tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post4648381146947613834..comments2024-03-18T22:50:29.792-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: American Versus European Models and Irma's Big TurnCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-35588234141049692422017-09-11T09:27:26.627-07:002017-09-11T09:27:26.627-07:00No need to worry. I hear the deer are bunching up
...<i>No need to worry. I hear the deer are bunching up</i><br /><br />More reliable than your cult, whose predictions have failed to come true. But Seattle "progressives," having abandoned traditional religion, bitterly cling to their new one and demand that everyone else pay tribute.Placeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967627809480888708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-17558083119659160382017-09-11T03:13:31.470-07:002017-09-11T03:13:31.470-07:00Perhaps the hurricane models would be better if so...Perhaps the hurricane models would be better if so much money had not been put into the so-called Climate Change models which have a record of awful predictions. The Climate Change models put in bad and inconsistent physics and then expect to be taken seriously. As an example, NASA on the same web page says that the atmosphere absorbs 29% of the thermal longwave infrared radiation emitted by the surface of the Earth in one diagram and 90% is absorbed according to another diagram on the same page! What settled science that is. One diagram is plausibly based on science and actual measurements holding an energy supply rate of 58% of the energy rate supplied by the sun, while the other says the atmosphere holds energy at 158% of the energy supply rate from the sun. Consistency is not for a faith-based viewpoint on the physics of the atmosphere and the Earth's climate as held by the advocates of catastrophic man-made global warming.Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09610765984333672076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-73885372710266179042017-09-10T14:15:02.243-07:002017-09-10T14:15:02.243-07:00No need to worry. I hear the deer are bunching up...No need to worry. I hear the deer are bunching upBruce Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11070247298371179095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-86434725855975392652017-09-10T09:26:12.238-07:002017-09-10T09:26:12.238-07:00Exactly. Those that link every storm to climate ch...Exactly. Those that link every storm to climate change are misinformed and only hurt the climate change advocates credibility. Many times its political with left leaning politicans talking about sonething they know nothing about often with the sensationalist media giving them a platform in the form of front page news. The scientific community also has to do a better job on distinguishing which catostrophic storm/ climate events are caused by normal natural variability and non human based climate change and which ones are specifically caused by anthropogenic climate change. We all know the Earths climate always changes and often to extremes from the tropical planet of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum to the many ice ages that almost covered the entire planet with ice.The answer that I think is still rather unclear is that what type of climate and weather events are specifically a result of anthropogenic climate change. You cannot just say that every strong hurricane or changing climate event (for example the blob) is the fault of anthropogenic climate change without proper scientific research into that specific event. AnneScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468671295352184752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-9657095483028211272017-09-09T10:22:31.676-07:002017-09-09T10:22:31.676-07:00https://youtu.be/lku33_7_iI4https://youtu.be/lku33_7_iI4Qwertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00429690391444840673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-17434721990806208812017-09-08T19:20:06.415-07:002017-09-08T19:20:06.415-07:00What is abundantly clear is how important modeling...What is abundantly clear is how important modeling is. The downside (of not having spent $$ on the latest computers and modeling ... and... of course the jury is still out... but it seems the European model seems closer to the expected path) is if Irma continues to move further West, the NEXT time we have a similar hurricane, less will obey the mandatory evacuation orders, especially if the gas shortage causes deaths on the roads.<br />Aslo, to Cliff's repeated admonitions to those who link climate change to Irma ( as the mayor of Miami is doing now), we ( the "scientifically" minded) need to do a better job informing about climate change... what is and what is not.mdehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00235929313691325193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-86808777629033166042017-09-08T18:55:24.563-07:002017-09-08T18:55:24.563-07:00Remember when the Worldwide Church of Global Warmi...Remember when the Worldwide Church of Global Warming regularly issued pious warnings about the difference bewteen climate and weather? <br /><br />Not anymore. Now, every storm is proof of your religion. <br /><br />Folks, you had no principles or integrity then, and you don't now. Facts didn't matter then, and these days you just make up the numbers. And you actually wonder why you are greeted with overwhelming disbelief outside of the fever swamps of Seattle?Placeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967627809480888708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-82801205341624295442017-09-08T18:43:15.783-07:002017-09-08T18:43:15.783-07:00Meanwhile here in the Seattle area, fantastic weat...Meanwhile here in the Seattle area, fantastic weather! Clean air, cloudy, a little mist, 70F. Perfect!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-78978443956726749082017-09-08T11:46:45.867-07:002017-09-08T11:46:45.867-07:00Don, you interrupted PS. He was about to tell u...Don, you interrupted PS. He was about to tell us his memories pre WW2.Bruce Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11070247298371179095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-62793055729108201152017-09-08T11:02:37.785-07:002017-09-08T11:02:37.785-07:00what do you think about these unusually strong so...what do you think about these unusually strong solar flares happening now?