Weather Summary For The Month of May 2012(ALL TEMPS ARE IN CELSIUS)








May 2012
 summary












1METRE UNDER WIND
wind run sky sun SUN TEMPS
humidity
AIR PRESSURE FIRE heat Rainfall

 Night DAY A.V.G 24 UNDER direction speed in kms sky SHINE Grass sun min max TODAY TODAY gain in mm

 min max hour ground
km/h run
HOURS min Max

A.V.G
TODAY



air temp temp



125







Date







watt







1
3.7
10.9
7.3
14
 SOUTH
53.5
356
 P/C
3
1.4
29.3
44
82
1021.9
-1.6
0
2
-0.2
10.2
5.0
13.9
 sw
32.9
80
 cloudy
0
2.9
25.9
65
88
1030.2
-3.9
0.7
3
-0.5
13.8
6.7
13.9
 sw
32.9
100
 sunny
6
-1.4
33.9
61
89
1032
-2.3
0
4
2.4
15.8
9.1
13.8
 east
32.9
70
 p/c
4
0.4
31.4
61
90
1034.8
0.2
0
5
8.4
10.2
9.3
13.7
 east
31.3
120
 cloudy
0
7.0
15.0
83
92
1036.4
0.4
1.1
6
8.8
11.8
10.3
13.6
 ne
36.7
120
 cloudy
0
8.6
17.9
70
84
1033.2
1.4
0
7
2.6
14
8.3
13.5
 ne
36.6
90
 sunny
6
3.1
28.4
76
95
1019.8
-0.6
0
8
0.9
16.3
8.6
13.4
 sw
25.9
60
 cloudy
0
-1.5
26.1
60
95
1011.6
-0.3
0
9
6.0
11.4
8.7
13.3
 ne
20.2
70
 cloudy
0
5.4
25.9
83
96
1016.8
-0.2
0
10
6.9
10.9
8.9
13.3
 ne
13
50
 cloudy
0
8.0
20.9
78
100
1014
-0.0
2.6
11
3.6
10.1
6.9
13.2
 se
22.2
50
 cloudy
0
5.9
17.9
94
100
1011.7
-2.1
0.8
12
0.6
12
6.3
13.1
 east
23.7
100
 p/c
6
-1.2
21.9
79
99
1006.8
-2.6
0
13
5.9
18.5
12.2
13.1
 nw
31.3
80
 sunny
6
4.6
34.9
49
88
1000.7
3.3
0
14
8.6
16.4
12.5
13
 ne
27.6
200
 p/c
4
61.0
6.1
57
87
994.5
3.6
0
15
5.9
13.3
9.6
12.9
 sw
31.3
110
 p/c
4
5.6
35.1
66
91
987.6
0.7
1.9
16
2.0
9.1
5.6
12.9
 sw
5.2
250
 p/c
5
3.6
25.4
47
92
995.3
-3.4
1.5
17
2.0
14
8.0
12.9
 ne
20
80
 sunny
6
0.1
36.4
51
92
1001
-0.9
0

Over-all Monthly summary

....Bishopdale (Christchurch)


MONTH TODATE WEATHER SUMMARY (MAYr2012)




