Well, well, well… Here we are in early August looking toward the Autumn – the best time to be in South Mississippi. Football, lower humidity, cooler temperatures. All of the things that make dealing with…
Tag: Climate
A counter-intuitive twist to Climate Change
Climate Change is, for certain, a hot-button topic in the United States. Because, for some people, they say there is a bit of a yo-yo effect (it was global cooling, then warming, now a change),…
It isn’t just a feeling: Spring is getting longer, pollen getting worse
I want to start off with a little story… I had someone mention to me the other day, “Spring feels like it comes earlier, anymore. What do you think? Is there any weather information to…
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Despite cold plunging into US, rest of world still quite warm
Despite the incoming slug of cold air from the Arctic, this year has been hot. This is the third-warmest year to date. The globally-averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for this last November tied with…
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Past Pine Belt El Ninos
I decided to find out what we could expect this fall, winter and next spring from El Nino. Not to forecast, but rather, to get an idea of past events s, as a forecaster, I…
Climate Fun: Five years of Hattiesburg Augusts
During some down time I decided to take a look back at the last five years of climate data. Generally, this isn’t a big enough sample size to do any real number crunching or analysis,…
The “history” of geoengineering
Growing up I admired most scientists, but I was always most fascinated by the atmosphere. That is why I loved watching Dave Schwartz and Bob Hope on The Weather Channel. Not only did I respect…
Wx Info: Why is it warmer in the afternoon? And not noon?
It is a question meteorologists get quite often – why isn’t it the warmest when the sun is at it’s highest point in the sky? At first glance, that might make sense. The sun is…
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Why bogus forecasts sweep through social media
Another “phony bologna” forecast is circulating around social media. This isn’t a surprise. Social “mediarologists” are popping up all over the place. It seems like every time one gets called out, another two arrive. With…
Climate Friday – 5/2/14
Today I helped explain what CO2 levels at 400ppm could mean for the globe. And the high plains. Post by Nick Lilja – KAMR NBC 4. If the javascript / video is slow to load,…
