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I know for some 18C (65f) doesn't seem like it's very hot, but for Toronto in February, that's literally unheard of. It's not uncommon to see -18C in February! They have a thunderstorm warning out for Southern Ontario, in February! That's unheard of too! It's usually a snowsquall warning.
Toronto sets record for warmest February day
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Gorgeous day for a bike ride, a walk or just taking in the sun and the sights at Trinity Bellwoods Park. Thursday's 17.7 C set a record for warmest February day, beating last year's 16 C. But you know it's not normal. It's February! Today, forecasts call for 6 C, with thunderstorms. Come to think of it, that's still not normal.

Spring temperatures soared to 17.7C by early afternoon.

Torontonians enjoyed an especially balmy day Thursday, but it wasn’t just a record high for Feb. 23; it was the warmest February day on record.

Spring temperatures soared to 17.7 C by early afternoon, before cooling down to 12 C closer to the evening.

The previous record for the warmest day ever in February was set last year on Feb. 3 with a high of 16 C. Weather records for Toronto started in 1938. The temperatures also shattered a 33-year-old record high of 14.9 C for Feb. 23, set in 1984.

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Sunain wrote:Dare I say that the reason California is getting all this extreme weather, from the drought of the past couple years to now the flooding, is a judgement towards the people there?! They are calling it 'biblical' so that means they must believe in God and His laws.
Probably not. Was the tsunami of 2004, that killed 250,000 people, a judgement towards the people there? Sorry, God doesn't work that way. Not since Noah at least.

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RocknRoll wrote:
Sunain wrote:Dare I say that the reason California is getting all this extreme weather, from the drought of the past couple years to now the flooding, is a judgement towards the people there?! They are calling it 'biblical' so that means they must believe in God and His laws.
Probably not. Was the tsunami of 2004, that killed 250,000 people, a judgement towards the people there? Sorry, God doesn't work that way. Not since Noah at least.

Anyone who presumes to know what way God works has clearly NOT read the scriptures. God makes the rules AND God breaks the rules according to the perfection in God. Example: telling Nephi to kill Laban! (see 1Nephi 4) I was told several times on the mission "Sorry, God doesn't work that way!"

Isaiah 55:8-9
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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RocknRoll wrote: February 24th, 2017, 4:12 pm
Sunain wrote:Dare I say that the reason California is getting all this extreme weather, from the drought of the past couple years to now the flooding, is a judgement towards the people there?! They are calling it 'biblical' so that means they must believe in God and His laws.
Probably not. Was the tsunami of 2004, that killed 250,000 people, a judgement towards the people there? Sorry, God doesn't work that way. Not since Noah at least.

Doctrine and Covenants 88 actually specifically talks about what we now call tsunamis.

87 For not many days hence and the earth shall tremble and reel to and fro as a drunken man; and the sun shall hide his face, and shall refuse to give light; and the moon shall be bathed in blood; and the stars shall become exceedingly angry, and shall cast themselves down as a fig that falleth from off a fig tree.

88 And after your testimony cometh wrath and indignation upon the people.

89 For after your testimony cometh the testimony of earthquakes, that shall cause groanings in the midst of her, and men shall fall upon the ground and shall not be able to stand.

90 And also cometh the testimony of the voice of thunderings, and the voice of lightnings, and the voice of tempests, and the voice of the waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds.

91 And all things shall be in commotion; and surely, men’s hearts shall fail them; for fear shall come upon all people.
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88.91

God continues, as he did in the times of Noah, to use natural disasters as signs and judgements to His people to call them to repentance. Why would he change? He is "the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."

In another revelation the Lord declares that some of these signs are His voice calling His people to repentance:

“Hearken, O ye nations of the earth, and hear the words of that God who made you. …

“How oft have I called upon you by the mouth of my servants, and by the ministering of angels, and by mine own voice, and by the voice of thunderings, and by the voice of lightnings, and by the voice of tempests, and by the voice of earthquakes, and great hailstorms, and by the voice of famines and pestilences of every kind, … and would have saved you with an everlasting salvation, but ye would not!” (D&C 43:23, 25).

These signs of the Second Coming are all around us and seem to be increasing in frequency and intensity. For example, the list of major earthquakes in The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2004 shows twice as many earthquakes in the decades of the 1980s and 1990s as in the two preceding decades (pp. 189–90). It also shows further sharp increases in the first several years of this century. The list of notable floods and tidal waves and the list of hurricanes, typhoons, and blizzards worldwide show similar increases in recent years (pp. 188–89). Increases by comparison with 50 years ago can be dismissed as changes in reporting criteria, but the accelerating pattern of natural disasters in the last few decades is ominous.
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/ ... g?lang=eng

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Spring is coming almost a month early for a lot of North America.
Weather experts say signs of early spring may not be a good thing
Feb 25th 2017 9:54AM
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/0 ... /21721568/
https://www.usgs.gov/news/just-how-earl ... find-out-0

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A new set of scientifically backed maps produced by the USGS-led USA National Phenology Network shows just how unusually early spring is arriving in the United States. 2017.

