Perhaps Al Gore does not, but I believe some scientists watch sunspots with great interest.
Global warming....
This has been the coldest August in Upstate New York I’ve ever experienced.
No “dog days” at all. Mostly clear and cool. Clear chilly nights.
I’ve lived here 50 years.
I’m blessed to have a very tight well insulated small house with nat gas heat.
Bring it on!
Which has gotta be at least as good as THE NATIONAL WEATHERCAPSLOCKSERVICE
Probably as good a forecast as that from the IPCC.
There are many Farmer’s Almanacs across the country. The one most local to you is regarded as being best and most accurate. They rely on Chaldean “Saros” cycles of around 20 years, with the supposition that weather reapeats to an extent. The local almanac here is Blum’s Almanac, 2013 will be the 185th edition I believe, My paternal grandparents planted, transplanted, pruned and harvested by it, as did everybody else. It doesn’t come out until early September, so I don’t know whether it agrees with the one cited inmthe article. Blum’s has been broadly accurate in my experience. Maybe not down to individual days but it gets the trends right.
It would be interesting to know what the percentage actually is.
I hope we have a colder one here than the last couple. Don’t need much snow or ice, just more cold. Something that will knock back the tick population for next summer.
Ticks have been awful the last two summers because our winters were not cold enough.
My fear is some Al Gore ‘true believer’ types (fools with more money than brains) hired people to seed the atmosphere with ‘reflect the sun back’ crap... That brain dead bunch has talked about it before... God help us if that’s what they’ve done.
Bush’s fault.
Check out the latest headlines from this website that supports their prediction.
http://iceagenow.info/
And these headlines, too!
North Pole Sees Unprecedented July Cold Arctic Sees Shortest Summer On Record...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3050902/posts
August has been cool and wet here in Maryland this year. I predict an early frost and a lot of snow this year.
Super Bowl in NJ is such a dumbass idea. Yes, football should be played outdoors in all conditions, but in February? If a northern team earns the right to a home field advantage in a January playoff game that is one thing ... but Super Bowl is meant to be a spectacle of football not winter survivalism.
I give it a 50/50 chance.
In other news, water is wet. Also, it gets dark at night.
Arctic sea ice minimum next month looks to be significantly higher than last year:
http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm