Heat waves only.

I did hear about this story, but not the many others on this list.  I know in the south it is really hot, they are setting records, but to balance that out Seattle is not setting records for lows as well.  The MSM might (I mean a very slight chance) report on the cold weather, but most of their attention will be the heat and the storms in the mid-west (where I live) and there will be no time left for the record colds.  This is what I think will happen on tonight's news.

Noel, I did see a short little clip of the snow this morning. One of the networks, I dont know which one, I was flipping the channels and came across it while they were talking about the heat in the NE then the guy pointed out that there was snow in the NW. I was a bit suprised they even mentioned it, let alone show the video.  

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

With extremes on the two coasts and storms in the middle I'm surprised the MSM haven't been pushing their "climate change" buttons, kinda their default position when it's not all about global warming. In the Pacific NorthWest  it's so cold locals have started calling this "Junuary".

First of all the correct term has been changed to keep up with what is actually taking place not what has been predicted. Global warming is now out and climate change is now in. Imagine the shame if Nobel lauret AL Gore was wrong. This way Enviremental whako liberal nuts can have thier cake and eat it too. I just hope that it is not too late for Barrack Obama to save the world. Can he really fly faster than a speeding bullet?  

A few months ago I was puzzled by the MSM reports of the impending environmental disaster of Lake Powell and the Colorado River. The alarmists were screaming that the lake was 50 -60 ft low and would dry up in 50 years,( that is an actual report) . That seemed a bit drastic even for a seasoned conclusion jumper like yours truly.

Son in Colorado goes white water rafting this weekend and tells me the rivers and runoff are unbelievable . He says the the water is higher than he has ever seen. So I go over to the Lake Powell Chronicle , Page , Arizona and viola, a story reveals "Lake Powell continues to rise. Lake level 3613 msl "and still rising. The lake has a long way to go before leveling off . Considering the snow pack far up in the water shed I would guesstimate around 50 or 60 feet oughta do it.

I seriously doubt we will see the rest of the story in the MSM.

Is there actual tracking of the reporting of weather news to expose liberal media bias or is this post just implying that that there could be a bias?

Would you be looking at regional or local reporting or looking at local events that get national coverage?

Beyond that, even the most doltish have figured out that weather is not climate and local is not global, so using weather extremes to attempt to prove that AGW is false just doesn't work. If that reporting is to assuage skeptics, it must be an odd consolation, knowing that that argument holds no water.

I'm with you on 2 out of 3.  Some are attributing the Labrador Current's lower temperature readings due to increased calving of the glaciers in the higher lattitudes.  Record numbers of icebergs off Newfoundland are being reported. The key is whether or not the leading edge of glaciers are advancing or receding as well as their depth.

"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"

The hottest, driest year I personally remember here in Iowa was in 1988. 1984 was an awful drought year. My memory of the 80's were mostly hot and dry summers.

The summers of the 90's were mostly cooler and definitely wetter. It doesn't like we have as many 100 degree days each summer in the last two decades as we did in the late 70's and 80's.

But none of this matters to the climate nuts. Since they changed it from "Global Warming" to "Climate Change" even snow in the Cascades in June, or the extremely late spring we had here, is "proof" of the "damage" that man is wreaking upon the environment. Heads I win. Tails I win.

Now all the media needs is "wacky weather" to prove climate change. And when isn't weather wacky? If the weather were "normal", they'd be talking about how unusual it was that we weren't having any unusual weather. Then they'd point their fingers at climate change again. It's the perfect no-lose argument. 

Check it out:

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KNYC/2008/6/10/MonthlyHistory.html

(scroll down about half way)

4 Days is "not" a heatwave, puhlez!

The definition recommended by the World Meteorological Organization is when the daily maximum temperature of more than five consecutive days exceeds the average maximum temperature by 5 °C (9 °F), the normal period being 1961 - 1990

ref:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_wave

NYC only had 4 days...and now they are, at this very moment, being slammed by thunderstorms and the forecast for the rest of the week is for normal temperatures and a good chance of rain toward the end of the week.

4 days above average, whoopee!  Sky is falling!

The West coast has been COLD for months..not just a few days.

Long range forecasts call for continued coldness for the West coast. 

Some scientific insight here:

http://weatherclimatelink.blogspot.com/

Ciao!