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Reply #210 - Jan 13th, 2019 at 11:54pm
 
Captain Nemo wrote on Jan 13th, 2019 at 11:28pm:
Is getting warmer.


Since 1880? When the SH temperature series was formulated from ONE site in Indonesia. That must have really small error bars. One site in the tropics was representative of the whole SH? Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #211 - Jan 13th, 2019 at 11:56pm
 
Like I said before ...

It's a question of Global Average.

It's not identical in all spots.

The fact is: the Average Global Temperature is rising.

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Reply #212 - Jan 14th, 2019 at 12:15am
 
Captain Nemo wrote on Jan 13th, 2019 at 11:56pm:
Like I said before ...

It's a question of Global Average.

It's not identical in all spots.



Yes petal. And how do you get a true global average if the entire earth is not covered? Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #213 - Feb 1st, 2019 at 9:59am
 
Meanwhile ... back at the reality of AGW ...


January was Australia's hottest month since records began


Bureau of Meteorologist says global warming contributed to soaring temperatures


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January was Australia’s hottest month on record, the Bureau of Meteorology has said.

The mean temperature last month, averaged across the country, exceeded 30C for the first time for any month.


A senior climatologist at the bureau, Andrew Watkins, said January’s heat was unprecedented. “We saw heatwave conditions affect large parts of the country through most of the month, with records broken for both duration and also individual daily extremes,” he said on Thursday.


A high-pressure system in the Tasman Sea that blocked cold fronts and cooler air from reaching the country’s south, and a delayed monsoon in the north, contributed to the heatwave.

“The warming trend which has seen Australian temperatures increase by more than 1C in the last 100 years also contributed to the unusually warm conditions,” Watkins said.

New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and the Northern Territory all had their warmest January on record.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/01/january-named-as-australi...
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Reply #214 - Feb 1st, 2019 at 5:46pm
 
ooh weather. Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin

And haven't got to that "deep purple" colour introduced in 2013.

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http://econews.com.au/24495/heat-wave-makes-bom-see-purple/
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Reply #215 - Feb 1st, 2019 at 7:57pm
 
So the extra hot weather affected mostly those areas where no one lives?
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Reply #216 - Feb 2nd, 2019 at 10:55am
 
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Australia's extreme heat is sign of things to come, scientists warn


Hottest month ever shows temperatures rising faster than predicted, say climate experts


Australia sweltered through the hottest month in its history in January, spurring mass deaths of fish, fire warnings and concerns among climate scientists that extreme heat is hitting faster and harder than anticipated.

For the first time since records began, the country’s mean temperature in January exceeded 30C (86F), according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), which said daily extremes – in some places just short of 50C – were unprecedented.


“There’s been so many records it’s really hard to count,” said Andrew Watkins, a senior climatologist at BoM, after January registered Australia’s warmest month for mean, maximum and minimum temperatures.

This followed the country’s warmest December on record, with heatwaves in every Australian state and territory. With colour-coded heat maps of the country resembling blazing red furnaces for much of the month, the authorities have recently issued a special report on the extraordinary heat.


Climate change is the long-term driver. “The warming trend which has seen Australian temperatures increase by more than 1C in the last 100 years also contributed to the unusually warm conditions,” Watkins said.


The bureau’s monthly report said the heatwaves were unprecedented in their scale and duration. The highest temperatures of the month were recorded in Augusta on the south-west coast, where thermometers registered 49.5C , but the most relentless heat was in Birdsville, Queensland, which endured 10 consecutive days above 45C.

Tasmania, where emergency services have been battling bushfires throughout the past month, had its driest ever January. Watkins said Borrona Downs in north-west New South Wales broke the record for hottest minimum temperature, registering one night at 36.6C. This has a major impact on ecosystems that have not been able to cool down during the night as is normally the case.

This was compounded by drought. Large parts of Australia received only 20% of their normal rainfall, particularly throughout the south-east in Victoria and parts of NSW and South Australia.

Menindee in far-west NSW had four days in a row of temperatures above 47C. This was the site of December and January’s mass fish kills on the Darling River. Hundreds of thousands of native fish, including Murray cod, golden perch and bony bream, died around the Menindee weir. The authorities blamed “thermal stratification” as sudden shifts in temperature – first hot, then cold – caused algae blooms and choked the water of oxygen.

After the most recent fish die-off on 27 January, the Labor leader, Bill Shorten, said the Murray-Darling was “facing the makings of an ecological disaster”. He said: “This is not standard, this is not normal. This is a disaster.”

In parts of western Queensland and western NSW, there have been long strings of more than 40 days of temperatures above 40C.

Cloncurry had 43 days in a row that exceeded 40C. Birdsville had 16 days in January of temperatures higher than 45C including 10 days in a row.

NSW, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and the Northern Territory all had their warmest January on record.

The meteorological agency has warned that temperatures are set to rise further in the years ahead as a result of climate change. In its report last month, it said warming was contributing to a long-term increase in the frequency of extreme heat, fire weather and drought.


“Australia is already experiencing climate change now and there are impacts being experienced or felt across many communities and across many sectors,” said Helen Cleugh, the director of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, which collaborated on the report.

