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Re: Weird Weather and anecdotal stories about climate change
« Reply #2650 on: March 21, 2019, 12:10:02 PM »
Some incredible record breaking temperatures going on here.

https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2019-03-20-march-record-warmth-alaska-canada-seattle

70s in Alaska, Northern Canada, Washington State Smash All-Time March Warm Records Before Winter Ends

  • Temperatures surged above 70 degrees in Alaska and northern Canada this week.
  • All-time March records were shattered in these northern latitudes.
  • Seattle nearly hit 80 degrees, their warmest day anytime from November through March.

Farther south, Tofino, British Columbia, also crushed a March record Tuesday, soaring to 24.5 degrees Celsius (about 76 degrees Fahrenheit)... It appeared this would have also set an April all-time high, there.
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Re: Weird Weather and anecdotal stories about climate change
« Reply #2651 on: March 23, 2019, 08:44:57 PM »
1300 Passenger Norwegian Viking Sky Being Evacuated in Storm Conditions on the West Coast of Norway
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-47680055



A cruise ship with engine problems sent a mayday call off Norway’s western coast on Saturday, then began evacuating its 1,300 passengers and crew amid stormy seas and heavy winds in a high-risk helicopter rescue operation   

Video: https://mobile.twitter.com/alexus309/status/1109530668290183172

Five helicopters and several ships are taking part in the evacuation, the agency said.

However, a freighter - Hagland Captain - also lost engine power and two helicopters were diverted to rescue its crew.

Waves are reported to be more than 10 metres high, with one local newspaper reporting lifeboats were forced to turn back en route to the ship due to the "brutal" conditions. 

The area is known as the Hustadvika and is reportedly one of the most dangerous stretches of Norway's coast.

https://mobile.twitter.com/alexus309/status/1109537029912711168

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A couple weeks ago ...

Several Passengers Hurt as Cruise Ship Hit by Sudden 115 mph Gust   
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/05/us/norwegian-cruise-line-ship-passengers-hurt/index.html

There was no warning. One moment passengers were sitting at a piano bar on their huge cruise ship slipping through the water off the East Coast and seconds later the ship started tilting. ... And tilting. ... And tilting.

It went from curious to scary as bottles crashed off shelves and furniture began to slide across the floor.

The Norwegian Cruise Line's Escape, a passenger ship capable of cruising with 6,000 people, was pushed suddenly Sunday night by a gust of wind about 115 mph, a burst similar to the wind of a Category 3 hurricane.

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Re: Weird Weather and anecdotal stories about climate change
« Reply #2652 on: March 24, 2019, 12:09:18 AM »

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« Reply #2653 on: March 24, 2019, 03:51:07 PM »
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Viking Cruise ship evacuating passengers off coast of Norway -- engine trouble. They are lucky ...

The ship sailed in worst possible area of "bomb cyclone" storm ...
Hurricane force winds + Maximum wave height of 60-80 feet.
https://twitter.com/ryanmaue/status/1109501682042441728
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« Reply #2654 on: March 24, 2019, 06:34:03 PM »
 one unnecessary boat full of bling .. 5 helicopters to the rescue .. 1 country drowning .. 4 helicopters . Priorities please .. b.c.
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Re: Weird Weather and anecdotal stories about climate change
« Reply #2655 on: April 01, 2019, 01:14:37 PM »
Nepal storm: At least 30 killed as winds flatten homes

At least 30 people have been killed and hundreds more injured as a violent thunderstorm swept southern Nepal.

The freak storm destroyed houses, overturned vehicles, uprooted trees and brought down power lines in Bara and Parsa districts, officials said.

The casualties included passengers in a bus that was blown off a road, witnesses said.

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Thunderstorms are common during the Nepalese spring, correspondents say, but are rarely violent enough to cause many casualties.

"I've never seen anything like this. The winds took away everything, my home and my family," said Ram Babu Patel, whose wife died in the storm.

"I was at home getting ready for dinner when the storm hit. It was unbelievable. We have nothing left," he told AFP news agency.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47772482
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Re: Weird Weather and anecdotal stories about climate change
« Reply #2656 on: April 02, 2019, 12:53:31 AM »
This year’s snow melt in Anchorage is one of the earliest on record
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Spring has arrived in Alaska, and it’s early, meteorologists say.

