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Screwy Weather Makes New York Look Amazing
A look at the calendar reveals that it’s late January, but to look around New York, you’d think otherwise. Today has been an absolutely nuts weather day with a warm thunderstorm followed by an amazing sunset inspiring seemingly everybody in the city to tweet pictures.
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Where are the foot-deep puddles of slush? Where are the slick, frozen sidewalks? This whole year has been screwy weather-wise, from that hurricane to the Halloween snow (and last winter’s super-rare thunder snow), but today might have been the strangest day of all. It looked like a summer thunderstorm, felt like spring rain, and bore absolutely no resemblance to last year’s third apocalyptic blizzard in a row. One thing’s for sure: it made for awesome pictures.
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First off, though, remember this? Jan. 27 last year stayed just around freezing after this crazy night of snow:
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This year, it stayed in the 50s all day, and when it wasn’t shooting down rain, the sky looked “Mordorian,” as Brooklyn Paper reporter Dan McLeoud tweeted. Michael Tapp shared this photo of exactly that:
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Maui Tyler had the comparison shot via her Instagram:
But then the sun really came out just before dark, and we got maybe the best sunset ever in January (courtesy of Krissy4290 on Instagram):
Buildings aren’t supposed to look like this in mid-winter, but here they are (courtesy of nycprgirls via Instagram):
New Yorkers, enjoy it while it lasts.
Article source: http://news.yahoo.com/screwy-weather-makes-york-look-amazing-224755055.html
What global warming? Barack Obama attends tree-hugger event in a 22-vehicle … – The Star-Ledger
Quite aside from the hypocrisy of turning up at an environmental event in a motorcade of 22 carbon-belching cars, there’s the question of the imperial presidency.
When I was in England writing about the royal wedding, I noted that Prince Charles travels around London in a motorcade that was no motorcade at all, just his Audi and one police vehicle.
President Obama: If he was serious about global warming he wouldn’t need 22 cars to carry one person. And Chuck faces almost as much danger on a daily basis as Barack Obama.
Anyway, it’s nice to see Obama doesn’t really worry about global warming.
If he did, he’d tell the Secret Service to cut those motorcades down to a reasonable number of vehicles.
But perhaps he realizes there’s no reason to panic about carbon dioxide, a harmless gas he emits every time he exhales.
As 16 scientists noted in a Wall Street Journal editorial, it’s unscientific to spread panic about the role of carbon in climate change until all the data are in:
A recent study of a wide variety of policy options by Yale economist William Nordhaus showed that nearly the highest benefit-to-cost ratio is achieved for a policy that allows 50 more years of economic growth unimpeded by greenhouse gas controls. This would be especially beneficial to the less-developed parts of the world that would like to share some of the same advantages of material well-being, health and life expectancy that the fully developed parts of the world enjoy now. Many other policy responses would have a negative return on investment. And it is likely that more CO2 and the modest warming that may come with it will be an overall benefit to the planet.
If elected officials feel compelled to “do something” about climate, we recommend supporting the excellent scientists who are increasing our understanding of climate with well-designed instruments on satellites, in the oceans and on land, and in the analysis of observational data. The better we understand climate, the better we can cope with its ever-changing nature, which has complicated human life throughout history. However, much of the huge private and government investment in climate is badly in need of critical review.
As I’ve noted, global warming was a political movement from the very beginning. The movement was begin by another Brit, Margaret Thatcher, as a way to gain leverage over the coal-mining unions. It’s been political ever since. No one knows that better than Barack Obama.
I’d suggest he use his time sitting in that motorcade to read up and realize that Americans are wising up to this scam. Scaring people about hyped-up threats of doom worked for a while, but Obama better get a new gimmick if he wants to win in November.
