Cool Summer

[n2ize]

So far this has been a pretty cool summer round here. Except for a week of July where we saw a lot of 90's it's been much cooler since then with temps only in the 70's and low 80's. Guess this kinda puts a crimp in the liberal, commie, left wing, socialist, global warming theory eh ?

[PA5COR]

Blistering heat in Europe and Russia and China puts that fairy tale to bed quickly.
Temperatures globally for this year are going to be in the top hot years again.
Have a nice day.

[KB3LAZ]

The summer here has been cooler this year or at least that is how it feels. Last year was just awful. However, the humidity seems to be just as bad. I guess I could have just acclimated to the weather. Nonetheless, I still hate the weather.

That being said, there is a good chance I will be home to see snowfall this year which makes me happy. I never thought I would say that. But to tell the truth, I feel as if I am being cooked. :P

[KJ3N]

Guess this kinda puts a crimp in the liberal, commie, left wing, socialist, global warming theory eh ?

Hardly. We've had four 90+ heatwaves so far. Record temps have been set all across the country.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/more-than-3000-temperature-rec/67593

Don't be an ass. :roll:

[K7SGJ]

Same o same o out on the high desert. Didn't get to 122 out here this, year but it did get to 118 one day and 117 two or three times. This time of year is nice with highs at 105-108 and lows around high 70s or low 80s. We can start opening the house up again, around 1am or so.

[KG4NEL]

If only weather was the same as climate...

[WØTKX]

Dear Wormwood;

You are an apt student, keeping the small minds of humanity busy with inconsequential and trivial local matters.
This distracts them from the accuracy of the critical thinking abilities endowed them by The Enemy. Good work.

Your Uncle in Mayhem and Suffering,
Screwtape.

[N2NH]

We've had two 90+ heat waves in the NYC/HV area. Southern Europe has set 5 records in 5 days. Austria is about to break their all time record and go over 104 for the first time. Alaska has set a number of all time records and Australia is much warmer than average for their winter.


Take the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, for instance. According to a blog written Thursday by Weather Underground meteorologist Dr. Jeff Masters, the city has broken its all-time record high five times in six days, culminating in a high of 104.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Aug. 8.

Either trolling (:yes:) or being uncannily provincial.


The Summer Heat Is On -- In Europe (http://www.wunderground.com/news/summer-heat-europe-20130809)

[N2NH]

Dear Wormwood;

You are an apt student, keeping the small minds of humanity busy with inconsequential and trivial local matters.
This distracts them from the accuracy of the critical thinking abilities endowed them by The Enemy. Good work.

Your Uncle in Mayhem and Suffering,
Screwtape.

Yes, he is a good little devil's advocate.

[PA5COR]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-01/europe-s-warm-streak-to-last-through-august-after-july-heatwave.html
Europe (http://topics.bloomberg.com/europe/) is facing warmer-than-usual weather for a second month after temperatures soared in a July heatwave, boosting power prices (https://forums.hamisland.net/quote/LPXBHRBS:IND) in the region’s biggest market.
Germany may be as much as 8 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than average on some days through Aug. 10, Andreas Gassner, a meteorologist at Meteomedia AG in Gais, Switzerland (http://topics.bloomberg.com/switzerland/), said July 30 by e-mail. MetraWeather, Deutscher Wetterdienst and MDA Information Systems Inc. also predicted hot weather in most of Europe for this month, while WSI Corp. and MeteoGroup U.K. Ltd. said the warm spell will end.
“The recent heatwave in Europe has occurred with rapid warming in sea surface temperatures across the North Atlantic,” Bradley Harvey, an operational meteorologist at MDA in Gaithersburg, Maryland (http://topics.bloomberg.com/maryland/), said July 29 in an e-mailed report. “A developing storm system in the eastern Atlantic will promote a resurgence of heat across the west of Europe.”

Record-breaking temperatures have been searing large swaths of China, resulting in dozens of heat-related deaths and prompting authorities to issue a national alert.

Japan sizzling hot.

A heat wave in Japan has raised temperatures to more than 40 C in the cities of Tokyo, Kofu and Shimanto.

Temperatures have hit all-time highs in Hungary and neighboring Austria as a stubborn heat wave nears the end of its second week. Thursday's 40.5 degrees Celsius (105 degrees Fahrenheit) in Austria marked the the first time that country has ever eclipsed the 40 C mark since daily records began in 1858.
The drought has also caused troubles in the nearby Balkans. Croatia sent two water-dropping planes to nearby Bosnia to help battle wildfires set off by drought and sweltering heat that threatened several villages.

