Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog

Quoting TomballTXPride:





Take a look at your use of the word unprecedented.

Count the number of times from me I hear that from you.

What does that tell you??

Something to ponder today.

It wasn't my use. It was a cut an paste of the title. It was a substantial enough storm that Dr. Masters wrote about it.

Tomball, you're just another blog assassin ... taking cheap shots at people that post links to stories that you don't like.

Quoting Dragod66:
Finally Not stranded... What a surprise storm that was.

Didn't the name Euclid tip you off?

It will be a race to see what name it will get. Right now, if it were to gain a name, it would be Freda. However, seeing as though it will cross 160E before it gains a name, it will probably be Mitchell.



Then this one will probably be Narelle.

Quoting MontanaZephyr:


It wasn't my use. It was a cut an paste of the title. It was a substantial enough storm that Dr. Masters wrote about it.

Tomball, you're just another blog assassin ... taking cheap shots at people that post links to stories that you don't like.

Actually I don't like the news story much either. It does not give enough background to justify the overused word "unprecedented". The original journal article is a bit more muted. From the abstract:

"The pressure of the storm was the lowest of all Arctic August storms over our record starting in 1979, and the system was also the most extreme when a combination of key cyclone properties was considered. Even though, climatologically, summer is a %u2018quiet%u2019 time in the Arctic, when compared with all Arctic storms across the period it came in as the 13th most extreme storm, warranting the attribution of %u2018Great%u2019."

Edit: according to Mary & Webster, the word "unprecedented" was unprecedented until 1623.

Quoting Tazmanian:
i think LA NINA is fourming





last weeks

I was just looking at that taz!

Definitely looks to have cooled off

Global warming

As a blizzard has just passed through Arkansas

Quoting weatherh98:
Global warming

As a blizzard has just passed through Arkansas

More heat = more evaporation = more precipitation = more blizzards.

Quoting bappit:

Didn't the name Euclid tip you off?

We don't name the storms up here... or call them by that. Also I was supposed to get 2cm of snow followed by 15-20mm of rain.

Quoting weatherh98:
Global warming

As a blizzard has just passed through Arkansas

Lol.

Global warming doesn't mean we won't ever see blizzards again.

Quoting LargoFl:
I guess once again the current weather is unimportant..have a great day folks

The current weather is unimportant most of the time.

Quoting yonzabam:



Well, Florida will look like this

Whoever has money will probably still be building right on the coast, and blaming the government every time a hurricane hits too.

If the higher projections of sea level rise are correct, which is nearly 11 feet, then you can expect 1 mile of permanent intrusion of ocean per foot of sea level rise in Louisiana. This comes to 11 linear miles INLAND of inundated land along the entire coast of Louisiana, more in some places. Even the lower estimates of 0.5m to 1m will spell serious trouble, possibly near total destruction, for NOLA and so many other locations.

Check my blog later, as I may right down a theory about the self-enforcing feedback that the thermal expansion of water will produce over time scales of generations to a few centuries. As the albedo of snow and ice are removed, Sea level rise caused by thermal expansion over time scales of centuries may be far higher than anyone realizes possible.

Just in case people see accumulating snot tomorrow!

Quoting Dragod66:


We don't name the storms up here... or call them by that. Also I was supposed to get 2cm of snow followed by 15-20mm of rain.

We don't name them either. Just TWC.

Quoting TomballTXPride:






That is just it.

You won't see either of them.

Ever.

The hypocrisy on here reeks.

Then why are you reading this blog? You have infinite choices- go read one you enjoy.

Quoting goosegirl1:


Then why are you reading this blog? You have infinite choices- go read one you enjoy.

That would be too easy.

Quoting bappit:

We don't name them either. Just TWC.

Yeah I know. But half the time I don't know that these things are named or not because even our crappy TWN (TWC affiliate) don't name them. I bet this new big storm that I'm getting on Sunday will not get named by TWC because I don't think it will drop that much snow on the NE US. But we will get a lot here :)

Quoting weatherh98:
Global warming

As a blizzard has just passed through Arkansas

It's hard to explain, but in the short and medium term, global warming will produce stronger winter storms in some locations due to enhanced convection, and changing of the jet stream configurations.

Over the long term, the temperature will eventually rise so much that some locations which commonly have winter weather may lose all winter weather. It depends on lots of things: elevation/topography, latitude, and proximity to water.

Even if December was the coldest December on record, which it hasn't been, it still would not be enough to prevent 2012 from being the hottest year on record for the 48.

