Who knew tornado season would be starting in January this year?
A terrible night across the South. 24 reports of tornadoes in the last 24 hours across Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi.
The National Weather Service says an EF2 caused extensive damage in Fordyce AR, with winds of up to 135 mph.
Last year tornado ravaged the country during the early months of the year. Overall 552 people died, the second worst death toll in US recorded history. Last year in January we had 29 reports of tornadoes with 16 confirmed. This year we have had 26 reported to date with 21 confirmed. The New Normal strikes again. This is not a comforting thought as we head closer to the peak of tornado season this coming spring.
http://news.discovery.com/earth/weird-warm-weather-120110.html#mkcpgn=emnws1
It’s a La Nina year. I wouldn’t chalk stuff up to global warming, per se. That doesn’t mean global warming is necessarily to be excluded here, but…
The systemic Oscillations like Dao, NAO, AO and the La Nina/La Nino have all been more extreme lately or have shifted their latitudes/longitudes and that I think can be attributed to global warming.
A nice diary at the Orange Satan recently discussed dome of these changes.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/20/1053082/-Sea-Ice-Death-Spiral-Driving-Atlantic-Water-into-A
rctic-Causing-Wild-Weather?via=search
Another rocking spring and summer coming up. Just close your eyes and pretend its god’s hand at work. Problem solved.
Rapture, Baby or 2012, take your pick if you don’t want to listen to the scientists.
I live in Chicago, we had 8 inches of snow on Friday and then thunderstorms last night. Crazy, crazy weather.
Yeah, I’m a few hours away in Ann Arbor – last Tuesday, it was 51 degrees, Friday it hit zero, and today it was up to 49. Our mail lady was wearing shorts. In January. For the third time so far this month.
Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, we had one big freak snowstorm in October, and unusually warm weather since then, bare ground, occasional rain that doesn’t even freeze. Yesterday was the first storm along the coast north of Boston to leave appreciable snow (about two to four inches) and what didn’t melt today in the 40s will wash away in tonight’s rain. Looks like the rest of January will mostly continue with days in the 30s and 40s, nights not very far below freezing, and more rain rather than any snow.
Heck, just looked at AccuWeather’s 15-day forecast. Daily high temps for Ipswich? 48, 41, 40, 44, 41, 33, 30, 47, 48, 43, 42, 48, 48, 31.
This is crazy.
pat robertson told me it’s because the south has sinned against god.
i live in the south and its 80. warmest january on record. i guess we have not sinned enough down here.