Monthly Archives: July 2021

Severe wildfires are burning in a well-forested northern section of Siberia, in the state of Yakutia.  This story in the link tells about bad they are and how they have hit with “increasingly ferocious intensity” over the past three years: … Continue reading →

Today the weather maps are giving us a fine opportunity to demonstrate the powerful impact of precipitable water’s (PW’s) greenhouse energy effect on surface air temperatures, plus several other fundamentals employed in the construction of Carl’s theory. This time we … Continue reading →

The hottest spot in North America is still well to the north. For the past 24 hours (mostly Tuesday) the honor went to South Dakota and central Minnesota, where highs were around 113F (45C)—making for a rare sight on this … Continue reading →

The effect of cloud cover on the progress of climate change has not yet been settled. This is a subject that I have been paying more and more attention to lately, using my customary habit of getting as much information … Continue reading →

Today’s letter will be mostly about images. This set, from central Asia, does a beautiful job of illustrating the connection between surface air temperatures and events that are only realized in the upper part of the atmosphere, starting at an … Continue reading →

For me, the thing that is most fun about doing this work is studying the weather maps and figuring out all the reasons for why any particular daily temperature anomaly happens to be whatever it is, as reported. I am … Continue reading →

“The models are underestimating the magnitude of the impact of climate change on extreme weather events.”  Those are  the words of Michael Mann, a climate scientist at the very top of the profession.  He knows what is going on in … Continue reading →

Carl’s theory is actually a whole set of theories, separate but closely related.  They all revolve around the substance we call precipitable water (PW), its nature, powers, peculiarities, interactions and broadly extended effects.  When you add them all up the … Continue reading →

Carl’s theory is going to undergo one more name change.  When I put al the pieces together  I can see that the full scope of its implications go well beyond the greenhouse energy effects of precipitable water (PW).  Those effects … Continue reading →

An interesting story today on the Axios daily news website under this headline:  “In summer of apocalyptic weather, concerns emerge over climate science blind spot,” which is worth reading because it includes quotations from a number of the world’s leading … Continue reading →