Why did joe bastardi quit

The Pacific is already getting colder, and the Atlantic will be turning colder in 10 years, like it always does. Some of my colleagues think that not only is Mr. Heat Miser out of business. There are a lot of reputable people who think another ice age is coming. Look at what happened in California this year. All that crazy stuff went on in December, and since then, nothing. What happened? Al Gore seems like a big Heat Miser guy.

Heat Miser! I believe Mr. Gore has the best intentions. But come on, how many weather forecasts has he made where he actually gets paid for them? I get paid for the correct result of my research. You understand that? You get paid because of the result of your work, not because of your work. I do not believe that the means justify the ends; I believe that the ends are because of the correct means. I get it. No, not a jerk.

I personally believe that Gore, after the disappointment of the election, he thought to himself, O. How can I help out more? And he latched onto this issue. He really rattled me a few weeks ago, when he tried to blame snowfall on warmer weather. Yeah, yeah, the Heat Miser. Forget about Al Gore. What about groundhogs? Can we trust them as weather forecasters? I absolutely agree. I was saying that long before the groundhogs.

I predicted that back in mid-January. I said that for most of the country, south of the Mason-Dixon line, south of the Ohio River, winter is over. Not at all! And I can give you more details than the groundhogs. In the South there are going to be a whole lot more tornados than there were last year. But a cooler summer in the Great Lakes.

Why do we put so much faith in groundhogs like Punxsutawney Phil when clearly you provide a much better forecast? Well first of all, I love Phil. But let me say this. We have groundhogs in my backyard, and I saw one of them just the other day. He was lying on his back, not moving at all, just staring up at the sky. Right, yeah. The first two occur on various long term cycles; decades in the oceans, and centuries with the Sun. The stochastic events are random wild cards just to make it all more fun.

The European winters also look very similar now to those in the early s. People familiar with circumstances during the Korean War can note that cold conditions that existed in the Far East were also comparable. Alaska has once again turned much colder, just as it did then when the Pacific temperatures cooled and sea ice expanded. Here in the U. That causes conditions to be drier, especially near and east of the Rockies, as well as in the Deep South. This is when we see hotter, drier summers; winters tend be warmer earlier, and colder later.

Springs like this year, although not as extremely cold, will be more common the next 5 to 10 years. We can also expect to witness increased tornado activity which is linked to the cold decadal Pacific shift and a cooling globe. This happens when cool air in northwest North America trying to find a pathway southeast collides with warm air coming from the south in a clash zone right in the center of our nation. The result is predictable Joe: Part of that appears to be attributable to very short memories concerning times past, and even shorter media attention spans.

My father, also a meteorologist, was born in Dad was passionate about the subject of weather. Dad used to preach about large-scale linkages The reason is that the warmer and moister air is… the more energy it can add to the system.

For instance, in the mixing ratios it takes a 15 degree Celsius rise when temperatures are at minus 20 degrees Celsius to equal what happens with a one degree change at 30 degrees Celsius. This means that the Tropics and their inputs present the primary source region for the changes. When the tropical Pacific warms…a much larger and even warmer source region than the Atlantic… there is a response much like when you turn a warm shower on in your bathroom.

The room heats up. As soon as the atmosphere adjusted to the oceans, the temperatures leveled off. And now, with the Pacific cooling, they are starting down again. This is basic climate cycle theory, and it can be plainly seen in a link between surface and air temperatures. None of this has anything to do with atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Joe: Yes, the particular combination of entirely natural ocean conditions that are developing now are producing a change in the in the entire global weather system.

In the Tropics, the main source of heat is slightly cooler to the west of us, while the Atlantic is warm. Then when the Pacific warmed, the Atlantic was still cold. That combination resulted in less overall hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin. For meteorologists, this is entirely logical and intuitive. PolicyBot Enhanced Search. Learn more. The Heartlander, Summer Read here.

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