The study, which is updated every two years, found that Australia’s fire seasons have lengthened – in places by months – and become more severe. From April to October, there has been a broad shift to more arid conditions in south-eastern and south-western Australia. Sea levels have already risen by 20cm and ocean temperatures are up by 1C, which is causing acidification – 10 times faster than at any time in 300m years – which has damaged the corals of the Great Barrier Reef.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/01/australia-extreme-heat-si...
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Reply #217 - Feb 2nd, 2019 at 4:34pm
 
OH look. Highest on Record colourings for places with no weather station.

Mark me down as a believer. Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #218 - Feb 2nd, 2019 at 7:36pm
 
Lets see should I believe the worlds science and the CSIRO or Lee ???

May have to sleep on it.
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Reply #219 - Feb 2nd, 2019 at 8:35pm
 
Dnarever wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 7:36pm:
Lets see should I believe the worlds science and the CSIRO or Lee ???

May have to sleep on it.


Oh good comeback. Absolutely demolished what I said. Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #220 - Feb 2nd, 2019 at 9:42pm
 
Yep, sure did.  Cool
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Reply #221 - Feb 2nd, 2019 at 10:16pm
 
Captain Nemo wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 9:42pm:
Yep, sure did.



Showed up your lack of intellect; didn't he? Wink
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Reply #222 - Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:48pm
 
More extreme weather events more frequently:

Queensland floods: Townsville reels under record water levels as more rain arrives


There are several more days to go in this flood event, Bureau of Meteorology warns


Queensland authorities have said the state’s north was entering “unprecedented territory” as monsoon rains battered the city of Townsville, setting record flood levels and destroying homes.


As the natural disaster entered its four day, the state emergency service confirmed on Saturday that 80 people had been rescued. It was too early to quantify the damage to homes, although some media reports said at least 50 homes had been affected so far.

“We have not been in this scenario before,” said the premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk. “There has been a lot of rain that has been falling, especially over the Townsville catchment, and some of these levels are unprecedented.

“It is very important that you listen to the local authorities today.”

The worst of the conditions were expected over the next two days, and authorities described the next 48 hours as “crucial”. On Friday, Palaszczuk had described the incoming monsoon as a “once in a 100-year” event and Townsville was declared a disaster zone.

Authorities said it was crucial that residents listened to emergency measures, did not drive through floodwaters and paid urged heed to warnings about moving to higher ground.

“From Mackay north and west, there is going to be flooding so for the broader community, please, if it’s flooded, just forget it,” the state’s disaster coordinator, Bob Gee, said on Saturday.

Between 100mm and 300mm of rain was expected within the next 24 hours and the town’s seven-day rainfall record was also likely to be toppled.

“Townsville is currently seeing a record flood height of the Ackland Weir,” Gee said. “Earlier this morning it was a height of 2.36m but we can expect that, with forecast rainfall, to reach up to 2.9m over the weekend at some stage.”


A Bureau of Meteorology spokesman said the areas at risk over the next few days included Herbert and Lower Burdekin.

“We expect the peak in the rainfall to recur again tonight and continuing into next week,” he said. “There’s several more days to go in this flood event.”

An emergency alert flood message was in place for residents in areas adjacent to the Bohle River, Saunders Creek and Stoney Creek, and for the suburbs of Deeragun, Jensen and Burdell.

Schools and businesses in Townsville were to remain shut and thousands of residents had been evacuated to higher ground, AAP reported.

Homes and businesses have been destroyed as flash floods washed through streets, sweeping away cars, equipment and livestock.

Landslips destabilised an apartment complex, blocked roads and caused homes to be evacuated. As of Saturday morning, 100 homes were at risk from the bulging Ross River dam, which was at 185% of capacity late on Friday.

Soldiers were mobilised to help sand-bag vulnerable properties as authorities went door to door telling people they should leave at-risk homes.

The worsening flood conditions in north Queensland come as fire services in Tasmania battle blazes that have destroyed wilderness areas in the pristine island state. Palaszczuk acknowledged that the heavy rainfall had been better news for drought-affected parts of Queensland, west of Townsville.

Flood warnings remained in place for the following catchments: Mulgrave, Russell, Tully, Murray, Herbert, Ross, Bohle, Haughton, Burdekin, Don, Isaac, Leichhardt, Nicholson, Gregory, Flinders, Cloncurry and Diamantina Rivers.

Further north, coastal communities on the Gulf of Carpentaria had been told to prepare for the highest tides of the year as the monsoon trough whipped up gale force winds.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/02/queensland-floods-townsvi...
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Reply #223 - Feb 3rd, 2019 at 1:00pm
 
Captain Nemo wrote on Feb 2nd, 2019 at 11:48pm:
More extreme weather events more frequently:



Which Queensland Authorities? Palaszczuk? What degrees in weather/climate does she hold?

Gee? A disaster co-ordinator?

Townsville flooding has occurred since at least 1921.

http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/fld_history/floodsum_1920.shtml

Anybody got any data on Ackland Weir? When it was built etc? Just to know how long it was a record.

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Reply #224 - Feb 3rd, 2019 at 1:02pm
 
The caravan moves on, leaving Lee wailing in the distance.  Wink
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