Re: Indian summer in Paris
- From: "Runge" <philsa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:38:08 +0200
30 years !
Pauvre France
"Earl Evleth" <evleth@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
BF7576FE.7DB53%evleth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On 14/10/05 14:33, in article cc9vk15jb7ooiat2a2tnslc9gnbtu52vg1@xxxxxxx,
> "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Because global warming has changed the climate. Paris is far hotter
>> than it was even ten years ago.
>
>
> Having lived in Paris for 30 years, and even spent some time here in the
> 60s, the winters are definitely milder. Snow on the streets of Paris
> is rare, and water freezing in the gutters does not occur that
> frequently anymore. We know otherwise that the average temperature
> year around in France has risen at about twice the rate of global
> warming.
>
>
> ******
>
> As for the USA
>
>
> Forecast of warm winter may be good news for Midwest
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) < Government forecasters on Wednesday predicted a warmer
> than normal winter, offering hope to much of the Midwest and West as
> concern
> grows about the rising costs of heating during cold-weather.
>
> Forecasters predict a warmer than normal winter, offering hope to the
> Midwest and West about heating costs.
>
>
> The National Weather Service said there is a 60% chance of warmer than
> normal weather in the Dakotas, southwestern Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa,
> Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, north Texas, northern New Mexico and southern
> and eastern Colorado.
>
> States adjoining that area, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii also
> have
> a chance of being warmer than usual.
>
> Most of Minnesota has a 55% chance of a warmer-than-normal winter,
> although
> winter-as-usual was prediced for the Arrowhead region, according to
> forecasters.
>
> Other regions could be warmer or cooler than usual but no area was singled
> out to be especially cold.
>
> "Even though the average temperature over the three-month winter season is
> forecast to be above normal in much of the country, there will still be
> bouts of winter weather with cold temperatures and frozen precipitation,"
> said NOAA Administrator Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.
>
> The rain and snowfall outlook calls for wetter-than-normal conditions
> across
> most of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and northeastern Texas.
> Drier-than-normal conditions are expected across the Southwest from
> Arizona
> to New Mexico.
>
> The forecasters noted that for the sixth year in a row, drought remains a
> concern for parts of the Northwest and northern Rockies. Wet or dry
> conditions during the winter typically have a significant impact on
> drought
> conditions.
>
> One factor in this winter's weather is the North Atlantic Oscillation,
> which
> can shift the jet stream that helps drive the movement of winter storms,
> the
> forecasters said.
>
> In one phase, the jet stream shifts to the north of its usual position and
> the winter weather features relatively warm days over much of the
> contiguous
> U.S. In contrast, during the negative phase the jet stream shifts to the
> south, bringing in Nor'easters and more frequent cold air outbreaks and
> snowstorms, especially along the East Coast.
>
> The phase of the oscillation is difficult to anticipate more than one to
> two
> weeks in advance.
>
>
.
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