For the first time in 102 days, meteorologists on Saturday measured less than one inch of snow at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, the National Weather Service Anchorage forecasting office said in a tweet. That means that, unless more snow falls — and forecasters don’t expect it to — spring melt is here.

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As of 10am this morning, #Anchorage ended its streak of 102 consecutive days with an inch or more of snow on the ground. If we are done with accumulating snow for the season, 2019 will have the 4th earliest meltout on record. Earliest was 3/22/2016. Avg is April 17. #AKwx

— NWS Anchorage (@NWSAnchorage) March 30, 2019
That makes this year’s melt the fourth earliest on record, just behind 2016, when the melt started on March 22; 1980, when it started on March 24; and 1987, when it started on March 26, said Rebecca Anderson, a meteorologist with the NWS.

On average, that less-than-one-inch mark isn’t typically reached until April 17.

This year’s early spring comes amid weeks of record-breaking high temperatures, which have peaked in the high 40s and 50s. That’s nearly 20 degrees above the average March maximum temperature normal of 33.9 degrees, according to climate data.

Anchorage broke or tied temperature records seven days in March, all of which were in final two weeks of the month, Anderson said. Saturday’s high of 50 degrees tied a record set in 2016.

Other places around Alaska have also seen unusual warmth. The NWS Juneau office reported Saturday that its forecasting area had seen 14 consecutive days of record-breaking or record-tying temperatures. The most recent were in Skagway, where temperatures peaked Saturday at 58 degrees.

In Fairbanks, the low on both Monday and Tuesday was 34 degrees. The city’s lowest temperature has only been above 34 in March on one other day in the last 114 years, the Fairbanks forecasting office said.

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Fairbanks had low temperatures of 34°F on both Monday and Tuesday of this week. In the entire temperature record for Fairbanks, a low temperature warmer than 34°F has occurred only once during the month of March. 31°F is the normal high for 3/27.

— NWS Fairbanks (@NWSFairbanks) March 28, 2019
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https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/weather/2019/03/30/this-years-snow-melt-in-anchorage-is-one-of-the-earliest-on-record/
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Re: Weird Weather and anecdotal stories about climate change
« Reply #2657 on: April 09, 2019, 01:15:31 AM »
"Huge spring storm likely to unleash blizzard, high winds and flooding in the Central U.S. midweek"

Another one?
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Like the March “bomb cyclone,” it might set records.

For the second time this spring, a powerful, probably historic storm is set to rapidly strengthen in the Plains this week. Like its predecessor, the March “bomb cyclone,” it is expected to generate blizzard conditions in some areas and heavy rain, thunderstorms and flooding in others, along with a sprawling area of high winds.
Despite the calendar drifting deeper into April, the biggest story from this storm sequel might be the predicted heavy and wind-blasted snow from South Dakota to southern Minnesota and Wisconsin. But that’s just part of the story.
To the south of the snow in the Great Plains, the potent winds may also whip up fires.
Severe thunderstorms are also likely near the storm center in Kansas and Nebraska, as is additional flooding into the upper Midwest affecting the Missouri and Mississippi river basins.
The storm rapidly takes shape Tuesday night as a frigid river of air 30,000 feet off the ground moves through the Rockies. Into Wednesday, it spills out over the open Plains, uncorking the cap on a volatile situation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/04/08/huge-spring-storm-likely-unleash-blizzard-high-winds-flooding-central-us-midweek/?utm_term=.17b7b6e15fa4

Maybe they are exaggerating with the title.
Hope so.
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Volume is harder to measure than extent, but 3-dimensional space is real, 2D's hide ~50% thickness gone.
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Re: Weird Weather and anecdotal stories about climate change
« Reply #2658 on: April 09, 2019, 02:21:52 PM »
"Huge spring storm likely to unleash blizzard, high winds and flooding in the Central U.S. midweek"

Another one?
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Like the March “bomb cyclone,” it might set records.

