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2015 --pt 1

So I realized I haven't posted anything for a while. I will this year, that's for sure. In addition, I may write some about the weather. I will compare the current weather conditions for a particular day to the forecast conditions. This will determine which weather forecasts are most reliable. I am a meteorology enthusiast in a way. I like to put myself out in the elements. That is, I plan on seeing how far I can go to survive in our current weather conditions. That is, the dreadful winter. It is currently getting so cold outside. I want to be able to take advantage of these cold spells, because I am an astronomy enthusiast. I want to be able to get accustomed  to the  cold myself, so that I do not need to worry about this dreadful cold. My goal would eventually be to feel fairly good even when the temperature has gone well below the freezing point. And yes, I have to pretty much start like now if this is what I'm looking forward to. Obviously we winter to feel like summer one day!..might all start out as cold even when it's like fifty degrees! You don't need to be too critical- to me, anything below about 45-50 degrees-starts to get incredibly cold, if you start talking about wind chill. My yearly exercise will now consist of being out in various kinds of weather. One day I want the world to be like a wonderland. On which it snows and whatnot, "during summer";  it would be just like summer for me. And, you know what? This has been on my mind for some time. Another idea for a YouTube channel, eh? So, I will see how far I will be able to survive this wasteland.     

Historic "climate change" in the arctic approaching, is on the move.

Yes- you heard that right- a "climate change" event is taking place around the North Pole as we speak. Supposedly, a new set of weather patterns taking place in the arctic are calling for temperatures to soar above freezing. Wait- there's more! The temperatures in the arctic will soar a full fifty degrees Fahrenheit- above average. You know what?... This reminds me of something... an event that happened here in the United States in recent times, at least a couple of years or so back in time. What happened was that there was a radical change on the way during the winter. And this change of weather pattern was initially affecting only the far eastern reaches of Russia, in Siberia. And, on the contrary, there were still record breaking lows in temperature that winter, and these extended as far down south as the gulf states! So, what exactly caused these weird climatic anomalies? Well, in the first place, this was initially a single weather pattern, that would eventually turn into a dual weather system! This may sound pretty strange, and I will explain how this came about. The first, initial weather pattern that prevailed was that of an unusually strong warm front, that would venture its way through Siberia. This is not what we consider a "heat wave", because those are associated mostly with the warmer months. However, as for the time of year- late December- during which time all of this started- this would still be considered by many as a heat wave. Just not in the same sense that it feels like spring, per say.----As a result, the polar vortex, which, as it's name suggests, originates in the Arctic regions of Earth, responded to this change in climate. So, as the incredibly persistent warm front just keeps pushing, trying to make it's way further and further towards the arctic, at the same time, the polar vortex is being forced out of its place. This change in weather patterns is especially noticeable later on, in North America -especially parts of the lower forty eight, particularly in states such as New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan, Ohio, as well as several other states; although this change was not noticeable for some time. But why?...
Well, first of all, the polar vortex will not have immediate effects on the American climate here in the United States. This is because the polar vortex takes time to travel all of the way down across Canada and make it's incredible journey into the lower forty eight. As a result, the cold spells that invaded the United States did not come until some time in January. And because of the extended duration of time that the vortex stayed in place over the United States, that would eventually bring about ever more frigid temperatures...
...throughout that same winter, temperatures in the United States would plummet down, even as much as fifty degrees below average. This was probably no more noticeable in any other state as much as it was in Minnesota. This is where the temperature even got down to several degrees of subzero. As a matter of fact, on the border between Canada and the United States, a record reading of negative forty degrees Fahrenheit was measured!

Please explain this to me in the Celcius Language. Can you do that?

Why, yes. I was talking in terms of Fahrenheit. I'm so sorry if that is not what you would like to hear. What I was telling them is just the fact that there is a temperature difference of approximately thirty degrees Celcius or so. And to be exact, imagine such a scenario; in this scenario it is forty degrees Celcius outside. That is a scorcher for most all of us! Well, actually, let's just suppose that this is your average temperature for the time being. Now, in order to find out what a temperature change has occurred, then your result comes out as...  ten degrees C. Wowwww, Huh?!
That is as though we were stuck out in a place like say, Arizona during the summer. Let's say we are in Vegas. Or the Sahara; although it is "only" about a hundred degrees; that will be our starting point. The next thing you know, it is only fifty degrees outside! And then again, is this a fair comparison?

Major flooding causes huge devastation in Paraguay, 70,000+ evacuated

For more info on this event, you can go to
: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20151224-51378-PRY
...Talk about El Nino!

Our weather "Madness". "Proceed with caution."

I've written a little about our recently about our weather madness. Or what I simply think of as craziness, although I'm just thinking this way because I like exaggeration in my thoughts. So, I've decided to write a little bit today about more of our recent weather. And that's because weather is just something- one of the subject-that I like to ponder about. Even though it's one of those subjects that, get's quite boring, empty, and lifeless throughout some times o the year... Yet weather, as well as news in general, is generally something interesting that happens, and that we follow, quite often, and worldwide! However, this is still about something that has happened to occur, not just "over there", somewhere, but here in America. We're still on the subject of weather. Still as recently as yesterday, there was a major weather event that had occurred over the US... In the "lifeless" month of December, we had an extreme weather event that could best be described as anomalous. It was a severe outbreak of weather, which even brought with it a big potential for tornadoes. This included several areas. The area that had experienced the highest probability of tornadoes (not necessarily the most) was Tennessee, with a Tornado condition index as high as an eight! How is this not anomalous for the start of winter... when it is so the freaking mundane outside? At least that's how i've felt once I peered out the windows. twenty third
If you've wondering what our current phase cycle of weather is, then all of the weather patterns that are currently happening, is/all are one type of s what's known in the meteorological terms, as simply, an El Nino. And anyways so this type of climatic pattern is associated more often than not, with a reduced amount of severe weather outbreaks here in the central United States. Once this pattern persists, however, things are still really difficult to foretell. The spring, as well as summer, may likely be dominated by the effects of this phenomenon, even though the El Nino may be gone by then.  And the future is still uncertain. We are still likely to experience a spring of 2016 as rather dry perhaps. Although if we think about what it's going to be like, it can be cool for the spring, however, it may be getting very warm right around the start of May. The summer is likely to be rather quite hot for much of the season. And, at the same time, it will likely also be rather dry.
I'm just saying this, because this is what i've observed myself in the past when it comes to the El Nino cycle. So this is more or less what I would expect coming ahead into these next times.
Yes, comically enough, when we're stating these kinds of facts, there is generally no sense of warning. No Fear. The Earth systems are just doing their things. Or are they? Some will argue that the Earth is flat, while still others might argue that the Earth has plans of its own. Plans which we need to be cautious about.   
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Here is an interesting view of the winter solstice from England:

https://vimeo.com/149564638
I will begin by saying that I'm astounded by how this looks. The misty cloudscape moving so quickly across the hilly, rolling landscape.