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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
I generally watch WFTV (ABC affiliate) in the morning for local news and weather. I have no idea about other stations, but for the last 2 weeks they have been pushing harder than ever their narrative of high temperatures. This morning they claimed that we have substantially higher temps than normal, and used the terms "unprecedented", and "dangerous". What is insidious is their use of "heat index" almost to the exclusion of actual temperatures so they can put triple number digits on their map. No comparison of these "heat indices" with past values are given.
OK, actual high temps in the Villages 7/27-8/3----94,96,95,96,96,98,96 avg 95.86
Oh, wait a minute, that was LAST year
This year, same dates---89,90,96,97,91,95,93 avg 93.00 or 2.86 deg COOLER
This is what the weatherman claimed is "substantially higher than usual". So I'm calling BS on that.
I can only assume that the news media has access to more complete temperature data than those numbers I just pulled off the accuweather website, so clearly they are LYING TO US. Why???? Is there an agenda at work here?
Meanwhile, pretty much all of Central Florida is under a heat advisory, which the weatherman stated was unusual. True, there was no heat advisory this time last year when it was 2.86 degrees WARMER. So why is that?
Well, heat advisories are issued by the National Weather Service, a division of NOAA which falls under the Department of Commerce, lead by a cabinet level secretary.
So, here is what they are doing:
"Today, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo announced funding opportunities from NOAA's $2.96 billion in Infrastructure Law funds to address the climate crisis and strengthen coastal resilience and infrastructure. Over the next five years, NOAA’s targeted investments in the areas of habitat restoration, coastal resilience, and climate data and services will advance ongoing federal efforts toward building climate resilience.
Looks like they're getting plenty of media support for their "efforts"
Draw your own conclusions, but IMHO it appears that reporting temps as heat indices, issuing heat advisories when it is actually cooler than last year, and Good Morning America's lead story every day on the weather serves to push the continuing false narrative of "global warming", for which a few figure to profit immensely.
Addendum: This morning's GMA story is about a glacier they hunted for that is melting at an "unprecedented" rate. Probably true, but there are other glaciers that are growing. And in another 40,000 years those glaciers will grow 2 miles of ice over much of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Zip code 32162 falls under Tampa Bay Area for monthly/yearly climate summaries complied by the U.S. National Weather Service. Link to data, e.g. for July 2022, July 2023 can be found at:
Climate Summaries and Write-ups
One probably can get more specific actual factual data for Orlando area north …
NWS Tampa area summary statement for July 2023, as quoted from their site:
July 2023 Climate Summary
for West Central and Southwest Florida
Temperatures across West Central and Southwest Florida generally averaged a few degrees above normal in July 2023 with several locations in the Top Three Warmest for July, and Warmest Month on Record!
NWS Tampa area summary statement for July 2022, as quoted from their site:
July 2022 Climate Summary
for West Central and Southwest Florida
Temperatures across West Central and Southwest Florida averaged near to a few degrees above normal in July 2022 with several locations ending up in the Top Ten Warmest for July, including Tampa which set a New Record for the Warmest Month since records began in 1890!
So, maybe July 2023 was maybe a bit “cooler” than July 2022 and it seems both July 2022 and July 2023 were warmer than normal.
Enjoy the warm weather! So nice; love it.