Monthly Archives: January 2021

What is the true relationship between carbon dioxide and water vapor?  This is a question I think has importance for many reasons, and should always be open to debate.  It has been debated in the past, often because of widespread … Continue reading →

I have spent most of the morning looking for locations of jetstream pathways on high-altitude air pressure imagery, how jetstream wind speeds are affected by the relative positioning of these pathways, and what the ultimate effects are on the movement … Continue reading →

My precipitable water (PW) thesis stresses the importance of understanding that PW is the planet’s principal carrier of greenhouse energy effects as well as the only provider of Earth’s precipitation. It is widely understood that the PW content of the … Continue reading →

In the “new” science of climate change precipitable water (PW), viewed holistically, could very well be recognized as the preeminent producer of greenhouse energy effects.  Unlike the effects of well-mixed gases like CO2 and methane, which unfold at a snail’s … Continue reading →

Many things are of interest on today’s full-globe temperature anomaly map. See how cool the SH remains in spite of the vast extent of warming inside the Antarctic circle and of the continent by itself. Water surfaces, for whatever reasons, … Continue reading →

Anatomy of a bitterly cold temperature anomaly.  This is happening in Siberia, with the worst parts of it mostly a bit south of the Arctic Circle and most likely in territory that is populated.  To assess the anomaly correctly one … Continue reading →

There is some interesting activity available today on the Weather Maps that I think is worthy of attention. It involves the amazingly close connection between jetstream wind pathways and the high-altitude air pressure configuration (HAPC) that nature has put in … Continue reading →

This is a continuation from yesterday’s discussion. For several months I have not written about the temperature feedback loop that is an implicit reality within the full chain of events described yesterday. In short, the way air pressure sets up … Continue reading →

I have a dramatic set of images to publish today. Nothing extreme, just an exceptionally clear large-scale illustration of the principal components of the climate story I have been telling this past year and how these components interact with each … Continue reading →

I have been looking at the 5-day animation of precipitable water (PW) this morning at http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/mtpw2/product.php  and see something of interest which I can only describe in words.  In the Northern Hemisphere there are now effectively just two streams breaking … Continue reading →