I just can’t get enough of that global warming news. Yosemite looks just like a snow globe.
At a time when Yosemite National Park is typically preparing for the summer season, the mountains and granite monoliths surrounding the majestic valley are coated in fresh white powder. If you were standing atop Half Dome today, you might feel as if you were in the center of a snow globe.
The winter-like conditions arrived when a moisture-rich storm swept the Sierra on Wednesday through early Friday morning, blasting higher elevations with powder. There’s more snow expected Saturday through Monday.
Wait a minute! Snow on Memorial Day? How can that be? I thought snowfalls were a thing of the past.
But wait! The global warming news gets even better.
Snow began falling at Denver International Airport early Monday afternoon, hours earlier than forecasters had predicted, forcing meteorologists to increase their projections for snowfall in the Mile High City.
“Right now there is currently a snow shower at Denver International Airport,” said Natalie Sullivan, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Boulder. She said a band of snow arrived at DIA much earlier than originally expected.
“We’re looking at the potential of 1 to 2 inches of snow in Denver now,” Sullivan said. The NWS had predicted as recently as Monday morning that it wouldn’t start snowing in Denver until 1 a.m. Tuesday.
And what about the mountains?
Heavy wet snow is forecast for the foothills and mountains Monday. A winter storm warning and a snow advisory is in place for the foothills and mountains until midnight Tuesday, according to the NWS.
The mountains will get between 8 inches and 18 inches of snow, Sullivan said. The foothills west of Denver could get between 5 inches and a foot of snow. Castle Rock could get up to 6 inches of snow.
“It will be getting worse,” Sullivan said of driving conditions. Icy and snowpacked conditions are expected in the mountains.
It’s almost Memorial Day. This shouldn’t be happening. Somehow the members of the Church of AGW will find some way to blame this on global warming. Remember, they’ve moved the goal posts since we’ve passed the ten years that Pope Albert I of the Church of AGW gave us, now rocket scientist AOC has given us twelve years.
But wait! There’s more.
It is the middle of May and things are looking more like winter than spring. Winter apparently is not finished with parts of the Northeast, nor the West or Europe. In many places around the northern hemisphere its the latest start of spring on record. Cold air coming in from Canada is likely to cause a mix of snow and rain in higher elevations of New Hampshire, Vermont and much of northern Maine by the 14th of May, CNN meteorologist Gene Norman said. That means we will have have had 9 months of winter weather in some parts of the United States as well as in Europe and Russia. (See below.)
On the 15th of May we read a potent, winter-like storm is poised to slam into the western USA, bringing several feet of snow to the Sierra and soaking rain to coastal and valley areas. A dangerous stretch of severe weather is forecast to wallop 18 states in the central USA over the next several days and into next week. In the Sierra, “total snow accumulations of 12 to 18 inches, with localized amounts up to 35 inches, are expected,” the National Weather Service in Sacramento said. Also on the 15th a foot of snow for New Hampshire and heavy snowfall and cold in Corsica, Bosnia and Croatia. Portions of Washington and Oregon saw the latest spring start on record, while parts of Kansas and Oklahoma saw the latest arrival of spring in 38 years, says weather.com.
But, as one of my commenters said, The AGW crowd will say that this was the warmest May on record.
The problem is its not getting warmer—its getting colder and that is already affecting the agricultural sector. It is not just cooling temperatures, we also have record breaking precipitation that is flooding huge areas of the United States farm belt. Its the cold and wet weather combined that is threatening us, not in some far off future but this year. Bad weather in the American breadbasket portend rising food prices and less food to export to the hungry corners of the world.
The planet is not warming up it’s cooling down.
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Did you know that France just experienced its lowest May temperature in two centuries?
Temperatures have collapsed over the whole of France following the influx of arctic air and, on May 6th, set cold records at numerous locations. In Romorantin, 85 meters above sea level in the Loire, a famous producer of grapes for white wine, the temperature collapsed to a dangerous (geoengeeringfor vines) of -3.8 ° C.
I wrote about that last week.
A significant Arctic blast is affecting almost entire Europe and parts of northern Africa. Some regions are dealing with heavy snow, below-freezing temperatures and late-season frost. Temperatures plunged close to and below zero in many places, with many record low temperatures reported. Another blast of cold expected from May 11 to 18.
Temperatures plunged as far south as southern Italy. Global warming is on hold for the rest of our lifetimes and even those of our children. No telling how long the deep freeze will last but we do know that the Grand Solar Minimum is just starting. We can expect climate chaos but not warming.
But I thought the “science was settled”.
