tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post3540043397509261994..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Leland Park has discovered seasons, day and night at WUWTSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-4331603373360806772016-05-14T14:33:35.937+10:002016-05-14T14:33:35.937+10:00My understanding of thermal lag in the climate sys...My understanding of thermal lag in the climate system is, based on a hazy recollection of an Asutralian weather primer, that it still takes some time after the summer solstice for the back radiation heat loss overnight to begin to offset the heat accumulated during the shortening days; hence temperatures continue to rise slowly after the longest day.<br /><br />In winter the situation reverses - it takes a while for the increasing day length to offset heat still lost overnight - hence the coldest temps are generally 4-6 weeks after that solstice.billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-13935847445099509492016-05-14T03:46:45.472+10:002016-05-14T03:46:45.472+10:00I've just made a discovery that science has ye...I've just made a discovery that science has yet to officially recognize. When I put water on to boil, its temperature is actually higher a few minutes after I turn on the burner than when I first turn it on. I will publish these findings and see how "scientists" scramble to explain the gap.Greg Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783955694932149447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-84049075582485134092016-05-14T00:24:05.482+10:002016-05-14T00:24:05.482+10:00You're right, DC. Fixed now.You're right, DC. Fixed now.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-37817245415167621122016-05-13T23:59:56.114+10:002016-05-13T23:59:56.114+10:00Minor correction. You said, "he wrongly think...Minor correction. You said, "he wrongly thinks that official maintainers of weather records aren't aware that temperature maxima occur after mid-day and after the equinox". I didn't read Leland's article yet, so I don't know what he said, but I think here you mean "solstice," not "equinox." <br /><br />The solstices mark the max and min points for solar influence (or at least, for daylight hours) and happen in June and December (max and min seasonal temperatures tend to happen in July and Jan or Feb). Equinoxes are when day and night are equal length, and happen in March and September. (The time lag in reaction by ice and ocean means that March and September are the months of min and max extent of sea ice in each hemisphere, even though the solstices happened three months earlier.)D.C.Pettersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078422582348328238noreply@blogger.com