Any winter storm that drenches the Catalina area, including Saddlebrookians, Oro Valleyians, with more than an inch of rain in 24 h has to be one of the greatest. Haven’t seen this much winter rain in since the so-called “Frankenstorm” of January 2010 when we got over 2 inches of rain in two days.… Continue reading Drought staggering after heavy rain/snow punch, may go down someday; more blows ahead
Category: Climate issues
Before the rain: some more of that Catalina climo
Rain on Monday. But for now, THIS (click on it to get the “full monty”): The End
A 35 year record of Catalina rainfall and what it reveals
Thanks to our friends at Our Garden just off Columbus Blvd. here in Catalina, about 1 mi northwest of my location, we have a rainfall record that goes back to the later 1970s. This is fantastic because there are no official reporting stations nearby that reflect our rainfall climate, one this close to the Catalina… Continue reading A 35 year record of Catalina rainfall and what it reveals
A climate heroine: Judy Curry
Perhaps she will lead us out of the climate kerfluffles that we continuously have due to overzealous scientists that edit the content of their studies to the news media, leaving out the important complications. Perhaps with our science “watch dog”, Judy, they won’t do that. “Complications”, you ask? The earth’s temperature has leveled out for… Continue reading A climate heroine: Judy Curry
The Myth: Climate scientists were not on the global cooling bandwagon in the 1970s
Advisory: heavy reading ahead…have to fill time during current cloud drought In an article published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) in 2008, it was asserted that there was no “concensus” on global cooling in the 1970s. Why address this now? I was busy before now…. Overall response to this BAMS assertion:… Continue reading The Myth: Climate scientists were not on the global cooling bandwagon in the 1970s
Climate change: What they were saying, 1968
While waiting amid the smoky skies for some clouds… In 1968, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) published a Monograph, Volume 8, No. 30, to be exact. Monographs are special collections of papers on a particular subject representing experts in the field and their purpose is to bring the scientific community up to date on… Continue reading Climate change: What they were saying, 1968
The Twelve…rain drops in Catalina, that is
Well, maybe there were about 27, but anyway….not very many; still, those drops were to be treasured after not seeing a single “hydrometeor” display in SE AZ in so–ooooo LONG A TIME! ———————————- PG-13 advisory; DRIZZLE is discussed I have to warn you at this point. That rain event yesterday WAS NOT DRIZZLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will… Continue reading The Twelve…rain drops in Catalina, that is
A short rant about another “hide the decline” incident in the climate domain with a short rebuttal
Advisory If you are queasy, don’t like reading about what the author perceives as “broken science”, hit the back button now. ————————————————————- Background: 1) The “Hide the decline” phrase alluded to in the title above came out of the “climategate” e-mails. Specifically, “hiding the decline” was about climate scientists deliberately hiding a recent divergence between… Continue reading A short rant about another “hide the decline” incident in the climate domain with a short rebuttal
Climate change: what they were saying, 1974
An early anticipation of a possible climate castastrophy One of the great books of our time on weather modification and climate change came out in 1974: Weather and Climate Modification by Wiley-Interscience Press. It was edited by Wilmot N. Hess, Director of the Environmental Research Labs under NOAA. Hess oversaw 11 ERL programs. … Continue reading Climate change: what they were saying, 1974
Weathering extremes: what goes around comes around
Some brutal storms over the past year or so, such as the recent one that dropped 1-2 feet of snow from Tulsa to Chicago and beyond with sometimes hurricane force winds, have been labeled with all sorts of monikers, “Frankenstorm”, “snowmageddon”, etc., to emphasize how bad, and perhaps, how unique they were. Some incautious observers have… Continue reading Weathering extremes: what goes around comes around