Posted by Larry Hoover on February 5, 2009, at 8:37:24
In reply to Global Warming or Cooling??????, posted by Phillipa on February 4, 2009, at 11:53:39
> Now woke to snow in the Carolinas twice in a period of weeks so how could this be global warming. Temps in the teens I don't get it????? Phillipa
Climate is typical conditions considered over long periods of time. You're describing weather.
Global warming would lead to greater atmospheric turbulence, and thus more variable weather in the mid-latitudes. It's like the difference between having soup on the stove at a simmer, and getting a little too much heating in there and it boils up and over.
Lar
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