Sunday, February 20, 2022

Pattern for big snow storm

 



This has been the pattern for a big snow storm in Toronto, but the weather people seem to think it will be a dry cold.  Only rain in the forecast.  I can't see any difference, so for now I see a storm in the classic linear pattern with lots of rain and then snow.  I'll keep watch for a difference.

Interesting developments out in the North Atlantic.


The warmer water is retreating from it's little 'ice free' nook above Scandinavia, leaving just a big of warmth under Iceland.  That means the Gulf Stream is retreating again, in terms of heat transfer.  Maybe bad luck for the UK, which has had a huge number of plume storms following the GS.  

If there are signs of warmth coming back to us, then I don't see it.  noaa is still afraid to release the global temps.  As if they could have an outage of 2 computers for a week.

ps. the noaa blackout is total.  Normally we'd expect a fatuous note from the PR dept, like '15th warmest month on record', but .. nothing.  I like to think they are in a furious political fight on how to 'fix this', like danishfudge.  Maybe they are considering giving up the whole charade. .... nah.

pps.  a Fudge Danish is a delicious treat.  Baking things like ice volumes or global temps is a difficult integration.  Anything can come out of the oven.  If a bakery is accused of being a 'denier site', then nobody comes in and pays.  It results in starvation for the bakers.  So, they pile on a bunch of fudge, and make everything look nice.  They say they've looked at their methods from the start, and have re-baked everything.  However, they can only alter the fresh goods.  They get their money and everybody is happy.  

whoops - I'm getting snarky.  I might have to double-check that invisibility switch again.

more:  I suspect that all the non-denier sites will now freehand their curves to whatever gets them the money.


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