The Weather Thread

[McAdooSmackinYou]

ah, the climatological version of "both sides"

 

[ColdBlueSteel]

ah, the climatological version of "both sides"

As in show me the facts?
The DAY of Chantel the forecast was very wrong but hey, it’s been figured out on a millennial timeframe.

Bosiders open to all truths are the only ones with any intelligence.

Cue the onesider eye rolls

 

[McAdooSmackinYou]

Fact: it used to snow.

 

[ColdBlueSteel]

Fact: it used to snow.

Fact, a lot of snow in the last 12 months

 

[Carolina Fever]

I thought about something the other day as I near 50 years old growing up in this state of NC….As a child during summer break from school I stayed with my grandparents while my parents worked….Well really my grandmother because Pa was working as well…Most times during the summer months Thunder Storms would come up….My grandmother would cut all the lights off….Unplug the TV and all appliances and tell me and my sister to lay down…

Basically I have seen storms like this my whole life in NC….

Crabtree Valley Mall area used to flood every time…If you were in the Mall you would have to wait if a storm came up….Good Times…

My grandma did the same thing, except she would say we might have to get under the dining table if it got worse. She had a battery operated TV radio that she would listen to. I do remember having thunderstorms pretty much weekly in the summer back then. I don't recall having this many storms as we have had the last couple of weeks in a long time.

 

[McAdooSmackinYou]

Fact: when I was a kid in central NC ponds used to freeze enough that our dad would let us walk on them.

 

[ColdBlueSteel]

Fact: when I was a kid in central NC ponds used to freeze enough that our dad would let us walk on them.

Fact: Jordan LAKE froze this year, for a decent while

 

[McAdooSmackinYou]

Did you let your kids walk on it (assuming some poor woman was drunk enough to pass out in your presence?)

Inquiry: why are insurance rates surging?

 

[Patb78]

Heavy rains here today in Burlington. Normally it’s been 4-6 weeks since we’ve had any rain. Today Alamance Road and Maple Avenue were flooded. That has never happened (save during a tropical storm) since I’ve lived here. And I’ve lived here for over 50 years. I don’t care what anyone else says. Global warming is definitely happening. The ground, which is usually so hard this time of year that it is cracking, is saturated.

 

[ColdBlueSteel]

Did you let your kids walk on it (assuming some poor woman was drunk enough to pass out in your presence?)

Inquiry: why are insurance rates surging?

No I did not let my kids with some poor drunk woman walk on it. Not sure that’s a good “barometer” for climate change. What do you call the “let-your-kids-walk-on-it-back-in-the-day” measure and what are the units of that measure?

As for insurance rates, inflation and the cover provided from some recent high profile events could factor in just a bit

 

[Duke Mu]

Fact: when I was a kid in central NC ponds used to freeze enough that our dad would let us walk on them.

Even in Greenville.

 

[Duke Mu]

No I did not let my kids with some poor drunk woman walk on it. Not sure that’s a good “barometer” for climate change. What do you call the “let-your-kids-walk-on-it-back-in-the-day” measure and what are the units of that measure?

As for insurance rates, inflation and the cover provided from some recent high profile events could factor in just a bit

There are more storms, more damage. Just ask an insurance agent. I will say that there are more homes near the shore. However, the # of CAT3+ hurricanes in the Atlantic basin has been rising.

 

[1moretimeagain]

No I did not let my kids with some poor drunk woman walk on it. Not sure that’s a good “barometer” for climate change. What do you call the “let-your-kids-walk-on-it-back-in-the-day” measure and what are the units of that measure?

As for insurance rates, inflation and the cover provided from some recent high profile events could factor in just a bit

Property Insurers leaving Florida or raising rates substantially have created an opportunity for you to step in and take market share. It’s time to get rich.

 

[McAdooSmackinYou]

Massive flooding and school shootings. It’s just the way it’s always been.

 

[ColdBlueSteel]

There are more storms, more damage. Just ask an insurance agent. I will say that there are more homes near the shore. However, the # of CAT3+ hurricanes in the Atlantic basin has been rising.

Property Insurers leaving Florida or raising rates substantially has created an opportunity for you to step in and take market share. It’s time to get rich.

From trying to sell insurance to retirees who are suffering from the same inflationary pressure as the insurance companies?

 

[ColdBlueSteel]

There are more storms, more damage. Just ask an insurance agent. I will say that there are more homes near the shore. However, the # of CAT3+ hurricanes in the Atlantic basin has been rising.

Fair.
The C-130 hurricane hunter flight observation data 1850 vs 1925 vs 2024 really tells the story.

 

[Zoo_View]

I sadly enjoy the idiocy of climate change deniers.

Remember the good ole days when bumeister would go toe-to-toe with their ignorant asses?

 

[Duke Mu]

I sadly enjoy the idiocy of climate change deniers.

Remember the good ole days when bumeister would go toe-to-toe with their ignorant asses?

Yeah - 2 graphs and an article...all you need to know. CO2 has a long half-life (decades) and is universally and homogenously distributed throughout the troposphere. Water vapor has a short half life and is very heterogeneous in the atmosphere changing hour by hour. Water vapor *can* amplify the warming effects of CO2.

Most of the CC denier stuff came from the O&G industry then politicized. The weather and even climate effects are complex because of interactions with ocean current oscillations, reduced albedo, etc...but the planet overall is warming, a little more near the poles. Because of reduced Arctic ice, the polar vortex is more likely to be displaced - so, even if the winters (especially nights) on average are warmer...periodic frigid spells and snow remain possible and likely, even into the deep South.

How Exactly Does Carbon Dioxide Cause Global Warming?

CO2 molecules make up only a small percentage of the atmosphere, but their impact on our climate is huge. The reason comes down to physics and chemistry.

news.climate.columbia.edu

 

[Zoo_View]

Yeah - 2 graphs and an article...all you need to know. CO2 has a long half-life (decades) and is universally and homogenously distributed throughout the troposphere. Water vapor has a short half life and is very heterogeneous in the atmosphere changing hour by hour. Water vapor *can* amplify the warming effects of CO2.

Most of the CC denier stuff came from the O&G industry then politicized. The weather and even climate effects are complex because of interactions with ocean current oscillations, reduced albedo, etc...but the planet overall is warming, a little more near the poles. Because of reduced Arctic ice, the polar vortex is more likely to be displaced - so, even if the winters (especially nights) on average are warmer...periodic frigid spells and snow remain possible and likely, even into the deep South.

How Exactly Does Carbon Dioxide Cause Global Warming?

CO2 molecules make up only a small percentage of the atmosphere, but their impact on our climate is huge. The reason comes down to physics and chemistry.

news.climate.columbia.edu

Appreciate that post.

 

[BillOfRights]

https://kyweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/GFS-2-5.png

I don't think this will create waves so big that the best surfers in the world wouldn't surf them, but it could be very wet in terms of water.