For the second time this spring, a powerful, probably historic storm is set to rapidly strengthen in the Plains this week. Like its predecessor, the March “bomb cyclone,” it is expected to generate blizzard conditions in some areas and heavy rain, thunderstorms and flooding in others, along with a sprawling area of high winds.
Despite the calendar drifting deeper into April, the biggest story from this storm sequel might be the predicted heavy and wind-blasted snow from South Dakota to southern Minnesota and Wisconsin. But that’s just part of the story.
To the south of the snow in the Great Plains, the potent winds may also whip up fires.
Severe thunderstorms are also likely near the storm center in Kansas and Nebraska, as is additional flooding into the upper Midwest affecting the Missouri and Mississippi river basins.
The storm rapidly takes shape Tuesday night as a frigid river of air 30,000 feet off the ground moves through the Rockies. Into Wednesday, it spills out over the open Plains, uncorking the cap on a volatile situation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/04/08/huge-spring-storm-likely-unleash-blizzard-high-winds-flooding-central-us-midweek/?utm_term=.17b7b6e15fa4

Maybe they are exaggerating with the title.
Hope so.

Most likely.  Everything in the media seems to be "historic" these days.  They respond as if this never happened before.  This region is well known for these types of storms - even into May.

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Re: Weird Weather and anecdotal stories about climate change
« Reply #2659 on: April 09, 2019, 02:45:18 PM »
Everything in the media seems to be "historic" these days.  They respond as if this never happened before.  This region is well known for these types of storms - even into May.

I know you read this forum, Kat. I know you do read that there are record-breaking climate news all around the world. You do know that due to climate change storms are getting stronger.

So, may i ask what you mean exactly? Is there a special reason why you doubt the article?

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« Reply #2660 on: April 09, 2019, 03:01:37 PM »
Everything in the media seems to be "historic" these days.  They respond as if this never happened before.  This region is well known for these types of storms - even into May.

I know you read this forum, Kat. I know you do read that there are record-breaking climate news all around the world. You do know that due to climate change storms are getting stronger.

So, may i ask what you mean exactly? Is there a special reason why you doubt the article?

I am not doubting the article.  However, I am questioning your statement that climate change storms are getting stronger.  Most data seems to contradict that.

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« Reply #2661 on: April 09, 2019, 03:54:24 PM »
This is the result of two minutes searching this forum:

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The number of category 4 and 5 storms striking southeast Asia has doubled since 1977.
The overall destructive power of storms striking this region has increased by nearly 50 percent over the same period.
Link >> https://robertscribbler.com/2016/09/06/new-study-climate-change-has-doubled-the-number-of-category-4-and-5-storms-striking-east-and-southeast-asia/

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DOI: 10.1038/NGEO2792 - Intensification of landfalling typhoons over thenorthwest Pacific since the late 1970s
Link >> https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2792.epdf?referrer_access_token=q7L4lPlEt1YeDXPR9xW8udRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Nut9OLf3qnr6YelJ1uLgjuzJ-HhR7DTlz0Mh87Xxf5BiTEKJfcshntk0N1AwgMunlTAZpiVxgXjw1ETtRbpS96tRjQU3AgWtFdfCBDxeiBwoBcUKWzQ7JaGa9YryGEWoBv8pI3kJapI2WGl3jzLsmZTgyLPAVnJP_iBQO_uYuZbKGJknuxivV94D8l1jrzlqv2Xu_wjLRi_Z1ZXA0odL6DTHTMi0rMLWZNgWZ22tJlQw%3D%3D&tracking_referrer=www.theguardian.com

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"Imagine the most intense thunderstorm you typically experience in a single season. Our study finds that, in the future, parts of the U.S. could expect to experience five of those storms in a season, each with an intensity as strong or stronger than current storms,” said NCAR’s Andreas Prein, who led the study team.
Link >> https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/get-ready-lot-more-heavy-rain-climate-warms-n692296


Also, Munich Re, the company actually paying for the damage, might have a good overview:

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The number of very intense storms, on the other hand, will increase, and along with it, the risk for insurers.
https://www.munichre.com/australia/australia-risk-factors/climate-change/did-you-know/index.html


However, I am questioning your statement that climate change storms are getting stronger.  Most data seems to contradict that.

I am questioning your claim. Show me what contradicts those experts, please.

