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| Visit Sunny Wisconsin, Where Temps Can Peak At 612F, According To NOAA Sat | |
| 2010-08-17 | |
| US Government admits satellite temperature readings "degraded." All data taken offline in shock move. Global warming temperatures may be 10 to 15 degrees too high. The fault was first detected after a tip off from an anonymous member of the public to climate skeptic blog, Climate Change Fraud.
However, NOAA spokesman, Program Coordinator, Chuck Pistis declined to state how long the fault might have gone undetected. Nor would the shaken spokesman engage in speculation as to the damage done to the credibility of a decade's worth of temperature readings taken from the problematic 'NOAA-16' satellite. 'NOAA-16' was launched in September 2000, and is currently operational, in a sun-synchronous orbit, 849 km above the Earth, orbiting every 102 minutes providing automated data feed of surface temperatures which are fed into climate computer models. NOAA has reported a succession of record warm temperatures in recent years based on such satellite readings but these may now all be undermined. World-renowned Canadian climatologist, Dr. Timothy Ball, after casting his expert eye over the shocking findings concluded, "At best the entire incident indicates gross incompetence, at worst it indicates a deliberate attempt to create a temperature record that suits the political message of the day." In one example swiftly taken down by NOAA after my first article, readings for June and July 2010 for Lake Michigan showed crazy temperatures off the scale ranging in the low to mid hundreds - with some parts of the Wisconsin area apparently reaching 612 F. With an increasing number of further errors now coming to light the discredited NOAA removed the entire set from public view. But just removing them from sight is not the same as addressing the implications of this gross statistical debacle. | |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #8 K-UUUUUSI weather! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-17 22:35 |
| #7 You try to predict what time the fog will burn off in The Covenant. |
| Posted by: John Coleman 2010-08-17 22:18 |
| #6 Small navigational error - they orbited the satellite around Venus rather than Earth. :-) |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-08-17 22:11 |
| #5 Snark is accurate (see: Lewis Black's take) , and no whining here :-) actually I work all over, right on the bay right now, but live inland ("the sticks") also known as Inland Valleys. My area is usually mid 90's in late July and was around 78-80 avg, In August - Sept, we're usually at or above 100 (to 115). Today's the first day I put on AC - humidity from Mexico's monsoon season and 97 degrees. I have an autopay gas/electric bill based on prior usage, and I'm showing a credit all year long to date |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-17 21:26 |
| #4 Big deal, Frank. What was it - like 69 instead of 72? San Diego weatherman has to be the most boring job in the world: "What's it going to be today, Frank?" Nice. "What's it going to be tomorrow?" Nice. When San Diego goes above 75, the weather service issues heat advisories. When the temperature goes below 65, they warn people to bundle up. /kidding |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-08-17 21:19 |
| #3 coolest summer in my (51 yr local) memory in San Diego |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-17 21:07 |
| #2 Meanwhile in the real world, the Southern Hemisphere is rapidly cooling. Antarctic Sea Ice is at a record high with several weeks to go before the ice extent peaks. SH sea ice |
| Posted by: phil_b 2010-08-17 19:47 |
| #1 We missed or played hooky wid our Calibration + Certification times again, didn't we??? Its either that, or we flunked our Geography, etc. becuz the YELLOWSTONE SUPER-VOLCANO/CAVERA is actually in the GREAT LAKES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-17 19:35 |
