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Maxheader

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14. I wonder..

Reply to Nitram (Reply #13)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 10:07 AM

Feb 2020

When the climatologists..and meteorologist start referring to weather from a decade (or more) ago as the norm...?

Rather than comparing recent years against one another as the "norms"..

"Last year folks, we had 100 inches of rain.." "This year only 50!"...How do they make an intelligent forecast
based on such extremes...every year now it seems...

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Brrrr! Arctic front brings dangerous wind chills to Midwest [View all] Omaha Steve Feb 2020 OP

Brrrr indeed! Coldest day of the year so far here in STLMO. Stay dry, stay warm and toasty, and... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #1

-10 below here this morning, -25 with the wind chill. sarcasmo Feb 2020 #2

If this keeps up, Miguelito Loveless Feb 2020 #3

Cold up here in Madison htuttle Feb 2020 #4

Cold in kansaas !! Maxheader Feb 2020 #5

At the same time as a heat wave hits Antarctica. The temperature there rose to 69 degrees F. Nitram Feb 2020 #6

I find the biggest changes in the weather to be.. Maxheader Feb 2020 #12

Climate changes unevenly across the globe in terms of temperature and weather, Nitram Feb 2020 #13

I wonder.. Maxheader Feb 2020 #14

It's warming up here today, into the 20's above! Greybnk48 Feb 2020 #7

I live in Appleton but am in FL for a vacation Poiuyt Feb 2020 #9

Appleton too. We've had it pretty nice here all winter. Greybnk48 Feb 2020 #10

We will! Poiuyt Feb 2020 #11

I don't understand why anyone would choose to live in hyper-cold areas Polybius Feb 2020 #8