Heatwave with a global grip

[Aeneas]

13 weather stations, stretching over a 120 km strip from Montpellier (34) to Draguignan (83) provided maximum temperatures that exceeded the previous record for France (44.1°C in 2003 in Gard - official tracking of temperatures started in 1900) of which 3 weather stations (including the Meteo France station in Gallargues) provided a max temp in excess of 45°C.

Thank you Pierre for clarifying the issue. So the BBC was for once not printing pure fake news.

 

[Aeneas]

Here is a picture of the officiel weatherstation at GALLARGUES LE MONTUEUX that Pierre mentioned :

 

[Aeneas]

Here is a close up of the measuring station:


What strikes me is that it is out in the open and not in a semi open wooden box as I have seen them elsewhere. To me that would make the temperature readings higher, compared to if it was in the shade. I am a little puzzled. The above photo was taken in April 2012, when it was moved there from its previous location.

 

[mabar]

This difference of 1.7°C might be due to several factors:
- inaccuracy of the station(s)
- difference of location,
- most likely: difference of elevation, knowing that typically a station a few meters over the top of a roof will provide maximum temperatures that are 1 to 2 degrees lower than what would be measured 1.5 meters (5 feet - the standard elevation for weather stations) above the ground.

And the cosmic conditions (Breakdown of magnetic field, cosmic rays, and cosmic dust)are another set of factors? or I am mixing things? As I understand the cosmic conditions are creating havoc around the globe, with all kinds of consequences/effects as sunlights mentioned here Session 9 June 2018? and, the other hand the sun had been awfuly quiet Sun spotless for 33 days straight - airline travelers being exposed to up to 70 times more radiation so it has been decreasing in solar irradiance.

Europe had this week a bicolor weather (West Europe hot weather and East Europe cold weather)

 

[Cosmos]

I get the slight feeling at least here in germany that there are vested interests involved to convince everyone as soon as it gets NORMALLY hot that this is proof of global warming. I found it rather strange that in just the first couple of hot days here in germany in this year, they already talked about "water becoming scarce in cities". Last year this "water is becoming scares" was also a big thing in the news. I do wonder though, how and why all of a sudden germany has so much "problems" with water, even just a couple days into the start of the summer?
Could it be that some people capitalize on this "water is getting scarce" business? Is it actually getting scarce so soon or do they artificially make the water scarce so that it fits into the global warming scam? Or even make it up completely out of thin air?

I'm just very skeptical nowadays when it comes down to the "wisdom" of the Media and their cronies about our world "and where we are headed". They have a very bad track record of actually presenting facts and a very good one of spreading obvious propaganda and lies.

 

[Pierre]

What strikes me is that it is out in the open and not in a semi open wooden box as I have seen them elsewhere.

It looks like a forced ventilation encasing. See a description here. It is a normalized encasing that is more and more used in professional and semi-professional stations because it totally protects the expensive and fragile sensors from direct radiation, rain, hail and natural wind.

And the cosmic conditions (Breakdown of magnetic field, cosmic rays, and cosmic dust)are another set of factors?

It is a very important factor indeed. But I don't think it accounts for the 1.7°C difference between the two nearby weather stations.

So the BBC was for once not printing pure fake news.

When the data match their narrative they don't need fake data. In this instance, the fake news is not about the data (45°C+ in SW France on June 28th) but it is about the interpretation of the data, that according to the MSM, is a confirmation of the ongoing global warming. That is fake news!

 

[Aeneas]

When the data match their narrative they don't need fake data. In this instance, the fake news is not about the data (45°C+ in SW France on June 28th) but it is about the interpretation of the data, that according to the MSM, is a confirmation of the ongoing global warming. That is fake news!

Very true and especially when they have primed the audience beforehand with headings such as

'Hell' Is Coming, Record Temperatures To Spread Heat Waves Across Europe, Meteorologists Warn

Again, the BBC and the rest of the MSM will be the first to downplay new cold records or snowfalls or glaciers growing by pointing to that these are isolated weather events and not climate events as climate refers to long term trends. When it is hot for a week then it is due to the climate, the new normal of ever increasing temperatures and the end is near etc.

