The Ice Age Cometh! Forget Global Warming!

As for the 'Forget Global Warming' part of this thread, the counter to the IPPC crowd seems to be the ICSC of which Steve Goreham (featured above) is a part the connected network Friends of Science. The directors of the ICSC, the 'WHO WE ARE' part, includes Dr. Tim Ball - Ball has a recent December 22 article on CLEXIT spun off of BREXIT ;-) on climate change with a spot light on the usual characters going back to Maurice Strong; a meddler of old par none from my own backyard.

Each of these sites has hyperlinks to other sites that are in support (some would be recognized to readers here) of trying to counter the narratives of the IPPC, Paris Accord, Poland initiative et cetera - the 'it's all decided' crowd.

I know that when I bring up subjects of climate with friends, especially left friends, they usually throw a nut and link me back to some Wiki-page overriding the discussion with emphases on 'big' oil ties. Yeah, I could send them back 'big' oil ties to many of the greenwashing environmentalists - yet minds are made up and discussions are rare. Their only magical thermometers used are manufactured by the AGW Corporation that stops at 0c or 32F respectively (the Euro or American versions).

Lastly, noted on Anthony Watts site is that they have a desktop calendar 'Hinode X-ray telescope 2019 Calendar: Sun, Sun and Sun' - all about the sun :-) (counter to its non-influencing factor by the IPPC crowd), so here is the pdf link and as they said, it was a Merry Christmas wish; ditto to all.



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Alps-Snow Eastern Alps (north)/Wednesday Temperatursturz- Alpen - Sneeuw oostelijke Alpen(noordkant) / Woensdag Temperatursturz | Alpenweerman.nl

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8:34 AM - 29 Dec 2018
Especially in the Nordstau of the Eastern Alps the next 48 hours snow fall (30 to 50cm) ☃️ from Wednesday it becomes icy cold #arcticoutbreak See also Alpine weather forecast on Alpenweerman Johann. Het meest betrouwbare weerbericht voor de Alpen
 
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"Great concern," said Jorge Enrique Bedoya, president of the Colombian Farmers' Association (SAC), in reference to the possible effects of the El Niño phenomenon in the country. For that reason, he called on agricultural producers to implement good practices, preparing water reservoirs for irrigation and fodder for cattle feed.

On the other hand, he highlighted the $ 80,000 million announced by the government for agricultural insurance in 2019, and considered it important that small and medium producers should take advantage of these mechanisms.

You may be interested: In 2019 there will be $ 80,800 million for agricultural insurance

The Minister of Agriculture, Andrés Valencia, said that with these resources the objective is to encourage "the culture of insurance and protection against events of climatic variability".

The resources for agricultural credit next year were announced just when the frost season also begins due to the low temperatures that occur especially in the early hours of the morning. The Ideam has attracted attention mainly for the high mountain areas in Norte Santander and Santander, as well as Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Cauca, Nariño and Antioquia.

You may be interested: Ideam: more than 6 departments affected by frost and 15 on alert for possible fires

On the other hand, as a result of the imminence of the El Niño phenomenon, the Ministry of the Environment announced in early December a Conpes document with $ 55,256 million to implement strategies that mitigate the impact at the end of this year and beginning of 2019.

According to Bedoya, of the SAC, "it is still too early" to talk about effects on food prices, but he said that if the dry season is prolonged in the first three months of next year "in some areas it can begin to generate a reduction in the normal supply of food ", with a possible effect on consumer prices.

You may be interested: The Ministry of Environment's plan to face El Niño

"The Ministry is vigilant to the prices of food in the supply centers so that there is no speculation about the phenomenon and frost," said the agricultural portfolio. In addition to ensuring, being informed, giving adequate management to the water resource, having food reserves for livestock and avoiding the accumulation of garbage and glass waste, are among the recommendations that the government has given to prepare for the season.


NBC devoted the full hour of Sunday's "Meet the Press" to climate change, featuring an interview with Michael Bloomberg vowing to elevate its role in the White House race.

Why it matters: It's a rare star turn for climate change on the Sunday shows and potentially a sign of growing political prominence for a topic that's typically a second-tier focus in national elections and on Capitol Hill.

