Back in the 1950s, it was only after Easter each year, that resorts on Great Barrier Reef islands allowed tourists to visit and stay. It was only after Easter that it was considered safe, because that was the end of the cyclone season. The … [Read more...] about Happy Easter, Happy End of the 2023 Cyclone Season at the Great Barrier Reef
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March Update: Mediation Ongoing, Temperature Tipping Point Already Exceeded
Thanks to everyone who has enquired about the outcome of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal hearing with John Abbot versus the Bureau of Meteorology first heard on 3rd February in Brisbane. Unfortunately, mediation has not yet ended, and so there … [Read more...] about March Update: Mediation Ongoing, Temperature Tipping Point Already Exceeded
Re-imaging Tasmania’s Temperature History, Part 1
My good friend Patrick Lloyd, enamoured with the new Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT, sent me maximum temperatures for Tasmania as individual annual averages of all the daily values for all 155 weather stations since 1882. He had downloaded these … [Read more...] about Re-imaging Tasmania’s Temperature History, Part 1
The 1.5 C Temperature Fiction, Already Exceeded
It is all over the news, another climate change report from the IPCC – the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Of course, it tells us that the end is nigh unless we do something to prevent temperatures exceeding 1.5 degrees … [Read more...] about The 1.5 C Temperature Fiction, Already Exceeded
Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 7)
I’ve been assured over the last few years, including by the director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology Andrew Johnson, that the change from mercury thermometer to platinum resistance probe is not the cause of, nor a contribution to, global … [Read more...] about Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 7)
Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 6)
On 11th November 2011, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology replaced the probe in the automatic weather station measuring temperatures at the Alice Springs airport and the number of days with temperatures recorded above 40 degrees Celsius increased … [Read more...] about Hyping Maximum Daily Temperatures (Part 6)