I read a few responses that question the temperature record part of it and pointing to paper clippings from other times.

France in 1930 was worse, reaching 122° degree Fahrenheit (50°C):

p2 – 30 Aug 1930 – The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947) – Trove

In 1772, it apparently reached 118° F or 47.7° C.

Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, July 24, 1906, Page 8, Image 8 « Historic Oregon Newspapers

25 Jan 1899 – “HEAT” WAVES THAT HAVE BEEN. – Trove

There are more incidences like that. So the question is, whether these reports from the past should be discounted, because we now are much better at measuring temperature as it comes with a digital reading? Were they back then not able to make accurate measurements of? According to wikipedia then that appears not to be the case Temperature measurement - Wikipedia

The modern scientific field has its origins in the works by Florentine scientists in the 1600s including Galileo constructing devices able to measure relative change in temperature, but subject also to confounding with atmospheric pressure changes. These early devices were called thermoscopes. The first sealed thermometer was constructed in 1641 by the Grand Duke of Toscani, Ferdinand II.[1] The development of today's thermometers and temperature scales began in the early 18th century, when Gabriel Fahrenheit produced a mercury thermometer and scale, both developed by Ole Christensen Rømer. Fahrenheit's scale is still in use, alongside the Celsius and Kelvin scales.

Were these previous temperatures discarded because a new international standard came to effect?

If on the other hand we take it that, yes, the temperature reading back then were indeed correct, does that mean that back then they were also experiencing socalled climate extremes or climate chaos as we are now? The difference being that they just accepted it as being weather and got on with life...the kids still going to school instead of striking and no talk about the world ending in 12 years.

Could it be that these events in the past coincided with cycles and cycles within cycles as we have talked about many times and that we are at present also experiencing multiple cycles reaching their peak at the same time? I also think that an impending iceage or mini iceage is before us, though the word immediate could look different from a cosmic view or in geological time.

 

[Joe]

Regarding the record temperature in France, then it appears that something is not right according to this article, which has a photo of where that temperature was measured. It is not surprising that the global warmist are being a bit creative with the truth as they desperately want people to believe:

Something is always 'not quite right' when it comes to precise measurements of temperatures in any given area. There are so many variables that you will always have a variation in temperature recordings. The bottom line is that there is more than enough independent evidence to conclude that the all time high temp in France was surpassed a couple of days ago. Was it 46.1 or 45.5, or was it only 44.5? Who cares? Who wants to nitpick over that? It was freakin hot!

The other problem is that those of us here who have decided that global cooling or an ice age is in the near future should actually be HAPPY that record high temps are being recorded. Why? Our assumption that global cooling is coming is, in no small part, based on the predictions of the Cs. But in that case, we have perhaps forgotten this:

Q: How does global warming cause glaciers?

A: Increases precipitation dramatically. Then moves the belt of great precipitation much farther north. This causes rapid buildup of ice sheets, followed by increasingly rapid and intense glacial rebound.

So if you want global cooling to be real, then celebrate global warming (here and there) because it portends global cooling! And don't get caught up in the silly bun fight between those who simply want to trash any mention of high temperatures because they think it gives succor to the global warmists.

 

[Aeneas]

And don't get caught up in the silly bun fight between those who simply want to trash any mention of high temperatures because they think it gives succor to the global warmists.

I actually agree with what you are saying and I admittedly got caught up in the bun fight. It is certainly fair to say that a number of websites which do a good job in criticizing the propaganda of the global warming crowd, are equally black and white in their thinking and thus tend to think that nothing is happening and trying to normalize everything. Thus they will be equally surprised when global temperatures go south.

 

[Metrist]

I think the warming vs. cooling arguments detract from what is happening, and that is we are experiencing extremes. And that is probably because the atmospheric blanket is thinning. So we have both extremes as the atmosphere isn't moderating the heating and cooling, so that the temperatures sway faster from the extremes.

