<div dir="ltr"><div>Despite the erroneous claims repeated in various media that global warming has leveled or stopped since the 1990s, utilizing misleading graphs and incorrect interpretations of data, as shown at these websites,<br><br><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2014/02/24/the-period-of-no-global-warming-will-soon-be-longer-than-the-period-of-actual-global-warming/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2014/02/24/the-period-of-no-global-warming-will-soon-be-longer-than-the-period-of-actual-global-warming/</a><br><a href="http://www.climatedepot.com/2015/06/03/global-warming-standstillpause-increases-to-a-new-record-length-18-years-6-months/">http://www.climatedepot.com/2015/06/03/global-warming-standstillpause-increases-to-a-new-record-length-18-years-6-months/</a><br><a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/10/02/its-official-no-global-warming-for-18-years-1-month/">http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/10/02/its-official-no-global-warming-for-18-years-1-month/</a><br><br>the latest temperature data from NCDC/NOAA shows exactly what the subject heading indicates (along with the fact that five of the six warmest years have occurred from 2005-14). This is in part due to a strong El Nino in 2015, predicted to continue into winter/spring 2015/16, which on average should indicate a warmer dryer winter for the Pacific Northwest, bad news for the local fire season next year, given likelihood of another dry fire season in 2016: <br><br><a href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2015/8/supplemental/page-3">https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2015/8/supplemental/page-3</a><br><a href="http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/images/global/2015/aug/horserace-201508.png">http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/images/global/2015/aug/horserace-201508.png</a><br><br><br><p class="" style="margin:1em auto;text-align:center">
<a id="anch_36" href="http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/images/global/2015/aug/horserace-201508.png"><img alt="2015 year-to-date anomalies through August compared to five warmest years on record" src="http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/images/global/2015/aug/horserace-201508.png" title="2015 year-to-date anomalies through August compared to five warmest years on record" width="600"></a><br>Global Year to Date Temperature Anomalies
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<p class=""><br></p>------------------------------------------<br></div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<br></div>