19 thoughts on “A tropical cyclone in July in the southern hemisphere. No, really.”
And from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii:
"THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SPREAD IN MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THIS SYSTEM DUE TO THIS SYSTEM BEING A CLIMATOLOGICAL ANOMALY. AS SUCH, THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK"
Neither. It's an anomaly but it's not going to be a huge storm either. It's just that any storm in July there is similar to having one in the Caribbean in February.
Ah. Yes. Re-reads Wikipedia article and sees that it's the tropical cyclone year that starts on July 1, while the season doesn't start till November. Slinks away.
Today's [ anomalous_unprecedented_record breaking_catastrophic] [ insert weather news here] is [annoying_disrupting_devastating] the [east coast_west coast_southwest_farm country_(someplace in Canada) (some foreign country we can't find on a map] and has cost [tens_hundreds_thousands_millions] of [dollars_lives_(put something else here like fish). "Of course, you can't link any one weather event to what some people believe is Global Warming" said Climate Expert[ S. Fred Singer_Anthony Watts_Lord Monkton].
And from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii:
"THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SPREAD IN MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THIS SYSTEM DUE TO THIS SYSTEM BEING A CLIMATOLOGICAL ANOMALY. AS SUCH, THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE JTWC FORECAST TRACK"
Those of us not well versed in extreme weather events in the southern hemisphere* can't figure out whether to be alarmed, or laugh at the JTWC.
*That's me.
Neither. It's an anomaly but it's not going to be a huge storm either. It's just that any storm in July there is similar to having one in the Caribbean in February.
Ah. Yes. Re-reads Wikipedia article and sees that it's the tropical cyclone year that starts on July 1, while the season doesn't start till November. Slinks away.
Dude, you gotta up your game or the mods will kill all of us!
I hope they saved this as a macro. I have a feeling they're going to be saying "climatological anomaly" a lot in the coming years.
But that would be like global warming, and Al Gore is pure evil!
With anomalies like this, who needs friends?
and fat
WEATHER NEWS USE THIS TEMPLATE
Today's [ anomalous_unprecedented_record breaking_catastrophic] [ insert weather news here] is [annoying_disrupting_devastating] the [east coast_west coast_southwest_farm country_(someplace in Canada) (some foreign country we can't find on a map] and has cost [tens_hundreds_thousands_millions] of [dollars_lives_(put something else here like fish). "Of course, you can't link any one weather event to what some people believe is Global Warming" said Climate Expert[ S. Fred Singer_Anthony Watts_Lord Monkton].
Is there something balanced about a moderator posting something about extremes?
Wonkville turned into a weather blog so gradually we didn't notice.
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Someone has to balance out Ted Cruz!
Feel free to use a brick or a lead pipe, then!
or a wood chipper
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