Wanna bet?

[pyesetz]

After two solid months of below-average temperatures, the forecast now calls for two weeks of warmth -- most of it actually above freezing!  My dog "Walnut" will be so happy that the days of -20°C wind-chills will soon be over.  Happy days are here again!

Anyone wanna bet that a "Colorado low" or a "quick-forming storm over Texas" will invalidate this forecast and give us another two weeks of snow-every-day?

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I'm not sure how this relates to Global Warming.  Apparently the melting in the Arctic is causing overheated weather in Russia this year, while Canada (and much of the USA) gets Russia's usual weather due to a 90° shift in the usual Arctic wind patterns.  La Niña is in "neutral" this year, while the Pacific Decadal Oscillation is in a medium-term "cool" phase which is covering up some of the long-term Global Warming effects.  When will I be able to plant a palm tree in my back yard?

Comments

[xolo.livejournal.com]

The evidence relates to 'global warming' in much the same way that watching your neighbor's posessions float by on the floodwaters relates to a drought.

[pyesetz]

Indeed!  Since one of the effects of a draught is to give the soil a "crust" that forms a barrier against absorption of new moisture, seeing your neighbour's possessions float by during a flood is indicative that there might very well have been a draught recently.