Britain has Mildest Ever Year in 2006

[Solly]

Preliminary temperature figures for 2006, released today by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia (UEA's Climatic Research Unit), show the mean surface air temperature has continued to demonstrate a warming climate, both around the globe and especially here in the UK.

2006 is very likely to be the warmest year in terms of CET. The joint warmest years currently are 1990 and 1999, which recorded a mean temperature of 10.63 °C and with just over two weeks to the end of the year, the current mean temperature anomaly to 12 December is equivalent to an annual temperature of 10.84 °C.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2006/pr20061214.html

This is really good news and must have saved a fair few thousand lives of the frail and elderly. Not to mention a good chunk of household income that would otherwise have gone on heating.

The cause, should you be interested, was the predominance of southerly and south-westerly winds that originated in Africa.

[Dis]

global warming

[Solly]

Originally posted by Dis
global warming

Not really - synoptics have a far greater influence over the UK weather.

[Dis]

of course, but that isn't as a controversial a topic.

weather varies too much from year to year. You could have a cold winter this year, though so far, it's not looking like it.

[Ned]

Surface air temperature measurement are unreliable because they are affected by man-made structures.

Other data from higher in the atmosphere unaffected my man made structures still show global cooling.

[Drogue]

Re: Britain has Mildest Ever Year in 2006

Originally posted by Park Avenue
This is really good news and must have saved a fair few thousand lives of the frail and elderly.

You reckon a fair few thousand lives were saved by temperature a fraction of a degree higher on average. Wouldn't that be more than the entire number of elderly people who die due to heat-related reasons?

[Dis]

and if they are that frail, they deserve to die.

Yes, I know, I am a compassionate person

[Barnabas]

Will global warming give more farming land to russia and canada?

[Solly]

Re: Re: Britain has Mildest Ever Year in 2006

Originally posted by Drogue

You reckon a fair few thousand lives were saved by temperature a fraction of a degree higher on average. Wouldn't that be more than the entire number of elderly people who die due to heat-related reasons?

This mild December will certainly have helped (currently more than 3c above the norm, again due to the south-westerlies and night-time cloud cover). It's much easier and cheaper to stay cool than to have a well-heated home.

[Solly]

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride
Will global warming give more farming land to russia and canada?

The global warming hypothesis doesn't make any predictions regarding local climates.

[Maniac]

Yes it does. It says due the melting of Greenland ice the gulfstream will weaken and the climate in Europe will become colder. So enjoy your temporary warmer winters while they last.

[Solly]

Originally posted by Maniac
Yes it does. It says due the melting of Greenland ice the gulfstream will weaken and the climate in Europe will become colder. So enjoy your temporary warmer winters while they last.

It will? Or it may..?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Park Avenue


The global warming hypothesis doesn't make any predictions regarding local climates.

Sure it does. For instance the warmer weather should bring about more El Nino events in the Pacific. That means increased rain fall in California, massive flash flooding in Peru, mild drought in the American Southeast, strong dought in Australia, Indonesia, and South Africa, mild drought in the Pacific Northwest.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Park Avenue


It will? Or it may..?

If you raise temperatures enough it will. The question is how high do temperatures have to rise for it to happen.

[Solly]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Sure it does. For instance the warmer weather should bring about more El Nino events in the Pacific. That means increased rain fall in California, massive flash flooding in Peru, mild drought in the American Southeast, strong dought in Australia, Indonesia, and South Africa, mild drought in the Pacific Northwest.

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