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« Reply #2662 on: April 09, 2019, 04:29:47 PM »
This is the result of two minutes searching this forum:

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The number of category 4 and 5 storms striking southeast Asia has doubled since 1977.
The overall destructive power of storms striking this region has increased by nearly 50 percent over the same period.
Link >> https://robertscribbler.com/2016/09/06/new-study-climate-change-has-doubled-the-number-of-category-4-and-5-storms-striking-east-and-southeast-asia/

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DOI: 10.1038/NGEO2792 - Intensification of landfalling typhoons over thenorthwest Pacific since the late 1970s
Link >> https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2792.epdf?referrer_access_token=q7L4lPlEt1YeDXPR9xW8udRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Nut9OLf3qnr6YelJ1uLgjuzJ-HhR7DTlz0Mh87Xxf5BiTEKJfcshntk0N1AwgMunlTAZpiVxgXjw1ETtRbpS96tRjQU3AgWtFdfCBDxeiBwoBcUKWzQ7JaGa9YryGEWoBv8pI3kJapI2WGl3jzLsmZTgyLPAVnJP_iBQO_uYuZbKGJknuxivV94D8l1jrzlqv2Xu_wjLRi_Z1ZXA0odL6DTHTMi0rMLWZNgWZ22tJlQw%3D%3D&tracking_referrer=www.theguardian.com

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"Imagine the most intense thunderstorm you typically experience in a single season. Our study finds that, in the future, parts of the U.S. could expect to experience five of those storms in a season, each with an intensity as strong or stronger than current storms,” said NCAR’s Andreas Prein, who led the study team.
Link >> https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/get-ready-lot-more-heavy-rain-climate-warms-n692296


Also, Munich Re, the company actually paying for the damage, might have a good overview:

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The number of very intense storms, on the other hand, will increase, and along with it, the risk for insurers.
https://www.munichre.com/australia/australia-risk-factors/climate-change/did-you-know/index.html


However, I am questioning your statement that climate change storms are getting stronger.  Most data seems to contradict that.

I am questioning your claim. Show me what contradicts those experts, please.

From my two minutes worth:

Almost 50% decrease in EF3+ tornadoes over the past half century

https://4k4oijnpiu3l4c3h-zippykid.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/tornadoes-1954-2018.jpg

"Based on the index, trends in worldwide tropical cyclone activity over the period with
good data (1985 – 2017) have been flat to downward, but this time period is not sufficiently long for a credible conclusion. This result is consistent with previous research by others"

https://www.casact.org/pubs/forum/18spforumv2/05_Collins.pdf

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« Reply #2663 on: April 09, 2019, 04:43:04 PM »
This paper concludes that they can't make an assumption on this historical data.

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...this time period is not sufficiently long for a credible conclusion.

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« Reply #2664 on: April 09, 2019, 04:58:21 PM »
This paper concludes that they can't make an assumption on this historical data.

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...this time period is not sufficiently long for a credible conclusion.

At yet you present evidence based on assumptions, projections, and extrapolations? 

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« Reply #2665 on: April 09, 2019, 05:03:35 PM »
Tornados. What a nice cherry. Is that all you do KkK? Pick cherries and deal uncertainties.
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« Reply #2666 on: April 09, 2019, 05:50:33 PM »
At yet you present evidence based on assumptions, projections, and extrapolations?

Yes, one can make assumptions in physics. This is why GPS works.

If you know that one variable in your equation changes, you know the outcome will change. If you know temperatures are rising, other things in your climate system must change as well.

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« Reply #2667 on: April 09, 2019, 06:02:47 PM »
At yet you present evidence based on assumptions, projections, and extrapolations?

Yes, one can make assumptions in physics. This is why GPS works.

If you know that one variable in your equation changes, you know the outcome will change. If you know temperatures are rising, other things in your climate system must change as well.

Of course!  But if the current changes in the data, which are supported by the variables in the equation, are not statistically significant yet, you seemed to regard as not credible.  Yet, you regard future changes, based on the same equations, to be credible. 

Then to quote Archimid, you chose to cherry pick tropical cyclone activity over one area of the globe, which dismissing changes elsewhere, and crying uncertainty over that data which you dislike.

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« Reply #2668 on: April 09, 2019, 06:11:00 PM »
you chose to cherry pick

No, i randomly picked in the forum search. I took the most recent ones.  ;)

However, i'm not an expert on the topic. What's shaping my opinion on the topic is Munich Re.  They have the best risk assessment money can buy, and they expect storms will cause more damage due to climate change.

