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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (16354)	7/29/2009 7:39:48 AM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Chicago experiencing its second coldest July in history July 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment Near Record Cold July Means Shrinking Bills Usually Hot Summer Month One Of Coldest On Record In Chicago CBS \| Jul 17, 2009 Chicago is experiencing one of its coldest July months ever. Photo Emily Nunn CHICAGO (CBS) Summer has been elusive in Chicago–and July is so far the second coldest in history. The average temperature so far this month has been 77.8 degrees–far off the average of mid-80s for this time of year. The coldest July ever was in 1967 when the average temperature was 76.5 degrees. Another rarity for July in Chicago: We have failed to reach 90 degrees at any time. Two days have had highs only in the mid-60s. The good news: Homeowners are seeing a break on their electric bills. Call it Mother Nature’s economic recovery plan. Air conditioning usage, according to ComEd, is way down from last year and has saved residents an average of $50 since June–compared with last year. Combine the drop in temperature with a big drop in the price of energy and you get big savings on utility bills. “My utility bill is definitely smaller. I have the air on, for the last… maybe twice this year only. I leave the windows open and sleep tight at night,” said Chicagoan Paul Oberski. In addition to the mild weather, Com Ed’s cost of power is also down 9 percent, a savings passed on to you. Your natural gas price is down even more, 27 percent. Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas estimate a typical home customer will pay $500 less this year than last year. “The typical consumer, if this keeps goin’, could save as much as $100 over the course of the summer on their electric bill,” said David Kolata, executive director of the Citizens Utility Board. “That is real money. That’s money you can use to fill your gas tank, put toward a much-needed family vacation. Anything we can do to save money is certainly good news for consumers” Everyone CBS 2 talked to welcomed the lower utility bills. Burr Ridge resident Colin Foy said he’d put the $50 electric bill savings toward a few cases of beer. Breweries would welcome the business. Vendors said the mild weather is cutting into sales of everything cold, from beer to ice cream. Cool weather, genrated by a cold Canadian air flow, is expected to continue through the weekend, with a high of only 69 on Saturday and the low 70s on Sunday. Temps may creep back into the mid-80s by Wednesday of next week. But, let’s count those savings again: $500 this year on natural gas and $50 to $100 on electric bills. Who says there’s no good news?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (16354)	7/29/2009 7:41:54 AM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 103300

A flood of cold weather and climate data July 23, 12:57 PM Comment ShareThisRSS Email Print Meteorologist Rich ApuzzoFirst of all, I want to thank the hundreds of readers coming here every week! Because of you, the writers for the Examiner can continue their work, and the more you visit, the more we will write for your enjoyment and information. Secondly, as a lifelong weather lover, my goals have always been to take the complex science of meteorology and make it easier to understand for the general public. That’s what I did for 23 years in television and continue to do on MAX FM radio in Cincinnati (97.7 and 99.5 FM), which you can listen to online anywhere. I’ll be doing a weekly segment on MAX FM highlighting the current research and observations involving weather and climate so you can better understand where we’re heading. Our first installment, if all goes well (it’s “live”), is Friday morning at 9:40 am (eastern time) and we’ll be doing that every Friday at 9:40 am, for 20 minutes…so you’ll get some good information. We’ll even be taking a few phone calls if you have questions. You won’t see me doing detailed research because that’s not my specialty, nor do I have the time to do the thorough job that is done by paid researchers. It’s their job, and many do it well, although we’re always looking at who is paying for the research to ascertain potential biases. What I like to do, and apparently you like to read, is bring the big news and research stories together here and add my own experience and expertise in a plain-language story that everyone from children to the elderly can understand. The amazing thing for me, and I practically live online, is the flood of information coming out every day from all corners of the world. That’s why I am having to do these articles, the radio broadcasts and weekly podcasts (looking for sponsors for those) to cover everything…and even then, there is a plenty that I leave out since it can be overwhelming and is often too technical to have much meaning for you. Since I’ll be doing the first radio show tomorrow, and have new articles with all kinds of new data next week, I’ll keep this update brief. For those in the Cincinnati area, from which this article originates, the average temperature for month of July 2009 (69.6) is solidly below the old record of 70.7 degrees from 1947 and there is nothing over the next 8 days that will change that. I am predicting the average temperature to be around 70.2 degrees, breaking the old average by a full .50 degree. That may not seem like much because it’s an average, but it will be the coldest July ever and it will represent a total of 380 degrees below normal or 12.3 degrees per day! As for rainfall, we’re right on track and assuming we get another inch before the end of next week, we’ll end the month with normal rainfall…but it’s worth noting that we have at least 4 more days with rain likely, so we may follow June’s lead and finish well above normal in rainfall. How about this? We typically hit 90 degrees 8 times in July in Cincinnati. This month we will not reach 90 once! Beyond that, we haven’t even reached a “normal” high this month, and we will not do so before the end of the month. We have had 5 days with October level readings (highs in the 60s to low 70s), and there were 3 days with record cold high temperatures…so far. Globally, we have more information on cooling ocean temperatures, flat sea-levels (no rises that were predicted by the climate models), thousands of record cold temperatures being set (in the United States alone) and monster winter storms in South America in places that haven’t seen such snow and cold in nearly a century. Oh, and the sun has been blank for 12 straight days, with an occasional weak sunspot trying to develop…and we’re nearly 200 days beyond the duration of a typical (485 days) solar minimum. Think about that. In a few months our minimum will be more than a year past the norm and there are still no signs of the new cycle beginning. More soon! examiner.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (16354)	7/29/2009 7:45:38 AM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 103300