Even Punxsutawaney Phil can’t be blamed for being baffled this year and hightailing it back to his burrow. He predicted six more weeks of winter on Feb 2, but by then spring was already springing well ahead of historical norms in much of the USA.

While we’ve known for over a decade now that climate change is variably advancing the onset of spring across the United States, a new set of maps from the USGS-led USA National Phenology Network now demonstrates just how ahead of schedule spring is in your precise neck of the woods.

The scientifically reviewed maps and the data behind them show that you may want to keep your shorts and flip-flops handy because spring is already knocking at your door, in some places three weeks ahead of schedule. Here’s a quick national overview: spring is now making an appearance in coastal California, southern Nevada, southeastern Colorado, central Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. And it’s rolling up across West Virginia and Virginia, soon to hit Philly and Indianapolis, but it’s already sprung – days ago -- across the southern Great Plains and SE Atlantic Coast, and it was 22 days early in Washington, DC!

Why care if glorious days of spring are arriving earlier than normal?

“While these earlier springs might not seem like a big deal – and who among us doesn’t appreciate a balmy day or a break in dreary winter weather -- it poses significant challenges for planning and managing important issues that affect our economy and our society,” said Dr. Jake Weltzin, a USGS ecologist and the executive director of the USA-NPN.

For example, changes in the timing of spring can affect human health, bringing early-season disease-carriers such as ticks and mosquitos, and an earlier, longer and more vigorous pollen season. And while a longer growing season can result in increased yields for some crops, it is risky because of the higher likelihood of plant damage caused by late frosts or summer drought. Even something as seemingly simple and beautiful as flowers blooming earlier can disrupt the critically important link between wildflowers and the arrival of birds, bees, and butterflies that feed on and pollinate the flowers. Such changes may prove beneficial to some plants and animals, including some harmful invasive ones, but may be detrimental to others. Changes in seasons can affect economically and culturally important outdoor recreation activities, including affecting the timing of hunting and fishing seasons.

Weltzin noted that the approaches used for this study, in particular the plant leafing model though it was applied to a much longer climate dataset, were the foundation for a recent study showing that spring is arriving earlier than ever in three out of four US National Parks across the nation, and that fully half of all National Parks are experiencing extreme early onsets of spring relative to the last century.

These findings are consistent with the fact that the instrumental record shows that 2016 was the hottest year ever recorded for the globe, and that it was the third record-breaking year in a row. Researchers have noted that 16 of the 17 hottest years recorded occurred since 2000. These new maps show that 2017, at least so far, is shaping up to be another warm one, but also that different regions exhibit variable responses over time.

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For the first time, the Gulf of Mexico didn’t fall below 73° this winter
More tornadoes? Probably. But there's no link between winter heat and hurricanes.
Eric Berger - 3/1/2017, 10:25 AM
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03 ... ng-storms/

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Houston meteorologist Matt Lanza recently noted that a city on the upper Texas coast, Galveston, had been setting a staggering number of high temperature records this winter. About one-fourth of the days saw record highs, so Lanza reached out to the local forecast office of the National Weather Service to see if they had any concerns about thermometer calibration or recent land-use changes at Scholes Field in Galveston, where the temperature is recorded. No, he was told, it has just been that "sort of winter."

From the period of November through February, Galveston ended up setting a total of 31 record high temperatures. And it is not like Galveston is a recently thrown-up beach community; the city it has a history that goes back two centuries. It formerly served as the capital of the Republic of Texas, and it has formal meteorological records that date all the way back to 1874.
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It wasn't hard to find the culprit for Galveston's heat this winter, as the barrier island's weather is dominated by the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf has been extremely warm this year. In fact, for the first time on record, the daily average surface temperature never fell below 73 degrees Fahrenheit during the just-concluded meteorological winter. It's enough for us to wonder, beyond the climate implications of a steamy Gulf and its impact on temperatures in the southern United States, how might the heat affect storm seasons later in the year?

Tornadoes
For the spring and early-summer storm season in the central and southern US, the warm waters will likely have an effect. While the relationship is far from absolute, scientists have found that when the Gulf of Mexico tends to be warmer than normal, there is more energy for severe storms and tornadoes to form than when the Gulf is cooler.

One of the best predictors of storm activity is a variable known as convective available potential energy, or CAPE, which essentially measures the amount of energy available to rapidly lift a parcel vertically through the atmosphere. (Such lift is essential to bring warm, moist air higher into the atmosphere and create instability). Values of 2,500 joules/kg are generally considered high enough to provide ample energy for severe storms to form.

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Difference in CAPE values during cool and warm Gulf years.

Last year, atmospheric scientists studied the relationship between CAPE and Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures, and they found that warmer conditions in the Gulf leading into and during the spring storm season resulted in a small but significant increase in tornado activity. For some areas of the central and southern United States, CAPE values were about 250 J/kg higher during years with high temperatures than low temperatures.

