Sunday, November 25, 2007

Carbon dioxide evidently not driving temperature in Switzerland

Excerpts from this article:
No one has forgotten about climate change but the recent low temperatures and heavy snowfalls have at least temporarily shelved the gravest fears.
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The latest snowfalls - up to one metre in resorts in northern Switzerland - have come as an immense relief.
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"We forecast temperatures to fall below normal next week and slightly below average for the three following ones," says Jacques Ambühl, a Swiss meteorologist. "Although the arctic air will be relatively dry, we expect about 30cms in new snow."

In common with other experts, Mr Ambühl is unwilling to suggest weather patterns have returned to some sort of normality after last year's unseasonably warm winter, when temperatures were about 3ºC above the long-term average. He is factual about events so far.

"Last week's snowfalls were certainly quite extreme. We have no record, especially at mid altitudes, of such an event in the past. So far, this winter shows no signs of being a repetition of last year," he says.

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