Start of 2012, March shatter U.S. heat records
Temperatures in the lower 48 states were 8.6 degrees above normal for March and 6 degrees higher than average for the first three months of the year, according to calculations by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That far exceeds the old records.
The magnitude of how unusual the year has been in the U.S. has alarmed some meteorologists who have warned about global warming. One climate scientist said it's the weather equivalent of a baseball player on steroids, with old records obliterated.
"Everybody has this uneasy feeling. This is weird. This is not good," said Jerry Meehl, a climate scientist who specializes in extreme weather at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. "It's a guilty pleasure. You're out enjoying this nice March weather, but you know it's not a good thing." end quote from:
http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1047084504/Start-of-2012-March-shatter-U-S-heat-records
First, the melting of the ice in the Northern Polar region of the planet was so extreme that the arctic winter weather slipped down into Siberia, Russia and then down into Europe and into North Africa. This caused weather from the tropics to be pulled up north into the U.S. and Canada. Obviously, this anomaly hasn't stopped. It could be that the polar melting tipping point has been reached to where arctic winter weather might slip off in one direction or another from now on during the winter. This is not a good thing for most people and creatures long term. Possibly the only thing that might be good about it is for shipping throughout the northern regions nearer the North pole during more of the year. I think we will pay for all the warm weather this summer in the form of greater heat and more droughts across some areas of the U.S.
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