Sunday, July 19, 2009 Parts of Michigan Shatter Record For Coldest July 18 - Ever! I blame global warming! Here in the Detroit area, we just missed setting the all-time 123-year old record for coldest July 18 by 2 degrees F. Other areas set records. From the National Weather Service, here are some temperature records some of which were simply shattered, not just broken, for yesterday, July 18: Flint, MI: by the thumb (by 1 degree F) RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTEDNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI634 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2009...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT BOTH FLINT AND SAGINAWTODAY...THIS AFTERNOONS HIGH TEMPERATURE AT FLINT WAS ONLY 67 DEGREES. THISIS THE LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN FLINT FOR JULY18TH...WITH THE PREVIOUS RECORD BEING 68 DEGREES SET BACK IN 2000.IN SAGINAW...THE AFTERNOON HIGH WAS ALSO 67 DEGREES. THIS IS THELOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN SAGINAW FOR JULY18TH...WITH THE PREVIOUS RECORD BEING 68 DEGREES SET ALL THE WAYBACK IN 1914.Northern MI - Lower Penninsula: (by up to 7 degrees F)RECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI840 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2009...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES SET ACROSS THE AREA...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE GAYLORD REGIONAL AIRPORT ONLY REACHED 57DEGREES ON SATURDAY...JULY 18...ESTABLISHING A NEW RECORD LOWMAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 63 DEGREESSET EXACTLY 100 YEARS AGO IN 1909. ... RECORDS IN GAYLORD DATE BACK TO 1893.AT THE CADILLAC AIRPORT...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON SATURDAY ONLYREACHED 59 DEGREES. THIS READING ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD LOWMAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE...SMASHING THE OLD RECORD OF 66DEGREES SET BACK IN 1924. ... RECORDS IN CADILLAC DATE BACK TO 1909.AT THE PELLSTON AIRPORT...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59DEGREES ON SATURDAY ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THEDATE...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 61 DEGREES SET IN 2000. ...RECORDS IN PELLSTON DATE BACK TO 1948.Houton Lake, MI: (by 6 degrees F) RECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI843 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2009...NEW RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HOUGHTON LAKE...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE HOUGHTON LAKE AIRPORT ONLY REACHED 59DEGREES ON SATURDAY...JULY 18...ESTABLISHING A NEW RECORD LOWMAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 65 DEGREESSET IN 2000. ... RECORDS IN HOUGHTON LAKE DATE BACK TO 1913.Lansing, MI: right in the middle RECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI628 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2009...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED AT LANSING MICHIGAN...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 70 DEGREES TODAY TIES THE RECORD FOR COLDESTHIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE WHICH WAS SET IN 1937.Grand Rapids, MI: western lower penninsula (by 4 degrees F) RECORD EVENT REPORTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI641 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2009...RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT GRAND RAPIDS...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 67 DEGREES TODAY AT GRAND RAPIDS SETS ARECORD FOR THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE DATE. THERECORD WAS 71 DEGREES SET IN 1937.Just remember this day when the end of the world comes due to global warming because WE DIDN'T LISTEN!!! Incidentally, the sun is the quietest it has been for some time now. From Solar Science via Climate Depot: This Quiet Sun. The Sun has gone back to blank after having had just one sunspot group that caused otherwise rational people to go off their heads… As a comparison, here is the sun image from the Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope at 304 ångstroms for today and near solar maximum in 2000 by way of comparison Of course, that has nothing to do with it, and we have to ruin our own economy unilaterally with cap-and-trade legislation to cut CO2 emission that is producing the warmest summer ever recorded, which is somehow manifesting in the lowest temperatures ever recorded. Got that? Posted by The blogprof at 7:30 AM Labels: cap-and-trade, global warming, Michigan theblogprof.blogspot.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (16354)	7/29/2009 11:27:49 AM
From: JakeStraw	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

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