September 28, 2009
Brrrrrrrr
Hey bitter clingers, don't forget that weather does not equal climate, or something.
The U.S. Northeast may have the coldest winter in a decade because of a weak El Nino, a warming current in the Pacific Ocean, according to Matt Rogers, a forecaster at Commodity Weather Group.“Weak El Ninos are notorious for cold and snowy weather on the Eastern seaboard,” Rogers said in a Bloomberg Television interview from Washington. “About 70 percent to 75 percent of the time a weak El Nino will deliver the goods in terms of above-normal heating demand and cold weather. It’s pretty good odds.”
Warming in the Pacific often means fewer Atlantic hurricanes and higher temperatures in the U.S. Northeast during January, February and March, according to the National Weather Service. El Nino occurs every two to five years, on average, and lasts about 12 months, according to the service.
Of course if it's warmer than the coldest winter in the past decade, that's proof for global warming. So there. Deleterious Anthropogenic Warming of the Globe Posted by AlexC at September 28, 2009 7:42 PM
New York state's last winter was already brutal enough. January had only seven days who high temperatures hit or exceeded 32 F.
But you know what global warming alarmists say? Global warming will produce hotter summers and...colder winters. You just can't win against their junk science.
But to poke a hole in their nonsense, this summer was unusually cold. The August average was four degrees below normal, which in meteorology is huge. We never hit 100 in the city, and only several days broke 90 (in contrast to the two week-long heatwaves that NYC consistently has).
Posted by: Perry Eidelbus at September 28, 2009 10:41 PMDing Dong The Stick is Dead!
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