Monday, August 31, 2009

The American Spectator : Enviros on the Run
Well, actually, the enviros are losing because of substance, not money. They are losing the political debate. Fewer people believe climate alarmists today than did last year. And most people understand that wrecking the economy is not a good remedy for anything.
After a bright start - Telegraph
What new tricks are the good folk at the Met Office planning?
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While ambition is to be encouraged, rather than having a guesstimate of whether our great, great grandchildren can expect to sweat or shiver, we would happily settle for an accurate prognosis of what the weather will be doing by the end of the week.
Record Lows Are Farmers Woes - KIMT.com – Iowa & Minnesota Together
"We definitely need heat units to mature the crops, and we are far behind,” said Brown looking at his soybean fields.

"If we're gonna accumulate heat units at this slow of rate, as we are now, we will need a much later than normal killing frost date,” added Young.
Chilly? Region sees coolest August morning in 22 years
DAYTON — The temperature dipped to 46 degrees Monday morning, Aug. 31, at the Dayton International Airport, the coolest reading for an August morning in 22 years, the National Weather Service said.
Overnight temps fall into the 20s in northern Minnesota | Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ
St. Paul, Minn. — Temperatures dropped into the 20s and 30s across northern Minnesota early this morning.

International Falls had a record low temperature of 34 degrees, The National Weather Service in Duluth reported.
Radio Iowa: Cool weather leads to record lows overnight
Brad Fillbach, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Johnston, says it was quite chilly overnight.

He says Mason City had a new record low of 38 degrees, breaking the old record of 40, which was set in 1967. Many communities in northern Iowa saw upper-30s overnight while southern Iowa had more temps in the low and mid-40s, well below the norm for late summer. Fillbach says the end of August saw temperatures well under average for the month, following a July that was the coldest Iowa July on record. He says warmer weather should be returning soon.

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