Question for the Weather People
We hear words like “climate change” and “global warming” thrown around a lot these days. While I wouldn’t describe myself as an “warming” denier, I am very skeptical of the agenda fronted by many of the Leftist environmental organizations out there.
It seems that these radicals begin with that assumption that emissions of “green house” gases lead to a general warming of the Earth. While they may not discount it, they never really explain the effect of emissions on the pressure gradients.
As a Texan, I’ve suffered through some pretty hot and miserable summers. I’ve noticed that periods of extremely hot weather–days with highs 100+ and lows that don’t get below 80–are due to high pressure ridges/systems. The brutal heat continues until a low pressure system comes along that is strong enough to overtake the high pressure system. At this point, you usually get some nice showers and storms and the temperature drops.
If we assume that man emits “green house” gases. What effect do these gases have on the pressure systems? Is there an established correlation between the two? If man emits more gases, will there be more, stronger, longer lasting high pressure systems?
