Rainfall, Snow, and Cold Records around the World

[kenl01]

...HEAVY RAINS FELL ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...  AUG 14 2008


THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OBSERVED UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTALS THAT WERE RECORDED FROM VARIOUS OBSERVATION PLATFORMS FROM ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

...SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
ISLE OF PALMS............ 6.04
MOUNT PLEASANT........... 5.96
SULLIVANS ISLAND......... 4.96
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...... 3.85
WITHERBEE................ 3.09
MCCLELLANVILLE........... 3.01
HUGER.................... 2.97
EDISTO BEACH............. 2.35

...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
REIDSVILLE............... 2.31
METTER................... 2.03

...COCORAHS OBSERVATIONS...
SC-CR-37/1.9 WSW FOLLY BEACH......... 6.06
SC-CR-16/2.5 SW MOUNT PLEASANT....... 5.49
SC-CR-15/7.9 NNE MOUNT PLEASANT...... 4.17
SC-CR-13/4.6 SSE CHARLESTON.......... 3.94
SC-CR-31/5.7 NE MOUNT PLEASANT....... 3.94
SC-CR-26/4.1 NE MOUNT PLEASANT....... 3.93
SC-CR-02/1.6 WSW MOUNT PLEASANT...... 3.87
SC-CR-10/0.2 ESE MCCLELLANVILLE...... 2.84
SC-CR-33/0.5 ESE MCCLELLANVILLE...... 2.82
SC-CR-23/9.0 SE JOHNS ISLAND......... 2.68
GA-CT-20/2.6 NE SAVANNAH............. 2.21
GA-CT-03/3.9 SSW SAVANNAH............ 2.19
GA-CT-02/2.3 S SKIDAWAY ISLAND....... 2.06
GA-CT-15/2.7 SW VERNONBURG........... 2.05
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/chs/text/PNSCHS_08142008.txt

[kenl01]

British climber dies in Alps snowstorm

17 Aug 08 - A British pensioner and the Dutch guide he was hiking with have frozen to death in the Italian Alps after being caught in a violent snowstorm.

The bodies of the two men were found yesterday by a guide, partially covered by snow, at 4,000m on Monte Rosa in the Valle D'Aosta region where high wind had pushed temperatures down below minus 10C overnight.

See entire article by Tom Kington:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/17/italy.climbingholidays

[kenl01]

Arctic ice INCREASES by nearly a half million square miles
over same time period in 2007

18 Jul 08 - Excerpt: the latest information on Arctic ice conditions is just in from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Arctic sea ice extent on July 16 stood at 8.91 million square kilometers (3.44 square miles). While extent was below the 1979 to 2000 average of 9.91 square kilometers (3.83 million square miles), it was 1.05 million square kilometers (0.41 million square miles) above the value for July 16, 2007...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/07/18/will-msm-report-2008-arctic-ice-increase

[Matthew]

Here is a reply I made to global warmers at storm2k


There is no La nina at this moment.

I believe what is keeping us "cooler" by .1, maybe .15c is the solar min. This is the deepest solar min since the 1950s, and if it can last intil the end of this year like it currently is. I think this should become a issue, since we know that the little ice age, and many of the other cool periods of the last 10,000 years where mostly caused by these. Yes, Volcano's also had a part in many a short term cool down, but if you look at history of the large(10-200 year periods+) cool periods you see a solar min on each one.

I think co2 can cause warming of course, but the sun has more power; I'm talking about output, if you cut the out put from 100% of todays to lets say 98%, then you have not as much energy getting to earth. In earth cools.. I think 2009 will be just as cool even with out la nina because of this. Heck we could get a weak El nino and I would not expect to be much warmer if the solar min keeps up. If I'm right we should be thanking god for the warming agents we are putting into our Atmosphere. You likley think I'm nuts for saying that, but remember the 1940s and 1950s we had less then 3 billion +- people on this planet, while today we have nearly 7 billion. We need every inch of land to feed us and provide homes to live in. We can't afford even .5c cool down. If that happen war and pain would spread aorund the world.