Given the very warm baseline for Gulf temperatures this spring, some meteorologists are already concerned about the potential for an early and active spring storm season, with warmer, more moist air flowing in off the Gulf of Mexico. However, it bears repeating that the relationship is not absolute—there are still many other ingredients needed for supercells to form, including large, upper-level storm systems spinning down into the central plains from the Rocky Mountains.

Hurricanes
Sea surface temperatures also factor into the formation and strengthening of hurricanes, although hurricane season doesn't formally begin until June 1 and really doesn't get going until late July or August. Typically, waters of about 80° or warmer support hurricanes, so even with the record warmth this winter, it's not like the 74° waters in the Gulf are going to support tropical cyclones any time soon.

But what about later this year? Does exceptionally warm water in winter augur a harsh hurricane season? The short answer is not really, says Phil Klotzbach, an atmospheric scientist at Colorado State University who specializes in seasonal hurricane activity. "They really don't correlate well with Atlantic hurricane activity," he said of winter sea surface temperatures. "I think the primary issue is that Gulf sea surface temperatures are always plenty hot to support major hurricane activity during the season."

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Antarctica hits record high temperature at balmy 63.5°F
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-antar ... SKBN1684I7

An Argentine research base near the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula has set a heat record at a balmy 63.5° Fahrenheit (17.5 degrees Celsius), the U.N. weather agency said on Wednesday.

The Experanza base set the high on March 24, 2015, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said after reviewing data around Antarctica to set benchmarks to help track future global warming and natural variations.

"Verification of maximum and minimum temperatures help us to build up a picture of the weather and climate in one of Earth’s final frontiers," said Michael Sparrow, a polar expert with the WMO co-sponsored World Climate Research Programme.

Antarctica locks up 90 percent of the world's fresh water as ice and would raise sea levels by about 60 meters (200 ft) if it were all to melt, meaning scientists are concerned to know even about extremes around the fringes.

The heat record for the broader Antarctic region, defined as anywhere south of 60 degrees latitude, was 19.8°C (67.6°F) on Jan. 30, 1982 on Signy Island in the South Atlantic, it said.

And the warmest temperature recorded on the Antarctic plateau, above 2,500 meters (8,202 feet), was -7.0°C (19.4°F) on Dec. 28, 1980, it said.

Wednesday's WMO report only examined the highs.
Antarctic Sea Ice Crashed This Year and Scientists Don't Know Why
http://gizmodo.com/antarctic-sea-ice-cr ... 1792935389
Maddie Stone - March 3rd, 2017

Just about every month, it seems, we get a report on the dismal state of Arctic sea ice. By contrast, the shiny white stuff surrounding the Antarctic continent has been remarkably stable in a warming world. This year, however, the sea ice at our planet’s south pole is crashing, and scientists don’t know why.

It’s late summer in Antarctica, the time when sea ice always hits its annual minimum. This year, that minimum marks a dramatic new record—the smallest sea ice extent since continuous satellite coverage began in 1979, by a long shot. Sea ice reached an estimated 2.188 million square kilometers on March 1st, according to near real-time data provided by the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The previous record low, of 2.296 million square kilometers, was set on February 28th, 1997. The difference, of 0.12 million square kilometers, encompasses an area larger than the state of Maine.

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Earth's oceans are warming 13% faster than thought and accelerating
One main outcome of the study is that it shows we are warming about 13% faster than we previously thought. Not only that but the warming has accelerated. The warming rate from 1992 is almost twice as great as the warming rate from 1960. Moreover, it is only since about 1990 that the warming has penetrated to depths below about 700 meters.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... celerating
Improved estimates of ocean heat content from 1960 to 2015
Global warming is driven by Earth’s energy imbalance (EEI). The EEI is likely forced to first order by a combination of greenhouse gas and aerosol forcing, which shapes the timing and magnitude of global warming. It is also linked to the internal variations of the climate system and episodic volcanic eruptions; the latter may provide episodic strong radiative forcing to the Earth system. By definition, radiative forcing is the change in the net radiative flux due to a change in an external driver of climate change, such as greenhouse gas concentrations. More than 90% of EEI is stored in the ocean, increasing ocean heat content (OHC), while the residual heat is manifest in melting of both land and sea ice, and in warming of the atmosphere and land surface. It is therefore essential to provide estimates of OHC changes over time with high confidence to improve our knowledge of EEI and its variability (4).

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/ ... 01545.full

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2017 U.S. tornado season off to a whirlwind start
The 2017 tornado season across the United States has gotten off to an active start. As of April 17, 570 tornadoes have been reported (preliminarily), which is almost a hundred more than average. The season jumped out of the gate with an incredibly active January: 134 tornadoes in total—more than triple the long-term average—and an especially radical departure from the past three years, during which the average number of January tornados was just 16.

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U.S. had more floods in 2016 than any year on record
2016 really was the year of the flood in the U.S.: In total, 19 separate floods swamped the nation last year, the most in one single year since records began in 1980.

This is according to an analysis by Munich Re, a global reinsurance firm.