“We're not going to debate climate change, the existence of it. The Earth is getting hotter. And human activity is a major cause, period. We're not going to give time to climate deniers. The science is settled, even if political opinion is not."
— Chuck Todd at the open of today's show

The show also includes comments from NASA climate scientist Kate Marvel.

The big picture: The segment comes after California's devastating wildfire season and recent reports from the Trump administration and the United Nations about the consequences of warming and the closing window for aggressive steps to hold the expected global temperature rise in check.
  • Meanwhile, President Trump is unwinding Obama-era climate regulations and House Democrats are grappling with how to craft climate policy if a political window for major legislation opens in the future.
What they're saying: Outgoing California Gov. Jerry Brown, who has overseen the most aggressive climate policies in the nation, said the U.S. is not doing enough relative to the dangers of warming.

"[N]ot even close, and not close in California, and we're doing more than anybody else, and not close in America or the rest of the world."
— Gov. Brown on "Meet the Press"

Bloomberg said he'll work to ensure that 2020 Democratic presidential candidates offer strong proposals on climate.
"I don't know whether I'm going to run or not, but I will be out there demanding that anybody that's running has a plan. And I want to hear the plan, and I want everybody to look at it and say whether it's doable."
— Bloomberg on "Meet the Press"

The intrigue: Climate's treatment on the Sunday shows and network TV overall has for years come under attack from advocates. They criticize sparse attention and appearances by non-expert guests who dispute the scientific consensus on human-caused warming.
  • For instance, a July analysis by the liberal Media Matters for America said that over two weeks from late June to early July, ABC, CBS and NBC aired a combined 127 segments on the major U.S. heatwave, but just one mentioned climate change.
  • "Meet the Press" drew criticism for a Nov. 25 segment in which Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute inaccurately suggested that the last two years have been among the coldest on record.
By the numbers: Federal datasets show that 2016 was the warmest year on record dating back to the late 1800s. NASA data shows that 2017 was the second-warmest, while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which uses a slightly different method, said it's the third-warmest. Both agencies' data shows that the five warmest years on record have all occurred since 2010.
  • Meanwhile, 2018 will almost certainly rank as the fourth-warmest year on record, and NOAA is expecting 2019 to be another top five warmest year.
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Published on Dec 30, 2018
 
Sudden Stratospheric Warming underway, mid/late January could see some serious winter weather across a large part of Europe
31 December 2018 By SWE | Long range / seasonal forecast, Mesoscale Discussion
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Two months ago, we talked about the polar vortex and its influence on the troposphere. Right now, the “Sudden Stratospheric Warming” – a large scale process – is underway and it might have important implications for the rest of the winter.


As it can be seen in the graphic the stratosphere over the Arctic region is undergoing a strong warming event. The mid-stratosphere temperature over the pole is more than 65 °C warmer than in a normally strong polar vortex situation. This helps to weaken the polar vortex and can even cause it to break down into two or more smaller vortices.

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If the weather is quiet for this #NouvelAn2019, it was not the case 15 years ago with Du #froid and La #neige in plain on January 1, 2004. Small anthology of milestone events on January > > Meteo Paris - Le premier site météo pour Paris et l'île-de-France 1st



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The road weather is poor or very bad, the snow will increase during the near-day in the central part of the country still 10-15 cm #lumipyry #myrsky







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January 1, 2019

 
350k w/o Power Heavy Snow, Alps, Avalanche W arning The Grand Solar Minimum GSM News Live
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#neige continues to accumulate in central Europe-Situation increasingly problematic, between #Bavière& #Autriche especially (red vigilance in progress)-several deaths under large #avalanches, cumulations of 1 M 50/3 m in Mountain: L'Autriche et la Bavière sous la neige
 
No end to the heavy snowfall in sight in Austria and Switzerland – *update* on the extreme snowfall across the northern Alps
09 January 2019
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The northern Alps are buried in thick fresh snow, literally meters in some places. The situation is critical in many areas, with extreme avalanche danger. Indeed, a number of fatalities related to avalanches have already been reported. Further episodes of intense snowfall are expected in the second half of week and likely to persist into next week. We take a closer look.