records or difference

 This month normal from normal
A.V.G NIGHT MIN AIR TEMP (C).........................
4.0
3.84
0.14
A.V.G DAY MAX AIR TEMP (C)...........................
12.9
14.08
-1.22
A.V.G MONTHS AIR TEMP (C).............................
8.4
8.94
-0.52
A.V.G air temp for year sofar=..............................
12.7
11.63
1.07
COLDEST NIGHT MIN TEMP (C).........................
-0.5
-4.70
4.20
WARMEST NIGHT MIN TEMP (C).......................
8.8
13.60
-4.80
COLDEST DAY MAX TEMP (C)...........................
9.1
4.00
5.10
WARMEST DAY MAX TEMP(C)...........................
18.5
27.00
-8.50
A.V.G MONTHLY AIR-SUN TEMP DIFF red says how much colder the air temp is to the temp in sunshine
-12.6
-17.30
4.73
Wamest sun temp this month.(c)
36.4
44.00
-7.60
Wamest 1mtre under ground temp this month(c)
14.0
15.00
-1.00
avg diff between air and ground temps red means air colder
-5.0
-4.00
-0.96
Coldeest 1mtre under ground temp this month(c)
12.9
12.50
0.40
A.V.G 1 METRE UNDER GROUND TEMP (C).........
13.4
13.14
0.24
A.V.G MAX TEMP TAKEN IN THE SUNLIGHT (C).
25.4
25.60
-0.16
a.v.g diff between avg sun temp & avg ground temp (red says how much cooler the ground is to the sun)
-12.05
-19.00
-6.95
sOLAR INDEX COMES RIGHT AT END OF MONTH>
1.31
4.30
-2.99
A.V.G DAILY SUNSHINE THIS MONTH SOFAR>
2.9
4.00
-1.06
LOWEST DAILY SUNSHINE HOURS THIS MONTH
0.0
0.00
0.00
HIGHEST DAILY SUNSHINE HOURS THIS MONTH
6.0
6.00
0.00
SUNSHINE HOURS..............................................
50.0
120.00
-70.00
Max wind gust......................................................
53.5
80.00
-26.50
Daily Lowest wind speed this month= km/h
5.2
12.00
-6.80
MAX A.V.G WIND SPEED (KM/H)........................
28.1
30.00
-1.93
Highest daily wind run this month>>>>>>>>>>>>km
356.0
220.00
136.00
LOWEST DAILY WIND RUN THIS MONTH>>>>>km
50.0
60.00
-10.00
A.V.G WIND RUN PER DAY THIS MONTH>>>>>km
116.8
148.00
-31.18
TOTAL WIND RUN (KM).......................................
1,986.0
2,000.00
-14.00
HIGHEST HUMIDITY READING THIS MONTH %
100.0
100.00
0.00
LOWEST HUMIDITY READING THIS MONTH>>>>>>%
44.0
25.00
19.00
A.V.G HUMIDITY (%)............................................
78.9
72.00
6.94
LOWEST AIR PRESSURE THIS MONTH daily A.V.G
987.6
981.00
6.60
HIGHEST AIR PRESSURE THIS MONTH SOFAR A.V.G
1,036.4
1,032.00
4.40
A.V.G AIRPRESURE............................................
1,014.6
1,013.90
0.71
RAINFALL (MM)...................................................
8.6
68.00
-59.40
NUMBER OF FROSTS THIS MONTH......................
2.0
4.00
-2.00

...............

 .................................................Yearly summary for 2012........................................................ .


YEARLY WEATHER SUMMARY


THIS YEARS AIR TEMPS AND INDEXS

Normal number of Air frosts in a year
35
 Number of frosts sofar this year
2
THE 1990-2009 AVG Air temp IS >>
11.65
 COLDEST NIGHT TEMP SOFAR THIS YEAR
-0.50
A.V.G air temp sofar this year comes right at the end of year
13.29
 WARMEST NIGHT TEMP SOFAR THIS YEAR
14.10
HOW MUCH WARMER(IN BLACK) OR COLDER(IN RED) are we for the year compared to the 1990-2009 a.v.g?.
1.64
 WARMEST DAY TEMP SOFAR THIS YEAR
27.80
A.V.G DAY TIME AIR TEMPS THIS YEAR
18.46
 COLDEST DAY TEMP SOFAR THIS YEAR
10.10
A.V.G NIGHTTIME AIR TEMPS THIS YEAR
8.12
 The A.V.G air temp for year using just the warmest day,coldest day, warmest night,coldest night,temps for year>
13.65
This is how much the avg air temp for the year has changed since 31 Jan 2012 ( red colder )
-2.38
The real air avg temp - the solar forcing>>
0.00
THIS YEARS SUN TEMPS AND INDEXS

Total Sunshine hours this year
728.0
 HIGHEST SUN TEMP FOR YEAR
53.80
HIGHEST DAILY SUNSHINE HOURS YEAR
13.00
 LOWEST SUN TEMP FOR YEAR
15.00
LOWEST DAiLY SUNSHINE HOURS YEAR
0.00
 AVG SUN TEMP FOR YEAR
35.57
A.V.G SUNSHINE HOURS PER DAY FOR YEAR ( come right at end of year
5.55
 LOWEST GRASS TEMP FOR YEAR
-1.50
A.V.G DIFF BETWEEN AVG SUN TEMP AND AVG MAX AIR TEMP IN C THIS YEAR.>>
-17.11
 max avg diff between sun temp and max air temp this year>>( blk says how much warmer the sun is)
17.11
Avg diff between AIR max a.v.g and 1METRE UNDER GROUND Avg temp this year (blk= says rhow much warmer the air is.
-1.88
 The yearly A.V.G air temp should be colder than normal if red by this amont>>
20.25
A.v.g Years Solar Index sofar
3.2