The worst flood was in August in Louisiana. At least 13 people were killed and roughly 60,000 buildings were destroyed. The disaster cost $10 billion, Munich Re reported, which noted it was the worst natural catastrophe in the U.S. since Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

"We had a lot of severe flash floods in heavily developed areas," said meteorologist Mark Bove of Munich Re.

Other major flood disasters in 2016 included those in West Virginia in June, Houston in April and Maryland in July. "We did get very unlucky" last year, Bove said.

The 19 floods in 2016 were an increase from 2015, when there were 15.

Overall, there were 91 weather, climate or geological disasters in the U.S. in 2016, the second-most on record, Munich Re said. This includes severe storms, hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, heat waves and droughts.

To qualify as one of Munich Re's disasters, or "loss events" as the firm calls them, the event must cause at least one death or at least $3 million in damage.

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In 2015, there were 85 disasters in the U.S.

Across the North American continent, 160 natural disasters were reported, which was the most on record.

In the U.S., "losses due to thunderstorms events are increasing," Bove said.

Globally, there were 750 disasters, the highest number in four years, Munich Re said. Global disasters cost $175 billion in 2016, of which only $50 billion was insured.

The world's costliest natural disasters in 2016 were a pair of earthquakes in Japan in April (which cost $31 billion) and floods in China in June and July ($20 billion).

Hurricane Matthew's rampage through the Caribbean and the U.S. was third, at $10.2 billion.

“A look at the weather-related catastrophes of 2016 shows the potential effects of unchecked climate change," said Peter Höppe, head of Munich Re’s Geo Risks Research Unit.

"Of course, individual events themselves can never be attributed directly to climate change," he said. "But there are now many indications that certain events – such as persistent weather systems or storms bringing torrential rain and hail – are more likely to occur in certain regions as a result of climate change."

As for what to do to protect against damage, Munich Re stresses what it calls "resiliency," which means improved building practices and material that makes safer homes. "For every dollar spent on resiliency, you get $4 in return, " according to Carl Hedde, head of risk accumulation at Munich Re.

Chile floods leave millions of people without drinking water in Santiago
Heavy rain during usually dry summer months causes landslides and flooding, leaving three dead and 19 missing
Monday 27 February 2017 03.12 GMT

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Millions of people are without water after heavy rains struck Chile over the weekend during the country’s usually dry summer months, leaving three people dead and at least 19 missing.

The rains, which caused rivers to overflow their banks in mountain valleys near Chile’s capital, Santiago, had isolated 373 people, the Onemi emergency service said late on Sunday.

The drinking-water supply for over a million households in Santiago had been affected, and Aguas Andinas, the company that provides water to the capital, said rains were making repairs difficult. Agence France-Presse estimated four million people were affected.

“Emergency teams are working on the ground to connect with isolated persons and re-establish the water supply wherever possible,” Chilean president Michelle Bachelet wrote on Twitter.
A temple is currently under construction in Concepción Chile. I always wanted to make a list of natural disasters preceding the dedication of temples as it seems to be a common occurrence. Haiti earthquake, Concepción earthquake, ect.
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/concepcion/

Gatineau flooding 'tip of the iceberg,' climate scientist warns
Region received more than 3 times normal rainfall for April
By CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning, CBC News Posted: May 04, 2017 11:13 AM ET Last Updated: May 04, 2017 3:41 PM ET

As water levels continue to rise in the national capital region, a climate scientist is warning flooding and extreme weather events are here to stay, and says homeowners should prepare.

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Swollen rivers and streams have threatened hundreds of homes in the Outaouais thanks to recent heavy rainfall — three times the normal amount since April 1.

University of Ottawa climate scientist Paul Beckwith says that's due to a changing climate, and says we're seeing its effects "on a day-to-day basis" in weather patterns.

"What we can see is that the jet streams are behaving differently. They're much slower, wavier, and storms are therefore moving slower. So when they're carrying water, they're hovering over an area longer than they would be normally, so they're depositing more water," Beckwith told host Hallie Cotnam on CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning.

"Normally you think of climate change as being something that's happening over 20 or 30 years. But what we're seeing is the conditions on the planet are changing rapidly. So the arctic is a lot warmer than it used to be, so that's throwing off the heat balance on the whole planet."
I believe climate change is direct result of sin and wickedness. The two seemed to be inherently linked. As moral conditions continue to degrade worldwide, more extreme weather is accompanied.

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Sunain wrote: May 17th, 2017, 10:47 am
U.S. had more floods in 2016 than any year on record
2016 really was the year of the flood in the U.S.: In total, 19 separate floods swamped the nation last year, the most in one single year since records began in 1980.

This is according to an analysis by Munich Re, a global reinsurance firm.

The worst flood was in August in Louisiana. At least 13 people were killed and roughly 60,000 buildings were destroyed. The disaster cost $10 billion, Munich Re reported, which noted it was the worst natural catastrophe in the U.S. since Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

"We had a lot of severe flash floods in heavily developed areas," said meteorologist Mark Bove of Munich Re.

