Pretty much as predicted over the past 5 years, we are seeing lower troposphere temperatures turning south and solar activity declines. The plot above presents April 2021 data reported from AMSU-B radiometers aboard NOAA satellites. April 2021 dipped -0.05C below the 1991-2000 average. AMSU-A + AMSU-B have flown together on the 3 NOAA KLM satellites:Continue reading “Solar Minimum Cooling Accelerates”
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Solar Minimum Cold and Snow
The GIF published above presents NOAA’s temperature anomaly forcasts over the next 2 days. As is evident, we’re looking at lower-48 temperature anomalies of upwards of a dozen degrees C below norms. I routinely track the effects of the Solar Minimum that has begun and will run at least through 2050 due planetary dynamics reducingContinue reading “Solar Minimum Cold and Snow”
A European Polar Spring Amidst a Solar Minimum
Scotland’s coldest winter in a decade will drag on in what the Weather Outlook calls a three-week “polar spring”. Central UK faces an 85% chance of snow with potential for southernto experience unseasonable lows of -5C (23F). Central Europe expect a spring burial, with the Alps adding to the 3 meters (10 feet) of snowContinue reading “A European Polar Spring Amidst a Solar Minimum”
Nonlinear Dynamics of the Maunder Minimum
As discussed in Wikipedia (Wikipedia, 2021), the Maunder Minimum, also known as the “prolonged sunspot minimum”, is the name used for the period around 1645 to 1715 during which sunspots became exceedingly rare, as was then noted by solar observers. The term was introduced after John A. Eddy[1] published a landmark 1976 paper in Science.[2] Astronomers before Eddy had also named theContinue reading “Nonlinear Dynamics of the Maunder Minimum”
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On
The solar cycle is at a minimum with the onset of Solar Cycle 25. As is also apparent, the more active solar period that peaked in the first decade of the 22nd century is now entering a 30 year low activity period. Higher seismic activity correlates with low solar activity. We are already seeing evidenceContinue reading “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”
Climate Temperatures Continue Decline Following a 2016 Peak
The UAH lower troposphere temperature trends are turning south as the weaker Solar Cycle 25 continues into the Modern Solar Minimum. The full UAH Global Temperature Report, along with the LT global gridpoint anomaly image for February, 2021 should be available within the next few days here. The global and regional monthly anomalies for the variousContinue reading “Climate Temperatures Continue Decline Following a 2016 Peak”
Peak Climate Change in the Solar Minimum
Lower troposphere temperature anomaly down to 0.12C above the long-term trend UAH Global Temperature Update for January 2021: +0.12 deg. C (new base period)
Solar Minimum and Plunging Cold
Europe has been taking it on the chin this month pushing up European power and gas prices to their highest levels in years, and record spikes in power markets. “The current cold spell in the northern hemisphere is paving way for a tighter global gas market throughout the year,” said Massimo Di Odoardo, director ofContinue reading “Solar Minimum and Plunging Cold”
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