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« Reply #2669 on: April 09, 2019, 07:13:56 PM »
you chose to cherry pick

No, i randomly picked in the forum search. I took the most recent ones.  ;)

However, i'm not an expert on the topic. What's shaping my opinion on the topic is Munich Re.  They have the best risk assessment money can buy, and they expect storms will cause more damage due to climate change.

I understand that they will expect more damage.  However, that damage is a result of more people building in higher risk areas, and not greater storm severity.  In the past, people did not build in flood plains, hurricane zones, and other areas of higher weather-related risks. 

Looking more closely at Munich Re (which I agree is valid), they contend that the risk is largely due to increased flooding.  I will agree that climate change is likely to increase precipitation, and consequently flood potential.  However, increased precipitation does not correlate with storm severity.  While the severity of storms is expected to continue its declining trend, rainfall associated with these storms is expected to continue on its upward trajectory.  The same can be said for snowfall amounts, which depend largely on the availability of moisture.

We may be talking past each of with regards to storm severity.  I consider other factors, winds, lightning, hail, tornadoes, etc., to be aspects of severity, while enhanced rainfall is not.  Last year, Hurricane Florence made landfall as a category 1 hurricane, with winds of 90 mph.  Conversely, Hurricane Michael made landfall as a cat. 4 storm, with winds of 155 mph.  While Michael caused an estimated $8 billion in damage, Florence has been estimated at $22 billion, primarily due to the flooding caused by the rain.  This is where data from Munich Re may be valid for insurance purposes, but does not necessarily correlate with storm severity.

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« Reply #2670 on: April 09, 2019, 07:23:16 PM »
storm severity does not exclude rainfall as a measure .. and why clutter up an informative thread with arguements about size .. there are other places for such ... b.c.
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« Reply #2671 on: April 09, 2019, 08:16:01 PM »
Looking more closely at Munich Re (which I agree is valid), they contend that the risk is largely due to increased flooding.

No, sorry, that's not what they are saying.

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Increased flooding, heatwaves, droughts and severe storms: for over 40 years, Munich Re has been researching changes in the frequency and intensity of weather-related loss events and has made use of this knowledge to better assess weather and climate risks and to develop commensurate solutions for them.
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Scientific evidence is becoming increasingly clear that the magnitude of regional events such as heavy rainfall or severe thunderstorms is as growing as a result of climate change
>> https://www.munichre.com/corporate-responsibility/en/strategy/climate-change/index.html


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I will agree that climate change is likely to increase precipitation, and consequently flood potential.

Well, call me naive, but in my understanding, a storm that has higher precipitation is more severe.

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We may be talking past each of with regards to storm severity.

I hope so.  :)

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« Reply #2672 on: April 09, 2019, 09:42:24 PM »

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I will agree that climate change is likely to increase precipitation, and consequently flood potential.

Well, call me naive, but in my understanding, a storm that has higher precipitation is more

Actually, no.  A long, persistent rain event can dump an inch or two of rain, without producing lightning, hail, tornadoes, or even high winds.  Conversely, and intense thunderstorm may incorporate all these, but drop less than half an inch of rain.  Granted, than rain may fall in 30 minutes during the more severe storms.

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« Reply #2673 on: April 09, 2019, 10:03:05 PM »
I will agree that climate change is likely to increase precipitation, and consequently flood potential.  However, increased precipitation does not correlate with storm severity.  While the severity of storms is expected to continue its declining trend, rainfall associated with these storms is expected to continue on its upward trajectory.

Why are you like this? I know that you are aware that you are just making baseless, circuitous arguments with the sole purpose of disrupting threads.

This is a thread about ‘weird weather and anecdotal stories about climate change’ - not an avenue to explore why your personal feelings on the severity of storms are more valid than those of researchers and risk assessors who study this topic daily.

Stop mucking things up or go find a different forum to troll. Some issues are more important than your perverse need for entertainment.

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« Reply #2674 on: April 09, 2019, 11:58:26 PM »
I will agree that climate change is likely to increase precipitation, and consequently flood potential.  However, increased precipitation does not correlate with storm severity.  While the severity of storms is expected to continue its declining trend, rainfall associated with these storms is expected to continue on its upward trajectory.

Why are you like this? I know that you are aware that you are just making baseless, circuitous arguments with the sole purpose of disrupting threads.

