Yuki Da! Tokyo has November Snow for First Time in 54 Years
Posted: November 24, 2016 Filed under: Asia, Japan | Tags: AccuWeather, Celsius, Great Lakes, Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency, National Weather Service, North America, Snow, Tokyo, Winter storm Leave a commentTokyo (AFP) – Tokyo woke up Thursday to its first November snowfall in more than half a century, leaving commuters to grapple with train disruptions and slick streets.
Snow began falling before dawn with the mercury approaching zero as a cold weather system moved south.
The Japan Meterological Agency said it was the first time snow had fallen in November in central Tokyo since 1962.
Amounts were greater in suburban areas closer to mountains but even central Tokyo saw brief accumulations, which the agency forecast to be as high as two centimetres (one inch).
That was the first November accumulation since records began in 1875, the agency said.
“I was surprised to see snow at such an early stage of the season,” said Hiroko Tanaka, a Tokyo resident.
“I felt this may be a sign of something abnormal in terms of natural phenomena,” she told AFP.
But experts say the situation is nothing to worry about.
“Today’s snowfall and accumulation occurred because several elements came together at once by chance,” said Sakiko Nishioka, an agency official in charge of weather forecasting.
“It does not mean this can signal any unusual weather conditions this season such as a super cold winter,” Nishioka told AFP, adding that it was also unclear if it was related to climate change or events such as El Nino.
Tokyo, which extends over a wide area and includes many suburbs, enjoys relatively mild winters compared to some other parts of the country where snowfall is more frequent. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Jupiter’s Red Spot Is Red Hot
Posted: August 23, 2016 Filed under: Science & Technology, Space & Aviation | Tags: Atmosphere of Jupiter, Boston University, Celsius, Earth, Fahrenheit, Gas giant, Juno (spacecraft), Jupiter, NASA, NASA Infrared Telescope Facility Leave a comment
What Jupiter’s spot is not, is tranquil. New infrared images taken by Boston University scientists on a NASA telescope in Hawaii show that whereas Jupiter’s north and south poles are heated by strong magnetic fields, its large, stormy red spot generates its own heat by a different mechanism. Shock waves from turbulent winds in the spot and other storms help explain how the planet’s upper atmosphere stays warm so far from the sun. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Frequently-Wrong Meteorologist Arrested While Doing Weather Forecast, Columnist Paul Krugman Fears He’s Next
Posted: July 25, 2015 Filed under: Humor, Mediasphere, The Butcher's Notebook | Tags: AccuWeather, Canada, Celsius, Fahrenheit, Greece, Meteorology, National Weather Service, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Resource Description Framework, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, satire, Thunderstorm, Weather Forecast Leave a commentLaw enforcement is so fed up with the miserably cold, cloudy, and damp weather in Newfoundland, Canada that it has arrested two local broadcast meteorologists.
CBC News meteorologist Ryan Snoddon was the first to take the fall for the anomalous chill. You can watch his arrest – part of an apparent sting operation – below:
Next in the hopper was NTV meteorologist Eddie Sheerr, arrested while delivering the forecast on the evening news.
Both Snoddon and Sheer were charged with impersonating a meteorologist, failing to provide the essentials of summer – sunshine, good forecasts and blue skies – and trafficking of rain, drizzle, and fog.
Prior to their arrest, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary had issued a statement to the media noting Snoddon and Sheerr were persons of interest given the following state of affairs:
SUMMER was last seen in early August of 2014. When last seen, SUMMER was described as being between 20-30 degrees Celsius (68-86 degrees Fahrenheit), blue skies with a bright and warm source of light in the sky. There have been sporadic sightings of this bright object, but these sightings have been rare since May 2015.

Frequently-wrong New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is reportedly afraid to appear on television, due to fears of being arrested. Krugman has never been held accountable for his dishonest statements and failed predictions.
Sheerr – who is from the U.S. – faces possible deportation, the arresting officer said.
Of course, the arrests were just a humorous stunt – the Canadian’s way of coping with conditions that are egregious even by their own standards. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Department of Thermal Paste Substitutes: Fix Your Computer With Nutella
Posted: February 12, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, Food & Drink, Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: 3D printing, Celsius, Central processing unit, computers, Maxima and minima, media, news, Nutella, Thermal Paste, World Nutella Day Leave a commentBased on the testing it actually does work well…(read more)
[PHOTOS] Striking Images of People Across France Observing a Minute of Silence Today
Posted: January 8, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Global, Mediasphere, War Room | Tags: Agence France-Presse, Belgium, Celsius, Charlie Hebdo, Climate, François Hollande, France, Germany, Massacre, Météo-France, Paris, Photography, Twitter Leave a commentMashable.com #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/51Kc7VPncx
Scientists: White House Climate Report ‘Pseudoscience’ to ‘Provide Cover’
Posted: May 6, 2014 Filed under: Global, Politics, Science & Technology, U.S. News, White House | Tags: Cato Institute, Celsius, climate change religion, Climate sensitivity, Faith, Global warming, Knappenberger, Mass Delusion, NCA, Patrick Michaels, Pseudoscience, United Nations 2 Comments“History tells us that when scientists willingly endorse sweeping governmental agendas fueled by dodgy science, bad things soon happen.”
— Michaels and Knappenberger of the Cato Institute in their comments submitted to the Obama administration
For The Daily Caller, Michael Bastasch writes:

Religious ritual: Natives worshipping the god of climate change
Climate scientists have said the White House’s National Climate Assessment (NCA) resembles pseudoscience more than actual science.
The National Climate Data Center released its third NCA on Tuesday, which warns of an ever-worsening environment and extreme temperature rises due to man-made carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels. But it has been panned in some quarters.
“This National Assessment is much closer to pseudoscience than it is to science,” wrote scientists Patrick Michaels and Paul Knappenberger of the libertarian Cato Institute in their comments submitted to the Obama administration.
“It clearly believes that virtually everything in our society is tremendously dependent on the surface temperature, and, because of that, we are headed towards certain and inescapable destruction, unless we take its advice and decarbonize our economy, pronto,” Michaels and Knappenberger added… Read the rest of this entry »
This Is What Happens When You Blow Soap Bubbles at -9°C (15,8°F)
Posted: January 6, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Mediasphere, Science & Technology | Tags: Angel Kelly, Celsius, Dishwashing liquid, Facebook, KOMO-TV, Photographer, Washington 1 CommentWhen the weather forecast announced about the unexpected cold from -9°C to -12°C last week, Washington-based photographer Angela Kelly decided to take an advantage of it in one truly creative way. Together with her 7-year-old son, Kelly combined the home-based remedies – dish soap, karo syrup, and water – and went out to blow bubbles and take pictures as they freeze and melt.
Soon the two adventurers found themselves in awe while watching the frost create magical patterns in the freezing bubbles. The smaller ones would freeze momentarily, simply mid-air, and then they would fall down and scatter like thin glass chips. The bigger ones would manage to freeze more slowly on the surface, giving the photographer a chance to catch the artworks of the frost on camera.
Governments Tried to Suppress Data Damaging to Global Warming Narrative
Posted: September 20, 2013 Filed under: Censorship, Global | Tags: Associated Press, Celsius, Climate change, Global warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Ola Borten Moe, United States 1 CommentMary Chastain writes: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will release a report on September 27 that scales back the severity of the global warming threat. Emails leaked to the Associated Press show some governments, including the United States, tried to make the IPCC change their report to downplay the slowdown in warming. Read the rest of this entry »