Posted on 07/20/2022 12:55:54 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
For two weeks, computer models teased the possibility of Britain reaching 40 Celsius (104 degrees) this week, a level unsurpassed since at least 1850 - and probably in more than 6,000 years. Meteorologists gazed at these model forecasts in disbelief, skeptical that such predictions would come true.
Six days ago, the U.K. Met Office put the odds of hitting 40 Celsius at only 10%.
But the seemingly unlikely model forecasts proved correct. London Heathrow was among six locations in the United Kingdom to top 40 Celsius on Tuesday, shattering Britain's all-time temperature record.
This is the latest example of how human-caused climate change is pushing temperatures to levels previously considered unfathomable - faster than many can imagine.
Corinne Le Quéré, a climate research professor at the University of East Anglia, said the high temperatures seen in the U.K. should not be so shocking.
"We should not be surprised about the extreme temperatures that we live in the UK this week," she said in an email. "The rise in extreme temperatures is a direct consequence of climate change caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases. Temperature records will continue to be more and more extreme in the future."
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What was the cause 6000 years ago?
Are these temperature readings accurate? Skeptical, I am.
What BS.
It’s weather.
Not climate.
“a level unsurpassed since at least 1850 - and probably in more than 6,000 years.”
Time-travelling thermometers, anyone?
Dino farts
It didn’t happen last year...or the year before...or the year before...so it’s an odd ball...not a new norm.
And somewhere else, someone is getting it cooler than average.
That’s what happens with extremes in temperature, but that doesn’t make the news or support the narrative.
Such stupidity
It happens in the past. It’s happening again
Tell me about sunspot activity
Its summer - be scared!
its winter - be scared!
...Because I believe them. /s
Starting right out with the old reliable “computer models”.
Record temps were all recorded at or near airports, concentrated expanses of concrete and tarmac; soaking up solar energy and radiating heat back into the air. No big surprise. Same effect as urban heat islands, a well documented phenomenon.
Apt surname for the “journolist”: same hooey now, same hooey tomorrow, same hooey forever.
Interesting.
as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.Matthew 24:37.
He's coming very soon.
London 72°F and raining right now (9PM)
Ok, we get it, a hot day is evidence of global warming. Got it.
A hurricane is evidence of global warming.
A major blizzard in winter is evidence of global warming.
Heck, a summer thunderstorm is evidence of global warming.
before you know it, every type of day to day weather will be said to be evidence of global warming.
Scandinavia and Alaska are quite cold. 😲
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