Posted on 12/23/2015 7:28:06 AM PST by daniel1212
This week, with 60-degree or warmer weather for Christmas Eve lasting into Christmas Day, you may feel a little guilty if you’re enjoying it.
You may also be asking yourself if this unseasonal warmth is climate change in action.
When the weather gets weird, we often have strong reactions to what’s happening out there. It may seem logical that if, somehow, humans hadn’t spewed trillions of metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the past century, we'd have a cold, snowy December as has often been the case in the past. Right?
Wrong. This Isn't Climate Change. There have been many snowless Decembers before. Climate change isn’t responsible for this warm December. This year, it's connected to a strong El Nino and the polar vortex, which is whirling around the top of the planet so fast that the cold air can’t get out and escape south.
El Nino, which is warmer than average in the equatorial area off Peru, is adding a lot of heat to the atmosphere. It’s peaking right now, and it’s also going to spike the global temperature this year. 2015 will be warmer than any year on record, by quite a bit.
Here's more accurate way to think about how anthropogenic climate change is playing a role in our weather: Without humans, perhaps the temperatures forecast this week would be slightly cooler. Perhaps.
Over the coming decades, climate models predict fall-like weather extending later and spring-like weather arriving earlier. But there’s a lot more research needed into individual weather events and climate change...
Nearly three-quarters of the US population will experience temperatures over 60 degrees on Thursday. Records will fall from Florida to Maine
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Lived in SE Mass at that time. Town had to dump snow into the harbor to get rid of it. We had mini icebergs floating down the beaches till June.
Climate change (as the media/leftist scum defines it) has nothing to do with the current warmth. The current warmth in the east is from a strong El Nino - a totally natural occurrence.
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Just saw the forecast for west Texas next week. Horrible cold. Gonna be a tough new year. We do not handle 15 F in the morning too well.
A missionary worker from here just arrived in S. Fl. to do outreach there. He is enjoying it
Wow. Sounds like Great Britain, where i think 60's and overcast can be a beach day!
Where exactly is “here”?
Yep - here in northern Idaho I’m looking at two feet of snow on my deck. We got about six inches of “flurries” today. No worries about a white Christmas. Worries about cannibalism, maybe. Have a Merry Christmas!
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Sheesh, we have 9” of snow on the ground here in Eastern Washington State. Just another typical winter here.
MA. Why do you ask?
Every time I see the term “White Privilege” I think “White Competency” and it makes a lot more sense. Envy is a big thing.
It helps to know where that "here" is to put your statement in context. Duh.
“I live in Rochester NY where the last two winters have been BRUTAL.”
I was thinking of you New Yorkers and the BEAT DOWN you’ve taken two years running...
...and how you all must be dancing in the streets this winter, so far! :)
We had 120+ inches of snow one year, then the next, less snow but WEEKS ON END of sub-zero temps. First time in 25+ years here on The Frozen Tundra that I had pipes freeze up.
I am LOVING this warm-so-far Winter!
Are they going to ask if climate change is to blame when the next cold front hits us?
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