As a long time weather watcher, I've
seen quite a bit of interesting climatic changes as the decades have
gone by. Living, as I have, in southwestern Missouri, I've been
exposed to all sorts of weather phenomena including; tornadoes, ice
storms, ice thunder, flooding rains and prolonged droughts where
everything around me dried up and then sometimes caught fire! The
thing was, however, that during all that long period of time, it felt
right! By that I mean that the ebb and flow of the seasons and even
the occasional tumultuous storms and such were all in the range of
'average' or 'normal' as measured by thirty years historical
standards! But, that's no longer true, sad to say.
Starting around 2012, I began to sense
a change in the flow. That is to say, I perceived a sort of
meteorological 'clumpiness' (my made up word) in the patterns
of weather over time. A bunching together of patterns within
patterns that persist for a while and then suddenly change
directions. For example, first there was what I felt to be a general
warming trend that went on for some years between 2009 and
2012 with generally mild winters and mild summers. Now, however, it
feels as though some climatic switch has been thrown (maybe somewhere
around early 2013) and things are seem to be getting strang(er); with
colder, much colder in the winters and hotter, much hotter summers!
Like I said, in a clumpy sort of way! And, if I'm right in this
feeling, the coming summer of 2014 will be a real scorcher followed
by a very severely cold winter of 2014-15! I hope I'm wrong in this
prediction!
Note: You might wonder if I have data
to back this assertion up. No, I don't! I just have a gut instinct
which I've learned to trust over the years.Be sure and visit my weather page at
www.taneyservices.com!
