Met Éireann has just started providing a monthly forecast on its website. While this may seem like a dream come true for hay and silage makers, not to talk of holiday makers, it comes with an expected warning that it is likely to have low dependency the further out it gets.
That said, Met Éireann indicates that “monthly forecasts can, at times, provide an insight into weather patterns in the month ahead. However, they should not be used for specific planning purposes, as they have generally low skill compared with the 10-day forecast. This is because forecasts beyond one week become increasingly uncertain due to the chaotic nature of the atmosphere”.
SunStar January 28, 2021 IT SEEMS the lockdowns in 2020 were not enough to slow the Earth s warming. The reduced greenhouse gas emissions hardly made a dent. The year 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) of the US National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA). Last year s globally averaged temperature was 1.02 Degrees Celsius warmer than the baseline 1951-1980 mean. NASA s analysis incorporates surface temperature measurements from more than 26,000 weather stations and thousands of ship- and buoy-based observations of sea surface temperatures.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) also said that the year 2020 was one of the three warmest on record and rivaled 2016 for the top spot. The WMO uses datasets developed and maintained by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA s GISS, and the United Kingdom s Met Office Hadley Centre and the University of East
Global temperatures in 2020 were among the highest on record and rivaled 2016 as the hottest year ever, according to international data compiled by the World Meteorological Organization and released on Thursday.
Global Temperatures In 2020 Among Highest On Record: World Meteorological Organization Global Temperatures In 2020 Among Highest On Record: World Meteorological Organization All five datasets surveyed by WMO showed that 2011-2020 was the warmest decade on record, and NOAA said the seven warmest years since record-keeping began in 1880 have occurred since 2014.
A truck drives through a deforested plot of the Amazon in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil.
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Global temperatures in 2020 were among the highest on record and rivaled 2016 as the hottest year ever, according to international data compiled by the World Meteorological Organization and released on Thursday.
The heat came even as a global economic slowdown from the COVID-19 pandemic cut deeply into emissions from fossil fuels, adding evidence that carbon dioxide concentrations already in the atmosphere have set the planet on a warming track.