The weather in Memphis this summer has been mild as hell. Would we expect a cooler winter this year, or do the two have anything at all to do with each other?
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Some of the modeling I have looked at is showing a pretty cold winter. The pattern of weather has been similar to the 50s and 70s. In both decades you had a series of winters that were duds followed by crazy cold/snowy winters. Some experts say we have had the dud winters the last two years so hold on it starts getting crazy this winter.
It's hard to tell.
The reason we've had such a mild summer is because of the extra moisture, leading to increased cloud cover and showers. In Memphis, you guys have really been getting that NW flow and the rain/increased clouds. It's been nice temperature wise, but it's very atypical and it's kind of thrown some of the winter thinking off. I know here in Alabama the month of July had some of the lowest average high temperatures the state has ever seen, and a few places like Birmingham and Anniston had over 11 inches of rain. Just insane.
I think you and other places here in the south may be in store for at least one really good snowfall this year, but we potentially will have a few shots. Had some shots last year that didn't really pan out because we didn't get the cold air to come down. That's the current updated thinking and I kind of agree with it. Some of the large scale patterns (of which I will refrain from going weather nerd and explaining) suggest we will have some chances at snow, but I think there will be a good period of time that will be mild.
Having a meteorology degree from MSU means I'm pretty realistic about long term projections, meaning I don't trust them this far out. This prediction could obviously change, and these long term projections change significantly based on the short term pattern at the time. To sum all this up, I think we will have a couple of nasty cold shots in the middle of a mild winter.
The reason we've had such a mild summer is because of the extra moisture, leading to increased cloud cover and showers. In Memphis, you guys have really been getting that NW flow and the rain/increased clouds. It's been nice temperature wise, but it's very atypical and it's kind of thrown some of the winter thinking off. I know here in Alabama the month of July had some of the lowest average high temperatures the state has ever seen, and a few places like Birmingham and Anniston had over 11 inches of rain. Just insane.
I think you and other places here in the south may be in store for at least one really good snowfall this year, but we potentially will have a few shots. Had some shots last year that didn't really pan out because we didn't get the cold air to come down. That's the current updated thinking and I kind of agree with it. Some of the large scale patterns (of which I will refrain from going weather nerd and explaining) suggest we will have some chances at snow, but I think there will be a good period of time that will be mild.
Having a meteorology degree from MSU means I'm pretty realistic about long term projections, meaning I don't trust them this far out. This prediction could obviously change, and these long term projections change significantly based on the short term pattern at the time. To sum all this up, I think we will have a couple of nasty cold shots in the middle of a mild winter.
He makes a good point though. Often when you have a lot of wet weather it tends to cause less extremes in temps (hence the mild summer). When it's dry you get the extremes.
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Global warming sucks.
You do know that the mild summer is due to global warming.
The extreme cold winters in Europe recently is due to global warming. Only a fool would deny that cooler weather is due to global warming.....or so I have been told.
You do know that the mild summer is due to global warming.
The extreme cold winters in Europe recently is due to global warming. Only a fool would deny that cooler weather is due to global warming.....or so I have been told.
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Yeah I love how every weather event is caused by global warming. "Record number of tornados". Well it's because of global warming. The next year "Record low tornados". Well you know that's caused by global warming.
My favorite is when there are record lows or a blizzard, they always say that one weather event does not indicate that global warming is false, but when there's a strong hurricane or a tornado outbreak it's "proof" of global warming. Then it's always, "Expect even WORSE weather in the years to come!"
At any rate, I'm not going to complain about a mild summer too much.
At any rate, I'm not going to complain about a mild summer too much.
You obviously are stupid to not realize that man created the global warming that caused the cooling.
Ask a liberal.
Obviously only they know.
In the mean time i will google obama for his opinion. According to liberals he is the final word on everything. I, having a BS in Zoology, without doubt sequent to obama's superior intelligent on matters of global warming......excuse for us stupid people.....climate change.
Obviously only they know.
In the mean time i will google obama for his opinion. According to liberals he is the final word on everything. I, having a BS in Zoology, without doubt sequent to obama's superior intelligent on matters of global warming......excuse for us stupid people.....climate change.
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