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The AGW debate - Cold now caused by heat!

The Polar Vortex is forecast to return, and the forecast is clear. Climate scientists will soon start blaming cold on heat.
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Just like they do every time it gets cold.
Smithsonian Article

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Temperatures in Siberia dropping to -79°F/-60°C and winter is just beginning

-60 °C reported in Oymyakon, Eastern Siberia, Russia last night
© Konstantin Velikikh / Клуб Любителей Метеорологии-60 °C reported in Oymyakon, Eastern Siberia, Russia last night. Pretty cold! [This, of course is unofficial; the official figure at the same time is -55 °C - still very cold]
As mild temperatures encompass a large swath of the contiguous United States this week, parts of Siberia are experiencing temperatures colder than minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit - and it's only November.

A low temperature of minus 69 degrees [fahrenheit] was recorded early Tuesday in Delyankir, Russia. This is colder than the all-time record lows in every U.S. state except Utah (-69 degrees), Montana (-70 degrees) and Alaska (-80 degrees).

If that wasn't incredible enough, the daytime high in Delyankir Tuesday failed to rise above -60 degrees.


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Mauna Kea in Hawaii covered with up to 8 inches of unseasonal snow

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Hawaii has experienced an unseasonal snowstorm, covering the top of Mauna Kea, one of the tallest volcanic mountains on the islands, with up to 8 inches of white flurries. Although snow on the Hawaiian mountains is not as uncommon as it sounds, the timing of the snowfall is earlier than meteorologists would expect.

A quick Google of Hawaii weather reveals that today's average temperature is a mild 75 degrees Fahrenheit, (24 degrees Celsius) but up on the Mauna Loa, the highest peak on the "Big Island" of Hawaii, it's close to freezing with with winds whipping up to 25 miles per hour, a statement from Mauna Kea weather center in Hawaii reported. As of yesterday morning, Mauna Kea was completely saturated with icy rain and snow. The rain and snow is expected to carry on until the end of the week.

The statement also advised that there is a high risk for a mixture of snow and rain and perhaps on the mountaintop at virtually anytime this week, but especially Wednesday and Thursday night.


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Little Ice Age foiled Europeans' early exploration of North America

1609 America Explorer Ice Age Little
LOOKING FOR NEW LANDS A historian argues that climate, along with other factors, impeded Europeans early attempts at colonizing North America. English explorer Henry Hudson is depicted here meeting Native Americans in 1609 in what’s now New York.
Many people may be fuzzy on the details of North America's colonial history between Columbus' arrival in 1492 and the Pilgrims' landing on Plymouth Rock in 1620. But Europeans were actively attempting to colonize North America from the early 16th century onward, even though few colonies survived.

As historian Sam White explains in A Cold Welcome, most early attempts were doomed by fatally incorrect assumptions about geography and climate, poor planning and bad timing.

White weaves together evidence of past climates and written historical records in a comprehensive narrative of these failures. One contributing factor: Explorers assumed climates at the same latitude were the same worldwide. But in fact, ocean currents play a huge role in moderating land temperatures, which means Western Europe is warmer and less variable in temperature from season to season than eastern North America at the same latitude.

Comment: With studies like these it is a wonder that mainstream science can't let go of what was labelled 'manmade global warming'. Clearly our planet's climate is cyclical in nature and humanity's impact is rather negligible. We see what was reported to be happening to the weather back then is happening to us now:


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It's still only November! Snow and freezing temperatures expected in France as polar air heads south

Snow to hit most of France this week Cars, pavements and a street in Toulouse covered by a blanket of snow
Snow to hit most of France this week. Cars, pavements and a street in Toulouse covered by a blanket of snow
Météo-France forecasts that most parts of the country - particularly the east - will see some snowfall in the coming days

Snow is expected to cover large parts of France on Wednesday, according to Météo-France.

The national forecaster has predicted that snow showers will hit large swathes of the country from Hauts-de-France in the north to Nouvelle Aquitaine in the southwest as polar air heads south. Even Paris is expected to get its first dusting of the winter.


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Winter storm covers Hawaii summits in snow

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Snow fell Monday on the summits of Mauna Loa and Maunakea after the National Weather Service declared a winter storm warning.

The warning extends through 6 p.m. today. Summits could see up to six inches of snow in total, although NWS meteorologist Leigh Anne Eaton said any significant accumulation is unlikely.

"It's probably going to be a snow-rain mix," Eaton said.

She said the storm is the result of a weather front of "enhanced moisture," which will sweep across the windward side of the Big Island, causing heavy showers throughout the island's east side and snowfall at higher altitudes.

Snowfall is expected to continue on the mountains throughout the week, with the weather service predicting an 80 percent chance of snow showers each day through Thursday night.


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November snowfall already in top 10 for Fairbanks, Alaska winters; interior 6 inches above average

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It's been a snowy winter so far in the Interior, and this month already ranks in Fairbanks' top 10 snowiest Novembers... with a week still to go.

This November's snowfall in the Interior is currently sitting at 29.3 inches - six inches above the average of 23.3 by this date.

According to meteorologist, Melissa Kreller, at the National Weather Service, November of last year saw only about 4.4 inches of snow.

Kreller says the interior's snowfall this year is ranked at 8th place.

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One meter of snow falls in Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan

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The syrt zone of Jeti-Oguz district of Issyk-Kul region is covered with snow of 50 cm — 1 meter thick, Turmush reports.

According to chief of the road operator #3 Mukhamedkalyi uulu Kubanychbek, the length of the road from the district center to Ak-Shyirak valley is 295 km.

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Popocatepetal erupts, 3200 Phaethon flyby, antimatter riddle solved

A giant 3-mile (5 km) wide asteroid named 3200 Phaethon
Record-breaking B.C. weather the latest in a series of extreme events.


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An update: Sunspots a la Cyclic Catastrophism

Sunspot Cycles
© NAOJ/Nagoya University/JAXAFig. 1 Fifty years of constant Sun observation.
This post is a response to "Variation of the Solar Microwave Spectrum in the Last Half Century", Masumi Shimojo et al. Astrophysical Journal, Volume 848, Number 1.

The abstract states:
"... we found that the microwave spectra at the solar minima of Cycles 20-24 agree with each other. These results show that the average atmospheric structure above the upper chromosphere in the quiet-Sun has not varied for half a century, and suggest that the energy input for atmospheric heating from the sub-photosphere to the corona have not changed in the quiet-Sun despite significantly differing strengths of magnetic activity in the last five solar cycles."
See Figure 1 above.