June 2012: Earth's 4th warmest June; heavy rains in Beijing kill 37
June 2012 was the globe's 4th warmest June on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). NASA rated May 2012 the 3rd warmest on record. June 2012 global land temperatures were the warmest on record; this makes three months in a row--April, May, and June--in which record-high monthly land temperature records were set. Global ocean temperatures were the 10th warmest on record. June 2012 was the 328th consecutive month with global temperatures warmer than the 20th century average; the last time global temperatures were below average was February 1985. We've now had three consecutive top-five warmest months on record; April 2012 was the 5th warmest April on record, and May 2012 was the 2nd warmest May on record. The increase in global temperatures relative to average, compared to March 2012 (16th warmest March on record) is due, in part, to warming waters in the Eastern Pacific, where a La Niña event ended in April, and borderline El Niño conditions now exist. Global satellite-measured temperatures in June for the lowest 8 km of the atmosphere were 4th or 3rd warmest in the 34-year record, according to Remote Sensing Systems and the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH). Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent during June 2012 was the smallest in the 46-year period of record. Wunderground's weather historian, Christopher C. Burt, has a comprehensive post on the notable weather events of June in his June 2012 Global Weather Extremes Summary. Notably:
- The U.K. suffered through its wettest June since at least 1910, and coolest such since 1991.
- The monsoon season has been especially devastating so far along the banks of the Brahmaputra River in northeast India and Bangladesh. Over 2000 villages have been flooded and at least 190 deaths reported so far. Almost 20 million people in all have been displaced.
- The Korean Peninsula continued to endure its worst drought in at least 105 years.
Figure 1. Departure of temperature from average for June 2012. In the Northern Hemisphere, most areas experienced much higher-than-average monthly temperatures, including most of North America and Eurasia, and northern Africa. Only northern and western Europe, and the northwestern United States were notably cooler than average. Image credit: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) .
Arctic sea ice has greatest June loss on record
Arctic sea ice saw its greatest-ever decrease during the month of June, and ice extent averaged over the entire month was the 2nd lowest for June in the 35-year satellite record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). The last three Junes (2010 - 2012) have had the three smallest ice extents for the month, with June 2012 being the 21st consecutive June and the 133rd consecutive month with below-average Arctic sea ice extent. During much of June 2012 and extending into the first half of July, the Arctic Dipole pattern set up. This atmospheric circulation pattern features a surface high pressure system in the Arctic north of Alaska, and a low pressure system on the Eurasian side of the Arctic. This results in winds blowing from south to north over Siberia, pushing warm air into the central Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Dipole pattern occurred in all summer months of 2007 and helped support the record 2007 summer reduction in sea ice extent. The Arctic Dipole pattern has broken down over the past few days, and is expected to be absent through early August. This should slow Arctic sea ice loss, and ice extent may no longer be at record low levels by the first week of August.
Figure 2. Arctic sea ice area in 2012 as of July 22 (yellow line) compared to all the other years since satellite observations began in 1979. Ice area in 2012 during most of June and July has been the lowest on record. The previous record low years were 2007 and 2011. Note that sea ice area (as shown here) and sea ice extent (as measured by the National Snow and Ice Data Center) are not the same thing, but one can use either to quantify sea ice, and both show very similar behavior. Image credit: University of Illinois Cryosphere Today.
Three new billion-dollar weather disasters in June
The globe experienced three new billion-dollar weather disasters in June, bringing the total for the year to nine, said insurance broker Aon Benfield in their June Catastrophe Report. The most expensive disaster in June occurred in China, where heavy rains between the between June 20 - 29 affected northern, central, eastern and southern sections of the country. The rains left at least 50 people dead in 17 separate provinces, and caused damage estimated at CNY17.4 billion (USD2.73 billion). The U.S. suffered two billion-dollar severe weather events in June, bringing the total number of such events to six for the year. The record for most billion-dollar disasters in a year in the U.S. is fourteen (according to NOAA/NCDC) or seventeen (according to Aon Benfield.) The most costly event in June 2012 came across portions of Texas and New Mexico, where severe thunderstorms pelted areas (including the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan region) with golf ball and baseball-sized hail. The Insurance Council of Texas said that more than 100,000 claims were filed and total insured losses in the state would exceed $1 billion, with total losses near $1.75 billion. A separate hail event in Colorado and Wyoming caused more than $700 million in insured losses, and $1.25 billion in total losses.