Other major flood disasters in 2016 included those in West Virginia in June, Houston in April and Maryland in July. "We did get very unlucky" last year, Bove said.

The 19 floods in 2016 were an increase from 2015, when there were 15.

Overall, there were 91 weather, climate or geological disasters in the U.S. in 2016, the second-most on record, Munich Re said. This includes severe storms, hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, heat waves and droughts.

To qualify as one of Munich Re's disasters, or "loss events" as the firm calls them, the event must cause at least one death or at least $3 million in damage.

Image

In 2015, there were 85 disasters in the U.S.

Across the North American continent, 160 natural disasters were reported, which was the most on record.

In the U.S., "losses due to thunderstorms events are increasing," Bove said.

Globally, there were 750 disasters, the highest number in four years, Munich Re said. Global disasters cost $175 billion in 2016, of which only $50 billion was insured.

The world's costliest natural disasters in 2016 were a pair of earthquakes in Japan in April (which cost $31 billion) and floods in China in June and July ($20 billion).

Hurricane Matthew's rampage through the Caribbean and the U.S. was third, at $10.2 billion.

“A look at the weather-related catastrophes of 2016 shows the potential effects of unchecked climate change," said Peter Höppe, head of Munich Re’s Geo Risks Research Unit.

"Of course, individual events themselves can never be attributed directly to climate change," he said. "But there are now many indications that certain events – such as persistent weather systems or storms bringing torrential rain and hail – are more likely to occur in certain regions as a result of climate change."

As for what to do to protect against damage, Munich Re stresses what it calls "resiliency," which means improved building practices and material that makes safer homes. "For every dollar spent on resiliency, you get $4 in return, " according to Carl Hedde, head of risk accumulation at Munich Re.

Chile floods leave millions of people without drinking water in Santiago
Heavy rain during usually dry summer months causes landslides and flooding, leaving three dead and 19 missing
Monday 27 February 2017 03.12 GMT

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Millions of people are without water after heavy rains struck Chile over the weekend during the country’s usually dry summer months, leaving three people dead and at least 19 missing.

The rains, which caused rivers to overflow their banks in mountain valleys near Chile’s capital, Santiago, had isolated 373 people, the Onemi emergency service said late on Sunday.

The drinking-water supply for over a million households in Santiago had been affected, and Aguas Andinas, the company that provides water to the capital, said rains were making repairs difficult. Agence France-Presse estimated four million people were affected.

“Emergency teams are working on the ground to connect with isolated persons and re-establish the water supply wherever possible,” Chilean president Michelle Bachelet wrote on Twitter.
A temple is currently under construction in Concepción Chile. I always wanted to make a list of natural disasters preceding the dedication of temples as it seems to be a common occurrence. Haiti earthquake, Concepción earthquake, ect.
http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/concepcion/

Gatineau flooding 'tip of the iceberg,' climate scientist warns
Region received more than 3 times normal rainfall for April
By CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning, CBC News Posted: May 04, 2017 11:13 AM ET Last Updated: May 04, 2017 3:41 PM ET

As water levels continue to rise in the national capital region, a climate scientist is warning flooding and extreme weather events are here to stay, and says homeowners should prepare.

Image

Swollen rivers and streams have threatened hundreds of homes in the Outaouais thanks to recent heavy rainfall — three times the normal amount since April 1.

University of Ottawa climate scientist Paul Beckwith says that's due to a changing climate, and says we're seeing its effects "on a day-to-day basis" in weather patterns.

"What we can see is that the jet streams are behaving differently. They're much slower, wavier, and storms are therefore moving slower. So when they're carrying water, they're hovering over an area longer than they would be normally, so they're depositing more water," Beckwith told host Hallie Cotnam on CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning.

"Normally you think of climate change as being something that's happening over 20 or 30 years. But what we're seeing is the conditions on the planet are changing rapidly. So the arctic is a lot warmer than it used to be, so that's throwing off the heat balance on the whole planet."
I believe climate change is direct result of sin and wickedness. The two seemed to be inherently linked. As moral conditions continue to degrade worldwide, more extreme weather is accompanied.

Wow. This is a gold nugget.

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SNOW in Utah today, twice!! :-\

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Las Vegas hits 117 degrees, tying a record, as the Southwest bakes
For much of the afternoon, outdoor dining areas and patios along the Las Vegas Strip were empty as the hot sun pounded the streets and sidewalk relentlessly.

Near the Linq Hotel & Casino, spray misters attached to tall posts outside gamely tried to combat the heat — though the water evaporated quickly. There were warnings throughout the day from county officials urging people to drink plenty of water. Humane societies reminded people to not let pets walk on pavement to avoid scalded paws.

Throughout the casino properties, pools were filled, drinks were emptied and the city rolled on despite typing its hottest temperature in history.

Las Vegas hit 117 degrees late Tuesday afternoon, tying a record that has happened only three other times in the city’s history, the first in 1937 and the most recent four years ago.

It was a relative cool spot compared with Yuma in neighboring Arizona, however, where the mercury hit 120 degrees. Blythe, Calif., on the border with Arizona, reached 121 degrees.

