I live in Philadelphia and I know this region is not the only one suffering from such a warm winter. 75% of the US is unseasonably warm and my question is why? The weather people have not given me any answers at all, they don't even address it. It's really bothering me, anybody know the answer?
2007-01-05 04:44:51 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
First of all the answer to your question is no, this years winter has nothing to do with global warming, or El Nino for that matter as mentioned in an earlier post.You cannot link one particular event to such a broad scale idea. This years abnormally warm temps are due to a primarily zonal wind pattern that has kept artic air masses bottled up at the north pole. May I remind you that as of today (jan 2nd) there is no significant signs that a STRONG el nino is occuring so please dont assume and use these terms if you do not know what they really do mean... As for the other post...The process you have described is not "global warming" the process you are refering to is the greenhouse effect. Shortwave radiation from the sun is absorbed by the earth and re-emitted as longwave radiation on the order of about 9 microns. This outgoing radiation is NOT "TRAPPED" nor "reflected" by greenhouse gases such as C02, methane, water vapor, etc. It is absorbed and re-emitted by these gases. Similar to what happens in a greenhouse, hence the name. Global warming is a very slow process and we should not be jumping to outragoues conclusions that certain synoptic scale weather events and patterns are caused by global warming. People need to educate themselves by reading scholarly articles and books rather than just believing what the media is telling them. You should not just assume that this winter is warm, or that hurricane was strong, or that tornado was devastating because of global warming. That is completely ignorant and misleading.
2007-01-05 08:32:16 · answer #1 · answered by vag86 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a strong El Nino this year which is keeping the Northeastern part of the country warmer. This is aided by the jet stream from Canada, which is usually moving much farther south than it is this year. The jet stream usually pushes cold air from the artic down into the US.
Still other parts of the country are experiencing a harsh winter...take the plains for example, which have been hit by repeated blizzards and snow storms.
This is largely not a global warming issue. That is not to say that global warming does not exist. It does. But other normal weather changes like El Nino can make an impact that along with global warming seems even stronger/warmer.
2007-01-05 04:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by ashorething001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Global Warming
2007-01-05 04:47:05 · answer #3 · answered by NNY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same here in ther UK. It's almsot like summer. Warm, very wet and windy all the time. Average temperature in January 07 is 12C.....it should be down at 6C. It's strange.
Global warming....it's definitely happening.
El nino ..I do ont know anything about it. But the non-believers will not admit this until we have a Christmas day where temperatures at breaking 20C+, and I'll be this happens in the next 30 years.
The ski slopes in Europe are going broke. No snow. No skiing.
Everyone who can see how it really is, admits now there is a real and definite trend change in temperatures..And it is accelerating.
2007-01-08 01:23:43 · answer #4 · answered by David Z 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New Hampshire winters (NH is a factor of NE) have warmed through three tiers. Northern NH, the place there are almost no human beings and no progression, has warmed as much as Southern NH, the place progression has risen sharply. Ice out on Lake Winnipesaukee is previously and previously. 3 tiers isn't sufficient wintry climate warming for snow to give up. the climate has surely grow to be greater extreme in NH. i do no longer think of the present snowstorm grew to become into truly unusual, regardless of the undeniable fact that luckily such blizzards are no longer common. The projection is that finally NH's climate ought to be like South Carolina's as we talk. no longer next week, and while or if relies upon on how lots is complete to administration carbon emissions now -- and how nature responds.
2016-11-26 21:33:50 · answer #5 · answered by goslin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not El Nino, and it is not global warming, although global warming is a very real threat...It is the current warming trend of the North Atlantic Oscillation or NAO. I could explain it all but it would be easier for you and me to google it.
2007-01-07 20:05:20 · answer #6 · answered by Peter F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here's something that I don't hear to many people saying, but I'll say it. Global Warming is just one of the results of what humans have done to the ozone, but the bigger problem that scientist are not telling people from fear of world wide panic is that our whole Galaxy, which was named MILKY WAY, is contracting back to its center of gravity which is the SUN. Before this universe was expanding, but now its folding back on itself. Yes people, we are getting closer to the sun, and to make matters worse we have badly destroyed much of the ozone that is protecting the planet. Soon people will have to move under ground because the surface will be to hot. Funny, the darker ones skin is the longer one will be able to live on the surface, but the dark skinned will eventually have to go under ground too.
2007-01-05 04:57:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a mix of El Nino and global warming caused by greenhouse gases.
2007-01-05 04:53:45 · answer #8 · answered by James Dean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
el nino, it is definitely the jet stream, other parts of the country are getting lots of snow. So it cannot be global warming.
2007-01-08 06:22:31 · answer #9 · answered by BrokeGirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
El Nino, i.e. warmer than usual waters in the Pacific down in South America. We will pay for it come Hurricaine season.
2007-01-05 04:53:27 · answer #10 · answered by diogenese19348 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