This is probably a "normal" winter, but remember, the "30 year normal" has rotated out the 1970's, and so the "average" or "normal" has been weighted heavily by the past 15 years, where I think 13 or 14 of them are in the top 15 hottest years all time.

So if it's a tenth of a degree colder than the new normal, it's still hotter than the old normal.

Quoting yonzabam:


More heat = more evaporation = more precipitation = more blizzards.

A blizzard warning depends on strong winds. I think that was the unusual part of the snowfall in Arkansas.

The wind certainly was unusual after the front in southeast Texas. Lots of gusts over 40 mph and some to 50 mph. I saw on Lee Grenci's blog SE Tx had a 120 kt jet aloft. It was aligned with the surface winds which probably had something to do with the wind here.

I love how my avatar just disappears sometimes.

Quoting RTSplayer:



Expect more of this as the warming trend continues.

Remember, the polar waters are warming much faster than the global average.

Scandinavia will be the new Florida, and Russia the new Gulf Coast.

AGW has only just begun. Chevron wants us to burn up ALL of the oil and gas. I wonder what earth will look like at 2000PPM atmospheric CO2?!

Again. Do you drive a car and on and on and on???????

Quoting WxGeekVA:



Just in case people see accumulating snot tomorrow!

I could see how slippery that would be :)))

2012 will go down as the hottest year on record. But it's not global warming...right?

Quoting Dragod66:


Yeah I know. But half the time I don't know that these things are named or not because even our crappy TWN (TWC affiliate) don't name them. I bet this new big storm that I'm getting on Sunday will not get named by TWC because I don't think it will drop that much snow on the NE US. But we will get a lot here :)

I'm hoping we get alot because i'm in the area thats getting snow tomorrow!!! So i'm going to do my snow dance again

Here:

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 19, 2012 %u2013 Intel Corporation today reported full-year revenue of $54 billion, operating income of $17.5 billion, net income of $12.9 billion and EPS of $2.39 -- all records. The company generated approximately $21 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of $4.1 billion and used $14.1 billion to repurchase 642 million shares of stock.

Notice, "Net income" was calculated AFTER buying back stocks and re-investments, all things which actually increase their net worth, but are not taxed. Their net worth went up by about 27 billion, or about half of revenues.

Intel

Chevron paid a 19 percent effective federal tax rate in 2011, well below the statutory corporate rate of 35 percent.

Chevron 1

Chevron Corp., based in San Ramon, Calif., is the second largest investor-owned oil and gas company in the world, and the third largest American company of any type as measured by revenue and profit. Over the last year, Chevron has earned $24 billion on revenue of $231 billion.

Chevron 2

Ok, those are some sources.

Grand Rapids NWS decided to cancel the Winter Weather Advisory that never went into effect. Looks like I'll only get 2" from this one.

Quoting TropicalAnalystwx13:

That would be too easy.

No to easy would be blaming somebody else for your
actions i.e. The Big Tabacco Companies. Individuals
bought cigs. with their own money smoked and then
sued a company because of their own stupidity.
Maybe just maybe the dem. party supports Big
Lawyers.

Quoting RTSplayer:
Here:

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 19, 2012 – Intel Corporation today reported full-year revenue of $54 billion, operating income of $17.5 billion, net income of $12.9 billion and EPS of $2.39 -- all records. The company generated approximately $21 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of $4.1 billion and used $14.1 billion to repurchase 642 million shares of stock.

Notice, "Net income" was calculated AFTER buying back stocks and re-investments, all things which actually increase their net worth, but are not taxed. Their net worth went up by about 27 billion, or about half of revenues.

Intel

Chevron paid a 19 percent effective federal tax rate in 2011, well below the statutory corporate rate of 35 percent.

Chevron 1

Chevron Corp., based in San Ramon, Calif., is the second largest investor-owned oil and gas company in the world, and the third largest American company of any type as measured by revenue and profit. Over the last year, Chevron has earned $24 billion on revenue of $231 billion.

Chevron 2

Ok, those are some sources.

Ok RTS..
Thanks for the sourcing links..
Also gives alot more validity to the discussion..
Thanks again.. :)

Quoting nymore:
They are reported you just have to know where to look.

Exxon Mobil average profit margin last 5 years is 8.33%

First Solar for the same period is 14.68%

If you want more let me know

Is that gross profit or net profit? There are accounting procedures and business standards that can hide profit. Unless you can pull apart and analyze the financial statement, you are just reading numbers.

Quoting kwgirl:


Is that gross profit or net profit? There are accounting procedures and business standards that can hide profit. Unless you can pull apart and analyze the financial statement, you are just reading numbers.

Psst..hey kiwi..new blog.. :)