Arizona, essentially the bull’s-eye for the high-pressure system that was covering much of the Southwest, also saw its capital hit 118 degrees by late Tuesday. That was 2 degrees off the record high.

The weather was so severe, however, that it caused dozens of flights to be delayed or canceled out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport — the second straight sweltering day it happened.

The Salt River Project, a public power utility, on Monday delivered a record amount of energy to its Phoenix-area retail customers. From 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., the company delivered an estimated retail peak demand of 6,981 megawatts. That peak eclipsed the previous record of 6,873 megawatts set last year.

American Airlines said seven flights had been delayed out of Phoenix because of the heat and 43 regional flights have been canceled Tuesday.

The airline said the Bombardier CRJ regional aircraft can operate under a maximum temperature of 118 degrees. Those are largely the American Eagle flights operated by Mesa and SkyWest, with 90 departures and 90 arrivals daily.

There were four heat-related delays out of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Monday, but none had been reported for Tuesday.
Seems Satan isn't too happy about another temple being dedicated in Arizona. Hot as hell there! :ymdevil: I haven't been to any of her Arizona temples but let's hope they have really good air conditioning!

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Weather is a fascinating subject. It is mentioned in scriptures.
I like to grow a garden.
I know that plants need things to grow and produce:
1. water
2. nutrients (from soil or water solution)
3. light
4. warm temperatures

Global Warming equals a lot of growers cheering as long as the other requirements for plant growth is met.
Global Cooling equals a lot of growers booing, unless they plan ahead with ways to protect plants from cold or move to warmer area.

Food comes from plants. Animals eat plants. We eat animals and plants. So global cooling spells trouble for everyone.

There are many theories floating out there in the scientific community about what is happening to the weather.
So far only global warming and God's punishment has been mentioned in this discussion.
How about global cooling and God's punishment as an alternate theory?

This video talks about Africa cooling trend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkwcsPE0pa0

This one mentions production of food from plants down because of cool weather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3_G8xhzH6Y

I am just throwing out alternate ideas about what is going on. That is part of REAL science to look at all the ideas.

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The ultimate Weather site for the world in real time is Rose edis
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

This is a European group that monitors everything!!!!
Really fascinating and enlighting to see the patterns
Check it out

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Iranian city soars to record 129 degrees: Near hottest on Earth in modern measurements
ImageA city in southwest Iran posted the country’s hottest temperature ever recorded Thursday afternoon, and may have tied the world record for the most extreme high temperature.

Etienne Kapikian, a forecaster at French meteorological agency MeteoFrance, posted to Twitter that the city of Ahvaz soared to “53.7°C” (128.7 degrees Fahrenheit). Kapikian said the temperature is a “new absolute national record of reliable Iranian heat” and that it was the hottest temperature ever recorded in June over mainland Asia. Iran’s previous hottest temperature was 127.4.

Weather Underground’s website indicates the temperature in Ahvaz climbed even higher, hitting 129.2 degrees at both 4:51 and 5 p.m. local time.

If that 129.2 degrees reading is accurate, it would arguably tie the hottest temperature ever measured on Earth in modern times.

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Gulf of Mexico dead zone is largest on record
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Hypoxic areas are shown in red, where the amount of dissolved oxygen is 2 milligrams per liter, or lower.

Every summer for the last three decades, researchers have cruised the northern Gulf of Mexico during July to study the extent of hypoxia, or low oxygen levels. This summer they found the largest area ever on record: 22,720 square kilometers. This is about the size of New Jersey.

This year's "dead zone," where oxygen levels are so low they threaten fish and other small aquatic life, is about 50 percent larger than normal. The average size of the dead zone over the last 31 years has been 14,037 square kilometers, according to Nancy Rabalais, a researcher at Louisiana State University who has long studied the issue. This year's dead zone was likely even larger than what the scientists found, but there was insufficient time on board the ship to measure its entire extent.

Based upon the hypoxia report released this week, this year's large dead zone was driven primarily by high nitrogen loads from the Mississippi River, due to heavy use of fertilizers in the midwestern United States. In some locations conditions were especially extreme. "A notable feature of this year’s distribution of low oxygen is the mostly continuous band of extremely low oxygen concentrations alongshore at the nearshore edge of the zone," the report states. "Values there were very often less than 0.5 milligrams per liter and close to 0 milligrams per liter."

The definition of hypoxia is 2 milligrams of dissolved oxygen per liter, or lower. Heavy river flows cause this problem when excess nutrients in the water create large algae blooms, which act in concert with plankton to create more food for fish, which are then consumed by other marine life. However, when the blooms get too large they consume all of the oxygen in the water, creating low oxygen levels. This can kill fish unable to swim away.
Visited an interesting site that tracks the mass deaths of animals worldwide. There have been a ton of events this year. The waters are being polluted so much that the animals habitats are unlivable.
http://www.end-times-prophecy.org/anima ... times.html
Hosea 4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/hosea/4?lang=eng

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As the eastern U.S. freezes, Sydney bakes at 117 degrees — the hottest in eight decades
The streets of Boston were flooded with icy waters that carried dumpsters away. Cars in nearby Revere, Mass., were nearly buried in frozen floodwaters. Wind chills in parts of New Hampshire could hit 100 degrees below zero (That’s not a typo, as the New York Times points out).

