Chip Knappenberger
So, global warming adds 5% more moisture to storm...say 1" out of 24" and THAT is enough to make headlines?? http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/01/26/global-warming-could-make-blizzards-worse/?postshare=6021422303230006 … #getreal
Ryan Maue
.@PCKnappenberger moist baroclinic dynamics doesn't work that way -- more latent heat can put brake on some explosive cyclone development.
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@RyanMaue@PCKnappenberger yes, braking adiabatic term in Development equation - for mid latitude Wx systems, i.e baroclinic -
@jaysforecast@PCKnappenberger +friction, surface fluxes, upper-level influences. Non-linear & very complicated. -
@RyanMaue@jaysforecast Similar refrain applies to all wx events, making#climatechange influence virtually (if not entirely) undetectable. -
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@PCKnappenberger@jaysforecast easy to make case that global warming weakened this blizzard significantly due to warmer SSTs
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@PCKnappenberger that Wash Po article is very weak ... top science journo for this is@afreedma who is expanding his Mashable empire
Jay Engle
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