[TML] And you thought it was hot

[Bruce Johnson]

On Jan 3, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Jerry W Barrington wrote:

>>> 44.8°C
>>>
>>> This are was described as a furnace in the 1860s before global  
>>> warming set
>>> in, really looking forward to the climate here warming up further.
>>> Incidently the highest temperatures usually occur in February here.
>
> Well, remember that it isn't simply an equal warming over the  
> globe.  The
> global average will go up, but some places may cool.  And some  
> places will
> get wetter, others dryer.



Note also that global warming *increases* the temperature differential  
between the equator and the poles.

Weather is the end result of the equilibrium; ergo, yes, global  
warming can easily cause more severe  winter weather.

Still 44.8 C is effing HOT! We only hit that a few times every few  
years here in the American SW.

Phoenix gets hotter due to urban heat island effect; they hit those  
temps more routinely; our highs tend to be more on the order of  
105-108 max. (40-42C)

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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