It Sometimes Rains in the Sahara Desert, but it’s Still a Desert
ArchPundit
Snow storms not a falsification of global climate change
“As for snowfall that could actually increase in the short term because of global warming. We have all heard the expression ‘too cold to snow’ and we have always expected precipitation to increase.
“All the indicators still suggest that we are warming up in line with predictions.”
This winter seems so bad precisely because it is now so unusual. In contrast the deep freezes of 1946-47 and 1962-63 were much colder – 5.3 F (2.97C) and 7.9 F (4.37C) cooler than the long-term norm.
And with global warming we can expect another 1962-63 winter only once every 1,100 years, compared with every 183 years before 1850.
Dave Britton, a meteorologist and climate scientist at the Met Office, said: “Even with global warming you cannot rule out we will have a cold winter every so often. It sometimes rains in the Sahara but it is still a desert.”
Scientists point out that the people must distinguish between climate and weather. Weather is what happens in the short term whereas climate is the long term trend.
I get the sense that most of the talking heads on Fox would see a rain shower in a desert and set up a soybean farm.