This is a thread about ‘weird weather and anecdotal stories about climate change’ - not an avenue to explore why your personal feelings on the severity of storms are more valid than those of researchers and risk assessors who study this topic daily.

Stop mucking things up or go find a different forum to troll. Some issues are more important than your perverse need for entertainment.

Sorry, I thought was an information thread.  I will you to your gossip in the latest weather, and stick to the scientific ones.

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Re: Weird Weather and anecdotal stories about climate change
« Reply #2675 on: April 10, 2019, 12:12:40 PM »
Brazil floods: Deadly torrential rains hit Rio de Janeiro



At least nine people have been killed by flash floods in Rio de Janeiro.

The mayor has declared a crisis after the Brazilian city was battered by heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday.

More than 31cm of rain (13 inches) fell in some parts of the city within 24 hours, the mayor's office said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47875343

In de afgelopen 24 uur is in Rio de Janeiro 106 millimeter neerslag gevallen, meldt Weeronline. De dag ervoor viel al 50 millimeter. Normaal valt in heel april zo'n 70 millimeter neerslag.

In the 24 past hours 106mm of rain has fallen. The day before it was 50mm while the normal april avarage is 70mm.

https://www.nu.nl/klimaat/5835855/zeker-tien-doden-in-rio-de-janeiro-door-water-en-modderstromen.html
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Re: Weird Weather and anecdotal stories about climate change
« Reply #2676 on: April 10, 2019, 03:58:26 PM »
Severe weather frequency
When having an argument it is as well to define the terms of engagement? e.g. define severe weather. Not easy.  The USA National Weather Service has a website page entitled Severe Weather Definitions https://www.weather.gov/bgm/severedefinitions which lists severe weather types but only two definitions.
A severe thunderstorm is...
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A thunderstorm that produces a tornado, winds of at least 58 mph (50 knots or ~93 km/h), and/or hail at least 1" in diameter.

Tornado, defined as
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A violently rotating column of air, usually pendant to a cumulonimbus, with circulation reaching the ground. It nearly always starts as a funnel cloud and may be accompanied by a loud roaring noise. On a local scale, it is the most destructive of all atmospheric phenomena.

Floods, especially flash floods, are not shown as a weather type but as a result of severe weather, defined as
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A flood which is caused by heavy or excessive rainfall in a short period of time, generally less than 6 hours.

Interesting that this website page does not refer to long lived slow moving high rainfall events (SW USA two(?) years ago?) or Hurricanes.

Now it is established that a single agreed definition of severe weather is probably impossible, the entire argument about increased frequency and severity of the aforesaid events becomes pointless.

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« Reply #2677 on: April 10, 2019, 06:21:47 PM »
For me, I feel that weird weather (very severe) is when the measure of the weather is historically unprecedented or highly unusual. The three 500 year floods in Houston over a period of five years as an example and the 50" of rainfall from Hurricane Harvey in Houston 2 years ago.

Record breaking heat or cold, record breaking rains and winds, etc.

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« Reply #2678 on: April 10, 2019, 07:14:48 PM »
For me it's the anecdotal stories. I think I am probably one of the least ( formally )educated people on this forum but I have, like any other human, stories to tell. Watching as the ocean has changed over my lifetime as a commercial diver and fisherman gives me an opportunity to tell a unique story. I have watched as the abalone resources have , for the most part , collapsed. The starfish and the sea urchins also succumbing to disease brought on by the stress of increased ocean heat. My own guilt in knowing that the fuel I have used to pursue a fishing career has contributed to the death and mayhem now all around me.
 My transition to farming also comes with stories of decline. The 108 F heatwave that last year killed all the fledgling swallows in their nests and this years abandoned nesting  colony that had returned every one of the last twenty years till now. The disappearance of the Phoebes that also shared my farm with me for twenty years, the noticeable declines in insects. The loss of so many pines and oaks during our eight year drought. 
 The struggles against what appear to be irreversible changes. Tragic losses and what passes for my feeble attempts to forestall future horrors yet unseen. My stories, our stories , and the emotional context that might inspire others  to look a little deeper , fight a little harder,  and on occasion shed tears over our shared losses.   


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« Reply #2679 on: April 10, 2019, 08:30:40 PM »
Well written...I've gardened all of my life and have seen so many things change over the past 50 years due to changes in the seasons. My backyard use to be filled with birds 30 years ago. The chirping in the bushes was riotous. No more.

