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There's no predicted hotspot in the upper troposphere, and cooling of the stratosphere is now the new indicator. New paper finds "greenhouse cooling" of the stratosphere over past 52 years
On the left is the data collected by millions of weather balloons.xiv On the right is what the climate models say was happening.xv The theory (as per the climate models) is incompatible with the observations. In both diagrams the horizontal axis shows latitude, and the right vertical axis shows height in kilometers. Image from Dr. David Evans
A new paper published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics finds the stratosphere of the Northern Hemisphere cooled over the past 52 years due to the increase of greenhouse gases. The paper suggests that stratospheric cooling is a "more suitable" signal of anthropogenic global warming than trying to find a mid-troposphere hot spot (which was previously considered to be the definitive "fingerprint" of man-made global warming, but still has not been found despite millions of weather balloon and satellite observations over the past 60 years):
On the left is the data collected by millions of weather balloons.xiv On the right is what the climate models say was happening.xv The theory (as per the climate models) is incompatible with the observations. In both diagrams the horizontal axis shows latitude, and the right vertical axis shows height in kilometers. Image from Dr. David Evans.
A new paper published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics finds the stratosphere of the Northern Hemisphere cooled over the past 52 years due to the increase of greenhouse gases. The paper suggests that stratospheric cooling is a "more suitable" signal of anthropogenic global warming than trying to find a mid-troposphere hot spot (which was previously considered to be the definitive "fingerprint" of man-made global warming, but still has not been found despite millions of weather balloon and satellite observations over the past 60 years):
© ReutersA villager looks over floodwaters in Odisha.
Collectors of 12 districts were asked to remain watchful and gear up to meet any eventuality in the event of possible flood, special reliefcommissioner (SRC) PK Mohapatra told reporters after the situation was reviewed at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
He said the districts where alert was sounded are Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Cuttack, Boudh, Nayagarh and Keonjhar.
The chief minister stressed the need to evacuate people from low lying areas in time and make arrangements for free cooked food and relief, Mohapatra said, adding vulnerable points in river embankments would be kept under the vigil and steps taken for availability of drinking water and medicines.
© Johan Nilsson/ TTThe Turning Torso in Malmö, in Monday's storm
Violent storms ripped through western Sweden on Monday, leaving thousands of homes in Värmland without electricity and many homes damaged.
The roof of one house in Kristinehamn was completely blown off. The weather has also seen train lines stopped after large trees have been uprooted and have fallen across the tracks.
The town of Karlstad saw at least 100 trees falling, reported the TT news agency.
In several towns and villages floodwaters filled basements and blocked traffic, and trees were blown down across streets and highways. In several places hail the size of tennis balls damaged car windows.
There are no reports of injuries.
Meanwhile, in neighbouring Sweden, the nation's largest forest fire in 40 years is still raging out of control north of Stockholm. A number of hamlets have been evacuated. One person has been found dead. The fire covers around 100 square kilometres.
Fatality: El Segundo resident Joo Hwan Lee, 48, died on Sunday after his white Toyota Prius (pictured above) was swept down stream in a flash flood in southern California
* The areas of Mount Baldy and Forest Falls were hardest hit by the monsoon whether, which dumped 3-5 inches of rainfall
* On Monday, crews worked to clear roads and access the damage to more than 30 homes
Flash-flooding in southern California claimed the life of at least one person on Sunday, as extreme rainfall wiped out dozens of homes and left thousands stranded by impassable roads.
On Monday, the skies cleared and crews got to work clearing the roads and surveying and the damage done to some 30 homes in the Mount Baldy and Forest Falls area.
Downpours punctuated with thunder and lightning dumped nearly 5 inches on Mount Baldy and as much as 3 1/2 inches on Forest Falls some 50 miles away, the National Weather Service said.
The sole victim of the afternoon's rain storm was identified as 48-year-old Joo Hwan Lee of El Segundo, who died after his white Toyota Prius was swept down a swollen creek and became wedged among boulders and a log.
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Gary Messina died in the accident Wednesday afternoon at Skydive Long Island in Calverton. His instructor, Christopher Scott, was critically injured.
Rich Winstock tells Newsday wind and dust churned into a funnel and made it impossible to control the parachute. Winstock is director of the United States Parachute Association and chairs its safety and training committee.
The FAA is investigating. It had no information Thursday about the accident's cause.
The National Weather Service said winds were in the 5- to 15-mph range at the time of the jump.
Messina would have turned 26 on Thursday.
Here we have almost fifty photos of the hailstorm's aftermath and the posts from the discussions boards. Here is one:
"Those are Americans testing meteorological weapons. Soon you'll see this in Moscow. Every day." - said one person.
© Image courtesy and copyright @Noxy_Duma
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit central South Africa on Tuesday, killing at least one man and trapping some miners underground, according to emergency services.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor was centred in Orkney, a town around 120 km (70 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, an area with a high concentration of deep gold mines.
"One of the buildings collapsed on a man believed to be in his 30s ... by the time paramedics arrived there was nothing they could do for him," Werner Vermaak, spokesman for emergency service provider ER24, told local television.
"I have since been alerted to mines in the local area where they have received reports of various miners trapped," Vermaak added, without giving any figures.
Officials at AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold, Gold Fields and Sibanye Gold said they had felt the tremors in their headquarters but had so far received no reports of anything untoward in their mines.
The area around Johannesburg is not prone to seismic activity but it is home to some of the deepest gold mines in the world. The quake is the largest in the southern Africa region since a 7.0 tremor in Zimbabwe in 2006.
© European Pressphoto AgencyA helicopter dumping water on the wildfire in the village of Rorbo near Sala, Sweden, Aug. 3. Firefighters believe it will burn for weeks or even months. It is classified as the worst forest fire in Sweden's modern history.
The man in his 30s was found dead on a road north of Stabäck, Västmanland, an area affected by what is said to be Sweden's largest fire in over 40 years, police said. His body was badly burned and unidentifiable, but an identity card found on the body matched that of a man reported missing by relatives.
The fire was declared a national emergency on Monday night and currently engulfs an area of 15,000 hectares northwest of Sala, about 120 kilometers northwest of Stockholm.
Around 1,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, mostly in smaller isolated areas, and preparations have been made for a possible evacuation of Norberg, a town of some 4,500 people, according to information provided by the county of Västmanland.
