Tuesday 16 January 2024

Paradoxical results

 


A new article in Science magazine has proposed that cleaner air is causing the acceleration of the climate mess we are in. 

I had heard that satellites could see the change when sulfur was removed from shipping fuel. The sulfur had been making clouds that shaded the earth from the sun's rays. 

But this proposes something different. It proposes that as we switch away from fossil fuels, we reduce the pollutants in the air which makes it cleaner and lets more sunlight in. 

One scientist has also discounted the contribution of the Hunga Tonga volcano eruption in 2022 as insignificant; it cannot account for the massive difference in the rate of heating we saw in 2023. 

But another scientist has proposed that the experiment with sulfur in the air has identified a way to cool the earth temporarily. He is proposing the seeding of the clouds over the oceans. What is that going to do to places like Ireland that are specks in the middle of an ocean? 

https://www.science.org/content/article/even-warmer-expected-2023-was-hottest-year-record


Monday 15 January 2024

How did 2023 weather stack up in Ireland?

December 31, 2023 in Kilmeena

The annual data for 2023 published by Met Eireann shows we had more rain, higher mean temperature, higher mean soil temperature, and fewer degree days below 15.5C. Yep, it's warming. 

The remaining values were somewhat comparable to averages for the past three years. 


 MONTHLY DATA - NEWPORT FURNACE

Monthly values for NEWPORT 2023

Total rainfall in millimetres for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual


2023183.291.6188.4121.148.577.9206.8139.8142.4144.7209.6293.81847.8
202298.8260.467.884.0107.0148.059.2104.197.3233.9187.5154.61602.6
2021225.6147.6141.145.6113.564.159.7155.6137.0265.7183.3186.61725.4
LTA166.7126.5141.296.894.789.7100.9132.5131.5176.0170.4180.21607.1

Mean temperature in degrees Celsius for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual


20236.68.07.69.913.317.414.915.815.211.98.77.911.4
20227.27.18.09.912.613.815.916.2n/a12.29.45.210.7
20215.06.77.99.010.413.317.516.415.211.99.37.610.9
LTA6.16.17.39.011.513.815.415.413.510.88.36.510.3

Mean 10cm soil temperature for NEWPORT at 0900 UTC

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual


20235.26.86.69.113.718.616.316.314.711.17.66.711.1
20226.26.26.39.313.214.816.816.6n/a11.58.44.410.4
20213.65.06.88.210.914.317.916.315.211.38.66.610.4
LTAn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a

Global Solar Radiation in Joules/cm2 for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual


2023624510639214293727755732584734179736857293381622583264411326749
2022631110756333994055551569472464843951169n/a1598878696167319468
2021662013347203704569455690454884945540490224131635872353780326940
LTAn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a

Potential Evapotranspiration (mm) for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual


202314.320.933.056.483.3100.670.164.450.126.114.214.7548.1
202213.723.047.260.677.776.080.482.0n/a27.217.29.2514.2
20217.622.930.762.976.370.787.867.538.325.114.114.6518.5
LTAn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a

Evaporation (mm) for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual


202318.828.247.681.6118.2137.199.589.167.835.518.419.0760.8
202217.932.466.586.8114.5109.2111.1113.2n/a37.022.011.4722.0
202110.932.145.489.9111.2102.0117.293.552.134.718.619.1726.7
LTAn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a

Degree Days Below 15.5 Degrees Celsius for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
202327521024617185183926531182032371681
202225623423517197633028N/A103185320N/A
2021325247236200167792023401141872451883
2020257276275143111735531711561932911935

Notes on the Data

Evaporation and PE data are calculated using Penman/Monteith formulae.
The ‘LTA’ (referred to within a table) is average for the climatological long-term-average (LTA) reference period 1981-2010.
Data updated daily at Mid-day.