Tuesday July 31st… Dear Diary. The main purpose of this ongoing post will be to track United States extreme or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day. I’ll refer to extreme or record temperatures as ETs (not extraterrestrials)😊. Here is today’s main climate change post related hot topic:
California On Fire
We have a very real, tangible emergency going on in this country at the moment, which unfortunately most media here is not tying into climate change. California looks like a war zone where brave fire fighters and people are fighting massive conflagrations induced by excessive heat brought about by global warming. The planet is currently seeing global temperature averages at a little over +1.0C above preindustrial conditions. It’s becoming very apparent that California and much of the West will be suffering much more from wildfires as the planet zooms towards +1.5C above preindustrial levels during our lifetimes. It really burns me (pardon the pun) that most television news media are adverse to a tie into climate change in association with the fires. We do see a lot of print media (or on-line written media) making great cases linking this season’s fires with climate change. Perhaps soon I’ll explore in a post why there is so much hesitation stating that climate change is happening on air during those 30 minute prime time news broadcast.
For today I will be posting more news, videos and pictures cobbled together to give all reading a sense of the scope and breath of the western fires. As usual, this will be a fluid post in which more information gets added during the day as it crosses my radar, crediting all who have put it on-line. There is so much “stuff” on social media about the fires that I will only show a fraction of material. I hope to hit most of the highlights. I posted these summaries with videos, which were well received, when the Carr Fire began to make national news:
This video gives all the scope of some of the fires:
Planes over Lakeport #MendocinoComplex pic.twitter.com/FSyHi3ksRs
— craig philpott (@CphilpottCraig) July 30, 2018
Eric HolthausVerified account @EricHolthaus
Photo: @TMFPD

VicEmergencyVerified account @vicemergency


Edgar McGregor @edgarrmcgregor
8 Lives have been taken by the Carr Fire.
1,236 families that have lost everything except themselves.
6 families lost loved ones.
It is still July. Our fire season peaks in October which is still a full 2 months away.
Kent PorterVerified account @kentphotos



Climate CentralVerified account @ClimateCentral

Jonathan ErdmanVerified account@wxjerdman


Daniel Alrick @SFmeteorologist

Dr. Daniel SwainVerified account @Weather_West
Deep-dive by @ronlin into broader climate context of recent California wildfires, including importance of rising temperatures. Plus, discussion of extraordinary & devastating #CarrFire “fire vortex.” Thoughts by @DrBalch, @climate_guy, @nplareau, and @Weather_West. #CAwx #CAfire

Dr. Daniel SwainVerified account @Weather_West
The nighttime warmth has been especially extraordinary so far this summer in California. Preliminary data suggest that overnight temperatures this July were warmest on record across most of state, including areas near ongoing major fires and in Los Angeles County. #CAwx #CAfire



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NWS SacramentoVerified account @NWSSacramento

6:41 PM – 31 Jul 2018






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