The Solar Terrestrial Activity Report
-1.14


1 METRE UNDER TEMPS AND INDEXS

WARMEST 1MTRE UNDER GROUND TEMP THIS YEAR>
16.20
 diff between air a.v.g and 1metre under ground a.v.g temps( red) means air colder then the ground>
-1.88
COLDEST 1MTRE UNDER GROUND TEMP THIS YEAR>
13.20

A.V.G 1MTRE UNDER GROUND TEMP THIS YEAR>
15.17






WIND SPEED AND INDEXS

Daily Highest wind RUN this YEAR= km/h
450.00
 Daily Lowest wind speed this YEAR= km/h
13.00
LOWEST DAILY WIND RUN THIS YEAR>>>>>km
20.00
 Daily Highest wind speed this YEAR= km/h
86.40
A.V.G WIND RUN PER DAY THIS YEAR>>>>>km
157.24
 DAILY A.V.G WIND SPEED SOFAR THIS YEAR>>>>
38.30
TOTAL WIND RUN THIS YEAR SOFAR>>>>>km
20,756.0






AIRPRESSURE AND INDEXS

LOWEST AIR PRESSURE THIS Year daily A.V.G
980.70
 A.V.G AIRPRESSUR THIS Year SOFAR>>>>>>>>>>>
1,015.0
HIGHEST AIR PRESSURE THIS Year SOFAR A.V.G
1,037.60
 AIRPRESSURE RAIN INDEX (RED MEANS MORE CHANCE OF RAIN)
2.99



YEARS RAINFALL

TOTAL RAINFALL THIS YEAR SOFAR IN MM
171.80
 TOTAL NARMAL RAINFALL THIS EACH YEAR >>>>>>>>>>>>MM
630.00
HOW MUCH ABOVE (BLACK)BELOW (RED) IN RAIN ARE WE THIS YEAR SOFAR MM
-458.20


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 ......................ONE METRE UNDER GROUND TEMPERATURE TODAY13.2cc
This is the temperature one metre under ground. This is a very good way of noting if their is any long term warming or cooling going on. The data are weekly readings. LOWEST ThAT I HAVE RECORDED IS = 8.6C 26TH August. 2011
HIGHTEST READING = 17.8C ON THE 28 JAN 2008
........................HISTORY
Year>.....2008......2009......2010....2011....2012

