Real Climate Science

We find changes in background conditions that are opposite to those expected from greenhouse gas forcing in climate models and opposite to what is expected if changes in the background state are mediating more frequent occurrences of CP El Niños. A plausible interpretation of these results is that the character of El Niño over the past 31 years has varied naturally and that these variations projected onto changes in the background state because of the asymmetric spatial structures of CP and EP El Niños.

http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2011/2011GL048275.shtm

Tough to melt a lot of ice in those conditions. The Greenland ice sheet is melting down like crazy at -20C.

http://wxmaps.org/pix/temp2.html

I posted a link to the Unisys SST anomaly map, and it was promptly deleted. No truth wanted  in the global warming world.

http://summitcountyvoice.com/

[Update : My comment has reappeared!]

Global warming: Rising sea temps displacing fish
Posted on August 15, 2011 by Bob Berwyn

Climate change is starting to affect distribution patterns of commercially important fish.

Researchers trace significant shift in mackerel patterns
By Summit Voice

SUMMIT COUNTY — Cyclical changes in Atlantic weather patterns and a general warming of seawater the East Coast of the U.S. is changing the distribution patterns of Atlantic mackerel, important for commercial and recreational fisheries in the region.

http://summitcountyvoice.com/

Never mind all the cold water in the Pacific or the other side of the Atlantic.

http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sst_anom.gif

Is there anything which Obama has touched which hasn’t turned into a complete disaster?

BAGHDAD – More than 80 people were killed and dozens more were wounded Monday in a string of violent attacks around Iraq, the deadliest day in the country so far this year, police and government officials said.

In the worst incident, two bombs exploded in a busy market in the city center of Kut, killing at least 42 and injuring more than 50.

http://www.washingtonpost.com

Missed it by that much …

http://www.intellicast.com/National/Precipitation/Daily.aspx?location=USTX1200

“Heavy snowstorms are not inconsistent with a warming planet,” said Dr. Jeff Masters, director of meteorology and co-founder of the Weather Underground website. “In fact, as the Earth gets warmer and more moisture gets absorbed into the atmosphere, we are steadily loading the dice in favor of more extreme storms in all seasons, capable of causing greater impacts on society.”

http://www.ens-newswire.com/

As the Earth gets warmer, we have more record cold weather. Trapped heat causes an excess of cold, which in turn produces lots of snow. Cold is the new hot.

Two weeks of warm weather hasn’t done much to defrost trails at Mount Rainier National Park, but there are still places to get in a hike or check out wildflowers.

Paradise on the south side of the mountain is setting records for August snow depth. On Aug. 7, it recorded 44 inches of snow, surpassing the record of 40 inches set in 1974. The snow depth has been above record levels ever since.

“If you’re going to have snow, you might as well set records,” said ranger Davis Root. “People are still surprised how much snow we have at Paradise.”

As of Aug. 9, Paradise reported 907 inches of snow for 2011, one of its top five snow years, according to the blog maintained by the park’s climbing rangers. The snowline is just below Paradise at about 5,000 feet, Root said, but there are still hazards on many trails.

http://www.theolympian.com/

This was caused by a missing chunk of ice in Hudson Bay. It had nothing to do with low solar activity.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

The reason why NSIDC showed “record low” extent in July was due mainly to low extent in the eastern Arctic, near Siberia. This area is pretty much of a don’t care, because there was no MYI there in the spring. MYI has largely survived the summer again, indicating that the ice continues to recover from 2007.

http://nsidc.org