It also took intil 1803 to make a billion people on this planet. During the little ice age from 1350-1750 +- we had between 500,000,000 to 800,000,000 people on this planet. This was a normal way of life and virus could not be stopped. So yes that is why I say I pray to god for warming.

One more thing you might not be thinking about; we by the middle of this century, are going to "grow" to 9.5 billion on earth. That means we need more growable land to feed us, so a warmer earth is needed. So another .5c would be needed, at least I believe.

[rainstorm]

i hope  it is warmer. i hate cold weather.

[kenl01]

Yeaugh I personally would never go to those people on Storm2K, except for some of the opinions from meteorologists when there's a hurricane.

Otherwise I just cannot stand any of them and I would never post there again.  I used to post there years ago but never again.

Ken

[kenl01]

Britain: Wettest August in 100 years

20 Aug 08 - Britain could be heading for it wettest August in a century as forecasters predicted more heavy rain tomorrow.

Across Britain, 95.5mm of rain has fallen so far this month, as of last Sunday. It may seem a long way off the wettest ever – 166.3mm in August 1917 – but there has been a considerable amount of rain since then. With forecasters warning of more to come, we could be heading for one of our worst summers on record.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/20/weather1?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

[kenl01]

Toronto's rainiest summer in 70 years  11 Aug 08 -

 “Around 3 p.m. Saturday, the record for June 1-Aug. 31
rainfall – 335.9 mm set in 1986 – was broken. But it didn't stop there.

11 Aug 08 - "We'll remember this summer not as the summer from hell, but of disappointment," said David Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment Canada.

"People are feeling that it doesn't matter if they save money on air conditioning or that they're healthier because there's no smog. It's just too wet and stormy."

“As of midnight on Saturday, 354.2 mm of rain had been recorded at Pearson International Airport from June 1 to Aug. 9.

"Every day we get rain we're just going to continue to break the previous record until Aug. 31," Phillips said.

“It's also already the wettest January-to-August period recorded at Pearson in 70 years, with 705 mm of precipitation. The next closest is 679.3 mm in 1945.”

http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/torontos-rainiest-summer-70-years

“Meteorologists believe the colder than normal winter last year and this years record cold summer in Alaska and other parts of the world has a lot to do with La Nina,” says Thomas. “I am more convinced that solar activity has a much greater impact on the earth's climate. Since January sunspot activity has dwindled    to levels far less than over the same time period last year. July had   a total of 23 and on Aug, 21 there were 11, which was the first time in over a month! It will be interesting to see how the global  temps will react over the coming months. Any further cooling will surely have a dramatic impact. I anticipate the coming months and winter in the northern hemisphere will set all kinds of new records for temps and precipitation !”    (Thomas)

Plus the fact that the interglacial period is coming to an end along with the possible entry into another ice age makes more sense as for the reasons for many of the records of snow and temperatures seen last winter across the world. 



Heavy Rain in Texas Thursday, August 21, 2008
The storm system that brought days of heavy rain to Texas finally lifted north Thursday; however, portions of eastern Texas may see more heavy rain Friday.   
Collin County, north of Dallas, reported up to nine inches of rain since heavy thunderstorms started nearly a week ago. Many cities Thursday continued to report substantial rain; however, the heavy rainfall was not as widespread.
Most of Texas will stay dry Friday, but areas along the coast and eastern areas could see thunderstorms that produce a couple of inches of rain. Daytime heating and a good flow of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will be the ingredients needed for these thunderstorms to develop.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news-regional.asp?region=southwestusnews

[kenl01]

Snow in the summer in Austria 23 August 08 -

This article, “Sneeuw in de zomer in Oostenrijk,” came from a Dutch news site. Translated it says:

“Many tourists in Austria were surprised on Saturday by wintry snowshowers.