............. ................................JAN.................................................
WEEK 1 =16.3C.| =14.8C.| =15.2C.|=16.3c|15.3c|
WEEK 2 =17.1C.| =15.5C.| =15.1C.|=16.5c|15.5c|
WEEK 3 =17.5C.| =16.0C.| =14.7C.|=16.5c|15.9c|
WEEK 4 =17.8C.| =16.3C.| =14.7C.|=16.1c|16.0c|
................................FEB..............................................
WEEK 5 =17.6C.| =16.5C.| =15.5C.|=16.3c|15.9c|
WEEK 6 =17.7C.| =16.5C.| =15.8C.|=16.3c|15.6c|
WEEK 7 =17.6C.| =16.6C.| =15.7C.|=16.7c|15.5c|
WEEK 8 =17.0C.| =15.9C.| =15.9C.|=16.7c|15.5c|
| ................................MARCH..........................................
WEEK 9 =17.1C.| =15.7C.| =16.3C.|=16.5c|15.5c|
WEEK10=17.5C.| =15.5C.| =16.3C.|=16.2c|15.2c|
WEEK11=17.3C.| =15.7C.| =16.0C.|=15.9c|15.3c|
WEEK12=17.1C.| =15.5C.| =15.6C.|=15.5c|15.0c|
................................APRIL..........................................
WEEK13=17.1C.| =15.3C.| =15.5C.|=15.3c|15.2c|
WEEK14=17.0C.| =14.9C.| =15.3C.|=14.9c|15.1c|
WEEK15=16.5C.| =14.5C.| =14.7C.|=14.3c|15.0c|
WEEK16=16.0C.| =14.3C.| =14.6C.|=13.9c|14.6c|
WEEK17=15.5C.| =13.9C.| =14.3C.|=13.6c|14.2c|
................................MAY...............................................
WEEK18=15.0C.| =13.4C.| =13.8C.|=13.1c|13.8c|
WEEK19=14.5C.| =12.4C.| =13.3C.|=12.9c|13.2c|
WEEK20=13.9C.| =12.1C.| =13.2C.|=12.8c|
WEEK21=13.0C.| =11.5C.| =12.8C.|=12.5c|
................................JUNE.............................................
WEEK22=12.5C.| =10.4C.| =11.9C.|=12.1c|
WEEK23=11.9C.| =10.4C.| =11.5C.|=11.7c|
WEEK24=11.3C.| =09.7C.| =10.7C.|=11.3c|
WEEK25=10.9C.| =09.3C.| =10.3C.|=11.0c|
................................JULY..............................................
WEEK26=10.9C.| =09.2C.| =10.1C.|=10.5c|
WEEK27=10.3C.| =09.2C.| =09.9C.|=09.9c|
WEEK28=09.9C.| =09.2C.| =09.4C.|=09.6c|
WEEK29=09.7C.| =09.2C.| =09.4C.|=09.5c|
WEEK30=09.7C.| =09.2C.| =09.4c..|=09.1c|
................................AUGUST...........................................
WEEK31=09.7C.| =09.2C.| =09.5c.|=08.9c|
WEEK32=09.6C.| =09.2C.| =09.5c.|=08.9c|
WEEK33=09.6C.| =09.5C.| =09.5c.|=08.8c|
WEEK34=09.5C.| =09.9C.| =09.5c.|=08.6c|
................................SEPTEMEMER........................................
WEEK35=09.3C.| =10.6C.| =09.9C|=09.1c|
WEEK36=09.7C.| =10.7C.| =10.2C|=09.5c|
WEEK37=10.1C.| =11.1C.| =10.7c.|=09.9c|
WEEK38=10.5C.| =11.4C.| =10.7C|=10.0c|
................................OCTOBER.............................................
WEEK39=11.0C.| =11.1C.| =11.4c|=10.4c|
WEEK40=11.5C.| =11.2C.| =12.0c|=10.8c|
WEEK41=11.7C.| =11.3C.| =12.1c|=10.9c|
WEEK42=12.4C.| =11.5C.| =12.3c|=11.3c|
.................................November.............................................
WEEK43=12.7C.| =11.5C.| =13.1c|=11.6c|
WEEK44=12.9C.| =12.3C.| =13.5c|=12.3c|
WEEK45=13.2C.| =12.9C.| =14.2c|=12.8c|
WEEK46=13.4C.| =12.9C.| =14.6c|=13.3c|
WEEK47=14.1C.| =13.5C.| =15.0c|=13.6c|
.................................December...............................................
WEEK48=14.5C.| =13.6C.| =15.4c|=13.8c|
WEEK49=14.7C.| =13.5C.| =15.5c|=14.5c|
WEEK50=15.0C.| =13.9C.| =15.6c|=14.3c|
WEEK51=14.8C.| =14.3C.| =15.8c|=14.2c|
WEEK52=14.7C.| =14.8C.| =16.2c|=14.8C|

 

Weather or Not

Whether weather is climate or whether it’s not,
depends on whether it’s cold or it’s hot.
If it’s cold it’s just weather, whether or not
it’s cold all the time and never gets hot.
If it’s hot it’s the climate, whether or not
it was cold yesterday and just now it got hot.
So, weather is climate whenever it’s hot,
but climate is weather whenever it’s not.”

BY Bill Kropla.

.................................................................................................................................................................................................

Reduced sea-ice is climate
Increased sea-ice is weather

Heat waves are climate
cold snaps are weather

Reduced snow is climate
Record snow pack is weather

Droughts are climate
Drought-ending rain is weather

Hurricanes are climate
Lack of hurricanes is weather

Glacial retreat is climate
Glacier growth is weather

Sea-level rise is climate
Sea-level drop is … unmentionable

 By Interstellar Bill

 

Disclaimer

Never base important decisions on this weather data or any other unofficial weather station website! Please use the MetService for any important weather-dependant decisions.

Weather station CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT is at about 43.48°S 172.50°E. Height about 36m / 118 feet above sea level.

Average Sea-Level Pressure

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
millibars 1010.6 1013.3 1014.9 1014.5 1013.9 1012.7 1013.4 1013.7 1012.4 1011.0 1009.4 1010.0 1012.5

Source: CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT data derived from GHCN 1. 1005 months between 1905 and 1988

24-hr Average Temperature

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
°C 16.5 16.2 14.6 12.0 8.7 6.2 5.7 6.9 9.3 11.6 13.5 15.4 11.4
°F 61.761.258.353.647.743.242.344.448.752.956.359.752.5

Source: CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT data derived from GHCN 1. 1226 months between 1864 and 1990

Average Rainfall

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
mm 52.5 45.0 52.4 50.4 68.0 64.8 66.3 53.7 44.8 45.1 48.4 55.1 647.2
inches 2.11.82.12.02.72.62.62.11.81.81.92.225.5

Source: CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT data derived from GHCN 1. 1360 months between 1864 and 1990

 

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Highest Recorded Temperature Years on Record: 21



YEAR.
Jan..
Feb..
Mar..
Apr..
May..
Jun..
Jul..
Aug..
Sep..

