http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100507101912.htm these guys have been keeping records for 114 years at the exact same spot, and it is not only getting hotter but the trend is accelerating.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pa/history/index.php
NOAA /or it's predecessor weather record keeping service was actually started in 1870 under legislation signed by Ulysses Grant. It was previously known as (this is original), "the Weather Bureau". Let's see William that's 144 years. Under your assumption of 40 years being a blink of the eye that would be 3 1/2 blinks. Anyway it's enough time to see developing trends.
According to a study by professors at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Lake Superior may have warmed faster than its surrounding area. Summer surface temperatures in the lake appeared to have increased by about 4.5 °F (2.5 °C) since 1979, compared with an approximately 2.7 °F (1.5 °C) increase in the surrounding average air temperature. The increase in the lake’s surface temperature may be related to the decreasing ice cover. Less winter ice cover allows more solar radiation to penetrate and warm the water. If trends continue, Lake Superior, which freezes over completely once every 20 years, could routinely be ice-free by 2040. This would be a significant departure from historical records as, according to Hubert Lamb, Samuel Champlain reported ice along the shores of Lake Superior in June 1608. Warmer temperatures could actually lead to more snow in the lake effect snow belts along the shores of the lake, especially in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
"Newfoundland, icebergs: A banner year for big ice"
“We’ve had some great ice years, but I think this one is going to be the biggest year of all. We’ve just had a huge flow of icebergs coming from Greenland.”
Trudy Wohlleben, a senior ice forecaster for the Canadian Ice Service,,,, “Climate has many aspects to it,” Wohlleben said from Ottawa. “Whether it’s natural variability or it’s part of a longer term trend, it’s a little difficult to say.”
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ReplyDeleteAnd this means what? Have you not discerned the difference between weather and climate yet William?
ReplyDeleteStrange, the lake superior region also reported record heat while the lake itself huge ice floes. Check this link:
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40 years of records. Just a blink of an eye.
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ReplyDeletethese guys have been keeping records for 114 years at the exact same spot, and it is not only getting hotter but the trend is accelerating.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pa/history/index.php
NOAA /or it's predecessor weather record keeping service was actually started in 1870 under legislation signed by Ulysses Grant. It was previously known as (this is original), "the Weather Bureau". Let's see William that's 144 years. Under your assumption of 40 years being a blink of the eye that would be 3 1/2 blinks.
Anyway it's enough time to see developing trends.
Climate change
ReplyDeleteAccording to a study by professors at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Lake Superior may have warmed faster than its surrounding area. Summer surface temperatures in the lake appeared to have increased by about 4.5 °F (2.5 °C) since 1979, compared with an approximately 2.7 °F (1.5 °C) increase in the surrounding average air temperature. The increase in the lake’s surface temperature may be related to the decreasing ice cover. Less winter ice cover allows more solar radiation to penetrate and warm the water. If trends continue, Lake Superior, which freezes over completely once every 20 years, could routinely be ice-free by 2040. This would be a significant departure from historical records as, according to Hubert Lamb, Samuel Champlain reported ice along the shores of Lake Superior in June 1608. Warmer temperatures could actually lead to more snow in the lake effect snow belts along the shores of the lake, especially in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
"Newfoundland, icebergs: A banner year for big ice"
ReplyDelete“We’ve had some great ice years, but I think this one is going to be the biggest year of all. We’ve just had a huge flow of icebergs coming from Greenland.”
http://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2014/06/13/newfoundland_icebergs_a_banner_year_for_big_ice.html
Per Rick: "Warmer temperatures could actually lead to more snow in the lake effect snow belts"
Must be all those warmer temperatures causing all that ice.
Trudy Wohlleben, a senior ice forecaster for the Canadian Ice Service,,,, “Climate has many aspects to it,” Wohlleben said from Ottawa. “Whether it’s natural variability or it’s part of a longer term trend, it’s a little difficult to say.”
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