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703307206575819541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-12851783437563873662017-09-08T10:13:13.358-07:002017-09-08T10:13:13.358-07:00Don, a better link to that cartoon is: https://xk...Don, a better link to that cartoon is: https://xkcd.com/1885/<br />This allows you to mouseover the cartoon and get the additional punch line.<br />Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260807460417787614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-22608248620620679992017-09-08T09:45:20.606-07:002017-09-08T09:45:20.606-07:00On another note, there's precious drops of aqu... On another note, there's precious drops of aqua coming out of the sky in Bellingham. The shrubs are thirsty, The ground is parched <br /> Let us rejoice for the fall rains have begun Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768003793767265278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-39141102930935377542017-09-08T09:39:43.564-07:002017-09-08T09:39:43.564-07:00http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/hurric...http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/hurricane-scientists-have-never-seen-an-image-like-this-before/ar-AArtxSw?ocid=sf<br /><br /><br />Curious about your thoughts on the last two paragraphs in this piece. It presents a rationale for the climate links being discussed in relation to current events. Gerry O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03103698431122356460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-59528755029062125062017-09-08T06:47:03.847-07:002017-09-08T06:47:03.847-07:00On a lighter note:
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/e...On a lighter note:<br /><br />https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ensemble_model.pngDonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11108864457874688399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-84016749106895268032017-09-08T06:34:19.256-07:002017-09-08T06:34:19.256-07:00Yes, it strengthened to 914mb, which puts it at th...Yes, it strengthened to 914mb, which puts it at the tail end of the top 10. And speaking of the top 10, there aren't any easily comparable measurements much before WW2. No need to worry, though: The global warming cult will invent numbers when they think they need to.Placeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967627809480888708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-35169151870121124482017-09-08T03:37:55.041-07:002017-09-08T03:37:55.041-07:00craiger77, satellite measurement of a hurricane...craiger77, satellite measurement of a hurricane's eyewall winds and central pressure are very much in the beta testing mode. Satellites do three things well:<br /><br />1. They give us a picture of the storm at a distance so that we can see largescale organization of the cyclone.<br />2. They tell us the temperature of the cloud tops which strongly correlates with altitude, and therefore the intensity of the thunderstorms.<br />3. They give us a direction and speed of travel.<br /><br />The reason that NOAA operates the not-inexpensive Hurricane Hunter fleet is to establish central pressure and maximum winds.herrbrahmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08308204686231352936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-39909462600139851872017-09-07T12:51:41.463-07:002017-09-07T12:51:41.463-07:00As usual Placeholder your statement is based on wr...As usual Placeholder your statement is based on wrong information. Irma had a pressure of 914 at midnight and before weakening slightly to 175 mph winds this morning it had sustained 185 winds for 37 hours, which is the longest stretch of any storm since we have been able to reliably measure wind speed with satellites. The next longest is typhoon Haiyan at 24 hours. By many measures this is one of the strongest hurricanes we have seen, especially in the Atlantic.craiger77https://www.blogger.com/profile/16644443415436554742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-51411571240448734202017-09-07T11:02:53.307-07:002017-09-07T11:02:53.307-07:00Place slipper - Low pressure won't kill you. ...Place slipper - Low pressure won't kill you. Destructive force will. As an example avalanche's are rated by destructive potential, not mass density.<br /><br />That is a good proper risk rating, as we can already see in itscwake of destructionBruce Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11070247298371179095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-37303493750058926882017-09-07T09:57:10.900-07:002017-09-07T09:57:10.900-07:00Clouds!Clouds!Quit yer whinin'!https://www.blogger.com/profile/11171062635053936642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-15718409530476826352017-09-07T09:16:33.574-07:002017-09-07T09:16:33.574-07:00Speaking of hype, meteorologists generally measure...Speaking of hype, meteorologists generally measure the strength of hurrucanes by their central pressure. Irma's is 927 millibars, which doesn't even put it within striking distance of the top 10.Placeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02967627809480888708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-43857905069459558172017-09-07T09:09:42.253-07:002017-09-07T09:09:42.253-07:00I was born in faulkton SD, the country town had a ...I was born in faulkton SD, the country town had a merry go round open to the public, they called it the carnival city, ;). <br />Except I was raised in a hutterite colony ten miles from town, ma and pa never let me ride as that was too "worldy" and unbecoming to this clan, at 16 I had enough of the cult and left for good. Now any merry go round picture sets me off. :))Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768003793767265278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-7500270995750879262017-09-07T08:20:35.167-07:002017-09-07T08:20:35.167-07:00Cliff, huge amounts of precipitation headed for Br...Cliff, huge amounts of precipitation headed for British Columbia this weekend. Can you please comment on the source?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07941159624194992943noreply@blogger.com