Oct...
Nov.
Dec.
°F 106.9 98.6 106.9 95 86 80.6 72 69.8 73.4 85.8 86.5

96.2

 

..41.6c.....37c........41.6c..35c....30c.......27c....22.2c...21c...23c.....29.9c..30.3c...35.7c...35c Records
2010=33.1.33.1c....31.2c..30.5c....28.3c....24.5c.19.5c...15.5c.18.5C..22.5c..25.6c....29.9c...32.5C
2011=34.6.31.7C...34.6c..28.5c....23.6c.....21.3c..17.0c..14.2c..19.9c..19.8c..25.6....27.6c...27.3c

2012=??????27.8c...26.3c...26.3....26c.........

Lowest Recorded Temperature Years on Record: 51



YEAR
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May  
Jun.
Jul.  
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
°F 21 35.6 32.9 31.6 23 23 19.7 20.3 21 23 25.9 25.9 35 Records

.c.-6.1c..... 2c.. 0.5c.. -0.2.. -5c.. -5c... .-6.8c.. -6.5c..-6.1c.. -5c.. -3.4c. -0.6c.. 1.7c Records
2010-6.2C=5.3c..5.3c...0.5c..-0.8c.-0.6c...-5.1c.-6.2c...-4.2C..-1.6c.-1.4c...0.2c...5.8C

2011=-6.5-=6.2C...5.8c...2.3c.-2.8c.-2.9c..-2.9c..-6.5c..-4.5c...-3.3c..-0.7...0.9c...4.9c

2012=???/?=3.6c..7.5c....2.2c..0.6c...

Average Precipitation in MM Years on Record: 127



YEAR
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
in. 25.5 52.6 43.5 52.6 48.2 65 62.6 62.5 50.8 43.6 43.4 46 53=623.8

2011=591.9  62.7....40.2.....59.7....53.4.....45.3....48.2......27.6mm46.1mm.21.1mm..69.3mm53.7mm...64.7=591.9year

2012=========21.6mm ..39.9...64.2mm45.9

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C Years on Record: 51



YEAR
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr. 
May,
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Days 2=A.V.G ..1.. 1 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---   

DAYS= 2 for 2010..1....0.......0.......0.........0.......0.......0.....0......0.......0.......0.......1

DAYS=1 for 2011...0....1.......0.......0.........0.......0......0.......0.....0.......0.......0.......0

DAYS= for  2012...0.....0......0.......0....

Average Number of Days Above 65F/18C Years on Record: 51


DAYS
YEAR
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
A.V.G Days=148 27 23 19 9 3 1   1 2 8 12 19 24

143... 2010=143Days......24......26...16.....6......1....1........2...2.....11.....19.....27.....26

......2011=129 DAYS....26.....26.....18......6.....3......0.......0...1......4.......10.....16..19

.....2012=?????DAYS......23....20.....12.....10....

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C Years on Record: 51



YEAR    
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
A.V.G=Days 35 --0- --0- --0- 1 4 11 10 .... 6 2...... 1 0 0

 year 2010=44Days.........0......0.....0....2.....3......13...16.....6......5.......1.......0......0

YEAR=2011=57Days........0.....0......0....3.....3......9.....16.....19......6.....1.......0......0

year=2012 ===DAYS.......0......0.....0....0....

Average Number of Days ABOVE 77F/25C/record for 1 year 57 (1999) years on record51



YEAR
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.

Dec.

2010>....6........7........8.......5........0.......0........0......0........0........1........6.......8.=41Days Total

2011>....8........7.......4........0........0.......0.........0......0.......0........1........1.......5=24days RECORD LOW

2012.....6........2.......2........26......

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 11/04/11>>

Climate models go cold

Carbon warming too minor to be worth worrying about

By David Evans

The debate about global warming has reached ridiculous proportions and is full of micro-thin half-truths and misunderstandings. I am a scientist who was on the carbon gravy train, understands the evidence, was once an alarmist, but am now a skeptic. Watching this issue unfold has been amusing but, lately, worrying. This issue is tearing society apart, making fools out of our politicians.