The snow came exceptionally early this year, according to the Austrian press agency APA.

“On the mountain road from Salzburg to Kärnten over the Grossglockner-mountain, snowfall was so heavy that only cars with snow tyres could continue.

Several cars got stuck in the snow.”

http://www.nu.nl/news/1713656/21/Sneeuw_in_de_zomer_in_Oostenrijk.html

[kenl01]

Record low high temperatures

Springfield, MO - breaks old record low high temperature of 79 set in 1936
Joplin, MO  - breaks old record low high temperature of 76 set in 1952
Vicky-Rolla, MO - breaks old record low high temperature of 75 set in 1900
West Plains, MO - ties the record low high temperature of 72 set in 1995.

http://www.wunderground.com/US/MO/Springfield.html#REC

[kenl01]

Potato blight threatens crops in Northern Maine

15 Aug 08 - Potato growers in Aroostook County have dealt with record snowfall, flooding, above average summer rainfall and now their crops are being threatened by potato late blight.

Officials with the Maine Potato Board say that excess rainfall is creating ideal conditions for the late blight to form.

Late blight is a spore-based disease that attacks the foliage of vegetable plants and can quickly spread into the ground. It thrives in moist conditions.

Farmers said it has rained 9 of the last 13 days in Aroostook County.

Flooding is also a problem. Crop specialist Jim Dwyer said in many cases potatoes are drowning in the fields before they can be harvested.

http://webmaila.juno.com/webmail/new/21?folder=Inbox&msgNum=0000jEk0:0018dUnd00002JgE&count=1219263718&attachId=2

[kenl01]

August frost hits Minnesota and Wisconsin - 24 Aug 08 –

You probably hoped you wouldn't hear this kind of news for another four months.

The National Weather Service says areas of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin could see patchy frost this weekend. - patchy frost in August. Temperatures could dip into the low to mid-30s late tonight into early Monday.

In the Milwaukee area, today's forecast calls for a high of 75 today and a low tonight of 54.

http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=8/24/2008&id=45208

[kenl01]

Probability 94% for imminent global cooling

20 Aug 07 - Australian engineer Dr. Peter Harris authored a paper entitled "Probability of Sudden Global Cooling." The data clearly shows, said Harris, that the nominal 100KY cycle for glaciation and the interglacial phases have reached the end of the typical interglacial cycle and are due for a sudden cooling climate change.

http://icecap.us/images/uploads/Probability_of_Sudden_Global_Cooling.pdf
 & http://icecap.us/images/uploads/ANURGENTSIGNALFORTHECOMINGICEAGE.pdf

 

[Matthew]

Probability 94% for imminent global cooling

20 Aug 07 - Australian engineer Dr. Peter Harris authored a paper entitled "Probability of Sudden Global Cooling." The data clearly shows, said Harris, that the nominal 100KY cycle for glaciation and the interglacial phases have reached the end of the typical interglacial cycle and are due for a sudden cooling climate change.

http://icecap.us/images/uploads/Probability_of_Sudden_Global_Cooling.pdf
 & http://icecap.us/images/uploads/ANURGENTSIGNALFORTHECOMINGICEAGE.pdf



 

I say bring it on, it must come before the liberals force us into their global warming BS. I hope it drops fast to save us.

[kenl01]

Heavy Rain Soaks China  Saturday, August 30, 2008

A slow-moving front triggered heavy rainfall over portions of China. Rainfall in Zhongxiang, Hubei Province, totaled more than 10 inches between Thursday and Friday, while the city of Jiangling recorded more than six inches of rainfall during this time. Sangzhi, Hunan Province, picked up 6.52 inches of rainfall on Friday alone. The heavy rain will cause further damage to the already beleaguered grain crop. According to China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, 4.65 million hectares of cropland have been spoiled by floods.

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news-regional.asp?region=worldnews