tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post116886458872173309..comments2024-03-25T16:30:58.213+13:00Comments on GREENIE WATCH: JRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727975.post-1168920402835508082007-01-16T17:06:00.000+13:002007-01-16T17:06:00.000+13:00HOT AS #@%& IN PHILADELPHIA?"Paradoxically, . . . ...HOT AS #@%& IN PHILADELPHIA?<BR/><BR/>"Paradoxically, . . . the number of hot days<BR/>is increasing and the number of cold nights is increasing. We don't know how this latter statement fits with the phenomenon of global warming." -- S. Redner and Mark R. Petersen<BR/><BR/>My initial reaction is (a) INCREASED sun forcing by day, and (b) more efficient (INCREASED) radiation at night (due, perhaps to decreased cloud cover?). Actually, 'b' could account for both, couldn't it?<BR/><BR/>Has anyone looked at average cloud cover variations? Is this info., even likely to exist?<BR/><BR/>Of course, if this were contributing to the effect, I would think that it would probably not be good for the greenhouse gas theories. After all, the increase in temp., is supposed to be due to heat retention, which the increase in the number of record lows suggest isn't happening.<BR/><BR/>yonatonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com