Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Per Bloomberg, the global warming menace will continue to haunt the United States.



The U.S. Northeast may have the coldest winter in a decade because of a weak El Nino, a warming current in the Pacific Ocean, according to Matt Rogers, a forecaster at Commodity Weather Group.

“Weak El Ninos are notorious for cold and snowy weather on the Eastern seaboard,” Rogers said in a Bloomberg Television interview from Washington. “About 70 percent to 75 percent of the time a weak El Nino will deliver the goods in terms of above-normal heating demand and cold weather. It’s pretty good odds.”

Warming in the Pacific often means fewer Atlantic hurricanes and higher temperatures in the U.S. Northeast during January, February and March, according to the National Weather Service. El Nino occurs every two to five years, on average, and lasts about 12 months, according to the service.


No, this doesn't disprove climate change, global cooling, global warming or whatever the hell we call it this time of the year.

But it does show that weather in general is unpredictable. According to proponents of the climate change theory, the world was supposed to continually get warming year after year.

It appears the United States will have a cooler winter. I know Kansas City in general had a more mild summer than previous years.

Posted by Nick Sloan at 9:08:00 PM