I was just asked if I would or could do a poll about the weather this winter. Hummmm? Was the Solar Flares Storms winds warming the Earth?

 

Why would they ask that?

 

Seems where they are living they did not get a killing frost this winter! They did get a little bit of snow fall but it did not even affect the Violas, flowers that were in bloom and that are still blooming. Their Iris flowers have budded and bloomed again. The only things that thought it might be going into winter, were the  trees in their yards by dropping their leaves.

They are even driving to work at night, in 60 degree weather!!!!! They wondered how the rest of the viewing areas winter is going? Are they in the same weather pattern ?

 

 

Great Minds think alike? Or Great minds notice the News Headlines?  I am using Google to try and find the Answers. Hey Free Google for inquiring minds!

Quote:

“Climate Change

1. ‘Winter Jam Canceled Due to Lack of Winter’

By Jess Zimmerman

27 Jan 2012 12:38 PM

The New York City parks department’s annual Winter Jam in Prospect Park has been nixed due to unseasonably warm temperatures — it’s kind of hard to have winter sports demonstrations when you don’t have any winter. (There is basically no way we could improve on the Times headline about the decision, so we’re just gonna let that sit up there so you can appreciate it.)

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• Winter Jam Canceled Due to Lack of Winter , New York Times
• Though the city’s average temperatures this January have been about four degrees above the historical norm — at an average of 36.2 degrees through Jan. 25 —”

Artist’s depiction of solar wind particles interacting with Earth’s magnetosphere. Sizes are not to scale.

Geomagnetic storm – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They argued that whenever the Sun emits a solar flare it will also emit a plasma cloud. … A geomagnetic storm has three phases: an initial phase, a main phase and a …. Geomagnetic storms and increased solar ultraviolet emission heat Earth’s …. Could Be Earth’s Next Katrina”. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?

Wikinews has related news: Aurora Borealis caused by electrical space tornadoes

NASA’s Cosmicopia — Space Weather

Dec 29, 2011 – Even increased pipeline corrosion has been attributed to them. … Large solar disturbances heat the upper atmosphere, causing it to expand and create increased drag on …

“The Sun’s activity causes large changes in the Sun’s plasma and energetic particle populations, and these changes are responsible for the “space weather” that affects Earth. Space weather can impact the upper atmosphere and may influence long-term climate trends. The affects are related to CMEs, SEPs, and coronal holes, the source of high-speed streams. The largest storms occur when a fast CME hits Earth shortly after its shock arrives.”

“Geomagnetic storms (magnetic storms on Earth due to solar activity) produce the awe-inspiring Aurora borealis and Aurora australis — the Northern and Southern lights. However, they can also cause a variety of highly undesirable consequences. Electrical current surges in power lines, interference in the broadcast of radio, television, and telephone signals, and problems with defense communications are all associated with magnetic storms. Odd behavior in air and marine navigation instruments has been observed, and a compass anywhere on Earth is certainly affected. These storms are known to alter the atmospheric ozone layer. Even increased pipeline corrosion has been attributed to them.

Variations over the 11-year solar cycle in the intensity of the Sun’s electromagnetic output at some wavelengths significantly affect the chemistry, structure, and dynamics of the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Longer-term solar variations may be linked to major shifts in the global climate.”

Tags: Solar Flares and Earth, Winter Weather