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« Reply #2680 on: April 10, 2019, 10:27:13 PM »
No doubt well written. However, when I ask my parents to tell me about the climate of their childhood, or ask my friends about the climate 20 years ago, their memory is absolutely far, far from the reality of hard data. They remember things that never happened, and remember things differently the way they actually happened.

Never trust anecdotal evidence and never even trust your own memories. Hard data is the only thing that matter, because your memories will fool you.

When I ask pepople in my country, 99 out of 100 says that in the past there was much more rain (actually rain is UP 10-20% in the past 30 yrs), winters were snowier (they were not), there are more extreme rain events (nope), etc.

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« Reply #2681 on: April 11, 2019, 12:01:24 AM »
El Cid sounds like your personal anecdotal story to me.  ;D

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« Reply #2682 on: April 11, 2019, 12:04:28 AM »
Well, when they were children, the snow came up much higher on their shorter bodies.  :)

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« Reply #2683 on: April 11, 2019, 12:36:13 AM »
Comparing when I was a kid and now, there was much more snow then, and more rain now.  But that's comparing New Mexico mountains with Florida.  :D :o ::) 8) :-X
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« Reply #2684 on: April 11, 2019, 01:22:03 AM »
This thread is in part anecdotal stories, that and weird weather.  My stories came with forty years spent as a modern hunter gatherer. I either made good choices or I went broke but the full span of it left me with some good stories as a consolation  prize . I happen to believe stories have value as do long term biological datasets. But the data set without the story that follows it will often fall on deaf ears. A story is designed to transport the listener into another mans experiences. If a good story and a good long term dataset can be turned into a convincing message then the final product is likely more convincing than the data or the story standing alone.

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« Reply #2685 on: April 11, 2019, 07:54:21 AM »
If a good story and a good long term dataset can be turned into a convincing message then the final product is likely more convincing than the data or the story standing alone.

Now that - I can fully agree with!

(just don't skimp on the hard data :)

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« Reply #2686 on: April 12, 2019, 04:13:02 AM »
Another "bomb cyclone" hits the U.S. Midwest.

Parts of Minnesota saw more than a foot of snow through early evening Thursday — with more snow on the way for much of the state as a strong, complex storm continued to move across the region.

A weather spotter in Ortonville in far western Minnesota reported 14 inches of snow. Dawson, Minn., reported 11 inches.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/04/11/snowfall-reports-from-around-minnesota

The Minnesota State Patrol reported over 300 car accidents on Wednesday and Thursday, including 40 with injuries. The total included 46 jackknifed semitrailer trucks. "Troopers are responding to more jackknifed semis than I can remember," according to a tweet from the state patrol.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/11/blizzard-wild-weather-week-central-eastern-u-s/3433137002/


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« Reply #2687 on: April 12, 2019, 05:52:26 AM »
For me it's the anecdotal stories. I think I am probably one of the least ( formally )educated people on this forum but I have, like any other human, stories to tell. Watching as the ocean has changed over my lifetime as a commercial diver and fisherman gives me an opportunity to tell a unique story. I have watched as the abalone resources have , for the most part , collapsed. The starfish and the sea urchins also succumbing to disease brought on by the stress of increased ocean heat. My own guilt in knowing that the fuel I have used to pursue a fishing career has contributed to the death and mayhem now all around me.
 My transition to farming also comes with stories of decline. The 108 F heatwave that last year killed all the fledgling swallows in their nests and this years abandoned nesting  colony that had returned every one of the last twenty years till now. The disappearance of the Phoebes that also shared my farm with me for twenty years, the noticeable declines in insects. The loss of so many pines and oaks during our eight year drought. 
 The struggles against what appear to be irreversible changes. Tragic losses and what passes for my feeble attempts to forestall future horrors yet unseen. My stories, our stories , and the emotional context that might inspire others  to look a little deeper , fight a little harder,  and on occasion shed tears over our shared losses.

Well said here and other parts in this thread. I too am looking into transitioning into farming. I feel like I need to provide more directly than the specialized job I have as a career for the moment.

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« Reply #2688 on: April 13, 2019, 12:22:32 AM »
Another "bomb cyclone" hits the U.S. Midwest.

Parts of Minnesota saw more than a foot of snow through early evening Thursday — with more snow on the way for much of the state as a strong, complex storm continued to move across the region.

