Reality: For the first time since 1982, the Atlantic has had no named storms (e.g., >=39 mph tropical cyclones) between July 3 – August 22.
Back in May, forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, were predicting above-average hurricane activity this year believing it would become the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season.
NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which extends from June 1 to November 30, predicted a 65% chance of an above-normal season, a 25% chance of a near-normal season and a 10% chance of a below-normal season.
For the 2022 hurricane season, NOAA forecast a likely range of 14 to 21 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 3 to 6 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher). NOAA provides these ranges with a 70% confidence.
Fast Forward>> to today
As electroverse.net says: mainstream predictions, however, are always predicated on a failing global warming hypotheses, a narrative that calls for linearly rising global temperatures, less snowfall, and increased storms. And because there is no denying their AGW manmade climate change liturgy, NOAA completely sidesteps the biggest forcing of them all –solar activity– and as a result, reality routinely proves their forecasts and outlooks spectacularly wrong, whether that be for temperature, snowfall, or, as in this case, hurricanes.
It’s now late-August of 2022 and the year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season has been the slowest ‘non-starter’ in 30 years–even longer by other metrics (I’ll get into that below). Not only is NOAA being proven wrong, they are, once again, being proven spectacularly wrong.
Powerful hurricanes last for days and enable massive transfer of energy (charge rebalancing) between the ionosphere and the Earth’s surface. So the main energetic source for major hurricanes is the electric potential difference between the Earth and its ionosphere. Reduced solar activity means a less (positively) charged ionosphere which means reduced electric potential difference between the ionosphere and the Earth which means less frequent category 5 hurricanes.
NOAA don’t appear to understand this–at least they don’t express this understanding publicly–hence their 10% forecast for a below average hurricane season during a time of historically low solar activity (the combined lowest for 200 years).
Atlantic tropical cyclone activity has been low so far in 2022. How low? Since 1966, just five seasons produced less ACE through Aug 20:
— Dr. Kim Wood (@DrKimWood) August 21, 2022
1967 (-ENSO neutral)
1977 (eventual El Niño)
1984 (eventual La Niña)
1988 (La Niña)
1992 (-ENSO neutral)
ONI values: https://t.co/U3FJNkYf7a pic.twitter.com/WH0Y3dV9Fy
There’s still time for a mega event – but it’s not the busiest
It's the quietest start to the Atlantic #hurricane season in 30 years.
— Jonathan Erdman (@wxjerdman) August 22, 2022
But two less active start seasons eventually produced Gilbert & Andrew.
One of several reasons not to let your guard down.
(Kudos, @DrKimWood)https://t.co/Zz2kyvMiYv pic.twitter.com/AJ9wJSSydV
This information came from electroverse.net, the most interesting climate site on the web. He warns us of global cooling as we approach the Grand Solar Minimum as well as factoring in real events such as the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano eruption.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre).
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