Posted on 08/09/2019 12:09:57 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Temperatures in Houston reached 100 degrees for the first time in 2019 this week, according to data from the National Weather Service. But according to a new study, 100-degree weather could soon become a much more common forecast for Houston and cities nationwide if no action is taken to address climate change.
According to a July 2019 report from the national nonprofit The Union of Concerned Scientists, cities nationwide could see more "dangerously hot" days as early as 2036.
The report analyzed four different heat index thresholds - above 90°F, above 100°F, above 105°F and "off the charts" - to show how hot cities could get during three time periods - historical, mid century and late century. These metrics were applied to three different scenarios of climate action that include no action, slow action and rapid action.
The report found overall, the U.S. is facing "a potentially staggering expansion of dangerous heat over the coming decades." Data shows the intensity of the heat depends on how quickly action is taken to reduce climate change and heat-trapping emissions, according to the report.
"The results highlight a stark choice: We can continue on our current path, where we fail to reduce emissions and extreme heat soars," the report states. "Or we can take bold action now to dramatically reduce emissions and prevent the worst from becoming reality."
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
But in the PNW it’s cloudy and rain as usual. Heck of a summer we’re having.
Since 1970 (the first full year Houston Intercontinental Airport was open), Houston has had a mean of over five days per year with temperatures at or above 100 degrees. It doesn’t look like Houston will hit the mean this year. With seven days at or above 100, 2016 was the last time Houston was above average in this statistic.
No climate change analysis is worthwhile unless it considers both positive and negative consequences.
As warming occurs vast areas that are now too cold to be useful will become useful. Who cares about long-term rising of the oceans? It’ll be a reason to abandon run-down areas and build modern ones. It will create employment. Fish will love the structures that enter their world.
I don’t worry about climate change, and especially I don’t worry about carbon dioxide.
History does seem to suggest that Houston's first 100-degree day is getting later and later in the summer.
Houston's 1st 100-degree day by year
2019 - August 8
2018 - July 22
2017 - July 29
2016 - July 23
2015 - July 28
2014 - (no 100-degree days)
2013 - June 28
2012 - June 25
2011 - June 2
2010 - August 15
2009 - June 23
2008 - July 14
Replacing “study” with “fabrication” makes for more accurate reading.
Summer is in Octocer.
And replace “data” with “imaginations”.
They got data from the future. That's pretty awesome. I want to know how they did that.
Just wait til the effects of the current maunder minimum arrive here on earth in a couple years
I’d say the past 3 or so NY summers here in the downstate area have been cooler than I’m used to.
Just another set of “facts” made up to bolster a totally bogus argument. Scares the hell out of snowflakes.
Human beings are actually highly adaptable animals, and a young person in a good state of health, with a little physical conditioning and use of common good sense, can endure some pretty adverse conditions. You really don’t have to be young, just adopt a practical attitude and strategies for coping with the extremes of weather, taking advantage of technology and the application of moderation, and almost nobody expires merely because the temperature is elevated.
NO ONE is mentioning how much the fish will love all the new buildings they could swim in and out of.
That’s environmentally unfriendly.
And there will always be creatures that fare better in certain climates.
Why are they so focused on what’s good for humans??!
Well in the PNW it is because all the tourists are gone and we have our beautiful skies and weather.
Funny, during around 2004-2005, I went to Houston quite a few times in the summer to work with some NASA data. Seem to remember that it was ALWAYS above 97 for the high when I was there.
It is also interesting that my work then required use of formulas which determined the absorption percentage of atmospheric gasses in the infrared rante (e.g., heat). Seems CO2 has ALWAYS absorbed 100% of the energy in the very few narrow spectra in the infrared range. Translation: no more heat is being trapped today by CO2 than has been absorbed for centuries. The only change is that the total is reached in some few feet less.
Translation: lies, lies, lies, and lies.
Biden clued us in on the methodology being employed: “We choose Truth over facts.” (Of course we get to choose WHICH Truth.)
“more ‘dangerously hot’ days in Houston on the horizon”
Because it’s August?
Heat...in Houston...in the summer. What next, they’ll predict high humidity for next week?
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