Thread: Global Warming:Experts Predicting Coldest Winter in 100 Year

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Global Warming ALERT: British Experts Predicting Coldest Winter in 100 Years



Word to the British, you better buy a new winter coat. Experts are predicting that this will be one of the coldest winters in the past 100 years. This kind of weather was predicted by scientist, Mojib Latif who back in September predicted that earth was going to cool off for the next 20-30 years. Latif said the cooling would be the result of changes to ocean currents and temperatures in the North Atlantic, a feature known as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the NAO may be partly the cause of warming during the past 30 years.

Its ironic that in Britain, home of the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, recently made famous by the climategate is facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict temperatures hitting minus 16 degrees Celsius (+3 Fahrenheit).

...They predicted no let up in the freezing snap until at least mid-January, with snow, ice and severe frosts dominating. And the likelihood is that the second half of the month will be even colder.

Weather patterns were more like those in the late 1970s, experts said, while Met Office figures released on Monday are expected to show that the country is experiencing the coldest winter for up to 25 years. On New Year's Day 10 extreme weather warnings were in place, with heavy snow expected in northern England and Scotland.

Despite New Year celebrations passing off mostly unaffected by the weather, drivers in parts of the country, particularly areas of Northumberland, Cumbria and the Scottish Highlands, were warned not to travel unless absolutely necessary.

The continued freezing temperatures did not signal bad news for everyone however. CairnGorm Mountain said it has had its best Christmas holiday season in 14 years.

With heavy snow in the area, the resort said that over a four-day period following Christmas Day it has had more than 8,000 skiers and snowboarders using its runs - including 800 on New Year's Eve.

Over 15,000 skiers have used the resort since the start of December, compared to 2,000 last year.

A spokesman for the Met Office said: “It is certainly a while since we had cold weather like this and there isn’t any sign of any milder weather on the way.â€

I think we are in global cooling. They have had earlier snowfalls and cold weather alot earlier than normal in several areas within the United States. I was shocked that they had cold weather advisories as soon as they have in Toronto as well.

Here is more proof:
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_ ... 801C147199

China braces for deep freeze

Beijing - A freezing front swept over much of northern China on Sunday with snowstorms snarling road and air traffic, schools set to stay closed, and some of the lowest temperatures in decades forecast in coming days.

Snow storms were expected to continue through Monday and the mercury was set to plunge in the next 48 hours when China returns to work following a three-day New Year holiday, the Beijing meteorological station said.

Gale force winds sweeping down from Siberia could result in temperatures as low as minus 16 degrees Celsius in the capital on Monday and Tuesday, it added.

In some parts of northern China temperatures were expected to drop as low as minus 32 degrees Celsius.

Classes at primary and middle schools in Beijing and nearby Tianjin would be suspended on Monday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Heavy snows hampered traffic at Beijing Capital Airport where about 90 percent of all flights were delayed or cancelled on Sunday, the last day of the holiday, China Central Television said.

Over 500 flights were delayed and about 400 flights were cancelled, stranding thousands of passengers, it said.

To ensure safety under the snowy, icy and foggy conditions, only one of the airport's three runways was in operation, reports said.

Inbound and outgoing flights at other airports in northern China were also experiencing delays and cancellations, they said.

With Beijing set to return to work, the head of its traffic management office, Song Jianguo, said 7 000 traffic police would be deployed for Monday's morning rush hour, along with 5 000 volunteers to maintain order at crowded bus stops, Xinhua reported.

The city authorities had mobilised a vast army of 300 000 people to clear snow, the agency added.

Major highways in Beijing and Tianjin, as well as in the surrounding provinces and regions of Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia were closed due to the heavy snowfall earlier Sunday, but some roads opened later in the day, China Central Television said.

Long-distance bus travel in north China was also being hampered by the weather, reports said.

With snows expected to continue in the region throughout the night, traffic was likely to become even more snarled when the nation returns to work, the reports said.

Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry said it had dispatched teams of experts to farming areas to advise farmers on how to protect their crops in the extreme cold weather. - AFP

Snow storms were expected to continue through Monday and the mercury was set to plunge in the next 48 hours when China returns to work following a three-day New Year holiday,

WOW! They get three days off for the Western New Year, and another week off in February for Chinese New Year!!

well its gotta be cooling because houston and san antonio in texas had their earliest snow fall ever.
Dallas where i am, has had below temps too much lately and are expecting more this week. a low of 12-16 on thursday morning and the high not above 30

If this is global warming, ill.............. (thinking)