It’s Called Weather, George!!

By Paul Homewood

https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/968074530529972224

Arctic meltdown silly season is in full swing again!

DMI show the same spike:

http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php

But is it an “off the scale event”?

Unfortunately for poor George’s credibility, the answer is no. We had very similar conditions back in 1976:

http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php

DMI show that a tongue of milder than usual air air has pushed up from the Atlantic, and when that happens it has a disproportionate effect on Arctic temperatures:

http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/weather/arcticweather.uk.php

And the cause is crystal clear – a combination of deep low pressure off the northern coast of Canada, and high pressure to the north of Scandinavia:

http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/weather/arcticweather.uk.php

If we go back to March 1976, we find a very similar set up, as far as the Scandinavian high is concerned:

And as now, the meteorological set up then brought cold weather and snow to the UK:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/library/archive-hidden-treasures/monthly-weather-report-1970s

Poor George needs to learn the difference between weather and climate!