Great Lakes Blizzard, Rare Southern Snow, And Record Cold; Earth Today Exists In An Icehouse Climate; + Even The Wind Industry Wants North Sea Drilling Back
Britain restricts drilling in its own waters… while buying the very same fuel from Norway at far greater cost. The emissions are identical. The difference is that the jobs, tax revenue, and energy security now belong to someone else.
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Oh I know all about that. I call it the “Ice House Effect.” Stated very simply, as the land cools, snowfall begins to increase as the temperature difference becomes greater between the land surfaces and oceans. As snowfall increases in frequency and extent, more incoming sunlight gets reflected into space, intensifying the cooling over land and resulting in the Ice House Effect as arctic outbreaks become more frequent as overall snowfall continues to build. This combination eventually results in a new glacial period. The process can take time but doesn’t necessarily take thousands of years. Previous ice ages have begun in a very short time frame, some as little as 20 to 70 years going from a climate warmer than today to sudden full blown glacial severity in a very short time, according to historical cycles of the past.
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai moisture may have caused temporary heating, but as it comes down it will reinforce the ice house effect.
Of course in the next several days, it will become milder – absolutely – although certain model runs do indicate a return to significantly colder weather after around the 27th or so in the lower 48 states east of the Rockies. How far south it gets just depends on the amount of amplification at 500mb and the source region of the cold airmass in question. Until then, go ahead and enjoy the spring like weather after about the 19th but be on the lookout for a return of colder weather toward months end.
Welcome to the Eddy Minimum- lasting from 2021 to 2053-55. Review the histories of the Marauder and Dalton Minimums to see what your next two plus decades will look like.
The Marauder Minimum is Deb running around under dressed.
100 upticks, Moffin, for the smile your comment gave me.
Twenty lashes with a wet noodle for making me laugh so hard I pulled a muscle on my side! Ouch!
It is forever the Marauder Minimum now. 😂
So glad we live west of the Rockies. Spring never left, except short duration winter days, here and there. Now we’re getting an early taste of summer. Planted seeds on Monday. Love gardening.
I’m afraid to start anything. We never know what will happen in Missouri, now more than ever.
Great post, Cap. Thank you.