Monday, September 9, 2024

The most powerful greenhouse gas is water vapor

 The explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) volcano on 15 January 2022 injected more water vapor into the stratosphere and to higher altitudes than ever observed in the satellite era. 

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Friday, March 1, 2024

Climate Central, your source for bad conclusions and limited data

 Climate Central is pushing the narrative that winters are warming the fastest, and all seasons are warming.  This is because the basic global warming theory predicts that is a key signature of global warming.  It is not based on any data.  In reality Spring and Summer show the most signs of warming.  

It's not true for most of the United States.  Climate Central does this by showing you a limited view of the data.

 "The most rapid warming in the U.S. has generally occurred when and where it’s usually the coldest, including at night, in northern parts of the country—and during winter." source

So I check the nearest climate station to that area

Winter is warming the fastest?

How about summer?

I'm not going to bother with the other two seasons, but here is the data





For good measure I randomly picked two other climate stations in North Carolina









No surprise there.  None of the climate stations show anything like what ClimateCentral claims

To compare Raleigh with the climate reference stations










Saturday, February 17, 2024

Thursday, February 8, 2024

The September 1925 heat wave, fact checking the old weather map

Tony Heller posts an old weather map showing the worst heatwave, from 1925


I go to GISS maps and check for myself

I also checked the actual data, the GHCN records, and yes, a very very hot heatwave happened

The hottest September on record









 

Why this blog?

The most powerful greenhouse gas is water vapor

  The explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HTHH) volcano on 15 January 2022 injected more water vapor into the stratosphere ...