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Weather and climate experts from across the UK came together at the Met Office's HQ to discuss the recent run of unusual seasons in Europe.HT: Wattsupwiththat
Weather and climate experts from across the UK came together at the Met Office's HQ
It was arranged to include the best climatologists and meteorologists to gain better understanding of the ‘disappointing UK weather over recent years’.
Now, that the AGW debate with regard to the relationship between CO2 and temperature has been shown to be insignificant, I can only imagine the next course of action. Listening to Roger harbinger of doom on BBC Radio 4 this morning; weird weather, extremes this and that…blah blah!
I thought I would have a look and see how unusual (oops! disappointing) it has been for the last 14.5 years at a southern UK location.
Daily (24 hrs) maximum temperatures Slightly COOLER, oh dear there goes the CO2 driving temperature rise theory!
Daily (24hrs) average temperatures Slightly COOLER, so it’s lower maximum temperatures driving the average down! And still CO2 levels continue to rise.
There has been less hours of sunlight.
I know the comments have been a bit cynical and light hearted but honestly where is the gloom, the doom, the despondency and catastrophe in 14.5 years of perfectly normal very stable weather.
On a last note, I think we can all agree the Earth has been, at stages in its past history, covered or mostly covered in glacial ice. Most people will agree that global temperatures have been much higher than today, based on paleo-geology and archaeology. Well I suggest, in very simplistic terms, the difference between the two extremes of cold and hotter, is natural variation. Is climate change real? – isn’t the change between the wide divergence of natural variation, stating the obvious.
Finally from the Met Office:
There are a number of possible factors which could be 'loading the dice', including declining Arctic sea ice, solar variability, long-term ocean cycles, and other long-term cycles of natural variability.
"Six out of the last seven UK summers have seen above average rainfall (2010 is the exception, with average rainfall) and the workshop heard new evidence from the University of Reading suggesting that long-term Atlantic currents may be playing an important role.
These are understood to operate on cycles of a decade or more, which suggests that we may see their influence on our summers for a few more years to come.
Hmmmm......Europeans better invest in an 'All-Burner' for the coming Winters.Read the full storyhere.