Real Climate Science

Perth’s drought coming to an end?

http://wxmaps.org/pix/prec7.html

Monday, 20 March 2000 : According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia,within a few years winter snowfall will become “a very rare and exciting event”. “Children just aren’t going to know what snow is,”

David Parker, at the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research in Berkshire, says ultimately, British children could have only virtual experience of snow. Via the internet, they might wonder at polar scenes – or eventually “feel” virtual cold.

http://www.independent.co.uk/

I’ve done a careful study of these predictions, and have come to the conclusion that they were not predicting winter after winter of record snow and cold. But then again, I haven’t had a climate science virtual frontal lobotomy, which a few prominent scientists have put on display in recent weeks.

“A lot of people, including some of the folks who were screaming the loudest about global warming a few years ago, are really starting to quiet down, and some are changing their views,” said Thomas, who isn’t taking a firm stance on global warming just yet. “The numbers just aren’t doing what they thought they would and it’s changing some views.”

But wait, what about Al Gore and the Oscar-winning documentary and all the scientists screaming about carbon emissions?

None of them are necessarily wrong just yet — and they could prove to be right, ultimately — but there have been a couple of misses.

“That whole ‘hockey stick’ model that was one of the key components of the global warming theory, that isn’t happening,” said McDonald, who believes in global warming but isn’t so sure it’s caused by man. “That chart showed averages temperatures as pretty steady for a long period of time and then it shot up over the next several years, making the chart look like a hockey stick.”

What does that mean? Who knows?

“(Global warming is) even murkier now than it was before — and it was plenty murky five or so years ago,” Thomas said. “There has been a lot of data that people just weren’t expecting. There’s even been some evidence of global cooling presented, if you can believe that.”

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2011 seems destined to be the warmest year since the Jurassic. I’m already planning my Arctic beach vacation for the summer.

http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/products/maps/acis/YearTDeptUS.png

Ryan Maue pointed out that Nowata, Oklahoma got down to -31F (-35C) last night, beating an 81 year old state record by four degrees.

The Oklahoma Mesonet weather station at Nowata reached minus 31 degrees actual temperature at 7:40 a.m. today. That will be considered for the official state record.

That mark eclipses the previous all-time record low state temperature of  minus 27 degrees, set at at Vinita, Feb. 13, 1905, and Watts, Jan. 18, 1930.
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/03/31/saudi.arabia.sorcery/

Blame Canada …..

http://ccc.atmos.colostate.edu/~autowx/fclwx_plotsearch_display.php

The world’s leading climate scientists tell us that temperatures are the hottest in at least 100,000 years.

http://mapcenter.hamweather.com/

h/t to Amino

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h/t to MikeTheDenier