A Russian aircraft was dispatched to fight blazes in Serbia, a traditional ally of Russia. Temperatures also nearly broke records in Poland.
Here in Hungary, temperatures were have hit close to 40 Celsius


Text from page http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/08/10/heat_wave_causes_misery_in_europe/en1-718809
of the Vatican Radio website

All around the world, the smoldering heat wave continues to break and set records from end to end of the globe.
There you have your "cooling" ;)

[VE7DCW]

It's been the warmest summer here on Vancouver Island starting over 5 years ago when this pattern has been noticed!...... same dryness and interestingly been seeing more and more lightening here which is supposed to be literally unheard of this close to the cold Japan ocean current of the North Pacific Ocean...... an interesting trend around here to give more credence to climate change! :-|

[K7SGJ]

It's been the warmest summer here on Vancouver Island starting over 5 years ago when this pattern has been noticed!...... same dryness and interestingly been seeing more and more lightening here which is supposed to be literally unheard of this close to the cold Japan ocean current of the North Pacific Ocean...... an interesting trend around here to give more credence to climate change! :-|

You don't get it. All those things you thought were wind turbines generating electricity, are really big fans blowing all the hot air out of the US, and in to Canada. Or as Maxwell says, that ought to make your Canadian bacon sizzle. Weeeeeeeeee

[VE7DCW]

You don't get it. All those things you thought were wind turbines generating electricity, are really big fans blowing all the hot air out of the US, and in to Canada. Or as Maxwell says, that ought to make your Canadian bacon sizzle. Weeeeeeeeee

Eddie.......I trust Maxwell...... he's everyone's hero! he's not some poor little Weeeeeeee Weeeeeeee :rock:

[n2ize]

It's been the warmest summer here on Vancouver Island starting over 5 years ago when this pattern has been noticed!...... same dryness and interestingly been seeing more and more lightening here which is supposed to be literally unheard of this close to the cold Japan ocean current of the North Pacific Ocean...... an interesting trend around here to give more credence to climate change! :-|

The strange thing here is that so far I haven't heard a single clap of thunder all summer. That is extremely unusual for this area. Usually we will have had numerous thunderstorms (or at least thundershowers) by this time. Even hot humid weather and abrupt cold fronts haven't brought thunderstorms or even showers to this area. Never saw anything like this in my life so far. In the mean time my friends in the north are getting hit with rough thunderstorms. I guess now we just get hurricanes here. Wonder how bad this years hurricane will be. Maybe a cat 2 or 3 ??? I hope not but... these days anything goes.

[kb2vxa]

Like Sandy wasn't enough for you? GIDOWDAHEAH!!! Hot, cool, it all depends on where you are and this year hot and cool seem to have changed places. Here "down the shore" we had two short heat waves, the rest rather mild but awfully humid like in a bag. Today was a change, this morning violent thunderstorms rolled through the state, Manahawkin got creamed and up this way there was considerable flooding and lots of lightning, no particular wind though. Zeus got even with a lot of people, his bolts hit quite a few houses or so the scanner said and by afternoon the sun was out. That was a bit of a change, this summer has been a bit slow storm wise so far and that's fine with me!

[n2ize]

Like Sandy wasn't enough for you? GIDOWDAHEAH!!!

It's not a matter of it being enough or not. The point being that it can happen again and it can be worst. Sandy was a large storm but a Cat 1 when it made landfall and it caused enormous damage. Imagine what a cat 2, 3, 4, or 5 would do ? If we survive it we wouldn't be going anywhere for weeks or months.

Far as the thunderstorms go I am only speaking for this area in which I dwell. We have not had next to nothing in the way of thunderstorm activity this year. Usually that type of weather is quite prevalent here from April through September and particularly during the May-August months.

Lastly, I'd rather deal with a few thunderstorms than a large powerful widespread hurricane. Last two years in a row we finished off the season with hurricanes. Sandy last year and Irene the year before.

[kb2vxa]

Aw stop it, I was being facetious. Eh, down Joisey way at least in my neck of the woods... er... sand we've had fewer than normal storms and fewer still thunderstorms too. Yeah, but Irene and Sandy were opposites, Irene was practically nothing here but when it got to New England it dumped enough rain to make Rhode Island turn into a real island. Sandy on the other hand was a superstorm, a nor'easter clashed head on with a hurricane and practically wiped a good chunk of coastline off the map but when it got to New England it fizzled, just an ordinary summer storm. That combo was a bit unusual, normally there are several years between hurricanes... and then there was Donna... EEK!

As an aside, winter storms can be worse. I remember a super snowstorm one Saturday back in the 60s that had me shoveling the same walk in front of the store downtown all day and the roof before I left so it wouldn't cave in overnight. It snowed so fast and furious there was lightning every few seconds the whole time, close too, within a couple of blocks actually. Then there was a blizzard in the mid 90s, pretty much the same without the lightning. Snowed in unable to go to work I was listening to the shortwave outlet of an AM station in Toronto, a morning talk show call-in. Call after call with nothing but whining about the snow until the host just lost it like that TV newsman in the movie, he got up and paced around yelling at the audience; "This is CANADA people, it SNOWS in CA NA DAAA!!!" That was it, the top of the day and the morning was still young.............