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what's the deal with CLT? UHI?

That feeds into the skepticism. Quick to label an extreme weather event as a result of AGW. Take the NYC record of straight 90 degree days from August 24th to Sept 4th 1953. That is an astonishing record for the area - and - time of year. If that record TIED today, I have a feeling the science community will be quick to label it as a result of AGW.

95/64 here. summatime

81/74- overcast here with thunderstorms missing me in every direction

My personal opinion is that there are forces at work from both sides of the coin. AGW doing it's thing on warming (3.7 w/m² for doubling of CO2) but the "sun" and "GSM" doing it's thing on trying to cool the planet (decrease TSI (very minor), cosmic rays and the relationship to cloud cover and rain and increased volcanic activity). Question is though, by how much? If there was no AGW warming at all, what would the average global temperature be at this point in time? On the flip side, whatever the issue is, we still have to shy away from fossil fuels. For the simple reasons of pollution and dependency. Even if AWG did not exist, fossil fuels will run out and that in itself would be catastrophic if we do not start our process of going to renewable energy sources now.

I think that is it. I noticed once it is dry for few days and especially if it is windy, the DP seems to match up with the airport obs

so according to the data, the first reported Tornado in NYC is 1985? So no tornadoes were ever reported in NYC prior to 1985? I find that hard to believe.

actually - i figured it out - thanks again!

Thanks- that page is super confusing but haven't been able to locate the exact page to look it up. If you don't mind-i do appreciate it

Hi All- can anyone present a link in NYC tornado trends in the last 50-100 years? I'm debating with someone who claims NYC never had tornadoes until recently (which I know is not true) but it is hard to find data out there.

Greenland was very close to be entirely above freezing - wonder if that's ever happened before (in modern times)

I guess I'll consider myself lucky for the 6" in December

crazy-

I just moved down here from Suffolk County. I was there for the 11/15 event and am most prepared with all of the big snows NY has received over the past 10 years.

Professor Valentina Zharkova recently gave a presentation and suggested at the worst of the GSM, the forcing loss could be as low as - 8.0 W/m2.

December 1989 was just so phenomenally cold- I always think about how cold December 2010 was- but then I go look back at these records from 12/1989 GHCND_USW00004781_1989-12-1.pdf

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