The slow slide into drought

[fjlip]

Not a single human can predict weather, but we all KNOW more C02 is better for plants, gee what do we all GROW?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

What long term average is being compared to here? Is it the typical 25, or 30 year period? The entire instrument record? The historical reconstructions going back centuries?

Assuming it is the most recent 25 or 30 year period used in climate science, is this actually a slide into drought, or a return to the mean?
The preceding 30 years have seen some exceptionally wet years on the semi arid prairies, compared to the historical record.

How do the numbers look if compared to the entire historical record?

[blackpowder]

You climate change deniers should be happy if you think more CO2 along with hotter and drier summers are good for us!

Your information shows a drought pattern. Where does it prove a theory?

[jazz]

Chuck how are your arson pals going to light up Ab this spring with 6 inches of snow on the ground.

[seldomseen]

When I started farming back in the early 1980’s it was quite dry so drought was often a worry.
I remember hearing stories on the radio that University researchers were studying lake bottom sediment and they were making warnings that the dry years we were experiencing were relatively mild. They could see that in Saskatchewan’s past drought was much more severe with droughts lasting for 30 years or more! That was scientific peer reviewed research at the time
It’s laughable that you of all people would post research that only shows 5 years showing a drying trend as proof of climate change.

[shtferbrains]

What long term average is being compared to here? Is it the typical 25, or 30 year period? The entire instrument record? The historical reconstructions going back centuries?

Assuming it is the most recent 25 or 30 year period used in climate science, is this actually a slide into drought, or a return to the mean?
The preceding 30 years have seen some exceptionally wet years on the semi arid prairies, compared to the historical record.

How do the numbers look if compared to the entire historical record?

Here are some 5 yr and 30 yr moving average charts going back to 1875.

The 5 yr moving average clearly shows drought events.

You might have to explain them to Chuck as he seems unable to comprehend data.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Thank you for doing my homework for me.
As I was alluding to in my previous post. We have Cherry picked the wettest period in recorded history and used that as a benchmark, to claim that climate change is causing drought.
I won't even bother trying to explain it to chuck. His mind is made up.

[shtferbrains]

Here is a short explanation of 30 yr moving average from Les Henry:

Below is a graph showing the 30-year moving average precipitation for Swift Current, Sask. As plotted, 1915 is the average of 1886-1915 and 2020 is the average of 1991-2020.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

So, in other words, Chuck fell for the old cherry picked graph with most of the relevant time period cut off, yet again.
It seems that every one of his climate change proofs is the same.
Forest fires, sea ice, glaciers, temperature, extreme weather, etc. All of them fail to stand up to scrutiny when you look at all of the data.

It's as if these cherry picked graphs are just designed to catch the low information, non critical thinkers like Chuck. It takes only a few minutes of research to disprove them.

[TSIPP]

I guess nobody believes chuckroach’s science fiction agenda again, his experts are as wacky as he is.