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I left kids to school it was warmish, sunny. Half hr later having coffee with a friend & it's snowing..... ground white within 5 mins. This afternoon quick rain shower now it's sunny. Definitely fucked up x |
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"I left kids to school it was warmish, sunny. Half hr later having coffee with a friend & it's snowing..... ground white within 5 mins. This afternoon quick rain shower now it's sunny. Definitely fucked up x"
Is it global warming ? |
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"I left kids to school it was warmish, sunny. Half hr later having coffee with a friend & it's snowing..... ground white within 5 mins. This afternoon quick rain shower now it's sunny. Definitely fucked up x
Is it global warming ?"
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That's a good question, it's nearly impossible to attribute one particular piece of weather to climate change.
However the science has said for a long long time that you can expect changes in the observed weather patterns, ie think about June and Wimbledon, June was known historically as the monsoon month, Wimbledon got washed out regularly and they decided to build a roof.. Since then for the last 15 or 20 years June has been the "best" summer month with august now being a wash out!.
Along with general changes in patterns, it's also shown that "normal" freakish weather will be magnified in its intensity!.
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"The strength of the sun at the end of April, is actually stronger than at the end of August.
Air temperature and what the weather is actually doing at each time, is irrelevant.
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That's a very good point.
Sun strength is mostly dominated by a few factors like position on earth, position in orbit, January 1st is perihelion, ie the nearest the earth gets to the sun, one of the reasons that the southern hemisphere has a very powerful sun during there summer.
Then there's position on earth somewhere along the tropics of cancer and Capricorn, air pressure and less pollution also increases sun strength.
For warm air temperatures you really need big land masses and preferably alot of concrete/asphalt, whish give you a heat island effect.
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Scientifically daylight can be broken into a spectrum, the infa red side being the bit that you feel physically warmed by where by the ultra violet is the bit that gives you a suntan |
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"The strength of the sun at the end of April, is actually stronger than at the end of August.
Air temperature and what the weather is actually doing at each time, is irrelevant.
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That's a very good point.
Sun strength is mostly dominated by a few factors like position on earth, position in orbit, January 1st is perihelion, ie the nearest the earth gets to the sun, one of the reasons that the southern hemisphere has a very powerful sun during there summer.
Then there's position on earth somewhere along the tropics of cancer and Capricorn, air pressure and less pollution also increases sun strength.
For warm air temperatures you really need big land masses and preferably alot of concrete/asphalt, whish give you a heat island effect.
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Scientifically daylight can be broken into a spectrum, the infa red side being the bit that you feel physically warmed by where by the ultra violet is the bit that gives you a suntan"
Ha, don't, you'll trigger my inner geek. I've a real interest in meteorology. |
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Strange weather all week. Lunch with my daughter on Tuesday two miles from home. Carried my jacket to the car as it was too warm to wear it. Ten minutes later put jacket on when getting out of car as nippy.
During ninety minutes sun shone, dark clouds and monsoon followed by snow.
Been like that nearly all week! |
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We're at the tail end of the el nino, running globally since last year - hence I'd expect more precipitation and unsettled weather. It's also normal for rain and then for occasional snow in May. Globally temperatures are high but localised fluctuations mean it's messy.
Global warming is going to bring even more unsettled and more frequent extreme weather to the UK, according to best predictions. Be prepared for more, as there's next to no chance the world will limit global warming enough imo. |
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