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With all these 40 mph wind gusts going on, we may run out of rock names this summer.

In August 2007, the East Siberian Sea ice edge was shrinking very rapidly. This year it is expanding.

On April 19, I warned that the Arctic was likely to be a disaster for alarmists this year.

Temperatures have been very cold recently  in central Siberia, and as a result there is little melt or compaction going on in the East Siberian Sea.  So I guess the permafrost is not belching out methane, as the Chicken Little squadron had feared.

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/ANIM/sfctmpmer_01a.fnl.25.gif

A week ago I made a forecast for JAXA through August 1 (dotted line.) As you can see, my forecast was a little high. My system probably does a better job of measuring 30% ice than 15% ice, so my forecast matches closer with DMI than JAXA.

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“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies…

Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that “the buck stops here.” Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”

– Barack Obama

In 1886, seven hurricanes struck the US, including two major hurricanes. It was the busiest hurricane season on record.

1886	Jun	TX, N2; LA, 2			2		973		85	-----
1886	Jun	FL, NW2; I-GA, 1		2		973		85	-----
1886	Jun	FL, NW2; I-GA, 1		2		973		85	-----
1886	Jul	FL, NW1				1		985		70	-----
1886	Aug	TX, C4				4		925		135	"Indianola"
1886	Sep   #	TX, S1, C1			1		973		80	-----
1886	Oct	LA, 3; TX, N2			3		955		105	-----

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/ushurrlist18512009.txt

At 390 ppm, we haven’t had any hurricanes for almost 35 months.

Jeff Masters says that above normal precipitation and snowfall is caused by unusually warm air.

Cool February ends cold, wet summer
March 04, 2008 12:00AM

SYDNEY has had its first summer in 50 years without a day above 31C, with rainfall 40 per cent above average.

The summer of 2007-08 was colder and wetter than average over much of the country, with a particularly cool February, according to Blair Trewin of the National Climate Centre.

“Daytime maximum temperatures in February for Australia were the seventh-coolest on record,” he said.

NSW had the second-lowest average daytime maximum temperature on record – figures have been compiled since 1950 – and Sydney received 422mm of rainfall, compared with an average of 298mm.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

Snow in Florida must require extremely warm air!

Fact Sheet: Bipartisan Debt Deal: A Win for the Economy and Budget Discipline

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The world was very safe below 300 ppm CO2

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