Category: Weather and climate

The return of El Niño later this year could mean even greater climate anomalies scientists have warned. The hottest year ever recorded was 2016 – the last El Niño year.

What is means is that the likelihood of the following is exacerbated :- Flooding in the Yangtze River basin,; hotter and drier in areas abutting the Western Pacific; floods in Peru; suppressed monsoons in `India and drought in Southern Africa whilst East Africa and southern USA can get more rain. The Amazon could face drier conditions. For the UK it could mean that 2023-24 is a much colder winter, it is unlikely to have developed before the autumn at the earliest. The Met Office have predicted this summer to be hotter than the last in the UK.

We have now had about 24 hours of what I call spoke rain. Everywhere is sodden and dark. Next week looks brighter but colder. Followed by usual winter weather of cold spells followed by wet ones!

Climate change seems to be increasingly serious, it has been irrefutable since I started teaching in 1976. Deaths by climate are increasing. Records broken across the world. And Sunak takes a jet to Leeds. I will not waste my breathe on climate deniers ignorance.

The time for individual action will never disappear, but now is the time for governments and industry to act. And fast. This government is already way behind in advancing wind and solar and insulation. Why?

It is mot easy or cheap[, but the alternative is so much worse.

Forecast for next month is more of the same with possibility of dry interludes (and colder). Flooding would seem highly probable in areas like the levels which already have a severe flood risk warning. Predictions months ago were for this weather system. It should keep energy use down. Those living by the coast the highest spring tides are due on21/1; 22/2; 23/3 and 21/4 in the next 4 months. Should high rainfall and high spring tides coincide it could lead to some major problems.

What a shitty day. Not cold, cold but windy wet and grey and feels cold! We have had a lot of rain this year! This looks to be the pattern for the next few weeks with just a few dry days. A major storm in the few weeks would cause a lot of flooding.

Record temperatures across Europe with several countries recording the warmest January temperatures ever. Ski resorts lacking snow and temperatures above 20C in Switzerland. When will the climate deniers give up? And more importantly when will the politicians act?

With gas prices falling there is less urgency to replace fossil fuels from the poverty aspect, however the severe changes in weather patterns in the last couple of months (North America’s record low temps.) should not be ignored.

North America is facing extreme cold weather -45C in the Great Plains. Even Texas and Florida will be as low as minus 9C. Eventually the insane will realise that our climate is changing.

The cold spell has broken – 14C today and perpetual drizzle. Force 10 winds on north Cornwall Coast. So unlikely to be a white Xmas – Daily Mail is blaming the Met Office!

Just to restate – it has been predicted that February 2023 could be very wet due to La Niña – so that Whitehall cannot say it was not warned!