Comments on: More’easter Jonas Looks Like The Real Deal (UPDATED Storm shifts to the north) https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/01/21/moreeaster-jonas-looks-like-the-real-deal/ Mon, 25 Jan 2016 02:31:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: SteveP https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/01/21/moreeaster-jonas-looks-like-the-real-deal/#comment-467745 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 02:31:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22053#comment-467745 Plenty of flooding on the New Jersey coast. Governor Christie did not consider global warming a “crisis” in December of 2015. I wonder how many extreme events it will take to raise his level of concern to that of “problem” or “worthy of consideration”? Or are his opinions about climate change strictly molded by the amount of petro-dollars in his campaign war chest?

Coastal New Jersey communities are now suffering their second major flooding event in less than four years. This must be disheartening .

As to attribution… we know that global warming is raising sea level through ice melt water and through local changes like slowing of the Gulf Stream. Sandy was a record sized storm. Jonas has broken a number of records. Is this all just bad luck for New Jersey? Is this all just a bad combination of natural effects like high tides, el Nino, and random weather? Or are these harbingers of more infrastructure wrecking climate change to come during Christy’s term? How much of a putz is governor CC going to prove himself to be?

Stay tuned.

]]> By: Chris O'Neill https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/01/21/moreeaster-jonas-looks-like-the-real-deal/#comment-467744 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 04:22:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22053#comment-467744

The driver of this wetness (which will be snowness) is very high sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic

An interesting thing about ice ages is that, initially, the winters may be warmer and the summers cooler which means more snow accumulation in winter and less melting in summer. So a decrease in the temperature differential between summer and winter such as is caused by orbital variations (with no change in the average) can lead to an ice age.

However, unlike the conditions leading to an ice age, our (we caused it) global warming is increasing the temperature in every season. We might be lucky to get a positive ice balance change in some seasons and in some places but usually it’s negative.

]]> By: Lionel A https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/01/21/moreeaster-jonas-looks-like-the-real-deal/#comment-467743 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 13:17:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22053#comment-467743

“Yes, this storm is getting its extra moisture and power from climate change with a does [sic] dose…

See-No-Context can always be relied upon for cherries.

]]> By: dean https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/01/21/moreeaster-jonas-looks-like-the-real-deal/#comment-467742 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 03:09:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22053#comment-467742 sn: it’s been pointed out to you numerous times that the fact there were large storms years ago does not mean discussions of and about storms currently active are incorrect, no matter how strongly your feeble little dishonest intellect wants them to be.

]]> By: Michael W. https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/01/21/moreeaster-jonas-looks-like-the-real-deal/#comment-467741 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:51:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22053#comment-467741 Hey, See Noevo found an anomalous event at one particular time in one particular place! Good job!

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

]]> By: See Noevo https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/01/21/moreeaster-jonas-looks-like-the-real-deal/#comment-467740 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:10:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22053#comment-467740 “Yes, this storm is getting its extra moisture and power from climate change with a does of El Niño added in. The driver of this wetness (which will be snowness) is very high sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic…This is a global warming enhanced storm.”

The Atlantic’s GW enhancement may have been in greater 94 years ago, at least for Washington, D.C.
That’s when they got their all-time record – 28 inches!

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Ten-Worst-Storms-in-DC-History-365815301.html

]]> By: Jonas: The Giver Of Really Crappy Weather UPDATED – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/01/21/moreeaster-jonas-looks-like-the-real-deal/#comment-467739 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:16:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22053#comment-467739 […] GO HERE FOR THE LATEST UPDATE […]

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