Satellite Data Confirms November Warmth over the U.S.; Current Decade Likely Warmest in the Modern Record

Readers, I am borrowing this post from Brett Anderson at AccuWeather since I can only get this graph by asking someone outside of Brazil to send it to me -- the servers at this website will never let me in.  The second graphic is the scariest graphic on global warming that I have ever seen and continues to be although I have been looking at its updates for two years.


You can see the cyclical patterns of the the circulation of the warm and cooler ocean waters, and how over time, the waters are no longer cooling.  Not good.

Satellite Data Confirms November Warmth over the U.S.

by Brett Anderson, AccuWeather, Sunday, December 6, 2009

Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) has released their satellite measured, lower tropospheric temperature anomaly data for the month of November across the globe.

A global look at the lower tropospheric temperature anomalies across most of the globe, courtesy of RSS.


Overall, November ended up slightly warmer compared to normal globally, but the bigger story is how warm November was compared to normal from central to northeastern North America.

Other "warm" pockets can be seen over southeastern Australia, Scandinavia and out over the central Pacific, which is a reflection of the slowly strengthening El Nino.

Notable "cool" spots showed up over southern South America, Asia and Alaska.

Let's look at the actual numbers (temperature anomalies)............
Global (70 S to 82.5 N): +.328 °C
Continental U.S.: +1.242 °C, which makes this the warmest month compared to normal since March of 2007 and the warmest November since 2001. Based on the RSS temperature record going back to 1979.

Here is an updated look at the decadal trend of the lower tropospheric temperature anomaly by latitude. Note: A majority of the warming has been in the northern polar regions (increasing oranges/reds).

Also, note (circled) the distinct red (warming) in the lower latitudes during 1998 (strong El Nino) and the latest cooling in this same region during 2008 with the La Nina.

Current Decade Likely Warmest in the Modern Record

by Brett Anderson, AccuWeather, December 8, 2009

The current decade will probably end up as the warmest (combined land and sea surface) in the modern record globally, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Records go back to 1850.
The decade of the 2000s (2000-2009) was warmer than the 1990s, which in turn was warmer than the 1980s, according to the WMO press release that was issued today.

This preliminary information for 2009 is based on climate data from networks of land-based weather and climate stations, ships and buoys, as well as satellites.

Image courtesy of the World Meteorological Organization.


How about 2009?
This year will likely rank in the top 10 warmest since records were kept, and may end up as the 5th warmest.

--Only North America experienced cooler than normal conditions this year.

--Large parts of southern Asia and central Africa are likely to have their warmest year on record.
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The WMO global temperature analysis is based on three complementary datasets. One is the combined dataset maintained by both the Hadley Centre of the UK Met Office and the Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Another dataset is maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the United States Department of Commerce, and the third one is from the Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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