Monthly Archives: February 2021

The breakdown in the stratospheric polar vortex is still hanging around, wreaking havoc on the normal structure of the separate but related air pressure configuration in the upper level of the troposphere.  This map shows how concentrations that constitute the … Continue reading →

Why is the greenhouse energy effect produced by CO2 logarithmic?  Is it inevitably so for each of the other greenhouse gases?  These are both good questions, and they are related.  The whole concept of “sensitivity” as employed by climate scientists … Continue reading →

A bit of map study today. I want to focus only on the close relationship between total overhead precipitable water (PW) and surface air temperatures for any one locality. This is something that climate scientists of all types either do … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s letter I delivered my own explanation of how the breakdown of the polar vortex in the stratosphere over the North Pole could translate into severe deformation of the high-altitude air pressure configuration (HAPC) that exists in the upper … Continue reading →

What is the true definition of meaning for the term “polar vortex”?  It is hard to define something when its features cannot be fully described as an independent entity, or phenomenon, which has long been the case behind the shadowy … Continue reading →

Today I will zero in on the northern version of the high-altitude air pressure configuration (HAPC) zone we saw yesterday in the global comparison, now just slightly altered. This offers a prime example of how its shaping on the map, … Continue reading →

Today I want to focus on the map showing high-altitude air pressure configuration (HAPC), which I’m sure is everybody’s favorite.  This is what I consider the key component of current weather systems and just as importantly, perhaps also a key … Continue reading →

I have repeatedly made the claim that the greenhouse effect of the complex material we call precipitable water (PW) can be treated holistically, regardless of any differences in the proportions of the materials from which it may anywhere be constituted. … Continue reading →

Just a shortened letter today with map study as the theme. I have been writing a great deal about the powerful greenhouse effect of precipitable water (PW) and think it is time to do some demonstrating. Illustrations are always ready … Continue reading →

The way water vapor evolves, once it is in the atmosphere, is substantially different from the way all other greenhouses gases evolve, and greenhouse energy producing effects are altered accordingly. This is a fundamental reason why water vapor’s greenhouse effects … Continue reading →