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In south west France it has been wet but very mild. today the minimum temp was 13C (55F)

If this is global warming, bring it on!
 
Here the last 3 months have been extremely dry. November & December had normal temperatures but January seems to be one of the warmest ever.
 
This Guy said:
The other day our high was 70 F. It was IIRC about 30 F just a few hundred miles away. There was a strange front hanging on the NW area of the state. Our side was unseasonable warm, while it was pretty much constant rain at the edge, and all that snow and crap further into the system.

We went from about a 66F high one day, to a 33F or so high the next.

But that's not really that unusual for the middle Tennessee weather.

What is unusual is that we're well into January, and I think the coldest temps we've seen is between about 25 and 30F.

For historical reference (not recently updated I think) -

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bna/climate/records.htm

Lowest temperature: -17, January 21, 1985
Highest daily mean temperature: 95, July 14, 1954 & July 28, 1930
Lowest daily mean temperature: -5, January 20, 1985
Highest daily low temperature: 85, July 14, 1954
Lowest daily high temperature: 2, January 12, 1918
Greatest daily temperature range: 61 degrees, January 23, 1963
Most consecutive days, maximum temperature at least 100 degrees: 10, June 23-30, 1952
Most consecutive days, maximum temperature at least 90 degrees: 31, June 3-July 3, 1952 & June 8-July 8, 1954
Most consecutive days, maximum temperature below 60 degrees: 63, November 12, 1872-January 13, 1873
Most consecutive days, maximum temperature below freezing: 7, January 23-29, 1948 & January 9-15, 1978

As a side note, I was born in Nashville in 1954. It was in fact a Hot Year! ;)

(all emphasis mine)
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That's where it's the avearage temperate over a period of time that counts. That is, the world temperature is warming. An increase in 'weather events' was predicted, but whether or not these are due to an increase, is impossible to say for any one event. Eg, these are the worst storms for England since the '70s. So we know they had storms like this in the 70's. What is easier to tell is if the temperature is hotter this year, but it was also hotter a few years ago, and a few years ago before that, when years with those temperatures would only happen every 20 or 30 years apart 100 years ago.

Even most AGW sceptics agree the world is warming now.
 
a_unique_person said:
That's where it's the avearage temperate over a period of time that counts. That is, the world temperature is warming. An increase in 'weather events' was predicted, but whether or not these are due to an increase, is impossible to say for any one event. Eg, these are the worst storms for England since the '70s. So we know they had storms like this in the 70's. What is easier to tell is if the temperature is hotter this year, but it was also hotter a few years ago, and a few years ago before that, when years with those temperatures would only happen every 20 or 30 years apart 100 years ago.

Even most AGW sceptics agree the world is warming now.
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I do understand.

My point with the records (which again I suspect are out dated by a few years) was to show that Mid January is some of our coldest weather, and so far this year it not really been cold much at all. And while I believe there is global warming taking place, my post wasn't intended to support that (nor is this post meant to deny it ).
 
This Guy said:
I do understand.

My point with the records (which again I suspect are out dated by a few years) was to show that Mid January is some of our coldest weather, and so far this year it not really been cold much at all. And while I believe there is global warming taking place, my post wasn't intended to support that (nor is this post meant to deny it ).
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No, didn't think you were, just taking your response to the OP, (which was valid), and taking it to the next step.
 
Just to throw in my tuppence worth, and acknowledging what appears to be very strange weather of late:

1. It is indeed the average which is important, there having always been significant year on year variations.

2. The archaeological record shows significant (but less rapid) climate shifts over the last couple of thousand years or so, the causes of which are not necessarily well understood.

That said, pumping less crap into the atmosphere just seems like a good idea based on general principles....
 
This Guy said:
What kind of hat is that on that building?

The blue thingy toward the top left of the pic.

Those silly French!;)

I hope all stay comfortable, and safe!

:)
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Looks like Hermey misplaced his.






Wonder how the dentist thing worked out.

:D
 
Katana said:
Looks like Hermey misplaced his.

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Wonder how the dentist thing worked out.

:D
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Not well, I heard. He was set to fill some cavities with Silver & Gold for Burl "Snowman" Ives and accidently melted him under the exam lights. ;)

Here's more on the European outlook.

Europe reels as storms kill 41

POSTED: 7:08 a.m. EST, January 19, 2007

LONDON, England (AP) -- Europeans labored Friday to restore services across the continent after hurricane-force winds felled trees, brought down power lines and damaged buildings, killing at least 41 people and disrupting travel for tens of thousands.

Berlin's new main train station was shut down after a two-ton girder fell from the side of the glass facade onto an outdoor staircase. The train station was evacuated after the beam plummeted 130 feet Thursday night, but there were no injuries.

"I can see maybe the glass falling, but not the steel," said 38-year-old electrician Thomas Mueller who had stopped by the downtown station to survey the damage. "They just built this thing eight months ago."

Virtually the entire German national railway system was shut down during the storm, with trees over many tracks and overhead power lines down, and services were being restored gradually on Friday.

"We've never had such a situation in Germany," Deutsche Bahn CEO Hartmut Mehdorn said.

Tens of thousands were left without power in Germany, Poland and Austria, and more than 1 million homes had no electricity in the neighboring Czech Republic, which was hit by winds of up to 112 mph.

The storm led to the deaths of at least three people in the Czech Republic, 10 in Germany, 13 in the United Kingdom, six in the Netherlands, one in France, two in Belgium and six in Poland.

Most of the people killed were motorists, but in Germany they also included two firefighters -- one hit by a falling tree and the other dying of a heart attack -- and an 18-month old infant in Munich hit by a terrace door that was ripped from its hinges.

In London, a toddler was killed when a brick wall was knocked over by the wind and collapsed on him.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/19/europe.storm.ap/index.html
 
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The weather here in Texas is always erratic, always has been in my 31 years here.

However, I will say that as a kid we used to always seem to get tornados, tornado watches, tornado drills...we lived int he 'middle of tornado alley'...but recently...almost nothing. Not that I am complaining, mind you.

It just seems that really weird places are getting them now...

NY just got its first snow fall, last week, right?

Aren't there a bunch of European ski resorts, sans-snow?
 
Katana said:
Yeah. It's bizarre when parts of southern California have had more snowfall this winter than Boston.

The European storm sounds unbelievable, though. Look at this pic from France on the BBC's website.
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Thanks for sharing this photograph, taken by Phillippe Huguen (AFP) of the waterfront at Wimereux. It is a sobering predictor of what climate change has in store for us.
 
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webfusion said:
I spent $479 on a snowblower.

The darn thing is sitting idle in my garage.

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Holy moly! That is one hell of a tricked out snowblower, and a deal for only $479!!!!!! :cool:
 
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