The myth continues

I know it's been a fair while since the last posting but important research needed to be undertaken, meaning that time was limited. Anyway never mind. Now with time pressures not so extreme I can devote at least some attention to outlining the many many inconsistencies that plainly illustrate that this planet is far from heating up to the point where we shall resemble the steaming cauldron of a planet - our nearest neighbour Venus, where a cool day comes in at a positively mind boggling 700 degrees centigrade.

Anyway it's time to take stock and summarise world weather since the last posting. This can quite easily be described as unremarkable and very ordinary. For example the summer in the British Isles arrived in name only with wet and cool conditions and temperatures that were lower than the so called norm. This was largely because of winds that were predominantly of a northern direction, in contrast to the year before when they were predominantly from the south.

Further afield we had the occasional heatwave in the Mediterranean, and most especially Greece where fierce forest fires - deliberately lit - created widespread disruption with many deaths. However this is Greece, traditionally hot in summer, in a way that has continued for many centuries. Parts of the USA also experienced heatwave conditions, which in this present climate were exaggerated to fit the pattern of that highly esteemed new age religion of Global Warming.

Anyway so much for the summary. But what about now??

Again nothing remarkable for this time of year. Northern Europe is under the grips of intense cold, which even extends to more southern areas with significant snow falls in Greece and Spain, and nothing much of note in other parts of the world. Quite how this squares with either a pattern of disastrous Global Warming or even the faintest glimmer of proof that could support Climate Change is up to the seriously deluded to decide. Meanwhile freezing temperatures and apparent normality elsewhere speak volumes for the rest of us. In short nothing unusual.

Despite this the powers that be wring their hands in glee. The Climate Change hysteria continues in overdrive and governments as well as the press everywhere continue to trumpet the mantra of carbon footprints and the inevitable taxes that will shortly follow to save the planet. In fact we would go so far as to say that never in the modern history of the world has such a half baked argument ever been pedalled with the same maniacal, religious zeal, with so little evidence to support it, and with such great success in convincing the masses

Cold, heat, rain, blizzards, heatwaves and cold snaps have always been the way of the worlds climate. Sometimes one or other elements of this pattern predominates, creating the illusion of permanent change, but which actually represent no more than one more cycle, either longer or shorter of world climate that has always been subject to change. This is the way it has always been and the way it always will be.

Strange migrations.

A lot has often been made of the fact that so called warm water creatures are appearing much further north than is normal. For example Mediterranean fish caught in British waters, or even birds spotted much further north of their habitual domain. For the advocates of Global Warming this is firm evidence in support of their claims of human induced climate changes.

But is it?

As frequent visitors to this site will know, we are firmly of the belief that temperature anomalies, are solely the result of changed winds, bringing warmer, or even colder winds and temperatures to places where such creatures are far from the norm. Moreover winds and sea currents often act in tandem, with one having a very definite effect on the other. It follows then that changed wind patterns will also result in changed sea currents, and in the Pacific Ocean this is most demonstrably the case. However this is very much a world-wide phenomenon with changed sea currents bringing a new wealth of life to areas they would not normally frequent.

Hence there is no great mystery to fish or birds being found far from their normal habitat. Nor does it imply these will be long term changes: Simply that for the moment ocean and wind conditions allow for an overlap of species in either direction. Moreover this is a process that has existed for a very long time and is certainly nothing new. For example even as far back as the 1960’s fishermen in the Mediterranean often caught or witnessed fish species traditionally to be found in much more northern climes. Those with especially long memories will recall that this was a period when Global Cooling was all the rage. The experts of the day had decided - through equally feeble evidence as now supports Global Warming - that we were headed for the next Ice Age.

And it wasn’t only fish that were being caught out of place. Reliable sightings were often made of Puffins seen on Mediterranean shores, but these sightings were dismissed by experts as impossible: Dismissed that is until years later when the so called experts began to see the Puffins for themselves.

It seems obvious that a much wider migration of species into non traditional climes has existed for a much longer period than the current furore over Global Warming. It is also apparent that creatures will follow new wind and sea currents and quite naturally will want to explore new horizons while the opportunity exists. Before long however changing circumstances will bring a stop to these migrations or else encourage other species to explore previously closed domains. In other words this is an entirely natural development that is a sign of nothing other than periodically changing wind and sea currents in a way that has been going on for countless millennia.

Extreme flooding follows reduced Solar flare activity.

Some weeks ago we mentioned the possibility of disturbed, extreme or unusual weather patterns that we felt may arise as a result of lowered Solar flare activity. To some extent or other this has persisted for around three weeks.

For us this was cause for concern because previous spells of lowered Solar flare activity earlier in the summer were later followed by extreme weather conditions in numerous countries, including the British Isles where estimated damage ran into many millions of dollars. This time reduced flare activity has extended for even longer, and once again the world has witnessed extremes of conditions.

As reported in an earlier post the Far East, including India, China, Bangladesh, and Vietnam have been especially badly hit with some of the worst ever monsoon flooding in recorded memory. Meanwhile in Europe particularly heavy flooding has resulted in severe disruption within numerous Balkan nations, including Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Flash floods also hit areas of Spain, and in the USA New York was lashed by hefty downpours after a stifling heatwave.

Once again as on previous occasions of lowered Solar flare activity we see an astonishing concentration of floods and extreme weather within a relatively short time period, and inevitably this hints at a single causal factor. Of course there have been those who have rushed to attribute these events to Global warming or Climate Change. Reassuringly however people are beginning to wise up a little and see things differently. Meteorologists for example speak of a new La Nina wave attributed to a cooling of the Eastern Pacific, which has long been known as a source of disturbed or unusual weather patterns. This certainly is one cause of these latest anomalies, but we believe that the determinative factor in all of this is the actions of the Sun, or more precisely the lack of Solar flare activity, which time after time is followed by extreme events here on Earth. Events that we actually predicted would happen some time ago.