Remember, AGW is a religion and the members of that cult are fanatics. They could be huddled in parkas on the 4th of July in Washington DC and claim that the cold was caused by global warming.
Back in the 70’s we were supposed to be worried about global cooling. Newsweek had a cover story on it. Now, in spite of all these cold temperatures in the Spring we’re supposed to think the planet is warming when, in fact, it is cooling and it is because of that big yellow ball in the sky. That is what causes the climate to change not coal fired plants and not SUVs.
Like you, I remember the global cooling fear-mongering in the 70’s. We were all going to freeze, there would be no crops, and you might as well lay down and die now rather than wait. Now the global warming thing isn’t working, so it’s climate change, or even better, “climate crisis”. The planet is cooling due to the decline in activity and instead of pretending that’s not happening, we’re listening to idiots clamour on like televangelists about the end of time. It’s all a money grab. We have no influence over the sun, and living like Neanderthals in caves so a few can grow rich from it isn’t a solution either. I don’t know what is, but I know it’s not anything the cultists want.
Don’t forget, “climate chaos” was a term they tried usin’ but it didn’t catch on.
Here in NE South Dakota the temps for the 1st 139 days of this year 36 days had above normal highs,102 had highs below normal and 1 day had a normal high.
Half a foot of snow last night here on Colorado’s Eastern Plains. Mother’s Day is usually the trigger for being able to plant without any risk of frost or snow. Guess it’s going to move to Memorial Day.
It amazes me (no it doesn’t) how if a city has an exceptionally warm month the local media will find stupid’s that just say stuff.
“See see it’s global warming and those SUV’s”
An exceptionally cool month and it’s mum’s the word and it’s apparent that the level of hype and sensationalism is determined by above average degree days per month.
Here in God forsaken Western NY our May has produced a scenario of April showers bring winter coat and veritable frozen tundra. But we’ll have July.
Sunday was a nice day to sit inside and watch the PGA championship on TV, and occasionally look outside and watch it snowing all afternoon. This was near Minneapolis, MN. It’s supposed to be about 70F right now.
It’s been proven that the temperature records kept by NOAA are corrupted because 90% of their sites are located near airports, in major cities and other places where the heat island effect overwhelms the natural temperature readings. Most of the reported temperature rise is fictional.
“Hey look, it’s cold in some places for some period of time.” And from that, you conclude that the scientists are wrong and that global warming isn’t actually happening. Listen to the actual scientists. They know much, much better than you. And they don’t make their conclusions on cherry picked anecdotal information.
No, that is not where the conclusions come from but it is fun to counter the AGW crowds constant harping about how every hot day, every large storm, pretty much everything actually is now caused by climate change. There are plenty of scientists, who aren’t being funded by government grants, who have very legitimate, strong arguments against the theory of man made global warming. You need to get out more.
Catastrophic climate predictions are like a fashion trend. Just like the hemlines of skirts, temps go up……..then down……
The biggest similarity is that in both cases, the changes in ‘style’ serve to provide fresh sources of income and nothing else.
I maintain that we have little effect upon the climate we live in. I will add that there is nothing wrong with encouraging conservation of resources as well as reducing negative by-products of our lives. I do not agree with the idea that the end is near. We have heard this all too often.
Ultimately, it is wise to prepare for all outcomes. That is what a prudent individual does and they do this in order to not be the ‘victim’ of any situation.
I have several relatives who are in the biological research and medical technology fields. Some are liberals, some are conservatives, but most are not political by temperament — in fact, I would say they are politically naïve. When they meet on holidays they share notes in hushed tones about the pressure they are under to toe the ideological line on “climate change” if they want to be eligible for promotions, grants, or want to keep their jobs. A few say they have been forced to sign documents that have riders avowing their belief in man-made global climate change.
Hi Formerlib. This is some made up bullshit. They are going to scientists in biological research and medical technology and pressuring them into affirming their belief in climate change? That’s nonsense. Why? Because they have no reason to get those scientists who aren’t involved in climate research to speak to the issue at all. This is some right-wing fantasy bullshit. Sorry
It’s exactly as I described. Whenever they meet they talk about the groupthink imposed upon them in their workplaces. Part of the discussion devolves on the very point you mentioned: what does climate change have to do with their jobs?
We live about 50 miles north of Denver, just off the I25 corridor. We got at least 2 in of heavy wet snow. Played havoc with trees and shrubs.
This year in w Texas it’s been quite pleasant. Lots of rain, some twisters and coolness. Fine dafuq with me compared to the usual upper 90s to low 100s.