Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Meteorology / January 2006

December ties for 6th warmest in 126 years
Fossil fools, have lately confused the winter storms in
Japan, China, Europe, and the United States with both the
global mean surface temperature and a change in the warming

Warmest Northern Hemisphere November in 126 Years
Carbon fuel industry propaganda has taken a new turn.  No longer
satisfied with telling a single lie at a time like they did a
few years ago, they now publish collections of lies.  Meanwhile,

The UAH MSU data are in.  December's global mean was .235
which is .93 SIGMA, .2047, above the mean, .04542.  There is
nothing cool on this planet!
Please see:

I am looking for GIS data around the world on the Internet without
douwnloading software.

I have a dilemma. I am trying to start a (mostly) self sufficient farm
somewhere in the world and it seems to be impossible for me to find the
perfect weather. I would like to grow as much as I can including
bananas, pineapples, Macadamia nuts, lettuce tomatoes, Apples,

I am looking for any suggestions as to reliable inexpensive electronic
weather instruments.
With several units that I have tested from places like Target, Walmart,
Radio Shack I find that they are not repeatable, readings drift and

Yes Virginia, We're raising Greenhouse Gas Levels.
"The Earth is warming.
There is just no evidence that human endeavor
has sh.t all to do with it.

Last time I was working on this subject I concluded that the general
trend of Global Warming decreases the rain in the interior of the
continent because much of the water that ends up as rain in the
interior is dumped on the coasts where the hurricane path is. Global

typically temperature varies with altitude change - the ISA standard
lapse rate being 6.5 deg Kelvin for every 1000 m change.
How is humidity (specifically % relative humidity and dew point)
affected by altitude change ?

A digital photo I took on Boxing Day in Far Western New South Wales shows a
fat white streak in the sky which might be an aberration of the camera or,
more interestingly, a bit of space junk or meteorite entering the
atmosphere.  How do I make the photo available for comment?   ...

I was asked (that looks like) a simple question:
Why is homogeneous nucleation of fog a dificult process?
Searched the net for the answer, and found no simple explanation of the
subject.

I have heard about this recently and I am wondering if lightning can travel
260 feet through the ground without some sort of conducting material? I have
never really even heard of something like this.I know how electricity
behaves according to ohms law, etc. and according to ...

Greenhouse Effect At All-Time High
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2005
(AP)
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I have watched the refreshing screen the NWS has for all the watches
and warnings for severe storms and tornadoes. I have noticed that at
times they will display, over a period of many hours, many dozen
tornado warnings as red dots. However, when I check the pages with the

http://www.njfreeways.com/weather/07-Jan-96.html
Certainly one of, if not THE, pivotal events in my personal
meteorological experience...
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