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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 40707	40 degrees in August? Aug 26^th, 2024 at 4:38pm 40 degrees in August? A climate expert explains why Australia is ridiculously hot right now
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Bobby. Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 102442 Melbourne Gender:	Re: 40 degrees in August? Reply #1 - Aug 26^th, 2024 at 4:52pm It's scary Brian - but it's still been cold in Southern Australia.
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Reply #2 - Aug 26^th, 2024 at 6:16pm

From Bwyan's reference -

"A high-pressure system is bringing this unusual heat — and it's hanging around. "

Wow, A weather system is now proof of climate change. Grin

Weather system - short period

Climate change - LOOONG period (by comparison)

Perhap some of these "climate experts" need tuition in "weather events". Wink

And the "hottest year on record" backed by anomalous warming (but still below zero), in Antarctica. But that's where "anomaly temperatures" lead you. Wink

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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 40707	Re: 40 degrees in August? Reply #3 - Aug 26^th, 2024 at 6:36pm Let's just discard the unusual nature of the weather, hey, Lee? Tsk, tsk, tsk...
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Reply #4 - Aug 26^th, 2024 at 7:29pm

Brian Ross wrote on Aug 26^th, 2024 at 6:36pm:

Let's just discard the unusual nature of the weather, hey, Lee?

Climate is what you get weather is what you expect.

BTW - IPCC AR4 hasn't been changed or rebutted.

"The climate system is a coupled non-linear chaotic system, and therefore the long-term prediction of future climate states is not possible."

Statistical analysis can't tell you what the weather was yesterday nor tomorrow, models can't either. The only model that is close is the Russian one and that doesn't use CO2 as an input. Cool

So this unusual nature - what is it specifically? Floods in Dubai? Heatwaves in Pakistan? Record cold in Antarctica?

Let us know, I will try to help.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24512 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: 40 degrees in August? Reply #5 - Aug 26^th, 2024 at 7:59pm Brian Ross wrote on Aug 26^th, 2024 at 4:38pm: 40 degrees in August? A climate expert explains why Australia is ridiculously hot right now "Expert".
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24512 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: 40 degrees in August? Reply #6 - Aug 26^th, 2024 at 8:11pm An upper level high pressure system is dragging hot dry Australian desert winds eastward. This will persist for the next 4 days.
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Reply #7 - Aug 26^th, 2024 at 8:13pm

Bobby. wrote on Aug 26^th, 2024 at 4:52pm:

It's scary Brian -
but it's still been cold in Southern Australia.

That is because you live so far south, you are only a few thousand kilometres from Antarctica. You are below the upper level trough, but far enough south that you will only experience the winds from the Southern Ocean.

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Reply #8 - Aug 29^th, 2024 at 10:28am

I've just been doing some work on a Mango plantation in South East QLD. All their trees have started to flower early because of this hot snap and they're expecting all of their crop to fail as in about a weeks time, we're going to drop back down to low 20's as the max temps.

I can even see my Lime trees started flowing early, it's usually late October to December, so all those flowers are unlikely to pollinate and create fruit.

This will be the 3rd year in a row they've all flowered early for me...

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tallowood Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5590	Re: 40 degrees in August? Reply #9 - Aug 29^th, 2024 at 10:57am My peach tree usually start to flower in mid July but this year it is August. It won't beat fruit flies without spraying, which I don't like to do.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: 40 degrees in August? Reply #10 - Aug 29^th, 2024 at 11:30am .
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5590	Re: 40 degrees in August? Reply #11 - Aug 29^th, 2024 at 12:05pm Jovial Monk wrote on Aug 29^th, 2024 at 11:30am: .
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24512 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: 40 degrees in August? Reply #12 - Aug 29^th, 2024 at 2:11pm Goodness me. I am such a dopey guy. Nevermind. I can go get those items tonight. Thank you, Sad Kangaroo.
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Re: 40 degrees in August?
Reply #13 - Aug 29^th, 2024 at 2:32pm

Portent of doom for the Summer.

Heat, dust, and fire.

Australia is tectonically slowly moving North.

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Global plate tectonic movement as measured by GPS devices. The Australian Plate, which Australia is on, is moving faster than other plates. The Australian Plate is moving about 6.9 cm (2.7 inches) a year in a northward direction and with a small clockwise rotation.

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17268 Gender:	Re: 40 degrees in August? Reply #14 - Aug 29^th, 2024 at 3:08pm Climate change caused it?
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