I've been a land surveyor for over twenty five years now and have never seen a cooler summer, thank God for miracles. Very few days even approached 95 here in NC when usually there are almost two months of days over 95. So much for global warming here in NC, this has been the coolest summer I can ever recall. It's truly been a blessing to have so much cooler weather when my summer has been filled with climbing back and forth over 10' deer fences, crossing swamps, wading and floating through moccasin infested creeks, driving 36" iron boundary pipes, cutting line through 10 year cutovers, climbing in and out of sewer manholes, culverts, and deep catch basins, and diggin very deep holes in clay "hard pack" to set concrete monuments.
Thank you God and mother nature for not following protocol!
I agree, this summer has been great in NC
We can export more cool weather shortly !
Cheers,
TNAI
Please note the thread below about Thoughts from a Hospital Bed started on 9/17. I sure hope you operate in a more safety-minded manner than our buddy in Texas. You described plenty of hazard-filled survey duties.
As to the weather, it was generally better than the past two Summers around here. But, even a few days in a row of high temps combined with high humidity about do me in. I didn't enjoy it 40 years ago and my attitude has not improved with age.
Yes, I'm much, much safer than any Texas surveyor and I have to be. Land surveying in Texas would be a walk in the park compared to the terrain I have to traverse. From neck deep swamp to 40 foot drop offs, I'd die and go to heaven to survey in a baby pool like Texas!!!!
It's climate change, not global warming.
What we are seeing here is flattening of the seasons. The milder summers are nice but the dry, warmer winters are a problem. Word is we may have another 50% of "normal" winter, if we are lucky.
Whatever the political bullies want to call it, it doesn't matter a shred what they rename it to next time to me. I'm just glad it's been so much cooler and that apparently the earth is cooling and not warming now. It's just been so nice this summer to work outside.
We are talking science, not politics.
It is happening here. It is obvious. Precipitation amounts are way down.
True the summers are somewhat milder.
We had no rain for several winter months, I mean none, zero, that is bad and unusual.
Whatever it is it's sure makes for fantastic working weather.
Our weather is controlled by the jet stream. In the northern hemisphere summer, the jet stream is trying to "fall" towards the north pole. It also "curves" to the right because of the Coriolis Effect. In our summer, the north pole receives more solar radiation than in winter, which reduces the pressure differential between the polar region and the equatorial region. Therefore the slope of the region upon which the jet stream "floats" at the upper troposphere is lessened; this is a curved slope, but a slope nonetheless. The flatter this slope, the more the jet stream will wander in a blocking pattern. This summer the US experienced a prolonged incidence of a blocking pattern which created a persistent trough in the eastern US. This trough allowed cooler air aloft to enter our region from the NW.
June and July were mostly brutally hot and humid in my area.
Ours has been very, very mild, but also very wet up until late July. Let's just say that as a fat man, I've enjoyed it, but I also could have used some heat to sweat some of me off...
I have a feeling that this was a once a 20 year event or so... As I don't ever remember a summer this mild.
Carl
Please don' say that Carl! I'm enjoying this "climate chage" stuff.
Donald,
I offer an invitation to spend a week working with us here in the Texas Hill Country.
You might just retract your statements.
lol
Randy
Plus "Mother Nature" is simply going through a cycle that she has gone through for millions of years. It's NOT "global warming" or "Climate Change" but rather a cyclical event that our planet goes through from time to time. According to the "experts", the polar caps are suppose to be gone by now, yet they are larger than ever. When that oil well blew out in the Gulf, everything was supposed to coated just feet thick in crude oil, but that didn't happen. Where the oil go ? "Mother Nature" sent in the natural microbes to remove the oil. they did their job, some people are still looking for it.
The latest data says that what we thought before was wrong, so now here's the latest theory. Man simply does not know how the planet works, he just enjoys creating theories. I mean, study the actual weather history charts as far back as the data goes and what you will find is the "Climate Change" has been going on since the beginning of time.
No matter what happens, Al Gore will just change the name again so he can stay in the money and impress the simple folk.
Best "warmest/dryest" summer anyone can remember in Alaska!
here's some plots for temperature vs. time to draw your own conclusions:
Thanks for debunking that old global warming theory. Stupid global-warming bullies anyway.
I know what you mean, but I just don't think it will happen... just being a realist. 😉
Not here, Record highs were set in July. June was a hot one, too, and August was "normal" kind of.
One difference I have noticed is that our afternoon westerly winds have increased in speed. What used to be a fun sail after work has become a non-sail after work. I might as well take up kite boarding!
