Monthly Archives: July 2020

In the general category of extreme happenings, the most interesting spot on the planet today must be the South China Sea, where a total area about the same size as India is reporting a solid Precipitable Water reading of 70 … Continue reading →

How to have warm temperature anomalies without any extra water vapor added to the atmosphere. It happens all the time, and the explanation is simple—just clear away the clouds so more sunlight can reach the surface. That alone will add … Continue reading →

I am always looking for evidence supporting the idea that, all else being equal, any doubling of the total amount of water vapor in the entire atmosphere over a given piece of land area will raise the air temperature at … Continue reading →

Something quite unusual in the weather maps today. The global map for temperature anomalies shows that the world has warmed up by only 0.1C in the past three decades. Good news, right?—or is there some mistake? Here is the map: … Continue reading →

The hottest spot on the planet these days.  It’s the area in bright white I would judge to be about the size of the whole state of Nevada, covering a large portion of Iraq plus a piece of Iran.  Maximum … Continue reading →

I spotted something of interest on the weather maps today that needs to be described even if some of the ideas tend toward speculation. It involves two separate streams of precipitable water, one that is heavily loaded with water molecules, … Continue reading →

Pursuant to the analysis covered yesterday, I think this is a good time to revisit the animated version of precipitable water readings published by the University of Wisconsin.  (Please spend a few minutes studying all the different varieties of activity … Continue reading →

What exactly is meant by the phrase, “high-altitude water vapor,” or alternatively, “high-altitude precipitable water”?  I have been using these terms with a specific end in mind, but without taking complete care to make a distinction that would eliminate other … Continue reading →

Weather Map readings in the Arctic are currently displaying maximum differences from those we saw around Antarctica yesterday. Over the next six months we can watch how they trade places again but I doubt that the differences at that time … Continue reading →

Today I want to revisit Antarctica, just before it starts making the transition away from extreme cold and darkness.  It seems odd, but this entire hemisphere is actually the same temperature today as it was on an average day thirty … Continue reading →