POWELL EXPLAINS WEATHER PATTERN CHANGES

             YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED TEMPERATURES HAVE SEEMED TO BE MILDER THIS SUMMER THAN THE TYPICAL DOG DAYS OF SIZZLING SUMMER HEAT WE NORMALLY HAVE HERE IN KENTUCKY…AND YOU MAY HAVE WONDERED WHY AS DID OUR OWN TAMMY HANCOCK, WHO ASKED A LOCAL WEATHER EXPERT ABOUT THE CHANGING WEATHER PATTERN.

            CHRISTIAN COUNTY WEATHER COORDINATOR DAVID POWELL TOLD THE NEWS EDGE DURING AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN AND NO ONE SPECIFIC REASON, BUT ONE OF THE CAUSES IS THE LACK OF SUNSPOTS ON THE SUN, WHICH PRODUCE ENERGY AND RADIATE TO THE EARTH AND WARM UP THE CLIMATE.
                                                                          

HE NOTES THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A VERY LONG SOLAR MINIMUM IT LASTED ABOUT SEVENTY YEARS AND RECENT DATA SHOWS THE EARTH’S SURFACE IS GETTING COOLER.

                                                                          

HE ADDS THE VOLCANIC ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE AROUND THE EARTH HAS AFFECTED THE CLIMATE. POWELL SAYS THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH OF IT THERE IS A THIN LAYER OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE PARTICLES IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OF THE EARTH THAT ALSO TENDS TO PREVENT THE SUNS WARMING RATES TO REACH THE EARTH’S SURFACE. HE SAYS OVERALL WE’RE LOOKING A COLDER CLIMATE THAT TRANSCENDS TO COLDER WEATHER.

            AS FAR AS HIS PREDICTION FOR WINTER, POWELL SAYS HE THINKS IT WILL TAKE PEOPLE’S BREATH AWAY.
                                                                          

            POWELL ALSO DIRECTS AND COORDINATES THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY WEATHER SPOTTERS THAT TRACKS AND GATHERS DATA ON SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES IN OUR LISTENING AREA.