The Super La Nina and the Coming Winter
The most recent La Nina developed in the spring of 2007, and persisted until the early summer of 2008. The global average temperature fell one degree Fahrenheit in that period of time, equal to all of the warming of the last 100 years! If the trend of this rapidly developing, potentially super La Nina continues, an equal or larger temperature drop can be anticipated during the next one to two years. This La Nina is coming on very fast and very strong. Already it is colder than the six coldest La Ninas of the last 60 years when they were at a similar stage of development.(...)
The El Nino of the last year pushed the global temperature right back to where it had been in the beginning of 2007. The result has been no net warming or cooling since then. In fact, there has been no net warming or cooling since around 1999. Interestingly, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen from 369 parts per million to 387 ppm (parts per million) during this time. This amount is above the level of 302 ppm in 1910, when 20th century global temperature started to rise. Despite this significant rise in carbon dioxide since 1999, there has been no “global warming” during this period.
Hang onto your hats (and gloves, and parkas, and snow boots), kids. You're gonna need 'em.
I've been saying since, oh, July that it's going to be a cold winter, based on nothing but a hunch after the weather in June.
If you need me, I'll be down at the dog track with a wad of cash and a bunch of sealed envelopes.
I've been feeling it in my bones ever since it started getting chilly at night. I'm in the market for a good heavy coat and a pair of warm boots.