Are these “scientists” familiar with Minnesota in the winter?
How climate change supercharged a routine clipper into a Minnesota snowstorm
We got 5.8 inches of snow officially at MSP Airport Sunday, putting an end to a nearly two-week winter hiatus. That in itself is nothing to write home about. We get snowfalls of that nature frequently, but this was an Alberta Clipper on a potent form of steroids. The steroid? You guessed it: climate change.
A system like this is a great example of the energy boost from climate change we don’t always see or feel so visibly. Our temperatures weren’t remarkable, though they were above normal, starting in the 30s early Sunday and falling into the teens, but the air mass just to our south, which fueled the system, was quite remarkable.
This system is a textbook example of how climate change supercharges storm systems with both more heat, or energy, and more moisture. A warmer atmosphere holds more water, and a storm system squeezes out that higher moisture content into a condensed form, resulting in heavier rainfalls and snowfalls.
Got that? Heating causes more snow, even though the same Warmists said ‘climate change’ would be the end of snow, but, when that didn’t happen, they manufactured a way to blame heavy snow on warming. It’s a cult.
But, um, if carbon pollution is so bad why is MSP Airport still open?
Actual scientists would have to do the research before making such a statement; have they really done the research on a snow event that occurred only three days prior to the publication of that story?
Really? We had significantly below average temperatures, and a couple of snowfalls between Thursday, December 11 and Monday, December 15th, including a low of just 7.3º F at 7:00 AM on the 15th, and then, starting on the 21th — not a typo; I frequently pronounce it the twenty-oneth — we were enjoying above average temperatures, including some lower 70s in the afternoon on the 27th and 28th.
Now, we’re running near the normal averages, with lows just above freezing to forecast highs in the mid to upper 40s.
That’s the thing about averages: they average out! One or three or five day snapshots might be interesting, but they say nothing about overall averages over an extended period of time.
I’m not that familiar with Minneapolis in the winter, but I would hazard a guess that 5 or 6 inches of snow is not that unusual. 5 or 6 inches of snow would only paralyze Cincinnati for about 4 hours, until the plows got everywhere. Schools would be closed for a day. The airport would be a mess, and since Cincinnati is a hub for some airlines, travel would be screwed up. And then things would slowly get back to normal.