Media reports yesterday claimed that 2016 was another record hot year. However, close scrutiny of all the temperature data from the state of Victoria paints quite a different picture. When all 289 temperature series from Victoria are simply … [Read more...] about Somewhat Contrived: The Bureau’s Approach to Calculating Warmest Years
Temperatures Trends, Southeast Australia from 1887 – Part A
Charts that show year-on-year increases in temperature have become a symbol of all that is wrong with the world – or at least modernity and Western Civilization. So, why then, when such a chart was shown to a studio audience of opinion leaders, did … [Read more...] about Temperatures Trends, Southeast Australia from 1887 – Part A
No QA of bureau temperature data by CSIRO bushfire modellers
Despite an exceptionally cool end to this October, the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology have just put out a joint report claiming that there is going to be an increase in the number of hot days and thus an increased risk of devastating bushfires -- … [Read more...] about No QA of bureau temperature data by CSIRO bushfire modellers
Wettest September on Record in Murray Darling
FOR over a decade the Bureau of Meteorology, and CSIRO have been predicting on-going drought in the Murray Darling Basin. Hundreds of scientists have been employed –at the expense of tax payers – to run General Simulation Models all predicting the … [Read more...] about Wettest September on Record in Murray Darling
Understanding the Wild, Wet Weather across Southern Australia
The wild, wet weather across southern Australia this spring is a consequence of an unusually strong temperature gradient, especially evident in the following chart as warm water to the north of Australia (especially in the Timor and Arafura Seas), … [Read more...] about Understanding the Wild, Wet Weather across Southern Australia
Transmission Pylons Rather Than Wind Turbines: Collapsed
WHILE the storm that hit South Australia yesterday, Wednesday 28 September, was large and intense, the winds do not appear to have been particularly severe – at least not relative to what we often experience in northern Australia. For example, a … [Read more...] about Transmission Pylons Rather Than Wind Turbines: Collapsed