{"id":270279,"date":"2023-07-29T22:41:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T20:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270279"},"modified":"2023-07-29T22:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T20:42:12","slug":"feverish-bbc-reporting-on-european-heatwaves-debunked-by-actual-temperature-readings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270279","title":{"rendered":"Feverish BBC Reporting on European \u2018Heatwaves\u2019 Debunked by Actual Temperature Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0CHRIS MORRISON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last week\u2019s heatwaves in southern Europe would have been \u201cvirtually impossible\u201d without humans altering the climate,\u00a0reports the BBC<\/a>, quoting model-produced work rushed to press by World Weather Attribution (WWA). Humans caused the spell of Mediterranean summer heat to be 2.5\u00b0C higher, it was said.\u00a0This latest study<\/a>\u00a0confirms what we knew before, says frequent BBC contributor and WWA founder Dr. Friederike Otto. More to the point, last week\u2019s coverage of these heatwaves confirmed what we knew before \u2013 the BBC will pull out all the stops to promote weather fear in the cause of the collectivist Net Zero project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday July 18th the BBC reported on its rolling news feed that the island of Sardinia was expected to see a high of 46\u00b0C in the afternoon \u201cand there are warnings that extreme heat could continue for a further 10 days\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Time and Date<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>compiles comprehensive records of past temperatures, an increasingly useful tool for checking up on \u2018World on Fire\u2019 fantasists. The graph above shows the temperature in Sardinia peaking at 40\u00b0C on July 18th and then steadily falling during the week to the lower 30s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also on July 18th the BBC reported that the temperature in Rome could reach 40\u00b0C and remain above that level for 15 days. Over to\u00a0Time and Date\u00a0<\/em>again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here we see the temperature did briefly touch 40\u00b0C in the midday sun, but then, like Sardinia, promptly fell away for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point, the European Space Agency entered the scare-fest and the BBC duly reported its view that Sardinia and Sicily were expected to hit a high of 48\u00b0C. As I noted\u00a0on Tuesday<\/a>, this fanciful prediction came from a press release issued by the European Space Agency, where it started using measurements from the ground rather than the conventional air temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No comment is required, although at this point the arrival of the Monty Python Colonel marching onto the set declaring, \u201cstop it, this sketch is getting silly. Badly written and too silly\u201d, might be necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But before the Colonel shuts us down, let us consider the plight of Justin Rowlatt, the BBC\u2019s green activist-in-chief who was airlifted last week into heat-torn Alicante. On the southern Spanish frontline, he reported on July 18th that the heat has been \u201crelentless\u201d and continued day and night. It helps explain why these periods of extreme heat \u201ccan impose such a burden on people\u2019s health\u201d, he observed. Rising at 6:30am to do his first broadcast, he reported it was 27\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alas, for our intrepid William Boot, it only briefly touched 33\u00b0C that day, and by the weekend the temperature in Alicante was struggling to stay in the 30s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for the BBC, it\u2019s job well done. The mainstream media headlines screamed on cue about imminent Thermogeddon. Writing in the\u00a0Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0this Tuesday, Suzanne Moore\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0the \u201cworld is on fire \u2013 and we can\u2019t ignore it any longer\u201d. Arsonists took the opportunity to light fires on the Greek island of Rhodes, but to Moore, observing a hasty retreat by holiday makers,\u00a0\u201cthis is what climate refugees look like\u201d. BBC Dragon\u2019s Den celeb Deborah Meaden noted that arson \u201dmight\u201d have been responsible, but then took the opportunity to widen the debate by claiming \u2013 without a shred of proof \u2013 \u201cwe are about to see the\u00a0first countries abandoned<\/a>\u00a0due to rising sea levels\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It "might" be arson that started it and wildfires happen all the time but this is not quite the slam dunk you think it is. Unusually high temperatures for prolonged periods are what is fanning it. We are about to see the first countries abandoned due to rising sea levels..you\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/laiHTvgr0B<\/a><\/p>— Deborah Meaden \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@DeborahMeaden) July 23, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>