Let’s set a few things straight.

The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s. But the gravy train was too big, with too many jobs, industries, trading profits, political careers, and the possibility of world government and total control riding on the outcome. So rather than admit they were wrong, the governments, and their tame climate scientists, now outrageously maintain the fiction that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant.

Let’s be perfectly clear. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and other things being equal, the more carbon dioxide in the air, the warmer the planet. Every bit of carbon dioxide that we emit warms the planet. But the issue is not whether carbon dioxide warms the planet, but how much.

Most scientists, on both sides, also agree on how much a given increase in the level of carbon dioxide raises the planet’s temperature, if just the extra carbon dioxide is considered. These calculations come from laboratory experiments; the basic physics have been well known for a century.

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/04/07/climate-models-go-cold/

 18/02/11> Record snowfall in HP revives 2,000 glaciers >> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/global-warming/record-snowfall-in-hp-revives-2000-glaciers/articleshow/7512964.cms

12/02/11>  http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/143639-house-gop-spending-bill-cuts-funding-for-epa-climate-regs

28/01/11>      Snow, shovel, repeat: East Coast digs out again  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014049798_apuswinterweather.html  

25/01/11>>   “The Climategate Inquires”

14/11/10>>There are many climactic models today suggesting that … if the temperature increases in the tropics by a couple of degrees, most of the forest is going to be extinct. What we found was the opposite to what we were expecting: we didn’t find any extinction event [in plants] associated with the increase in temperature, we didn’t find that the precipitation decreased.  The Guardian, 12 November 2010

 01/10/10   Royal Society Bows To Climate Change Sceptics
Wednesday, 29 September 2010 22:09 Ben Webster, The Times .Britain’s leading scientific institution has been forced to rewrite its guide to climate change and admit that there is greater uncertainty about future temperature increases than it had previously suggested.
link  http://www.thegwpf.o...e-sceptics.html

Professor Andreas Muenchow became a media celebrity this week with his quote about an iceberg in Greenland being “four times the size of Manhattan.” This iceberg has become a poster child for global warming, even though a much larger one broke off the same glacier 50 years ago.

From the Kansas City Star

Researchers last week spotted a 100-square-mile chunk of ice that calved off from the great Petermann Glacier in Greenland’s far northwest. It was the most massive ice island to break away in the Arctic in a half-century of observation. The huge iceberg appeared just five months after an international scientific team published a report saying ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet is expanding up its northwest coast from the south. Changes in the ice sheet “are happening fast, and we are definitely losing more ice mass than we had anticipated,” said NASA’s Isabella Velicogna.

Others took the misinformation one step further:

In what he calls ‘a manifestation of warming’, Dr Richard Bates who helps monitor the Greenland ice said he was ‘amazed’ to see such a huge area of ice break off the Petermann glacier. Reported in the Telegraph a team from the University of St Andrews said that a huge 106 square mile chunk of ice had broken away at the start of August. This is the largest ever seen to come from Greenland. The US National Ice Center has named the iceberg the ‘Petermann Ice Island’. They also report that the Petermann glacier, which is located in North West Greenland to the East of the Nares Strait and one of the largest in the Northern hemisphere, has retreated back to a level not observed since 1962.

What the press is not widely reporting is that Professor Muenchow also said :

years of data on the glacier itself show that after this month’s event, the mass of ice is still, on average, discharging about the same amount of water it usually does – some 600 million cubic meters a year, or about 220,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. “Even a big piece like this over 50 years is not that significant.  It’s just the normal rate,” he said. Muenchow warns people not to jump to conclusions. “An event like this, this specific event, all flags go immediately up, ‘Oh, let’s explain this by global warming.’ I cannot support that,” he said.

So what we know is that the glacier is where it was 50 years ago, a bigger chunk broke off 50 years ago, and the rate of ice moving to the sea has not changed. There is absolutely no story here. Our warming friends get more desperate by the day. It is pathetic.

 

Legal verdict: Manmade global warming science doesn’t withstand scrutiny

By Lawrence Solomon  June 6, 2010 – 10:47 pm

A cross examination of global warming science conducted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Law and Economics has concluded that virtually every claim advanced by global warming proponents fail to stand up to scrutiny.

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/06/06/legal-verdict-manmade-global-warming-science-doesn%E2%80%99t-withstand-scrutiny/#ixzz0qKA3gJCU

Read more: http://opinion.financial

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