Re: Outback rainfall events and Princess

[Denise Goodfellow <>]

Bigger cyclones may result from the higher sea temperatures in the north.
Denise


on 7/1/11 3:18 PM, Laurie Knight at  wrote:

> The average land temperature was a bit cooler than recent years
> because the average sea surface temperature was the highest on record,
> contributing to the widespread cloud (and associated high rainfall
> levels) that kept the terrestrial temperatures down.
> 
> LK
> 
> On 07/01/2011, at 12:41 PM, rmacfarl wrote:
> 
>> Worth noting that despite the rain in Oz & the snow in North
>> America, 2010 was still the hottest year on record...
>> 
>> http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/
>>