Posted by Larry Hoover on March 24, 2008, at 17:48:05
In reply to So Many Weather Symtoms Hot and Cold in USA, posted by Phillipa on March 24, 2008, at 16:23:48
It's confusing sometimes. Global warming is about climate change, whereas we're talking about weather. Climate is weather averaged over a number of years. There's nothing saying you can't have episodes of cooler than average temperatures during an upward trend in climate. One prediction of global warming is greater atmospheric turbulence, which would include Arctic air making more southward incursions than a more settled atmosphere would produce. Winter tornadoes in Wisconsin and the February series across the south could be turbulence related.
Anyway, I awoke to a new blanket of snow this morning. More tomorrow. Four separate snow events forecast in the next seven days. I'm sure sick of winter. But, we never had the severe cold snaps that I'm accustomed to seeing, so the average temp this winter might actually be above average. But that's weather.
Lar
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