Saturday, March 17, 2012

Departures from Normal Temperatures across the USA. Now what was that about global warming, exactly?

March 17, 2012
0900 GMT

For those jerks looking at the west coast of the USA expecting to pull out a meaning other than Human Induced Global Warming, what is it we know about Arctic Air when there is a heat transfer from the Equator?  I don't know  how many times I wrote it on this blog, what do we know about heat transfers from the Equator that end up over the Arctic Circle?


When there is a heat transfer from the Equator to the Arctic Region the hot, less dense air displaces cold, dense air DOWN to the lower latitudes.


What then happens when the hot air cools over the Arctic?


There is melting of the polar cap.


Record high temperature set for fourth consecutive day (click here)
SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE
March 16, 2012 7:26AM


...This is the fourth straight day a record high temperature has been set in Chicago.
Friday’s high of 82 degrees beat the old high temperature record for March 16 of 78 degrees, set in 1945, as well as setting the record for the earliest 82-degree day in Chicago, which had previously been set in 1945.
The new record comes on the heels of high temperatures of 81 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday, which smashed the record highs for March 14 and 15, according to the weather service.
The normal high temperature for March 16-18 in Chicago is 47 degrees, according to the weather service....

Weather records shattered as temperatures in the Northland reach the 70s (click here)

Warm-weather records are being crushed in the Northland today as temperatures away from Lake Superior have reached into the 70s

By: News Tribune staff
Duluth News Tribune
Warm-weather records are being crushed in the Northland today as temperatures away from Lake Superior have reached into the 70s.

It was 73 degrees at the Duluth airport at 3 p.m., shattering the previous record of 61 degrees, set in 1968.

In International Falls, the temperature was 75 degrees at 3 p.m. - 20 degrees above the previous record of 55 degrees, set in 1968. According to National Weather Service data, that's is the highest temperature ever recorded in International Falls in March; the previous record high for the month was 73 degrees, set on March 31, 1963.

This will be the fifth day in a row of record daily high temperatures in International Falls, and seventh day in the past eight....