When the moon is in Sagittarius and Jupiter aligns with Mars, or at some other totally random time of the year, The BFD checks in on Dr David Viner’s prediction from 2000. Last year’s report can be found here.
Snow is starting to disappear from our lives. Sledges, snowmen, snowballs and the excitement of waking to find that the stuff has settled outside are all a rapidly diminishing part of Britain’s culture, as warmer winters – which scientists are attributing to global climate change – produce not only fewer white Christmases, but fewer white Januaries and Februaries …
Global warming, the heating of the atmosphere by increased amounts of industrial gases, is now accepted as a reality by the international community … According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit of the University of East Anglia, within a few years winter snowfall will become “a very rare and exciting event”. “Children just aren’t going to know what snow is,” he said.
The Independent, 20 March 2000
Poor old David, he really can not catch a break. Year after year after year his doomcast fails to arrive.
Our ‘go-to’ location for the latest snow report is the Finnish Meteorological Institute which has the current numbers handily displayed in a graph here.
Oh dear, oh dear! With a month to go to the winter peak, the snow mass is already above one standard deviation above the 1982-2012 average peak. Currently the snow is about 11% above the average peak and about 20% above the average for this time of year.
We must all rejoice that our Glorious Leader has cancelled CAGW so successfully with her Captain’s Call to ban oil and gas exploration.
All heil, Great Leader!
And here are a few recent news items: Record-breaking snow.
Heavy snowfall is rare in Athens.
