How hot will it get?

[Brenda]

https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2024

Currently, the temperature in the Northern Hemisphere is higher than it was last year at this time of year, as illustrated by the image below, created with University of Maine content. The image shows that a temperature of 21.1°C was reached in the Northern Hemisphere on June 17, 2024. The question is: Will temperatures over the next few months exceed the high temperatures reached last year?

Nonetheless, there are fears that temperatures will remain high and continue to rise, as self-amplifying feedbacks have taken over as the dominant drivers of the temperature rise. This was discussed earlier, in recent posts such as this one and this one.

(bolding is mine and links are here: https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/06/have-feedbacks-taken-over.html and https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2024/06/arctic-sea-ice-alert.html

Rising temperatures are also behind the decline of sea ice and permafrost, which can in turn result in huge emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.

Deformation of the Jet Stream is another important feedback and it particularly affects the Northern Hemisphere where the Arctic heats up more rapidly than the rest of the world, thus narrowing the temperature difference between the Tropics and the Arctic, which changes the shape of the Jet Stream. The Jet Stream will meander more and can at times even form circular wind patterns in some areas, which can strongly amplify extreme weather events such as storms that come with flooding and heatwaves that come with forest fires on land. Over oceans, the impact of deformation of the Jet Stream is even larger, since wind tends to be stronger over oceans than over land. Near the ocean, the greater temperature difference between land and sea will result in stronger winds.

Anyone who has looked at a weather map regularly over the last decade has seen the deformation of the Jet Stream and the shitshow it's doing to the US (and other places, too, of course).

But now, back to the regularly scheduled distractions from caring about the climate. I mean hey! the weather's always changin' somewhere, amiright? Oh, wait, there's a couple of kids throwing washable paint onto a building...PUT THEM IN PRISON!!!

[Think. Again.]

1. K&R

[Brenda]

3. Thanks for the kick.

I'm not sure who I'm more mad with at the moment, FF or AI. Can't seem to get my new induction stove delivered because AI wants it to be delivered at some random date.

to all FF and AI

[appalachiablue]

2. Insane, tx for posting. How hot and cruel can it get. No breaks

from the heat, or time to drink water for outdoor workers in AZ, TX, FL I think.

[Brenda]

4. Yes, that particular law is just fucking evil.

I heard it was happening in Florida.

They may get away with this kind of shit for a little while because there is always some younger, healthier immigrant who will step into those outside jobs. But eventually enough people will die or be so sickened by it or be smart enough to go elsewhere there will be no workers.