The irrelevancy of much climate denier commentary was highlighted earlier in the week with @Budweiser54 attempting to make something out of snow falling in places near the Gulf of Mexico, such as New Orleans and Houston.
but Buddy boy was unable or decided not to explain the significance of this unusual event leaving it to readers imaginations.
in the case of deniers this is swampy if not a seething quagmire of arrogance, ignorance, lies, mis- and disinformation overlain by a "swinging dick" attitude readily identifiable in the know-it-all contemporary conservative deluding themselves they are independent thinkers.
when questioned about it Buddy boy was unable or decided not to explain. Instead he started to get defensive and antsy with the questioner asking a juvenile question "which planet are you from".
How dare anyone should question Buddy boy about anything. It surely suffices to know Buddy boy has spoken.
Because He Said So.
as it turned out Yale Climate Connections posted an explainer on this and other unusual weather in the US. It was written by inhouse meteorologists Jeff Masters and Bob Henson.
extracts from this are below.
"The weather pattern that’s dominated the United States for most of January jumped into overdrive this week. Nearly all of the 48 contiguous states are unusually cold, though it’s a pale imitation of the colossal, nationwide Arctic intrusions of decades past.
"In our warming climate, such 20th-century cold outbreaks may become increasingly tougher to match.Yet winter can still pack a dangerous punch, as folks on the Gulf Coast and in California are finding in two very different ways. Historic, city-snarling snowfall – in some cases, possibly the heaviest in more than a century – was spreading on Tuesday into coastal communities from Texas toward Florida.
"Locations expecting snow include Galveston, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; Mobile, Alabama; and Pensacola, Florida. (Update: The snowstorm approached or topped all-time records in several locations; see preliminary reports in the table below.)
"A rare taste of winter snowfall along the Gulf CoastPeople along the immediate Gulf Coast occasionally get snowflakes mixed with cold rain, and sometimes even an inch or two of quick-melting snowfall. This week is bringing something different – the kind of snow more familiar to Midwesterners than Gulf Coast denizens.
"A sharp wave is rounding the bottom of a massive upper low extending from eastern Canada across the eastern U.S., and that will spawn a band of snow extending along and near the coast from west to east from Tuesday into Wednesday.
"Ironically, one thing that’s helping to make the Gulf Coast setup so unusually snow-favorable is dry air. About a mile above sea level, some of the driest air on record was flowing across the South toward the Gulf of Mexico.
"When the atmosphere is forced upward in a storm system, temperatures drop until the air is saturated (i.e., relative humidity hits 100 percent).
"Along the Gulf Coast, the ample moisture supply from the Gulf of Mexico often yields saturation at temps above freezing – enough to put the brakes on snow formation.
"On Tuesday, the air aloft was saturating at temps just below freezing, allowing for a rare all-snow temperature profile (see Fig. 1 below), including at some places more accustomed to sleet, freezing rain, or snow mixed with rain when winter weather does occur. A NOAA website shows how the atmospheric structure can vary for each of these.
"On top of these impressive amounts, which could have major local impacts, enough cold will stick around for a day or two to help preserve the snowpack – and the snow itself may help temperatures to plummet to record lows once the skies clear.
"Most of the rest of the United States won’t see much if any record cold, even with this week’s Arctic plunge.
"Although January has been colder than average for most parts of the contiguous U.S., the chill is noteworthy more for its persistence and expansiveness than its sheer bite.
"In fact, as of Monday, January 20, the nation had seen many more record daily highs than record daily lows for the month thus far (thanks in large part to relatively balmy temperatures in parts of Florida and Alaska).
"This is a far cry from truly historic cold outbreaks such as those in December 1983, February 1989, and December 1990, all of which pulverized many hundreds of daily records across the central and eastern United States."