Article source: http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2012/01/our_green_president_leaves_tre.html
Massive solar eruption to send radiation storm toward Earth
WASHINGTON — An immense blast of plasma spewing from the sun is to bombard Earth with the strongest radiation storm since 2005, prompting a rare warning from US weather officials and even a plan to redirect certain high-flying airplanes.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) issued a watch for a geomagnetic storm expected to reach our planet Tuesday morning after a satellite witnessed an ultraviolet flash from Sunday night’s massive solar eruption.
The storm poses no risk to Earth-dwellers, Doug Biesecker of the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center told FOXNews.com.
But as a rare precaution, polar flights on Earth are expected to be re-routed, Kathy Sullivan, deputy administrator of NOAA, said Monday at a Meteorological Society meeting in New Orleans, La., according to Space.com.
Eruptions on the sun shoot tremendous streams of charged particles away from the star — in this case directly towards us.
“There is little doubt that the cloud is heading in the general direction of Earth,” Spaceweather.com announced in an alert. “The blast from the immense solar radiation storm let loose with a so called coronal mass ejection (CME) that will hit the atmosphere Tuesday morning, something NASA and NOAA monitor for as it could cause problems for astronauts, communications satellites, and even rocket launches.”
It could also affect navigation and the power grid.
The solar flare that spat out Sunday at 10:59pm EST was rated an M9-class eruption — nearly an X-class flare, the most powerful type of solar storm.
NOAA measures geomagnetic storms on a five-point scale from 1 to 5. G1 storms are minor, leading to weak power grid fluctuations and having only minor impact on satellites. G5 storms are extreme, leading to widespread voltage control problems, damage to transformers, radio outages and satellite problems.
Geomagnetic storms on Tuesday may be as strong as G3, causing intermittent navigation issues and problems with low-Earth satellites.
Article source: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/massive_solar_eruption_to_send_radiation_JbnaZAOGK675PQ56f2qHFI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=
Snow in Washington January 2012 “weather condition”
Me and my dad drove to the store in crazy weather condition. in January 2012
UK weather: Siberian snow storm to bring -5C temperatures to Britain
- Severe weather warnings in place after first big snowfall of the year
- Four inches of snow expected across higher ground and hail too
By
John Stevens
Last updated at 3:56 PM on 27th January 2012
Bitter Siberian-style winter weather is finally here with parts of Britain waking up today to the first big snowfall of the year.
Up to four inches of snow are expected to fall across higher ground today with temperatures set to plummet to minus five across the whole country by the weekend.
The Met Office has put severe weather warnings in place today for ice on the roads with snow turning to slush and causing travel disruption.
Snow go! A worker clears ice from the plough of his gritter after overnight snow in County Durham today
White dawn: Snow covers a tree plantation in County Durham this morning as the sun rises
The snow is triggered by a warm Atlantic weather system from the west clashing with cold air in the east.
The Met Office is issuing its
‘yellow’ be aware graded warning, it said: ‘Icy stretches are expected
to form on untreated surfaces, especially in places affected by showers.
‘The showers will fall as snow above
about 250 metres, but there may be temporary slush deposits to lower
levels. The public should be aware of possible travel disruption.’
The cold spell breaks what has so far
been one of the warmest winters on record.
Walkers and their dogs admire the view from the Crickley Hill Country Park, Gloucestershire, as snow covered the hills this morning
Wintery scenes: A car struggles up the hill in the snow at Killhope, County Durham this morning
Forecasters said it was
becoming increasingly likely that the freezing temperatures would stick
around and even last through the whole of February.
George
Goodfellow of the Met Office said: ‘It seems like we are edging toward a
scenario where lower temperatures last for the next four weeks. It is
going to be a contrast to the weather we have had this winter.
Widespread frosts and snow could affect large areas.’ He said the wintry
weather was a result of ‘a cold air mass moving across from Siberia’.
There are fears that the sudden onset could bring travel chaos and catch many drivers off guard.