It doesn’t get anymore ridiculous.

Theories, suspicions and counter arguments regarding Global Warming and Climate Change, can surely never get anymore ridiculous than claims highlighted in an article published in the Times of London. In this article an environmentalist is quoted as saying that driving your car to the shops is less injurious to the atmosphere than walking there.

The reasoning behind this blindingly facile argument is that people expend so much energy in going to the shops that they eat more, and therefore consume more food. This in turn leads to more food purchases from an industry that according to the article is top heavy in terms of environment harming processes - far more it claims than the fumes emitted from ones car.

Perhaps the theorist involved failed to consider that people who walk more and exercise more, may also be more inclined to take more rests, thereby minimising their use of devices that place a strain on the use of natural resources. Above all features like this illustrate that when people’s minds become preoccupied, or in this case obsessed with a particular theory then all sorts of junk begins to take root. And just wait: In time these inane ramblings will themselves become backed up by equally ludicrous measures that will likely tax the amount of walking or exercise we are likely to do in order to prevent undue food consumption. Couldn’t happen? You bet your **** it could. Just wait and see!!! It also illustrates that when people part company from common sense and create a situation of self imposed logic then there’s no telling how perverse a world we might create.

For more on this article please turn to the link below:
The environmental harm of walking to the shops.

Heavy rains cause 2 million evacuees in China

For some time we have been warning that reduced Solar Flare output was likely to lead to extremely disturbed weather patterns in some parts of the world. Very shortly after this China was hit by some of the worst floods in living memory. These led to widespread disruption with around 2.5 million people forced to evacuate their homes, as well as causing at least 500 deaths.

Authorities believe that the intense flooding has yet to peak and are warning of potentially even more disastrous consequences in the days and weeks ahead.

Inevitably there were the usual murmurs of Climate Change being responsible, but the evidence suggests otherwise. In fact once again the culprit was quite simply a collision of winds with warmer air colliding with cooler winds from the north that produced particularly long and explosive downpours.

Stronger than usual monsoon rains also brought extensive flooding to large parts of India and Bangladesh.

For more information on the full severity of the Chinese flooding please turn to the following link:
Chinese floods.

In Greece meanwhile the intense heatwave that brought highly unpleasant conditions only around a week ago at last began to subside. But was this because the swirling clouds of carbon dioxide had spread their influence elsewhere or was there a more mundane explanation? Yes you guessed right - there is. Once again it comes down to a simple change of wind direction as a north westerly air flow brought more bearable conditions to the country.

Elsewhere Britain still struggled to live up to the name of summer, with a relatively indifferent spell of weather, that was at least a respite from the intense rain and flooding of the previous week. Once again this was hardly evidence of run away Global Warming, though we can well expect that despite this lousy weather official temperatures will still somehow be quoted as "warmer than average" Yeah right!!!

Extreme or unusual weather on its way.

The likelihood of even more unsettled or extreme weather conditions across the world was made even more likely by the activity of the Sun or rather the lack of it. For just around a week Solar flare activity has been unusually low to non existent (see pic below) Of course this corresponds to Solar minima, part of an 11 year cycle of Solar activity when the Sun goes from very turbulent flare activity to barely any at all.

We are now in the latter stage and there are many who believe that these periods have a profound influence on the world’s weather. For example the recent spells of extreme weather across Europe were both preceded by periods of low Solar flare activity. Now this current spell is the most profound of them all, and we can safely say that the next few weeks will be filled with extreme, unusual, or otherwise bizarre episodes of weather phenomenon.

Remember you read it here first.

See here for more on this topic
Solar flares and the weather

Southern Europe continues to stew.

An intense heatwave gripping southern and central areas of Europe set new records. At 41.9 centigrade Hungary saw its highest ever recorded summer temperature, whereas a record summer high of 44 centigrade was also registered in Bulgaria. Meanwhile not far away in Greece temperatures topped even this with a reported 45 degrees in the Greek capital Athens. In Italy the capital Rome also sweltered.

So far an estimated 500 deaths have been attributed to the unbearable heat and hospitals were swamped with cases of heatstroke and other weather related casualties. In Spain the city of Barcelona was subject to a blackout as the electricity network struggled to cope with increased demand due to the over use of air conditioning. Temperatures at around 40 centigrade were not quite as high as eastern and central Europe, but nonetheless uncomfortable and very different to those of northern Europe. Here floods, high winds, rain and unseasonably low temperatures continued to account for some of the worst summer conditions for over 60 years. So just what was going on?

Inevitably the Global Warmers were chirping with an unbroken chorus of glee, sprouting out to anyone who would listen that this was just a foretaste of the real miseries that would soon strike the planet.

So was this really Global Warming at work? Was this the result of the swirling clouds of carbon dioxide or was there a much more mundane explanation? Turns out there was.

As this site continues to illustrate there is nothing particularly mysterious about these spells of extreme weather. As on other occasions it was simply the work of whatever particular wind direction was blowing where. As can be seen from the picture below the Balkans and Central Europe were under the influence of very hot winds blowing up from the tropics. These then crossed over the deserts of North Africa and came streaming into areas of Europe to register the record temperatures outlined above.

Meanwhile Britain and northern Europe were still under the influence of considerably more cooler winds streaming across the Atlantic, bringing wave after wave of rain laden clouds. The reason that these caused so much flooding was simply because of the swirling nature of the weather system as it remained focused above Britain for a comparatively long time. Not much mystery then and shows how ordinary the explanations are when one looks to science instead of fantasy.