As the synoptic pattern persists, it sustains the meridional flow of Arctic maritime airmass from the north towards the south. Persistent stau-effect snowfall is ongoing. Expect it to persist through Wednesday and Thursday. A pause is expected on Friday and Saturday, with some places not receiving any snow and others experiencing somewhat more moderate snowfall.

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Total snow accumulation from Tuesday noon to early on Friday and early on Saturday. ARPEGE model guidance. Map: Wxcharts.eu.



Weather to ski’s guide to weather and snow conditions for skiers
Today in the Alps...
Updated: 9.15am Wednesday 9 January 2019 - Extreme snowfall continues in Austria…26-32 minutes
The snow situation across some parts of Austria is now what could be classified as extreme – a once in a generation type event in parts of the Tirol, Salzburgland, Styria, Upper and Lower Austria. The Vorarlberg also has a huge amount of snow but they are more used to it here, so the current snowfall is considered less unusual.

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Nearly all ski resorts in these parts of Austria are on at least a 4/5 (very high) avalanche danger rating, with some on the maximum 5/5 (extreme), with more resorts likely to reach the maximum level during the course of today. Needless to say, any off-piste activity in these areas is completely out of the question. The snow is also causing problems with infrastructure in these areas, including road closures and in some cases villages being entirely cut off.

If you are in the affected parts of Austria right now, the advice is simply to follow the advice of the local authorities. Do not ski outside of any open pistes, do not walk or drive on any closed roads or footpaths, and stay tuned to local media reports.

Elsewhere in the Alps, there has been a lot of snow in some central and eastern parts of Switzerland (e.g. Laax, Davos) where the avalanche risk is also very high. Snow has also fallen further west in the north-western Swiss and northern French Alps, though in more moderate quantities, with no more than a few centimetres in the mega resorts of the Tarentaise, such as Val d’Isère and La Plagne.

Back to the forecast and it will continue snowing all day across most parts of the northern Alps, heaviest in Austria and eastern Switzerland where it will continue for much of tomorrow. In the north-western Alps, especially in France, it will be more moderate and will die way during the course of the day tomorrow.

By Thursday we can roughly expect the following snowfall totals from this latest storm (i.e. since yesterday):
  • Northern French Alps: 5-35cm - highest in resorts close to Lake Geneva and the Swiss border (e.g. Avoriaz);
  • North-western Swiss Alps (e.g. Gstaad, Wengen): 30-50cm;
  • Central and north-eastern Swiss Alps (e.g. Engelberg, Flumserberg, Klosters): 50-80cm, with more in places;
  • Northern Austrian Alps (e.g. Lech, Saalbach, Hochkönig, Gosau): 80-150cm. This is of course on top of all the snow that these north-eastern Alpine resorts have already had in recent days – bringing snowfall totals since the New Year to well over 300cm in places.
By contrast, the southern Alps have seen very little if any snow in recent days, and weeks even and will continue to miss out over the next few days. The Dolomites, for example, are heavily reliant on artificial snow but it has, at least, generally been sunny, meaning that there has been some perfectly good skiing on offer.

We will go into much more detail with regards to snow conditions right across the Alps in our main snow report tomorrow.

Published on Jan 8, 2019

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It seems more and more likely that the third decade of January is colder than normal in France and over most of Europe-this trend could be even intensified at the beginning of February-to follow-European set model via @mikarantane





1-9-18 Ashtabula, OH - Lake Effect Snow Event Ongoing - Heavy Traffic - Car spun around on ramp
Published on Jan 9, 2019 / 2:10

GSM Update 1/9/19 - Manam Erupts to 55,000ft - Heavy Snow Dump - Southern US Snow Storm Evolves
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Heavy snow paralysed much of Europe for yet another day, cutting off mountain villages, sparking avalanches like one that crashed into a Swiss hotel, and killing at least four people.

Jan. 11, 2019 - Avalanche hits Swiss hotel as heavy snow across Europe leaves at least 21 dead (Photos - Video)
Avalanches, accidents add to snow-related deaths in Europe

Workers at the Hotel Saentis in eastern Switzerland spent Friday shovelling out hip-deep snow after a 300-metre wide avalanche smashed through the hotel's windows on Thursday afternoon and piled up in rooms and the dining hall.

Local police said three people were hurt by the avalanche in Schwaegalp.