Look at the planets, some experience very cold nights, and very hot days - because there is no atmosphere.

And if in the news it was reported that our atmosphere was thinning, it would come across as too: 'the sky is falling'.

But it is cyclical like everything else, and we just have to wonder if it is the big one.

I went to the store yesterday, and when I left the store, I smelled this funny odor - it wasn't smoke, it was that scent of being in a sauna!

 

[angelburst29]

Scientists say Alaska is warming at twice the rate of the global average. Thawing permafrost is affecting everything from building foundations to wildlife habitats.

Alaska heat wave shatters city’s record, disrupts jobs and lives

People visit a rock outpost at Beluga Point along the Turnagain Arm on July 4, 2019 south of Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska is bracing for record warm temperatures and dry conditions in parts of the state. (Lance King/Getty Images/AFP)

July 6, 2019 - Temperatures in Alaska’s largest city Anchorage have soared to a sweltering all-time record of 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) as a heat wave grips the US state which straddles the Arctic Circle.

Fourth of July fireworks were canceled due to risk of wildfires caused by “extreme dry weather conditions,” as temperatures matching those in Miami highlighted rapid warming in a region considered particularly vulnerable to climate change.

“At 5 p.m. this afternoon, Anchorage International Airport officially hit 90 degrees for the first time on record,” tweeted the National Weather Service (NWS) late Thursday.

The previous record was 85 degrees, set in June 1969.

The average high temperature for July 4 in Anchorage, located in southern Alaska, is a far cooler 65 degrees. The abnormally warm weather is being caused by a “giant ridge of high pressure sitting right over us,” NWS meteorologist Bill Ludwig told the Anchorage Daily News.

Alaska had earlier broken temperature records throughout a hot spring, particularly in the Arctic zone which is especially sensitive to fluctuations in climate.

All 30 days in June had above-average temperatures, the NWS said.

According to scientists, Alaska is warming at twice the rate of the global average. “From 1901 to 2016, average temperatures in the mainland United States increased by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit... whereas in Alaska they increased by 4.7 degrees,” Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, told AFP in April.

Arctic ocean warming
The dramatic warming Alaska has experienced in recent years — linked partly to a decline in sea ice and Arctic ocean warming — has wreaked havoc on local communities, wildlife and the state’s economy.

Permafrost — the frozen ground that covers almost 85 percent of Alaska — is thawing, affecting everything from building foundations to wildlife habitats and the picking of berries that grow on the tundra.

Frozen rivers usually serve as transport routes in winter, as two-thirds of communities in the state are not accessible by road. But higher temperatures have made the ice dangerously thin and unsafe for truck or car travel.

Many recreational sled-dog races have had to be canceled this year, and the famed Iditarod race had to be re-routed as what is normally solid sea ice was open water on part of the race course.

Crab fishing has also been affected as the sea ice that fishermen use as a platform is non-existent or too thin in some areas.

Alaska’s seal population is likely to be affected this summer, as some species give birth on solid ice, Thoman said.

Global warming has led to the lowest ice levels in the Bering Sea — which connects with the Arctic Ocean — since 1850, when sea ice records were first kept, he added. While it is unprecedented for the mercury to hit 90 degrees in coastal Anchorage, temperatures as high as 100 degrees have been recorded in Alaska’s interior.

The high-pressure system causing the current spike in temperatures is expected to shift north to inland areas in the coming days, with further records likely to be broken, according to AccuWeather.

 

[angelburst29]

DC to feel almost as hot as Death Valley on Saturday
Cities have declared heat emergencies as the Northeast is bracing for a record-challenging heat wave. Some places will see triple-digit temperatures for the first time in years.

The northeastern United States will sizzle this week as summer heat builds to near-record levels in some places, with many metropolitan areas experiencing the hottest air temperatures of the summer so far as a heat wave envelopes a wide swath of the United States.

