Tuesday, October 04, 2005

We're Long Past the Point of Studying the "If?" of Gloabl Warming

Here are some recent news reports:

The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years

Global Warming Past the Point of No Return

The Gulf Stream Conveyor Current is Slowing Down (Just like in the horrid Movie The Day After Tomorrow)


Arctic sea ice continues decline as temperatures rise


...but on the flip side this means that the long awaited dream of the Northwest Passage will be attainable.

To exacerbate our problems the sun is increasing in luminosity. This may explain the climate change seen on Mars.

Finally, from today's NWS Forecast Discussion for Northern Michigan:

PRIMARY FORECAST ISSUES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY INCLUDE POTENTIAL
FOR AN HISTORICALLY WARM DAY WEDNESDAY...

...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ONE OF THE WARMEST OCTOBER DAYS
EVER RECORED. GIVEN UPSTREAM TEMPS ALREADY 85-90F WITHIN WARM
SECTOR...AND GIVEN POTENTIAL FOR LOW/MID LEVEL DRYING WITHIN WARM
SECTOR WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN SURFACE DEWPOINTS A FEW DEGREES
BELOW THOSE OF TODAY...BUMPED UP TEMPS A FEW DEGREES WEDNESDAY...
NOT FAR FROM RECORD HIGHS FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF OCTOBER
AT APN AND HTL (88F)...TVC (89F) AND GLR (85F). IN FACT...IF THE
WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH MORE QUICKLY THAN EXPECTED...EVEN THE ALL
TIME MONTHLY RECORD AT ANJ (81F) COULD BE CHALLENGED.



At least the U.S. will have a weather modification program to fix all of this .