At least 21 weather-related deaths have been reported in Europe in the last 10 days.

Additional 15 photos:
Avalanche at Swiss mountain resort | Pictures | Reuters


Jan. 11, 2019 - Avalanche bursts into Swiss hotel as heavy snow continues across Europe ski resorts (Photos)
Avalanche bursts into Swiss hotel as heavy snow hits Europe

The avalanche occurred at around 4pm on Thursday afternoon in the Schwägalp pass area.

One eyewitness told Tagblatt that he had stopped by the restaurant to grab a beer and read the paper when he saw the snow approaching.

He said: “There was a huge noise and a load of snow came in from the back of the restaurant.”

Outside, the street in front of the hotel was completely buried with several cars and a bus under the snow.
 
EUROPE worst winter in over 3 Decades
10 hours ago The Star Man
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Most of us at some point are a little Biased when it comes to seeing Snowfall, the scenery is most wonderful draped in crisp white snow however there is a point at which even the most avid snow fan has to "step back" and evaluate the risks involved with excessive amounts of the white fluffy stuff!.

According to recent reports Europe is currently in the grips of the worst Winter in over some 3 Decades taking us back to the early 1980's, to date 21 lives have been lost with many businesses losing thousands in revenue. Authorities in Bulgaria said another two snowboarders died in an avalanche on Friday. The Bulgarian Red Cross said in a statement that their bodies were found at noon on Friday in the Pirin Mountains in the southwest of the country.

full report here.
Heavy snowfall causes chaos across Europe as two snowboarders die in avalanche
Heavy snowfall has caused chaos in Germany and Austria, as both countries remain on high alert. Several people have died in weather-related incidents. Troops have been deployed to help residents and helicopters are clearing snow from trees to stop it from falling on cars.

full report with videohere.
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Who still recovers that this is not an extreme weather has not understood something: Until Tuesday between 30-50, partly 150 cm of fresh snow on top again. In addition to wounds in the event of a storm-extremely dangerous situation for the Alps. #Extremwetter @wxcharts

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💠 effects of the stratospheric warming continue to occur in the #VórticePolar. Possible dense masses of Arctic air over North America in the coming weeks. In Mexico they would start arriving after 18-January with drastic thermal decreases. (IMG @wxcharts)

Midwest Cleaning Up After Rough Winter Storm - WeatherNation
Snow Storms winter Jan 12, 2019
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To say Friday night’s commute in St. Louis was difficult would be an understatement. Parts of I-70, I-64, and I-44 were all shut down at some point. It’s not surprising considering the “Show Me” state recorded some of the heaviest snowfall totals from our country’s latest blockbuster storm. The Missouri State Highway Patrol highlighted the incredible amount of response needed to handle this event.


Earth Changes -- Sott.net
1/13/2019

'Diamond dust' ice crystals seen in Hokkaido town- News - NHK WORLD - English
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On Sunday, many people with cameras gathered in mountainous areas of the town, where the mercury fell to minus 25.8 degrees Celsius in the morning.
 
On the radio news here in Germany one "expert" tried to spin it like this: "Well, warmer temperatures can also mean more snow, because if it's too cold, there is no snow!" or something like that. He then went on to say "but we're expecting warmer temperatures so there will be less snow where we now have much snow". Makes sense?
 
On the radio news here in Germany one "expert" tried to spin it like this: "Well, warmer temperatures can also mean more snow, because if it's too cold, there is no snow!" or something like that. He then went on to say "but we're expecting warmer temperatures so there will be less snow where we now have much snow". Makes sense?

Strange and incredible that they can hide the facts.

Meanwhile:
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#ألمانيا snow caused chaos in some parts of Germany. A train was trapped in the central German district of Ha'aretz on January 9, 2019, Germany 🇩🇪# #Blizzard #snow @worlds_weather 🔴
 
On the radio news here in Germany one "expert" tried to spin it like this: "Well, warmer temperatures can also mean more snow, because if it's too cold, there is no snow!" or something like that. He then went on to say "but we're expecting warmer temperatures so there will be less snow where we now have much snow". Makes sense?

Sure! I guess we can expect more of those kinds of desperate attempts to attribute snow and cold somehow to man made global warming. It is getting crazier by the day.
 
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