Cool and breezy


It snowed yesterday in Sydney, Australia, for the first time in 172 years. Last week it snowed in Grimsby, on the south shore of Lake Ontario, not far from Niagara Falls and Toronto.

Anchorage, Alaska is having a cool summer, much to the disappointment of the locals, who would like at least a few weeks of respite from the Arctic cold. Speaking of which, the northern sea ice melt, at last report, has slowed down compared to last year's record retreat.

Last night, at the end of Alex's soccer practice, a chilly breeze came out of the northwest. Patti put her sweater on. I wished I'd remembered to bring my jacket. Out here in the county, away from the Border Cities heat sink, it's often cools down considerably as the sun starts to set.

Are these all signs that the recent global cooling is here to stay? Not really. That freakish snow was actually soft hail, according to the weather experts.

We'll need at least a couple of decades to see if the previous warming trend is really over. But I'm going to keep an old sweatshirt in the car, just in case.


ht: Watts Up With That?

Posted: Mon - July 28, 2008 at 03:25 PM          

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