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NATURESea, land, river PEOPLESCommunity SSTs – drought & global warming
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Compare by using the
15C --- which reaches the QCIs in 2007 and is down in southern California in
2006. Presumably the much warmer Bering Straits area is reducing 10C water to
‘patches’
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August Anomaly
Coastal
warmer – while cooler water remains in Pacific ‘pockets’, the Bering Straits/
Arctic– very much warmer |
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Regionally
August 2004 was warmest since these records begun (using 15C contour) But
when Bering/ Arctic compared we see August 2007 by far the most anomalous/
warmest And
while BC cost August 2007 similar to August 2003 (using 15C) --- note Arctic
again |
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As in the
July comparisons --- 2000 thru 2002 locally similar (15C) but upwelling off
WA-California shows more variability as does the 10C contours |
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Comparing the August anomalies – the Arctic becoming
much warmer as expected with global warming Note
too the cooler waters in August 2007 off Southern California |
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July series
shows SST (locally) slowly heating up from anomalously cool at beginning of
month to becoming anomalously warmer by end of month see my July SSTs
and Skeena River discharge |
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I
interpret this series as locally waters were warmest in Aug 19-25th
and started cooling off by the next week (arrow). In central Pacific anomaly
peak reached 12-18th and cooling sine then. Arctic/ Bering Straits
anomalies could still be increasing (area/ heat) |
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July SSTs
and Skeena River discharge May SSTs
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SST changes in ‘spring’ June SSTs
w similar format to above See my 2006
SST articles where series in seasons not all one month See also the 2005 PDO article where concept flips from one steady state to another --- suspect as ‘Global Warming explanatory concept’ now being used |
Looks like the heating locally is
over for the year --
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Not
sure if direct connection, but PR had
less rainfall over the last 90 days (to August 26th) than did either Terrace
or Smithers. But the ‘Rains’ have returned as has the 300 mb jet
stream aimed at North Coast Source of SST
‘archive’ info
found here SST anomalies archive
here |
Created by LG on 5/9/2007
Last updated on Wednesday, September 05, 2007