Harold Asmis @hasmis@qoto.org

#physics #weather **December ice plot in** I can see it is going up, but nobody else can. It's a vision thing.

**Still not seeing a recession** I would have expected to see some sign of it, like all the small businesses in the industrial condos. No house sales in the neighbourhood.

#physics #weather **Cold blobs dead** They've been hit and shattered by ocean plumes. Except the Siberian flow. For a good M9 blob, you need to see powerful laminar flow behind it, and the others didn't have that. Siberia is going to extreme cold. NA has a Pacific plume schlooping over the mountains, so that is warmth.

**US supported drug cartels take over Mexico** The druggies have more money than the army. This all comes from the insatiable demand of US movie stars. It will get to the point that none of us will be able to vacation in the Sun. In Canada, we should legalize opium poppies and coca leaves. That stuff is a wonderful cure, compared to all the substitutes.

**Warm story before the cold** This is a nice story, with Polar Vortex Fairies. Everybody has a different story.

#physics #weather **RSS world temp plot down** The big news is the huge dive of the tropics. My hypothesis has an extremely non-linear heat machine in the tropics. Of course, this would need physics funding to measure it, and that's not going to happen. As it is, the people can just stare at the effect of cold blobs and be pacified by jet stream stories. :)

#physics #weather The Siberian spill continues for California, Europe is about to be 'sandwiched' by two cold air blobs. NA has a good blob coming down. The dam has breached and it'll be a cold time in the old town tonight.

**Poots orders things for the Front** But they have no phones. "Hello, hello? Why is nobody answering?"

**Tanks are just memories** This is a heavy tank war, and the West doesn't have any to spare. All the action went into these 'light vehicles' for Afghanistan. In the 70's all the action was into various loser tank designs.

**The Trillion Dollar Club** Notice that ammie just bought irobot. **A new robot sweeps clean**

**No heat electric cars** My kids have one of the first Ford electric cars. The range on a warm day is 70km. In winter, at 20 below, with snow on the road, it's about 30, if you turn on the heat. So, they are always freezing in the car. This innovation allows you to be a tiny bit warmer with no heat. I can't drive with a frozen nose. :)

#physics #weather **Siberian spill makes California wet** In California, the effects of an earthquake depend on the water table. Let's hope for no earthquake right now.
50% of a storm is the cold side. Right now, that's coming down from Siberia and the Alaska spill is still active. Everywhere else in the world, it's just swirly-mucky.

**All Glory for Tesla** Wow, I didn't realize the extent of the crash.

**Super-Gig Economy** Companies will fire all those working from home, and go for super-short gigs for 'skills'. This won't help them hire the 'brilliants' and they will all go down the tubes. :)

#physics #weather Last time, extreme weather was caused by a 'dancing jet stream' Now, they are into 'straight'. This is the Wednesday dance. On the physics side, the Arctic headpond still builds up, and all the ocean plumes are low and flat. At least the polar vortex fairies are quiet.

**Poor Sweden** Having been in the nuclear industry, and glad to be retired, I'd only buy reactors from South Korea, and poach all their people. :)

**No Canadians to China** Canadians should not visit China right now. Who knows what they will do?

#physics #weather **Spencer world temperature plot down** Sat plots work like a 'no touch' thermometer. They read infra-red and microwave energy from warm air or the surface. The Spencer plot follows most of the other plots that come later in the month.

#physics #weather **Nothing much going on**
The cold spill continues into the Pacific. The Arctic headpond of very cold air builds up, and it looks like a weak spot about to spill on NA. Europe continues to get plumes. We are waiting for another burst.

#physics #weather **Trickle Becomes a Flood** This is just pouring through the Bering Str. but no big flow on the continent. However, we are getting standard cold.