Struggle: A woman walks her dog in the snow at Nenthead, Cumbria, as the winter weather swept in last night
White-out! An old farm house in the snow near Killhope, County Durham today
AA spokesman Luke Bodett said: ‘We have had a very mild winter so far and motorists need to get into their winter mindset from today. It is going to be important not to charge around in the way they may have been used to and be prepared for the unexpected.’
The Met Office has briefed government
departments and local councils about the cold period so that extreme
weather plans can be put on standby.
Snow is expected to fall today in
Cumbria, the Pennines and parts of Scotland, with a light dusting
expected in areas as far south as Devon.
Nick Prebble, a forecaster with
MeteoGroup, said: ‘Friday will feel a lot different to recent days, the
main thing about it is there are going to be a lot of wintery showers
all over the country.
‘There may be snow flurries in higher areas but hail elsewhere.
‘It will be quite a bright day though overall with quite a few sunny spells, around 8c in London.’ He added that sleet and snow could be expected in eastern areas by Monday.
Two police officers were taken to hospital last night after their marked car collided with a lorry in the first casualties of the cold snap.
Strathclyde Police said the officers were taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley with minor injuries after the crash on the A8 near Langbank in Renfrewshire.
On its way? Snow could hit the country in the next few days with warnings that the big freeze could last for up to a month. Here two dog walkers are seen in a park in New Cumnock, Ayrshire yesterday
Bitter: Temperatures across the country could drop below zero due to a cold air mass moving west from Siberia
Investigators are continuing to work to establish the cause of the crash but it is known that snow was falling in the area at the time.
Britain had been on track for one of the mildest winters since records began more than 350 years ago.
But Met Office forecaster Helen Chivers said: ‘Cold weather is winning the battle for dominance and people will notice the cold carrying on for more than a few days.
‘There is the potential for the colder weather to continue through February, although we can’t say at this stage whether there would be much snowfall or dry cold.’
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Wow! I would love the temp to be -5c! That’s positively mild here in Canada. We had -35c (-45c with the windchill) last week! The school buses keep running until the temp hits -35c. Wrap up warm, plug the car in carry on as normal!
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Slow news day at Day Care towers?
- MrMickRoach, England, 27/1/2012 14:02
LOL!! I nearly fell out of my zimmer frame, thanks!
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How are you reporting snow we had a good 10 inches last year never got reported. London had a flurry they covered it like fox in America covers hurricane.
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Nice photos DM. the 7th and 8th photo looks like xmas cards.
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So where’s the snow? Also, it’s hardly a cold snap at all when the snow is only forecast for high ground.
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School reachers will be the first to CLOSE!!
Forcasters are like Geo. Osbourne !!!!
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David, Knaresborough The climate chnge junkies like you have all changed tack. 10 yrs or so ago you were all saying that how the weather in the UK was going to get warmer as a result of GLOBAL WARMING remember that phrase, snow in the UK was to be a thing of the past they said, I can quote many more predictions that have failed to materialise, but because these things never happened like they said they now call it CLIMATE CHANGE. Well if one happens to read a little bit of earth history then you will see that the earth’s climate has changed many times in the past with out the help of mankind and will continue to do so no matter what we do
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Hardly a “white out” if you can see the cottage and windmill.
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…Rushes (OK, ambles) to broom cupboard where wife hides Cliff Richard Calender….Yup, it’s the end of January. Check…Snow forecast? Check! Err… that’s a surprise then…. We WERE going House-hunting Monday…ah well…zzzzzzz
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Must say, I will believe it when I see it, nature has a funny way of changing things, depending on the direction of the wind, but never the less, this is winter, so expect winter to show what winter can do, but how often is our weather forcasters right, they can only say what they believe, and very often that is wrong.
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Spring floods unlikely in upper Midwest
By Scott Olson, Getty Images A church is surrounded by flood water in April 2011 near Gardner, N. D. Due to the lack of snow, the spring flood threat in the upper Midwest is much less than in recent years.
Article source: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/floods/story/2012-01-26/midwest-red-river-spring-flood-forecast/52804510/1