AGW headache # 122

There's so many of these AGW discussions that I've lost track of the count. AGW is bunk. Debunking the bunk is the headache. But we'll power through the nonsense once again.

The idea for this post came from perusing the weather forecasts. Imagine that! Well, I have this land out in West Texas, and I wanted to check the weather out there. That's when I noticed something.

It was the spread between the forecasted high and low temperatures. Out in the desert, the spread is typically pretty high. Maybe 30 degrees Farenheit.

Since I domiciled in H-town for so many years, this seemed like a lot. Even more to the point, the spread on Galveston Island was typically much smaller.

Is this the typical thing? Yes, I do believe so. I checked many weather forecasts around the nation. It does indeed appear to be the case.

What causes this?

It is most likely the influence of the ocean. Water absorbs energy. The land reflects it back into the atmosphere. Hence, temperatures rise fast during the day, and fall fast into the night where the ocean's influence is the least.

Of course this is true. I noted this when I was a kid. I loved to go swimming when I was a kid. The water felt cold in the morning, but was warm well after sundown in the evening. It was like swimming in soup in the early evening. It takes most of the night for the water to lose its heat.

The significance of this observation:

Water has much more influence over the temperature cycles than carbon dioxide. Where there is much water, there is much more stable temperatures. Where there's absence of water there are wide fluctuations.

In other words, it is the water, not the carbon dioxide. AGW theory posits the contrary. Obviously, AGW theory is bunk.