By P Gosselin on 26. November 2014
A number of media outlets are reporting on how a Russian Tupolev jet “froze” at Igarka Airport in Siberia, some 3000 kilometers east of Moscow, 160 kilometers above the Arctic circle. The Russian RT News Agency here reports that the plane “froze to the ground“. Yet another report says that it was actually the plane’s brake system […]
Posted in Arctic, Cooling/Temperature, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 20. November 2014
The German media are reporting on the massive snowfall hitting Buffalo and parts of New York state, describing the “lake effect” and an “early start of winter”. Also meteorologist Christian Herold of Germany’s DWD Weather Service writes here how the story begins with the “remains of super-typhoon” Nuri, which developed into a low over Alaska’s Aleutian Islands a […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 18. November 2014
Not very often does one see such an image… Image snipped here, 8 a.m. EST, 18 November, 2014. And it’s only mid-November…autumn! Weatherbell Models here has an assessment of the situation so far. It writes: America ‘as a whole’ awoke to the coldest it has been in November since 1976 — 38 years ago. The […]
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By P Gosselin on 10. November 2014
Not only is North America bracing for a possible near record-setting cold blast from the Arctic, but also Siberia has been reporting massive snow cover and widespread cold. It’s only the first half of November and the dead of winter is still two months away! The CO2 blanket having no effect in Siberia. Image source: […]
Posted in Arctic, Cooling/Temperature, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 31. October 2014
When alarmist climate institutes roll out papers claiming global warming is going to cause severely cold winters, then you have to wonder if they know something is up and are acting preemptively to salvage their crumbling climate science, which not long ago predicted with high confidence balmy snowless winters. A few reports have already come […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 25. October 2014
German skeptic site “Die kalte Sonne” brings up an article at the online Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) that reports natural catastrophes worldwide have reached a 10-year low. Anthony Watts also wrote on this earlier at WUWT. The Süddeutsche Zeitung (South German Newspaper) writes: Number of natural catastrophes in 2013 drops to a ten-year low Over the […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Hurricanes/Tornados, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 19. October 2014
It’s bad enough when the media indulge in sensationalism, but it is totally unprofessional when weather and climate institutes do the same. In his latest Saturday Summary, veteran meteorologist Joe Bastardi at Weatherbell Analytics goes after, rips US weather and climate agencies for poor, and often hyped forecasts. At the 2:54 mark Joe says: And […]
Posted in Activism, Hurricanes/Tornados, Models, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 7. September 2014
Correction: Yesterday I had the wrong chart up (2013). Now the 2014 winter chart is up. ====================================== This September is bringing with it already the first hints of winter for North America with snow predicted to fall over a vast area of the upper western USA, perhaps as far south as Denver, says meteorologist Joe Bastardi […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Models, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 4. September 2014
The polar-vortex-inducing “warming Arctic” seems to be doing strange things to the Arctic itself – defying the very laws of physics: The “warmth” there is causing the sea ice extent to explode. Compare 2012 versus 2014: Arctic images for September 3. Source: www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/htm. Depending on which dataset you use, the Arctic sea ice extent this […]
Posted in Arctic, Cooling/Temperature, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 31. August 2014
The preliminary numbers for August’s weather are coming in from some countries. For western Europe the picture is becoming clear: August was cold and wet, with strong notes of winter. Germany: 1.5°C cooler than normal, snow Germany’s Deutsche Wetterdienst (German Weather Service) reports that August in Germany, at a mean temperature of 16.0°C, was 0.5°C colder […]
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By P Gosselin on 16. August 2014
In the German speaking part of Europe there is hardly a person who doesn’t know the name of Swiss meteorologist Jörg Kachelmann. Jörg Kachelmann. Image cropped from here. The famous German flagship public television meteorologist became even more famous when in 2009 he was held by German authorities for 132 days long on charges of […]
Posted in Scepticism, Weather |
By P Gosselin on 13. August 2014
Looks like summer will be ending early this year. Once again parts of Central Europe will be getting hit by cold temperatures, frost, and even snow at elevations down to 2500 meters – in the middle of the summertime! Germany’s leading popular daily Bild here writes how ex-hurricane Bertha has ushered in cooler air across […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Weather |
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