Earth Changes

IPCC admits many of its gloomy climate forecasts are of "low likelihood"

Chris Morrison
The Daily Sceptic
Sat, 13 May 2023 07:00 UTC

The credibility of the disaster-addicted Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been dealt a damaging blow with recently-published research showing that 42% of its climate scenarios rely on improbable rises in future temperature that even the UN-funded body believes are of "low likelihood". The research notes the IPCC admission of improbability is "deeply buried" in the full Sixth Assessment Reports (AR6), and is "unlikely to be read by the policy makers". The authors note that significant and important sections of the full IPCC work emphasise these improbable claims, "potentially invalidating those sections of the report".

Climate and emissions outline SSP5-8.5 assumes a rise of around 5°C by the end of the century. It was always somewhat detached from reality and has long been dealt a death blow, given that global warming ran out of steam about 25 years ago. Even the climate alarmist Zeke Hausfather is unimpressed, and his comments can be seen on the right of the graph below. Leaving aside the small natural boost from a very powerful EL Niño oscillation around 2016, warming is little more than 0.1°C over two decades. Nevertheless, SSP5-8.5 gives credence to 42% of the IPCC's work in AR6.

UK's unusual winter and spring: Colder, wetter, with less sunlight hours - BBC meteorologist

Tomasz Schafernaker
Daily Mail
Sun, 14 May 2023 21:38 UTC

Tomasz says people often ask if the jet stream — a core of strong winds around five to seven miles above the Earth’s surface, blowing from west to east — is to blame

May is normally when my garden starts to come into its own. I dust off the outdoor furniture, sit out and enjoy my collection of sub-tropical plants, from palm trees to yuccas.

This year, however, I'm feeling as deflated as my enfeebled plants. My BBC weather colleagues and I often exchange stories about how our gardens are doing. Like mine, theirs have been nipped by all the sharp frosts we've had this spring.

Meanwhile, people are stopping me in the street, asking when spring will finally arrive. And what have we done to deserve such cold, gloomy weather dragging on so long?

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Waterspouts form near Foxton, New Zealand

Vita Molyneux
New Zealand Herald
Mon, 15 May 2023 10:15 UTC

A Foxton woman got a surprise with her morning coffee when two waterspouts started forming over the ocean near her home.

Katrina Fleming and her six-year-old daughter Karuna were home in Foxton this morning when the unique weather system began forming over the sea.

"I was just making coffee in the kitchen and I looked up and I could see them starting to come up...one kept disappearing and coming back but the second one just got stronger," she told the Herald.

Her daughter Karuna said it was the first water spout she had ever seen - and it was "pretty cool, but also quite freaky".

Deadly tornado rips through Texas community

NBC News
Sun, 14 May 2023 11:42 UTC

First responders look through rubble after a tornado touched down in Laguna Heights, Texas, on May 13, 2023.

A tornado with wind speeds up to 110 mph tore through Laguna Heights, Texas, killing at least one person and injuring 10 others. NBC News' Catie Beck has the details.

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Evacuations and road closures due to flooding in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Herald Live
Sun, 14 May 2023 11:21 UTC

Good rains fell in Nelson Mandela Bay over the weekend

The heavy downpour in Nelson Mandela Bay has caused flooding in parts of the city, forcing the municipality to relocate some residents and close roads as a precautionary measure.

Though some residents affected by the floods are refusing to be moved to safer areas, the city said it remained on high alert.

Safety and security political head councillor Lawrence Troon said the municipality would continue to monitor the situation.

Flooding in Somalia displaces 200,000 people

VOA
Sat, 13 May 2023 11:04 UTC

© AFP
Women walk through floodwater in Beledweyne, Somalia, May 12, 2023. The Shabelle River burst its banks in Beledweyne, forcing thousands of people to abandon their homes, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Around 200,000 people have been displaced due to flash flooding in central Somalia, a regional official told AFP Saturday, as the Shabelle River burst its banks and submerged roads.

Inhabitants of Beledweyne town in the Hiran region were forced out of their homes as heavy rainfall caused water levels to rise sharply, with residents carrying their belongings on top of their heads as they waded through flooded streets in search of refuge.

"Some 200,000 people are now displaced due to the Shabelle River flash floods in Beledweyne town and the number may increase any time. It is a preliminary figure now," said Ali Osman Hussein, deputy governor for social affairs in the Hiran region.

Four in a row: Winters in Alaska have been on the colder side

Suzanne Downing
mustreadalaska.com
Sat, 13 May 2023 13:29 UTC

So much for being the canary in the global warming mine. If the past four winters in Alaska seemed colder than usual, it's because, well, they were.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the winter of 2023 continued the chill set in 2019, with temperatures in Alaska averaging 11.8 degrees, just .2 degrees above average. The three previous winters were all below the average temperature.

In October, NOAA had predicted warmer-than-average winter for western Alaska. Old Farmer's Almanac also predicted winter would be "much milder than normal, with the coldest periods in mid- to late November, early December, and late January." The publication predicted snowfall would be below average. That was wrong. In fact, much of Alaska saw historic snowfall over the winter, and in Anchorage, a new record was set for the snow still remaining on the ground in April. The snow continued into the first week of May, with more than 100 inches falling this past winter.

Mount Anak Krakatau erupts again

Antara
Sat, 13 May 2023 09:55 UTC

© PVMBG
CCTV recorded volcanic ash erupting from Mount Anak Krakatau in the waters of the Sunda Strait, Lampung Province, experiencing an eruption on Saturday morning (May13, 2023).

Mount Anak Krakatau re-erupted, Saturday, 7:10 a.m. local time, sending ash to about 2,000 meters above the summit or around 2,157 meters above sea level, the Vulcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) stated.

"The ash column was observed to be gray in color, with a thick intensity, leaning towards the southwest," Head of the Mount Anak Krakatau Monitoring Post Andi Suardi stated in Hargopancuran, Rajabasa Sub-district, South Lampung District, Lampung Province.

According to the PVMBG information broadcast, the volcanic eruption located in the waters of Sunda Strait, Lampung Province, was recorded by a seismograph, with a maximum amplitude of 65 mm and a duration of 68 seconds.

Locusts threaten Afghanistan's wheat harvest

Al Jazeera
Fri, 12 May 2023 13:58 UTC

A massive locust infestation in Afghanistan is threatening the wheat harvest.

Farmers are desperately trying to kill the pests.

Al Jazeera's James Bays has this report from Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan.

Arkansas sees flooding, damage after heavy amounts of rain - up to 9 inches

Corry Evans
cbsaustin.com
Fri, 12 May 2023 13:32 UTC

Rain drenched many parts of Arkansas and left significant damage in its wake on Thursday morning.

In Conway, a 600-year-old tree collapsed on a home, the city said on social media.

The resident was rescued by the Conway Fire Department with no injuries reported.

In Hot Springs, several streets were submerged, with a boat and the dock it was tied to floating in the middle of Lake Catherine.

These cracks are not to be ignored, for they foretell what's about to happen, Asia is the the beginning of the end seismically.

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Earth Changes

IPCC admits many of its gloomy climate forecasts are of "low likelihood"

UK's unusual winter and spring: Colder, wetter, with less sunlight hours - BBC meteorologist

Waterspouts form near Foxton, New Zealand

Deadly tornado rips through Texas community

Evacuations and road closures due to flooding in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Flooding in Somalia displaces 200,000 people

Four in a row: Winters in Alaska have been on the colder side

Mount Anak Krakatau erupts again

Locusts threaten Afghanistan's wheat harvest

Arkansas sees flooding, damage after heavy amounts of rain - up to 9 inches

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