Figure 3. Weather disasters costing at least half a billion dollars so far in 2012, according to insurance broker Aon Benfield in their June Catastrophe Report.
Heaviest rains in 60 years deluge Beijing, killing 37
China's latest billion-dollar weather disaster is a torrential rainstorm that hit Beijing Saturday night, dumping the the heaviest rains the city has seen in 60 years, according to Associated Press. The resulting flooding killed 37 people and did $1.6 billion in damage.
Figure 4. A Chinese man uses a signboard to signal motorists driving through flooded street following a heavy rain in Beijing Saturday, July 21, 2012. China's government says the heaviest rains to hit Beijing in six decades. The torrential downpour Saturday night left low-lying streets flooded and knocked down trees. (AP Photo)
Quiet in the Atlantic
There are no threat areas to discuss in the Atlantic, and none of the reliable computer models are developing a tropical cyclone over the next seven days.
Jeff Masters
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TyphoonVicente made landfall on what appears to be either a military base or a chemical-processing facility at 21.917n112.987e between Yaogu and Huangzhukeng in Guangdong, China
~39miles(62kilometres)WestSouthWest of Macau(Macao) and
~58miles(94kilometres)WestSouthWest of HongKong
CAN is Baiyun(Guangzhou)International :: MFM is MacauInternational:: HKG is HongKongInternational
3metre(10foot)flood map
Yes, I am one of the few people I know who knows what a trillion really is.
Yes, if you had a million dollar bill, if such a thing existed, then a trillion is a million of million dollar bills; ten billion hundred dollar bills, using real currency.
But one percent is one percent. If large changes can't be made, then like 50 to 100 small changes need to be made, it's as simple as that.
They already did
Published on Jul 23, 2012 by ve3en1
A bright Full Halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was produced by a solar flare around Sunspot 1520 now transiting the farside of the Sun. This video shows the flare as captured by STEREO Ahead and also the CME by STEREO Ahead COR2 and Lasco C2.
your going too get a 24hr bannd for that so i would re move it
You have a lack of understanding on this subject, aparently. China has been doing this to keep their goods cheaper for years now. On purpose. I doubt anything anyone here says will change your mind. Perhaps you should look up QE1, QE2, and QE3 and see for yourself what he was talking about.
Relax Taz! I don't see why that would be banned...
+10000
I believe you are so focused in future prospects for technology, you are missing how to get from A to B. Of course land becomes invaluable in terms of USD when a govt can print money willy nilly. So does a gallon of gasoline, as it has more BTU's than a $1000 bill. Paper money is a belief system only. When it is abused (like now with a printing press and ballooning debt), people lose confidence in it, and prices of real things go up and up. What you forget is people aren't going to work and create your new technology to allow for utopia for just a pat on the back. They want to prosper and be on top of the heap. It's human nature. (i.e. an employee at Apple isn't in it solely for the fun.) What you mention would only work in a system like the Soviets had. Ask them how their quality of life was overall during that system. Only people who did well were those who were cronies of the govt... actually sounds like we are headed on the same path in the US under the current administration.
Being off-topic... that's enough for 24 hr ban
I just found out...HOW THE HELL DID VICENTE MADE IT TO CAT 4???
Stormhype already did a pretty good job of it. I was just saying that since you dont believe what he said, or what I said, then some research on your part would show you what was behind the statements.
IN ALL MY 7 YEARS OF TRACKING HURRICANES EVERYWHERE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER SEE A CYCLONE BECOME A CAT 4 FROM A CAT 1 IN JUST HOURS RIGHT BEFORE LANDFALL. NOT EVEN HUMBERTO DID THIS...
THIS IS HISTORIC!
They are a threat because they manipulate the science and debate about it. And because of this we do not act as we should on climate action. We need to get off of oil asap. More Co2 = more extreme weather. For the source go to priceofoil.org
Obama is trying to eliminate the subsidies but the bought GOP and Congress is protecting the oil interests and tax payers giveaways.
....Radar down for maintenance.
Figures!
No.. there's none in this post!!! -___-
Storm Relative 1km Geostationary Visible Imagery Loop
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I keep watching the satelite loops over and over. It went to a pin hole eye in a matter of hours before land fall, quite unusual.
THIS TYPHOON INCREASED BY 50 MPH IN JUST HOURS... last time i saw it was a 75 mph typhoon...
this is for the records... no other storm has ever done this...
this storm is deadly...
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