Global colding and raining!

[CrONoS]

June 2008:
I think we had.... around 22 days of raining until today. And temperature are way below the normal. I'm pretty sure we have beat precipitation record for June (we also beat precipitation record this winter).

I don't really care until mid July. (So my summer course will be over).

But this is the worst June I can recall.

Is your weather all ****ed up also?

[CrONoS]

Blame it on the Jet Stream!

Even though it will be July early next week, forecasters predict the same "frustrating" weather conditions will continue in the area at least until next Wednesday.

"It has been frustrating the last while because temperatures have been running about five degrees (Celsius) below normal and there have been showers or a chance of showers almost every day," said Claude Côté of Fredericton, a meteorologist for Environment Canada.


Because of this unusual positioning of the jet stream, southeastern New Brunswick can expect showers and thunderstorms, along with below normal temperatures, from now to next Wednesday.

However, the jet stream is expected to finally move north later in the week, resulting in sunny, mild, clear conditions on both Thursday and Friday.

But the break in the weather pattern would be short-lived, because the jet stream is forecast to swing back south of New Brunswick again next Saturday, bringing a return next weekend to more dreary weather.

[DanS]

We've had strange weather too, but today it was all too familiar -- 95 degrees, sunny, and high humidity.

[Theben]

The Midwest in general has had more than enough rain for awhile, thank you.

[Fake Boris]

I don't know how it's going in Quebec stadt, but here the swimming pool is 74F - fairly usual for June.

[Tuberski]

We have had no rain to speak of in about 2 months. It's been at least a month of 95-100 with 40-60% humidity.

ACK!

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Oncle Boris
I don't know how it's going in Quebec stadt, but here the swimming pool is 74F - fairly usual for June.

Where are you?

[Dauphin]

Is your weather all ****ed up also?

Yes. You may have noticed Wimbledon hasn't been rained off as usual.

[CrONoS]

Originally posted by Dauphin

Is your weather all ****ed up also?

Yes. You may have noticed Wimbledon hasn't been rained off as usual.

Wimbledon? Is this a music festival?

[Dauphin]

Only if it's raining and Cliff Richard is in the crowd.

[Provost Harrison]

And I believe the conventional term is "cooling"

[Japher]

It's just the poles shifting. It'll be over soon.

Link

North Pole ice may completely melt away this summer

Updated Fri. Jun. 27 2008 12:59 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

For the first time in modern history, the North Pole may be iceless this summer. Scientists say it's an even bet that sea ice in the region will completely disappear in the next few months, perhaps as soon as August.

Ice at the North Pole quickly and significantly melted away last year, and that may be causing further melting this summer. Scientists say the disappearance of long-term and thicker ice formed over the years has disappeared. Now, most of the ice that's left is seasonal ice, which melts away much more quickly during warm weather.

"This year there is a lot of young ice. There's always some, but this year there's a lot," Andy Mahoney, a researcher at the University of Colorado's National Snow and Ice Data Center, told CTV.ca.

Satellite observations indicate the ice remaining at the poles is melting faster than last year's rate, which was already a record year for Arctic ice loss. Scientists say whether or not the ice melts completely, this year's northern melt is yet another example of the impact that global warming is having on the planet's environment.

"There were some people who were saying last year was a rogue year. If the same thing happens again a lot more people are going to be persuaded about the consequences of global warming," Mahoney said.

"A lot of people think it's a very small change in temperature. This shows that the change in sea ice is quite a dramatic consequence."

As the ice melts, interest in the region is intensifying. Canada and other nations that border the Arctic -- including Russia and the U.S. -- are scrambling to lay claims to vast parts of the area, which may someday allow new resource development and shipping lanes.

"If the North Pole melts, then you don't have to worry about the Northwest Passage. It will still be significant, but going on top of the globe would be politically easier," Mahoney said.

A UN panel is supposed to decide on control of the Arctic by 2020. Last year, Canada's Conservative government announced plans to acquire up to eight Arctic patrol ships and to build an army base in Resolute Bay and a naval station in Nanisivik.

Under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Arctic countries have 10 years after ratification to prove their claims under the largely uncharted polar ice pack. All countries with claims to the Arctic have ratified the treaty, with the exception of the United States.

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by notyoueither


Where are you?

Montreal.

[CrONoS]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
And I believe the conventional term is "cooling"

Colding

[Ben Kenobi]

Satellite observations indicate the ice remaining at the poles is melting faster than last year's rate, which was already a record year for Arctic ice loss. Scientists say whether or not the ice melts completely, this year's northern melt is yet another example of the impact that global warming is having on the planet's environment.

So if it doesn't melt entirely this year does that mean global warming is false?