Extreme weather patterns?
October 11th 2007 03:55
Are we experiencing bizarre weather patterns?
Weather patterns have certainly changed over the years so what is normal and what do we class as extreme. Generally we can recall episodes of storms floods or heat wave conditions. How many times have you heard someone make a comment about how hot or cold it has been or it`s never been this hot or dry or whatever before?
We have topics like global warming as the cause and effect of changing climatic conditions, although this is not scientifically proven. There are other factors to consider besides global warming the weather we are experiencing will at times be extreme with high winds hail, and torrential rain to look forward too.
Last Tuesday I was on my way home from Brisbane when my car was hit with large hail and I had to pull over to the side of the highway. It was somewhat “eerie “ I could see blue skies and sunshine in one area of the sky and very dark grey clouds mingled with a tinge of green. I arrived home to find that a tree had been struck by severe winds and was laying on the fence.
Granted I have experienced heavy hail at other times, was it as bad as or worse than what I had previously experienced? Putting this experience in context can very subjective as I did not have any past data that I could base my assumption on, what I can attest too is that in both occasions my car experienced panel damage.
There is compelling evidence that extreme weather changes have previously occurred over the period of hundreds or thousands of years. Is what we are now experiencing just part of the Earth’s natural weather cycle and therefore not attributable to just global warming.
We need to consider the other variables for example the Sun, Earth and Moon rotation influence our weather patterns. The yearly Earth orbit around the Sun is another important factor because the Earth orbit around the Sun is elliptical not circular therefore the yearly trip around the Sun can greatly affect the Earth’s distance from the Sun In any given year. As far as the weather is concerned for me it is a bit like expecting the worse and hoping for the best.
The picture I took outside my yard was photographed in Infra red that is why the colours look a little unusual.
Weather patterns have certainly changed over the years so what is normal and what do we class as extreme. Generally we can recall episodes of storms floods or heat wave conditions. How many times have you heard someone make a comment about how hot or cold it has been or it`s never been this hot or dry or whatever before?
We have topics like global warming as the cause and effect of changing climatic conditions, although this is not scientifically proven. There are other factors to consider besides global warming the weather we are experiencing will at times be extreme with high winds hail, and torrential rain to look forward too.
broken tree branch laying on fence bottom right
Granted I have experienced heavy hail at other times, was it as bad as or worse than what I had previously experienced? Putting this experience in context can very subjective as I did not have any past data that I could base my assumption on, what I can attest too is that in both occasions my car experienced panel damage.
We need to consider the other variables for example the Sun, Earth and Moon rotation influence our weather patterns. The yearly Earth orbit around the Sun is another important factor because the Earth orbit around the Sun is elliptical not circular therefore the yearly trip around the Sun can greatly affect the Earth’s distance from the Sun In any given year. As far as the weather is concerned for me it is a bit like expecting the worse and hoping for the best.
The picture I took outside my yard was photographed in Infra red that is why the colours look a little unusual.
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Comment by Mountain Fog
Infognito
there is plenty of evidence to show that much, much more extreme weather changes have happened before and rapidly, however, I think if we could speak Walrus, we would have a difficult time convincing the thousands of Walrus now stranded on beaches, instead of being on ice flows where they fish and breed usually...and of course there is the absolute evidence of the sudden and rapid decline/shrinkage of frozen area in the Artic over the last few years....
cheers...and woof...err....or whatever Walrus say...
fog
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
Wow that is a beautiful photo - looks like an early winter morning with snow falling off the trees,
We are having some wild weather in our part of the world - you seem to be copping a battering down in Brisbane.
i believe that climate change is just that - the climate is changing, but I reckon that we are not helping matters with everything we belch out into the air, destroy on the ground and generally squander with little thought to those resources being replenished.
It`s a worry, but this weather has been wonderful for lower the temperatures slightly and cooling things down. Gotta love a good rainstorm.
Hope you managed to escape with few other disasters.
Ash
Comment by CarlCan
Astroearth
Unfortunately I don't speak fluent Walrus as yet.
On a more serious note the Polar animals and indeed all mammals will have a much harder time in the future.
As always the evoloution of life continues annimals will adapt the circle of life moves on. It doesn't mean we should shrug our shoulders and pretend it dosen't matter.
Comment by CarlCan
Astroearth
thank you for the comment on the artical/photo.
Yes we did experience some very wild weather.
Still I love the rainy days.
I did take some artistic licence with the image I liove all surreal art forms.
I agree we can all play our part to make less of an impact on our resources and make a positive difference for future generations.
CC