official: winter blast thread

[Judicial review]

This winter looks to be worse than last.

 

[Old Rocks]

and?

 

[Mr. H.]

and then it will warm back up

*yawn*

 

[S.J.]

Must be that Global Warming. No, wait...

 

[Old Rocks]

NOAA 2014 warmest year on record so far Updraft Minnesota Public Radio News

“It’s pretty likely” that 2014 will break the record for hottest year, said NOAA climate scientist Jessica Blunden.

The reason involves El Nino, a warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects weather worldwide. In 1998, the year started off super-hot because of an El Nino. But then that El Nino disappeared and temperatures moderated slightly toward the end of the year.

This year has no El Nino yet, but forecasts for the rest of the year show a strong chance that one will show up, and that weather will be warmer than normal, Blunden said.

If 2014 breaks the record for hottest year, that also should sound familiar: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005 and 2010 all broke NOAA records for the hottest years since records started being kept in 1880.

“This is one of many indicators that climate change has not stopped and that it continues to be one of the most important issues facing humanity,” said University of Illinois climate scientist Donald Wuebbles.

Well, we'll see what November and December bring to us.

 

[Old Rocks]

2014 on Track to be Hottest Year on Record Climate Central

“If we continue a consistent departure from average for the rest of 2014, we will edge out 2010 as the warmest year on record,” said Jake Crouch, a climatologist with NOAA’sNational Climatic Data Center, during a press briefing Thursday.

Specifically, if each of the remaining months of the year ranks among the top five warmest, 2014 will take the top spot, he said.

The news may come as a surprise to those living in the eastern portion of the U.S., which has seen a relatively cool year so far, with a frigid winter followed by anear-average summer (which seemed extremely mild compared to recent steamy summers). But the global picture shows that the East was “pretty much the only land area in the globe that had cooler-than-average temperatures,” Crouch said. (The western U.S., on the other hand, has been baking.)

So, fellows, enjoy being the only 'cool' fellows on the block. LOL

 

[Roadrunner]

This winter looks to be worse than last.

Hot here in LA, bugs biting, bats flying around in the evening.

Keep hearing cold is coming, but, none yet.

Two very light frosts, that's it.

 

[Mr. H.]

NOAA 2014 warmest year on record so far Updraft Minnesota Public Radio News

“It’s pretty likely” that 2014 will break the record for hottest year, said NOAA climate scientist Jessica Blunden.

The reason involves El Nino, a warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects weather worldwide. In 1998, the year started off super-hot because of an El Nino. But then that El Nino disappeared and temperatures moderated slightly toward the end of the year.

This year has no El Nino yet, but forecasts for the rest of the year show a strong chance that one will show up, and that weather will be warmer than normal, Blunden said.

If 2014 breaks the record for hottest year, that also should sound familiar: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005 and 2010 all broke NOAA records for the hottest years since records started being kept in 1880.

“This is one of many indicators that climate change has not stopped and that it continues to be one of the most important issues facing humanity,” said University of Illinois climate scientist Donald Wuebbles.

Well, we'll see what November and December bring to us.

Around these parts, January and February are the real killers. Brrrr....

 

[Jarlaxle]

Didn't have a damn summer here...really sucked for riding. I fervently hope for a mild winter...last year sucked rocks.

 

[Judicial review]

Fuck global warming. This thread is bout snow and cold only.

 

[bodecea]

It's fine here in SoCal.....what's the problem?

 

[Judicial review]

It's fine here in SoCal.....what's the problem?

The midwest and north east will getburried.

 

[Jarlaxle]

It's fine here in SoCal.....what's the problem?

It's Kalifornia...

 

[boedicca]

This winter looks to be worse than last.

Global Warming is Hell Frozen Over!