A weather spotter in Ortonville in far western Minnesota reported 14 inches of snow. Dawson, Minn., reported 11 inches.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/04/11/snowfall-reports-from-around-minnesota

The Minnesota State Patrol reported over 300 car accidents on Wednesday and Thursday, including 40 with injuries. The total included 46 jackknifed semitrailer trucks. "Troopers are responding to more jackknifed semis than I can remember," according to a tweet from the state patrol.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/11/blizzard-wild-weather-week-central-eastern-u-s/3433137002/

Thursday’s blizzard was the second “bomb cyclone” storm system to hit the region in a month. It closed highways, knocked out power to tens of thousands of people and left behind 25 inches of snow (63.5 centimetres) in northeast South Dakota.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem closed government offices in most of the state for a third straight day Friday. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz declared a state of emergency in much of his state, where the Minnesota State Patrol has responded to more than 500 crashes since Wednesday.

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/the-latest-midwest-digs-out-south-braces-for-its-own-storm

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« Reply #2689 on: April 13, 2019, 02:02:02 AM »
This one hit me dead on.  Everything had just melted out and the ground was starting to dry out.  The grass was trying to green up.  It was 70 on Monday.  We got 25" at the farm.  With lots of wind, lots of giant drifts.  4-6 feet high drifts out and about, some drifts all the way up the east side of buildings so you can walk to the roof.  Horrible timing, everyone is calving.  I spent the blizzard at a neighbor's place helping them with their cattle.  We didn't lose any but we've heard several neighbors lost a lot.  Second major blizzard in less than a month.  At least this time the ground is thawed and the sun is a lot higher in the sky.  It's melting already, from the bottom and the top.

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« Reply #2690 on: April 13, 2019, 06:42:31 AM »
Sorry to hear that John; hope all is well.

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Brown Snow Falling in the US Midwest 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47914720

Chris O'Brien, a meteorologist at the US National Weather Service, told Time magazine that the discoloration is caused by dust particles carried on strong winds all the way from Texas.

"[The wind] picked up a lot of dust and got it entrained into the circulation of this storm system and pulled it all the way up into Minnesota where it fell with the precipitation," he said

Satellite images show large plumes of dust drifting northwards from the US-Mexico border.

https://mobile.twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1116371342125862912
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« Reply #2691 on: April 18, 2019, 01:10:04 AM »
AGW is increasing clear air turbulence, bad weather and making it harder on airlines:
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/4/17/18410615/green-new-deal-flight-attendants-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sara-nelson

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« Reply #2692 on: April 30, 2019, 11:48:41 AM »
My local forecasts are having momentary nervous breakdowns, thanks to that breath of cold dropping in from the north, I guess we will have weather. :)
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« Reply #2693 on: April 30, 2019, 11:52:06 AM »
My local forecasts are having momentary nervous breakdowns, thanks to that breath of cold dropping in from the north, I guess we will have weather. :)

LOL! Sleet is possible at 6°C but at 10???

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« Reply #2694 on: April 30, 2019, 02:03:55 PM »
It will be very cold at 850 hPa.

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« Reply #2695 on: April 30, 2019, 06:42:39 PM »
My local forecasts are having momentary nervous breakdowns, thanks to that breath of cold dropping in from the north, I guess we will have weather. :)

Dont even mention this cold outbreak in Europe, it looks pretty nasty! I hope it won't go below 1-2 C here, because then all my fruits would die :(

(and my apricots and peaches and cherries are full of small fruits already)

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« Reply #2696 on: April 30, 2019, 06:47:23 PM »
Millions of locusts, because of more than normal rainfall.  https://www.rt.com/news/457929-locusts-saudi-arabia-video/

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« Reply #2698 on: May 09, 2019, 06:01:53 PM »
U.S.:  Minnesota

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Unbelievable! Duluth, MN ran the table on May snowfall #records on Wed: 8.3" of #snow fell, breaking the daily, calendar-day, snowstorm & monthly records. And it's still snowing, adding to the snowstorm and monthly totals.
Photos from @NWSduluth & Amanda Christianson
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« Reply #2699 on: May 09, 2019, 07:06:23 PM »
Cue BBR entering stage left to warn us of the impending reglaciation of NA.