NOAA's Winter Forecast Is Being Challenged by Co-Founder of Weather Channel - 'Nonsense!'
Posted on: Thursday, November 26, 2015 Comments
Not that it would shock us or anything, considering the information is coming from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), but apparently they are again predicting above-average temperatures for much of the northern and western United States this winter.
But Joseph D’Aleo, co-founder of the Weather Channel and chief forecaster at Weatherbell Analytics - a meteorological consulting firm - called NOAA’s seasonal forecast for December through February "nonsense" - pointing out that NOAA’s predictions have already been proven wrong the past two winters, too.
He also pointed out that on Oct. 16, 2014 NOAA predicted "another warm winter" with "above-average temperatures... most likely in the western U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and New England".
"They were warm in the Northeast last winter when the 10 Northeast states plus D.C. had their coldest January to March in the entire record", said D’Aleo.
He also said: "Winters have been cooling in the Northeast at a rate of 1.5F/decade for 20 years". There has been a lot of complaints from the local offices and from the energy markets about NOAA's warm bias. A lot of money has been budgeted to try and improve their seasonal forecast ability".
D’Aleo also challenged a prediction by Ahira Sanchez-Lugo, a climate scientist at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information in Ashville, N.C., who stated during the press briefing that "we expect 2015 to be the warmest year on record".
"We also do not agree with the assessment of the current climate this year, either. Though we acknowledge there will be a bump from El Nino – always is", said D’Aleo to CNSNews.com.
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