In Australia, however, it’s summer — and a remarkably hot one. So hot that part of a freeway in Victoria on Australia’s southeastern coast was “melting.” Several hundred miles northeast, in the greater Sydney area, Australians spent Sunday in the most sweltering heat in nearly 80 years.

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Temperature in the Sydney suburb of Penrith reached 47.3 degrees Celsius (117.14 degrees Fahrenheit), just a bit short of surpassing the hottest day on record — 47.8 degrees Celsius (118.04 degrees Fahrenheit) in 1939, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
This super hot weather occurs the same week that gay marriage is legalized in Australia.

It’s So Cold in Florida, Frozen Iguanas Are Falling From Trees
Temperatures dipped below 40 degrees in parts of South Florida.

It’s so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees.

Temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) early Thursday in parts of South Florida, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.

That’s chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami’s suburbs. If temperatures drop below that, iguanas freeze up. “It’s too cold for them to move,” Sommers said.
'Bomb cyclone' isn't the only crazy weather term you'll hear this winter
Bomb cyclone: A bomb cyclone happens when a cyclone, which is a low-pressure rotating storm system, experiences a dramatic drop in atmospheric pressure over a short period of time. This process is known as bombogenesis, an equally cool weather word. Bomb cyclones can help draw colder air in from the North, which could, say, blast areas in the northern hemisphere with icy temperatures.
It’s Cold—And Hot—in North America : Natural Hazards
It is frigid in much of Canada and the Midwestern and Eastern United States. Daily low-temperature records have dropped like snowflakes. New Year’s polar plunges have been canceled due to the cold, and many people in the Southeast are in a battle to keep their pipes from freezing.

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This temperature anomaly map is based on data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. It shows land surface temperatures (LSTs) from December 26, 2017 to January 2, 2018, compared to the 2001–2010 average for the same eight-day period. Red colors depict areas that were hotter than average; blues were colder than average. White pixels were normal, and gray pixels did not have enough data, most likely due to excessive cloud cover. Note that it depicts land surface temperatures, not air temperatures. Land surface temperatures reflect how hot the surface of the Earth would feel to the touch in a particular location.
US disaster costs shatter records in 2017, the third-warmest year on record
• Hurricanes and wildfires last year resulted in record costs from natural disasters.
• Total costs of $306 billion far surpass 2005 costs of $214.8 billion, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
• That report also said 2017 was the third-warmest year on record.

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NASA releases time-lapse of the disappearing Arctic polar ice cap
NASA posted this video to YouTube with this description, “Arctic sea ice has not only been shrinking in surface area in recent years, it’s becoming younger and thinner as well. In this animation, where the ice cover almost looks gelatinous as it pulses through the seasons, cryospheric scientist Dr. Walt Meier of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center describes how the sea ice has undergone fundamental changes during the era of satellite measurements.”

2017 was once again one of the hottest years on record, ranked as the second-warmest by NASA and third-warmest by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Hurricane Harvey was fueled by record heat in the Gulf of Mexico
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When Harvey entered the Gulf of Mexico, it encountered record ocean heat energy (top graph in the image below). That wasn’t just random chance—average sea surface temperatures have increased about 0.6°C since 1960 (lower graph below). Global warming obviously includes warming seawater, which means greater ocean heat energy.
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In a Warming West, the Rio Grande Is Drying Up
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The Rio Grande is a classic “feast or famine” river, with a dry year or two typically followed by a couple of wet years that allow for recovery. If warming temperatures brought on by greenhouse gas emissions make wet years less wet and dry years even drier, as scientists anticipate, year-to-year recovery will become more difficult.

“The effect of long-term warming is to make it harder to count on snowmelt runoff in wet times,” said David S. Gutzler, a climate scientist at the University of New Mexico. “And it makes the dry times much harder than they used to be.”

With spring runoff about one-sixth of average and more than 90 percent of New Mexico in severe to exceptional drought, conditions here are extreme. Even in wetter years long stretches of the riverbed eventually dry as water is diverted to farmers, but this year the drying began a couple of months earlier than usual. Some people are concerned that it may dry as far as Albuquerque, 75 miles north.

Because last winter’s mountain snowpack was the second-lowest on record, even that irrigation water may run out at the end of July, three months earlier than usual.

“This is the worst they’ve seen it in their lives,” he said. “The times are changing to where it’s hotter.”

Temperatures in the Southwest increased by nearly two degrees Fahrenheit (one degree Celsius) from 1901 to 2010, and some climate models forecast a total rise of six degrees or more by the end of this century. As elsewhere in the West, warmer temperatures in winter mean that more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow in the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo mountains that feed the Rio Grande.


