Global warming report for Thursday, December 20, 2012

Last night the news said that 2012 tied 1938 for the warmest ever measured in Minnesota.
 
That's the mercury dropped again - just after my tulips started to sprout.

On the bright side, they're predicting a good, few weeks of sub-zero and snow to go with it so I might get a shot on my snowboard.
 
We're about 1/2 way through meterological winter. This first half Minnesota has averaged close to 7 degrees hotter than average.

Though next week that evil Glaucus is at play! It appears a very cold air mass in Canada which has produced -31 temps north of Lake Winnipeg will be coming to visit me for a few days. They'll warm a bit on the way to the -15ish area for cold. The coldest in the last 4 years. Brr! Then we're supposed to rebound back to above average.
 
Meteorologists confounded, as snow disappears from Chicago skies

we’re just a little over a month away from basically going an entire year without snow in Chicago,”
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for those that don't know Chi-town...I knew people who lived there and they had a 'joke' : a guy goes out to mail a letter in October and isn't found until the snow melted in May. He was frozen at the mailbox.

ha ha

They were relating how Chicago has a winter that lasts for QUITE a looooooong time. I visited a few times, including the 1st week of May where it was freezing.
 
Woke up to a -15F today. I'm sure it seems cold to those that live in Florida. However, it's about 28 degrees warmer than the coldest record on this day.

Minnesota is going to break a record today. We're predicted to not be above 0 today for a high. That's the first time in 4 years and 6 days, a record!
 
Here's small climate change item of note for Minnesota. During the 60s and 70s we averaged 40 days a year below zero. In the mid-90s to today that has changed. We averaged about 22 days a year below zero. Considering the last 3 years we've averaged under 10.

This week is a good relation. We've see 3 days with highs below zero. Yet Monday is predicted to be nearly 40 and rain.
 
Climate change causes headaches!!

MEDICAL STUDY: Lightning causes headache, migraines

“…a 31 percent increased risk of headache and 28 percent increased risk of migraine…”
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RR

Lightning disturbes the Schumann resonance

I think further studies are required to see if wearing a tinfoil hat decreases the incidents of headaches and migraines caused by EMR from lightning strikes

They also failed to test whether if its the thunder, not the lightning, that causes the headaches. Loud noises are one of the most common headache triggers. ;)

Possibly the headaches and migraines are sinus pressure related rather than caused by EMR caused by Lightning?
Barometric Pressure Headache
 
Could it not be both? For the EMR causes what we do know is if I zap someone's brain with a large magnetic field always has effects. Some get headaches. Most people tend to get more positive. Might be useful for right-wingers to take a few zaps a day. :-)
 
Well, it's been one of the worst winters for us. Very cold and tons of snow (today's high: -22C.And that's actually not bad. The other day the high was -26C). Cold enough to form chunks of ice on my front doors handles and hinges on the INSIDE. Haven't worn triple layers in years. Even my car blew an oil seal. Grrr... I hate winter.

EDIT: An no Fluffy, I don't want to hear a word about flowers and green grass! :mad:

;)
 
Glaucus said:
Well, it's been one of the worst winters for us. Very cold and tons of snow (today's high: -22C.And that's actually not bad. The other day the high was -26C). Cold enough to form chunks of ice on my front doors handles and hinges on the INSIDE.
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That's scary. I remember, about 20 years ago, we had a 'cold snap' that resulted in ice on the inside of the bedroom window. It's *really* hard to get out of bed in those conditions.
 
Another AGW study results in yet another `climate change could’ conclusion.

Study shows climate change could affect onset, severity of flu seasons

“It appears that fewer people contract influenza during warm winters, and this causes a major portion of the population to remain vulnerable into the next season,
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flu transmission decreases in warm or humid conditions. If global warming continues, warm winters will become more common, and the impact of flu will likely be more heavily felt, say the study’s authors.
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It must require special AGW logic to understand this correlation because If warm winters alone were the cause of more severe flu outbreaks then we would see more severe flu outbreaks as we move toward the equator.

absolute humidity does correlate to flu outbreaks

Researchers have long puzzled over why flu becomes so much more active in winter. A new study reveals that dry air is one likely culprit.
 
... and will no doubt provide another convenient straw-man for endless hours of head-in-the-sand finger-pointing and yah-boo hilarity.
 
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