The official start of the Autumnal Equinox will be this Saturday, at 10:50 a.m. The equinox occurs when the tilt of the axis of the earth is vertical in relation to the sun, the earth is neither tilted toward or away from the sun, with the sun is centered on the earth's equator.
So on Saturday, the day and night will be very close to 12 hours each. Today we had a sunrise of 7:22 and sunset of 7:34, so you can see the days are getting close to 12 hours right now. On the day of the autumnal equinox, the sun rises and sets around 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. (the time varies for several reasons and increases as you go toward the poles) everywhere on earth. Here, it will rise around 7:23 a.m. due to the fact we follow Daylight Savings Time, without it, the sun would be rising at 6:23 a.m.
If you're a meteorologist, fall started on Sept. 1 and this is called Meteorological Fall which will last from September though November.
On a little side note, Fairbanks Alaska is losing around six minutes a day of sunlight right now, where we are only losing about two minutes a day, so it could be worse here!
As per my comment, to NGW, I'm out.
(Smiles)
But on the plus side, Brians in here now so the post count will go way up!
Another failure of a government school system!
A couple of points: You claim there are tens of thousands of peer-reviewed studies that question "it", but you don't reference or link to any peer-reviewed research. Zero. Instead you refer to a web site for a questionable petition with thousands of alleged signers but none that are attributed to actual researchers with actual academic credentials. Zero. It makes me think you don't know what a peer-reviewed study actually is. Finally, if you look at the articles published by the Wikipedia list of scientists who oppose the mainstream assessment of global warming you will see that many of these articles are actually editorials published in periodicals and not peer-reviewed research studies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientists_opposing_the_mainstream_scientific_assessment_of_global_warming
For the record, let's say 1) For every 5 peer-reviewed studies (using your definition) which question that man is the sole, primary, or even a significant reason behind our current period of global temperature rise, which can I can cite in correct bibliographic form (including the journals in which they were published) gets me 1$ worth of lunch at your expense. 2) I'm not allowed to include the hundred or so studies that are cited by the "Review of research literature" listed in the references section at the end of this document: http://www.petitionproject.org/gw_article/Review_Article_HTML.php (You are certainly allowed to vet the list I send you against this one.) And 3) I'll submit my response as a blog post on the Athens Patch, say, no later than 15 OCT 2012. What do you say, Brian?
Brian says that Nancy Pelosi is a national treasure and Nancy Pelosi says this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Bg_AB2pBg Brian, are we going to see you in the Occupy Unmasked movie? I sure hope you are behaving yourself if we do.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v427/n6970/abs/nature02121.html
One blog post coming up...
http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/forum/18-climate-change/
Just BECAUSE you think you have all the answers, you don't. Just because others disagree with what you believe the reason to be, doesn't mean they are wrong. That is a great link I provided. There are topics that look at all aspects of global warming, from the causes, to present changes, to what will happen down the road. There is no bias on the board about climate. Both sides are there. And this... we all agree the climate is warming, and we know that some component is made made. Why are you so argumentative? Let me ask this question: If the meteorologist using the latest knowledge, with all currently available data, with all of the newest technology available, and all the past records for 100+ years back, still can't get a 3-5 day forecast correct sometimes, then how in the world do you expect everyone to agree on exactly what's happening to our climate and why????? Really? Let me ask you another question Lee, why DON'T you make your own post about global warming? Kristi will get you fixed right up. That way you can get your panties in a wad on your own blog post and not mine.
On another note - Yea fall!!
Expect to warm up to around 76º F later today and then a slow warm-up through the next several days.
Anyway... my buddy Larry as similar thoughts, here's what he had to say: "I agree that the odds are against a +PDO in DJF. However, I'm still giving it a 1 in 3 chance. (As I've been saying) if we can get a +PDO/-NAO combo together with what I expect to be a weak Nino peak (which we already know followed a Nina), the prospects for a cold winter would be much higher than average. (Actually, even a -PDO/-NAO with a weak Nino following a Nina would give us good prospects...cold on average but not as cold as +PDO/-NAO..but with better snowfall prospects than average)." Nothing has really changed too much.