Nice warm day?


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New Delhi recorded its highest temperature ever measured on Wednesday — 126 degrees Fahrenheit, or 52.3 degrees Celsius —

Ouch!


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In New Delhi, where walking out of the house felt like walking into an oven, officials feared that the electricity grid was being overwhelmed and that the city’s water supply might need rationing. The past 12 months have been the planet’s hottest ever recorded, and cities like Miami are experiencing extreme heat even before the arrival of summer. Scientists said this week that the average person on Earth had experienced 26 more days of abnormally high temperatures in the past year than would have been the case without human-induced climate change.

India is not alone. Note that there is no El Nino boosting temperatures. This is AGW.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/world/asia/india-delhi-hottest-day-ever.html

The second highest temperature New Dehli has ever had was about 47°C. 52°C is the result of prolonged heating after an El Nino event saw no moisture to bring rain. But, it is coming soon, according to the Indian Bureau of Meteorology.

I would say that 52°C is a one off for New Dehli.

It is 50+ all over northern India/Pakistan.

Imagine 52.5°C +plius hmidity!

This acceleration of AGW is going to see Thwaites glacier or part of it slide into the sea earlier than estimated. Glad I live at over 200m above sea level!

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2024 at 11:49am:

It is 50+ all over northern India/Pakistan. Imagine 52.5°C +plius hmidity!

It was not humid. It was really dry weather. That was what accounted for the heating of the region moreso than usual. Humid weather is coming up for New Dehli and it is forecasted for a big downpour of rain.

I know it was a dry heat.

Hope they get a bloody good deluge all over North Indioa/Paki!

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2024 at 11:50am:

This acceleration of AGW is going to see Thwaites glacier or part of it slide into the sea earlier than estimated. Glad I live at over 200m above sea level!

The Thwaites glacier is well south and east of India or Pakistan to be not affected by heatwaves. In fact, my intermediate understanding of Antarctic glaciers would tell me that the glacier is currently in a state of expansion, and probably would have accelerated expansion because of the heatwave in India. Hot weather there in India would mean colder weather in Antarctica.

My personal take on this heatwave will be that when this rain (with that that cloud band coming in from WA) moves off, we shall see some dry, cold weather event, by this time next week. It is already forecast that tomorrow and Tuesday will be single digit minimums in my region of the country. Probably even colder the following week.

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 2^nd, 2024 at 12:55pm:

I know it was a dry heat. Hope they get a bloody good deluge all over North Indioa/Paki!

When I was 11 years old, I was with my family on the beach at a work picnic. The weather there must have been in the high 30s. It was modest humidity. But, it was an unbearable weather that was only mitigated by a sea breeze. We got back to town and found that the place had just had its hottest day on record. But it was bone dry. This weather event was preceded by dry weather leading up to the hot day.

I did not mean the Indian etc heat wave would affect the Antarctic.

I meant purely the acceleration of AGW would see Thwaites or the eastern part of it initially slide into the sea earlier than estimated. The eastern part of the ice shelf holding back the Thwaites is fracturing etc a lot.

The Southern Ocean is the fastest warming ocean basin.

The Southern Ocean may well be warming more than other areas. But, I bet that right now, the Southern Ocean is currently freezing very close to the coast. If places like California get heat waves, it usually means that my town is in for a cold weather event.  There was an explanation for this somewhere online, but I have not been able to find it for a while.

We are seeing an above-average temperature forecasted for this winter. But that is because there is above-average rainfall predicted for much of Australia over the next few months. That does not mean that we are experiencing global warming. It does mean that there is a chance of La Nina developing.

A La Nina does seem to be developing.

More UHI  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



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Scott Duncan@ScottDuncanWX·13h Record heatwave unfolding in the Middle East. Iraq 🇮🇶 records its first 50°C (122°F) in the month of May and Kuwait 🇰🇼 breaks its May national record with 50.6°C (123°F).

Even more UHI  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D



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Thierry Goose@ThierryGooseBC 🔥Historic #heat in the Middle East! 🥵 🌡️50.8°C Omidieh, #Iran 🇮🇷 🌡️50.6°C Jahra, #Kuwait 🇰🇼 ➡️ New May national record, beating 50.4°C (2009 & 2011) 🌡️50.0°C Basra, #Iraq 🇮🇶 ➡️ New May national record, beating 49.7°C (2009) 🌡️50.0°C Jacobabad, #Pakistan 🇵🇰, 8th Tx > 50°C!

Oh no, UHI all over the place!

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Extreme Temperatures Around The World @extremetemps 🌡️HISTORIC MIDDLE EAST HEAT:51C IN IRAN AND HOTTEST MAY DAY IN IRAQ AND KUWAIT IRAN 51.0 Shabankareh 50.8 Omidieh 50.7 Gotvand 50.4 Agayakan 50.0 Minab 49.2 Ahwaz 48.4 Dezful 38.5 Esfahan 38.4 Meyaneh IRAQ 50.0 Bassora AP 48.9 Nassirya 48.7 Fao 47.8 Amarah KUWAIT 50.6 Jahra

I have personally spoken to an Iraqi national. He said that if the summer days don't top 40°C, then it is a mild summer day. Same for Kuwait -- even though I did not get that type of quote from a Kuwaiti national.

This is late spring and 50+°C, bit different.

It was late spring when my town recorded its hottest temperature. What is the difference?

Some years ago, I woke up on an August late morning to a hot day. It was cool in the morning. But it was at least 30°C by near lunchtime. It got to a top of 35°C for that August day. I had only just experienced the dying days of winter a week before that.

Summer temperatures over a wide area in spring? You can’t see that has implications?

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 4^th, 2024 at 5:27pm:

Summer temperatures over a wide area in spring? You can’t see that has implications?

I have the experience of living in a region where winter temperatures can vary if the high pressure or low pressure systems drive northwest or northerly winds from the tropics or desert region, during the rare events. That does not mean that we are undergoing a considerable climactic shift. Just a rare weather event.