Monthly Archives: June 2020

Climate Letter #1701

Yesterday’s letter represents kind of a personal milestone, because I am just now becoming fully aware of the close connection between surface air temperatures and the total array of information of all types that we see on the 500hPa maps. … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1700

I am not entirely happy with the explanation given by CL #1690 on June 1 pertaining to the way changes are made in the configuration of the 500hPa map.  There has to be a simpler and more direct way to … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1699

This is a good day for jetstream study in the Western Hemisphere, while again making close reference to images on several other weather maps.  We’ll start with a map of the jets, followed by the 500hPa configuration. (If you can … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1698

Today I am looking at a set of weather maps, all based on the image that features Asia, that provide a large number of illustrations in support of my overall thesis about the relationship between a specific type of high-altitude … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1697

I recommend that you take the time to learn more about the content of the animated version of precipitable water readings published by the U of Wisconsn, and then become a regular visitor. Here is the best link for regular … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1696

An example of how an encounter between a massive high-altitude water stream and a complex jetstream caused a number of interesting temperature anomalies at the surface down below. The water stream is the one now sweeping through the eastern half … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1695

Back to the maps.  As you may already know, Siberia has had record -breaking temperature anomalies throughout the month of May—to an extreme degree, as now officially announced:  https://phys.org/news/2020-06-warmest-siberia-10c-hotter.html. Many of these letters during the month have dealt with a … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1694

Followup:  More thoughts about climate science policies regarding water vapor.  The fundamental presumption is that the total effective greenhouse warming power of water vapor cannot expand at a rate faster than the growth of warming generated, on balance, by all … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1693

How does climate science account for the greenhouse warming power of water vapor, which is widely recognized as the strongest of all greenhouse gases with reference to its energy-absorbing position on the radiation bands?  It is also recognized as having … Continue reading

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Climate Letter #1692

The basic components of my thesis are now all in place, ready for review. I am still not quite sure about what to call it, or how to submit it for review. It relates to meteorology and it relates to … Continue reading

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