It's a bit controversial right now but there's ongoing debate about whether the sudden recent shift of the Earth's axis has something to do with these climatic anomalies we've been experiencing of late; or even whether there has been such a shift. The indigenous population in the far north will argue there definitely has, about 15 or so years ago and is still moving. It stands to reason that it took a good 10 years for that to have an overall effect globally and why we're seeing these weird changes in the weather. It's apparently due to the redistribution of the overall mass of the Earth from glacial melt.
I don't think the earths axis is changing that much.
The movement of the magnetic north pole looks much more significant as this guides the positive ions from the solar wind and the northern lights with all the energy they carry to a point that has been moving more quickly in recent decades.
Look at the map next to the modern section in the link.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_magnetic_pole
The movement of the magnetic north pole looks much more significant as this guides the positive ions from the solar wind and the northern lights with all the energy they carry to a point that has been moving more quickly in recent decades.
Look at the map next to the modern section in the link.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_magnetic_pole
There's no shortage of recorded accounts of people living in the Arctic who report significant changes in where they observe the path of the Sun from one year to the next, my own daughter being one. Tiny changes become less noticeable as you move toward the Equator however the opposite is true near the poles.
My daughter in White Horse has a friend who built her house facing the East/mountains. I don't quite remember what year but around 2010 the expected moment the Sun should have appeared just above the peaks was delayed 1 month but was observable for the same period, hence a month later. The next year there was a short quip in the weather section of our local news paper here in S.W. Ontario which read, "Oh, by the way, we can expect our Fall to last longer and our Spring to come later" which as it turned out seems to be the rough direction of our weather.
My daughter in White Horse has a friend who built her house facing the East/mountains. I don't quite remember what year but around 2010 the expected moment the Sun should have appeared just above the peaks was delayed 1 month but was observable for the same period, hence a month later. The next year there was a short quip in the weather section of our local news paper here in S.W. Ontario which read, "Oh, by the way, we can expect our Fall to last longer and our Spring to come later" which as it turned out seems to be the rough direction of our weather.
The tilt changes but over such long periods it's not really observable by humans.
https://ugc.berkeley.edu/background-content/earths-spin-tilt-orbit/
More info from NASA: https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2948/milankovitch-orbital-cycles-and-their-role-in-earths-climate/
https://ugc.berkeley.edu/background-content/earths-spin-tilt-orbit/
More info from NASA: https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2948/milankovitch-orbital-cycles-and-their-role-in-earths-climate/
It's warm. 48 degrees F at noon; should be nearer 26 deg. Crossing 32F (freezing) just now, 10pm.
It's cold and colder in Maine. Expecting -19F -28C with strong winds all day Saturday. This is far under the design-goal for the new furnace I installed a few years back. Going to run the furnace 50+ hours straight (it isn't strained) plus the gas fireplace all day and half the night.
Colder a little west of here:
On Mt Washington they chain the buildings so they do not get away.
Several FM and TV transmitters where the engineers were snowed-in for 4 or 5 months each winter.
Chloe wants to stay out in the balmy air barking at coyotes and mice who won't come out to play.
Like here: -29°C, RealFeel -36 to -41°C depending on the website, 14 km/h with gusts of 30km/h.I have -2°C in Toronto right now. Could be worse
"Maine is known for its cold weather, but a popular pond hockey tournament was postponed, some ski resorts curtailed operations and organizers even put the kibosh on Saturday’s events at the National Toboggan Championships."
"If people have to go outside, then they should dress like their lives depend on it."
https://apnews.com/article/science-...-environment-6d463759a586d779b641e92ff6265979
I'm wondering if the Egg Ride will go on.
https://www.pinetreesociety.org/events/snowmobile-ride-in/
"If people have to go outside, then they should dress like their lives depend on it."
https://apnews.com/article/science-...-environment-6d463759a586d779b641e92ff6265979
I'm wondering if the Egg Ride will go on.
https://www.pinetreesociety.org/events/snowmobile-ride-in/
Best northern lights in last 10 years now.
But I live on hillside facing SW and I'm too old to go out walking past 11pm... My street lights can be seen below the middle portion of the bridge!
Here some examples for you! https://www.ksml.fi/paikalliset/5753925
But I live on hillside facing SW and I'm too old to go out walking past 11pm... My street lights can be seen below the middle portion of the bridge!
Here some examples for you! https://www.ksml.fi/paikalliset/5753925
We've been getting well up into the 50s the last few days. It was like a hurricane a few nights ago, woke me up. There was flooding and a couple tornado warnings. An F0-1 touched down the next county over. We were in the shop with College of DuPage radio station playing and the host actually left the studio briefly for shelter. We went in the house a couple of times because the weather was quite threatening, with angry swirling skies. And the temperature shot up so fast; it went from 37 to 56 in less than 30 minutes. And the barometer in the house set a new record low pressure reading; it's been on the wall for almost 30 years.
Now they're predicting a blizzard on Friday. This does not surprise me at this time of year.
Now they're predicting a blizzard on Friday. This does not surprise me at this time of year.