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All-time Heat Records Are Being Set All Over the World

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From the normally mild summer climes of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East to Southern California, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their hottest weather ever recorded over the past week.

Large areas of heat pressure or heat domes scattered around the hemisphere led to the sweltering temperatures. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports the heat is to blame for at least 54 deaths in southern Quebec, mostly in and near Montreal, which endured record high temperatures.

In Northern Siberia, along the coast of the Arctic Ocean – where weather observations are scarce – model analyses showed temperatures soaring 40 degrees above normal on July 5, to over 90 degrees. “It is absolutely incredible and really one of the most intense heat events I’ve ever seen for so far north,” wrote meteorologist Nick Humphrey, who offers more detail on this extraordinary high-latitude hot spell on his blog.

On Thursday, Africa likely witnessed its hottest temperature ever reliably measured. Ouargla, Algeria soared to 124.3 degrees (51.3 Celsius). If verified, it would surpass Africa’s previous highest reliable temperature measurement of 123.3 degrees (50.7 Celsius) set July 13, 1961, in Morocco.

No single record, in isolation, can be attributed to global warming. But collectively, these heat records are consistent with the kind of extremes we expect to see increase in a warming world.

North America

A massive and intense heat dome has consumed the eastern two-thirds of the United States and southeast Canada since late last week. It’s not only been hot but also exceptionally humid. Here are some of the notable all-time records set:

• The University of California Los Angeles set its all-time high-temperature of 111 degrees on July 6, along with several other locations in Southern California.
• Denver tied its all-time high-temperature record of 105 degrees on June 28.
• Mount Washington, N.H., tied its all-time warmest low temperature of 60 degrees on July 2.
• Burlington, Vt., set its all-time warmest low temperature ever recorded of 80 degrees on July 2.
• Montreal recorded its highest temperature in recorded history, dating back 147 years, of 97.9 degrees (36.6 Celsius) on July 2. The city also posted its most extreme midnight combination of heat and humidity.
• Ottawa posted its most extreme combination of heat and humidity on July 1.

Europe

Excessive heat torched the British Isles late last week. The stifling heat caused roads and roofs to buckle, the Weather Channel reported, and resulted in multiple all-time record highs:

• In Scotland, Glasgow had its hottest day on record, hitting 89.4 degrees (31.9 Celsius). Previously, it was reported that Scotland set its hottest temperature on record of 91.8 degrees (33.2 Celsius) on June 28 in Motherwell, about 12 miles southeast of Glasgow. However, upon further evaluation, the U.K. Met Office determined the record was invalid due to an artificial heating source near the temperature sensor.
• In Ireland, on June 28, Shannon hit 89.6 degrees (32 Celsius), its all-time record.
• In Northern Ireland,
• Belfast hit 85.1 degrees (29.5 Celsius) on June 28, its all-time record.
• Castlederg hit 86.2 degrees (30.1 Celsius) on June 29, its all-time record.

Eurasia

A large dome of high pressure, or heat dome, has persistently sat on top of Eurasia over the past week, resulting in some extraordinarily hot weather:

• Tbilisi, Georgia: On July 4, the capital city soared to 104.9 degrees (40.5 Celsius), its all-time record.
• Yerevan, Armenia: On July 2, the capital city soared to 107.6 degrees (42 Celsius), a record high for July and tying its record for any month.
• Several locations in southern Russia topped or matched their warmest June temperatures on record on the 28th.

Middle East

As we reported, Quriyat, Oman, posted the world’s hottest low temperature ever recorded on June 28: 109 degrees (42.6 Celsius).

These various records add to a growing list of heat milestones set over the past 15 months that are part and parcel of a planet that is trending hotter as greenhouse gas concentrations increase because of human activity:

• In April, Pakistan posted the hottest temperature ever observed on Earth during the month of 122.4 degrees (50.2 Celsius).
• Dallas had never hit 90 degrees in November before, but it did so three times in four days in 2017.
• In late October 2017, temperatures soared to 108 degrees in Southern California, the hottest weather on record so late in the season in the entire United States.
• On Sept. 1, 2017, San Francisco hit 106 degrees, smashing its all-time hottest temperature.
• In late July 2017, Shanghai registered its highest temperature in recorded history, 105.6 degrees (40.9 Celsius).
• In mid-July, Spain posted its highest temperature recorded when Cordoba Airport (in the south) hit 116.4 degrees (46.9 Celsius).
• In July 2017, Death Valley, Calif., endured the hottest month recorded on Earth.
• In late June 2017, Ahvaz, Iran, soared to 128.7 degrees Fahrenheit (53.7 Celsius) — that country’s all-time hottest temperature.
• In late May 2017, the western town of Turbat in Pakistan hit 128.3 degrees (53.5 Celsius), tying the all-time highest temperature in that country and the world-record temperature for May, according to Masters.

Malachi Chapter 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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Was the outdoor thermometer BROKEN that took the 'anomalous' 4:30am reading?

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*NEW* - US Storm Outlook - "Days of Noah" scenario in Japan

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