forecaster, Paul Douglas, is the same forecaster who said “I remember a time, when Don Shelby and I were both working together at WCCO-TV around 2000, when Don was skeptical about climate change. I spent several months bringing him up to speed on the state of climate science, and over time, Don began to understand the ramifications of dumping 9 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere annually…” (way down the page here: http://www.startribune.com/blogs/120552859.html ).
Don Shelby is the guy I wrote about in two separate articles: “Warmist Mantra Wearing Out” http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/05/warmist_mantra_wearing_out.html and “Will MSM Look into the Global Warming Abyss and Find Their Character?” http://bigjournalism.com/rcook/2011/06/07/will-msm-look-into-the-global-warming-abyss-and-find-their-character/
The obvious question is if Paul Douglas was brought up to speed on global warming in 2000 by anti-skeptic book author Ross Gelbspan’s 1997 book, since the general idea of ‘more extreme weather’ is also one of that guy’s ’97-era talking points….