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Readers of yesterday’s thread will remember a lively discussion about temperatures. It is repeated here with an update under it:
‘Extraordinary example of temperature inversion today in Austria as a cold layer is trapped under a warm layer of air.
At our apt at 400 metres the temperature was minus 3 centigrade, as we drove along the flat it dropped to minus 6.
As we drove up to 1100 metres in a 20 minute drive the temperature rapidly rose and at 1100 metres the temperature was plus 7.5 centigrade.
This reminds me of the time we arrived one time at Salzburg airport in December to go skiing, to be told by the pilot as we touched down that it was plus 21 degrees centigrade.
Our son was joining us the next morning so we were concerned his ski experience would be non existent.
However on driving to the airport the next morning to collect him it was snowing heavily and minus 2 centigrade.
The most extreme example of Sudden Stratospheric warming I have ever witnessed.
When previously researching English temperatures from hundreds of years ago I came across 3 reports of similar SST’s”
We decided to go by train to a local lake side town today, around 25 minutes from our apt in Austria.The weather forecasters here like to do 14 day forecasts and in common with the UK met office also believe they can do 100 year forecasts that in their eyes provide proof of catastrophic global warming.
The forecast today was sunny and a chilly two degrees centigrade but with the strong sun here that would feel quite warm so we dressed accordingly.
On arrival it was thick fog which lasted all day with a temperature of minus four centigrade so after lunch we headed for the train and our holiday apt as We were freezing our socks off.
We then checked the weather for where we had just been and was assured it was gloriously sunny and around three degrees centigrade, which we knew was complete nonsense.
As most will be aware weather stations don’t actually exist in most places so a computer models The weather for the place selected, partly based on barometric pressure.
Presumably the nonsensical computer forecast and temperature will now be enshrined in the records as factual rather than the real world circumstances that we actually encountered
Which makes me wonder how many real world and how many laughably nonsensical computer models now make up the global weather records
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I’ve lived on my current globe spot for 40 years.
It’s the nastiest sustained icy cold ever.
In the warmest year ever.
I should keep my not a scientist trap shut and accept that weather is not climate.
There’s probably feedback. And a loop of some sort, causing a vortex that’s caused by carbon.
And that Biden’s economy is actually good.
And that men can birth children.
And the Russians are still coming.
And it was Safe and Effective.
And that famous Hollywood personalities know a lot about Science and politics.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14304189/uk-desirable-career-dog-groomer.html
The above comprises the dozen most sought after careers in the UK.
The first is a dog groomer.It seems that the top choices are because you can work alone and can be self employed.
I thought that an ‘ influencer” was highly desirable these days so good to see that personal preferences and satisfaction still come high up
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This plan dating from 2019 is currently being debated in the UK parliament
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2025/01/19/can-the-can/
It was originally intended to lay down the boundaries for net zero around 2040/50
The current govt wants to bring that forward to 2030 so in effect the recommendations need to be implemented from now.
2040/50 was far beyond the electoral cycle of most politicians whereas 2025 is here and now.
The requirements are impossible and draconian.
Surely even ultra green politicians do not intend to sabotage their careers by voting through this impossible nonsense?
Presumably Australia has a similar plan but with a bit more leeway in terms of time scales
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Listening to TRUMP’s inauguration speech, he is leading the rebirth of the United States of America.
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