In the nation's capital, AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperatures on Saturday are on Saturday are forecast to reach 110 F, just 2 degrees shy of the RealFeel Temperature forecast for Death Valley, California, on the same day.

Washington, D.C., will also swelter with a forecast high of 100; however, the nation's capital likely won't break its daily and all-time high of 106 hit on July 20, 1930, about 12 years after the mercury hit 106 in 1918. However, this is forecast to be the first triple-digit heat to grip the nation's capital since the summer of 2016.

Intense July sunshine combined with a northward retreat of the jet stream will allow an impressive heat wave to build even for midsummer standards for many locations across the Northeast.

Heat kills more people on an annual basis than any other weather factor.

"Temperatures are forecast to throttle back to seasonable levels or even slightly below average for a time next week in the East as heat shifts to the western U.S.," Pastelok said. "There should also be a substantial drop in humidity in the Northeast next week."

 

[Ca.]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1152123728471498752

Forecast of maximum temperatures next week - Regarding the minimum, values of 20 ° C and more are expected over most of France, possibly 23/26 ° C in the heart of large cities ( #Paris particular) and near the #Méditerranée

https://twitter.com/x/status/1152006889204518912

https://twitter.com/x/status/1152113793469681664

The last simulations aggravate and lengthen by one day the #canicule next week for most of France - probably peaks at 40 ° C during the day and heat records #nocturne- The forecast can still evolve -
@wxcharts

 

[Pierre]

France is experiencing a new heatwave with dozens of weather stations having recorded temperatures equal or greater than 40° Celsius (including Rennes, the capital of Brittany). Several all-time records for maximum temperatures have been broken especially in the West of the country.

