Real Climate Science

Sandy has become a deeply important religious icon for the climate faithful, and it is very important that they not be exposed to information about the 1821 hurricane. Avert your eyes now!

In 1821, stunned colonial New Yorkers recorded sea levels rising as fast as 13 feet in a single hour at the Battery. The East River and Hudson Rivers merged over Lower Manhattan all the way to Canal Street. According to Coch, the fact that the 1821 storm struck at low tide “is the only thing that saved the city.”

New York Press – AARON NAPARSTEK – THE BIG ONE

If the faithful were to learn that New York has had worse storms in the past, it could lead to them falling away – and might even make them quit acting like complete idiots.

That is why Huffington Post had to delete my comment when I posted it last week. Telling the truth is firmly against Huffington Post’s TOU.

We have about six inches of global warming this morning in northern Colorado.

Weather Webcams | Weather Underground

Daily Arctic Sea Ice Maps

“If you leave us at 450ppm for long enough it will probably melt all the ice – that’s a sea rise of 75 metres. What we have found is that the target we have all been aiming for is a disaster – a guaranteed disaster,” Hansen told the Guardian.

Climate target is not radical enough – study | Environment | The Guardian

The graph below plots out past sea level rise at the Alameda Naval Air Station in California, and Hansen’s projection into the future.

Data and Station Information for ALAMEDA (NAVAL AIR STATION)

Remember when they blamed western pine beetles on warm winter temperatures?

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Temperatures out here in the west have been frigid this winter, which is completely consistent with expert predictions of 10 degrees warming.

If carbon emissions increase, the average temperature at Park City will be 10.4 degrees warmer by 2100, and there likely will be no snowpack, according to the study. Skiing at Aspen, with an average temperature 8.6 degrees higher than now, will be marginal.

Study: Climate change may force skiers uphill | Aspen Daily News Online

The devastation at Colorado and Utah ski areas simply can not be ignored.

Snow Report – Alta Ski Area – Utah Ski Area – Alta, UT

Wolf Creek Snow Report

Snowdon will be snow-free in 13 years, scientists warn – Climate Change – Environment – The Independent

Shortly after becoming snow-free, Mt. Snowden will be covered in glaciers. CO2 works in strange and mysterious ways.

‘Glaciers on Snowdon’ warning by climate expert – Wales News – News – WalesOnline

In 2008, Australia’s top climate scientist declared that Australia was in a permanent drought.

January 4, 2008

This drought may never break

IT MAY be time to stop describing south-eastern Australia as gripped by drought and instead accept the extreme dry as permanent, one of the nation’s most senior weather experts warned yesterday.

“Perhaps we should call it our new climate,” said the Bureau of Meteorology’s head of climate analysis, David Jones.

This drought may never break – Environment – smh.com.au

After only two years of Julia’s carbon tax, Australia has been completely cured!

Twitter / billmckibben: New study: Lakes Powell, Mead …

Kudos to Julia for lying her way into office – in order to save the planet.

Last year’s lack of snow in the eastern US (the center of the universe) was caused by 392 ppm CO2, but the increase to 393 ppm this year is causing heavy snow.

…ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY…  …THREATS FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SECTIONS OF GULF COAST…  …A COASTAL SYSTEM SHOULD BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE NEW ENGLAND COAST THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SUNDAY…   A PATTERN NEARLY REMINISCENT OF EARLIER IN THE WEEK WHICH FEATURED HEAVY SNOWS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL IMPACT A SIMILAR AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

HPC’s Short Range Public Discussion

Don’t be fooled by the heavy rain and snow though. Romm says that the permanent drought is here to stay.

The crew at Wolf Creek is going to have to dig the lifts out again this morning from the thin (96 inch)  snowpack.

Web Cam – Wolf Creek Ski Area

Please replace your divots, and don’t use your wedge on the practice green.

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The recent match play tournament in Arizona has been moved to Greenland, due to excess  snow in Tucson.

Snow storm suspends Match Play golf in Arizona