BORDEAUX-PAULIN (33) 42,6°C
MONTGIVRAY (36) 42,5°C
BRETENOUX (46) 42,2°C
BRIVE (19) 42,1°C
LASSE (49) 42,1°C
TERRASSON-LAVILLEDIEU (24) 42,0°C
SAUMUR (49) 41,9°C
BEAULIEU-S-LAY (49) 41,9°C
ARGENTAT (19) 41,8°C
BELIN BELIET (33) 41,6°C
TORTEZAIS_SAPC (03) 41,4°C
REIGNAC (37) 41,4°C
LE GRAND-PRES. (37) 41,3°C
MONPAZIER (24) 41,3°C
BORDEAUX-MERIGNAC (33) 41,2°C
FERRIERE-LARCON (37) 41,2°C
AMBOISE - LYCEE (37) 41,1°C
LES EYZIES DE TAYAC (24) 41,1°C
LA TRIMOUILLE (86) 41,1°C
SAVIGNY - VERON (37) 41,1°C
MARCE (49) 41,1°C
MONTLUCON AERO (03) 41,1°C
CHARMES_SAPC (03) 41,0°C
ANGERS VILLE (49) 41,0°C
L'ILE-BOUCHARD (37) 41,0°C
ISSOUDUN_SAPC (36) 41,0°C
MAUBOURGUET (65) 41,0°C
LIGRE (37) 40,9°C
SABLONS (38) 40,9°C
ROSNAY (36) 40,9°C
TUSSON (16) 40,9°C
CHAILLAC_SAPC (36) 40,8°C
CHATEAUROUX DEOLS (36) 40,8°C
SAVIGNE/LATHAN (37) 40,8°C
MONTCLUS (30) 40,7°C
ST GERVAIS (33) 40,7°C
LE MANS (72) 40,7°C
ST MARTIAL VIVEYROLS (24) 40,7°C
SAINT-MAIXENT-L-ECOLE_SAPC (79) 40,7°C
ST FLORENT VIEI (49) 40,7°C
FONTAINE-GUERIN (49) 40,7°C
BEAUCOUZE (49) 40,7°C
JOUE-LES-TOURS OB (37) 40,7°C
DOMME (24) 40,7°C
SAUNAY (37) 40,7°C
VICHY-CHARMEIL (03) 40,6°C
TENDU_SAPC (36) 40,6°C
BRIVE-SOUILLAC (19) 40,6°C
ORVAL RAD (18) 40,6°C
LOUDUN (86) 40,6°C
BONNAT (23) 40,6°C
LEVROUX - TREG. (36) 40,5°C
SALIGNAC-EYVIGUES (24) 40,5°C
BERGERAC (24) 40,5°C
VICHY-VILLE (03) 40,5°C
VOUTEZAC (19) 40,5°C
LA COURONNE (16) 40,5°C
GOURDON (46) 40,5°C
MONTMORILLON (86) 40,5°C
ARCHIGNY (86) 40,5°C
ISLE-ET-BARDAIS (03) 40,5°C
ROMORANTIN (41) 40,5°C
MURS (36) 40,5°C
BENASSAY_SAPC (86) 40,5°C
CASTELSARRASIN (82) 40,4°C
BLOIS (41) 40,4°C
CAZATS (33) 40,4°C
PASSIRAC (16) 40,4°C
MARTIGNE-BRIAND (49) 40,4°C
MATHA (17) 40,4°C
CHATELLERAULT (86) 40,3°C
BOUSSAC_SAPC (23) 40,3°C
TRESSON_SAPC (72) 40,3°C
LE PALLET_SAPC (44) 40,3°C
REAUP (47) 40,3°C
SAINT-LOUP_SAPC (23) 40,3°C
LIMOGES VILLE (87) 40,3°C
MONTRIEUX (41) 40,3°C
MONTIGNAC (24) 40,3°C
AGEN-LA GARENNE (47) 40,2°C
LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC (86) 40,2°C
MENDIVE_SAPC (64) 40,2°C
VILLIERS_SAPC (17) 40,2°C
TOURS (37) 40,2°C
NEUVY-LE-ROI (37) 40,2°C
SANCOINS (18) 40,2°C
GLENAY_SAPC (79) 40,2°C
RENNES-ST JACQUES (35) 40,1°C
MONTAUBAN (82) 40,1°C
VIHIERS (49) 40,1°C
DUN (18) 40,1°C
ST-PIERRE (18) 40,1°C
BEAUMONT_SAPC (37) 40,1°C
PERIGUEUX-BASSILLAC (24) 40,1°C
GENOUILLAC (23) 40,1°C
SEGRE_SAPC (49) 40,0°C
ST EMILION (33) 40,0°C
COGNAC (16) 40,0°C
MAUVEZIN-SUR-GUPIE (47) 40,0°C
POITIERS-BIARD (86) 40,0°C
SEGONZAC_SAPC (16) 40,0°C
BRANTOME (24) 40,0°C
LUCHE-PRINGE (72) 40,0°C
MAUPREVOIR (86) 40,0°C
SURIN_SAPC (79) 40,0°C
POUANCE_SAPC (49) 40,0°C
LAMOTTE-BEUVRON (41) 40,0°C
RENNES GALLET (35) 40,0°C

Source: Infoclimat

 

[Ca.]

France is experiencing a new heatwave with dozens of weather stations having recorded temperatures equal or greater than 40° Celsius (including Rennes, the capital of Brittany). Several all-time records for maximum temperatures have been broken especially in the West of the country

https://twitter.com/x/status/1153891278880497664

Many records of #chaleur night are beaten this morning between #Centre , the #Normandie and the #NordPasdeCalais , with often 24 to over 27 ° C at 6:30. This afternoon, the #canicule2019 and its very high temperatures reach the northeast. (link: https://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2019-07-24/aujourd-hui-la-canicule-gagne-le-nord-est-51737) actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-mete…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1153731100633645056

Definitely using this current wave, (as a great opportunity), to detox, with the body's natural ability's to do so. While staying magnesium, and sodium hydrated.



And for what ever reason's it's all been quite bearable at this junction.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1153906852612255745

PIC DU MIDI A day a little less hot today especially west after yesterday's records ... 13 to 2800m this morning