Sentences with phrase «below normal this year»

Temperatures in Illinois are much below normal this year.

Most notably, that warming in the 21st century would be 1 - 3 degrees Celsius, as opposed to «well below normal year - to - year variation» which, as Revelle had frequently cited in his own lectures, was less than about 0.2 degrees Celsius.

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Meanwhile, global oil stockpiles in developed countries could actually fall below the five - year average — the level OPEC is targeting — as inventories approach normal levels, oil demand potentially outstrips Goldman's estimate and OPEC possibly cuts output too deeply.

Morrison said the month ended about three - per - cent below the 10 - year average for sales in August, signalling a return to historically normal activity after record - breaking sales earlier this year.

According to a report, OECD oil inventories for the first time in 3.5 years have fallen below normal because of a massive inventory draw of 46 million barrels in February which is six times the normal draw rate.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

We allow that short - term interest rates may be pegged well below historical norms for several more years, and we know that for every year that short - term interest rates are held at zero (rather than a historically normal level of 4 %), one can «justify» equity valuations about 4 % above historical norms — a premium that removes that same 4 % from prospective future stock returns.

One can relate this directly to a 10 - year prospective return by recalling that historical tendency for market cycles to establish normal prospective returns — if even briefly as in 2009 — at their troughs (and it's typical for troughs to reach below average valuations and much higher prospective returns than the 10 % historical norm).

In summary, current S&P 500 earnings forecasts indicate 12 - month trailing earnings - price ratios rising from below to above generational «normal» over the next two years.

Most of Canada is well below normals for this time of year.

Louisville thinks of itself as a gentle southern city just below the drawl line, and if once a year it gallops into a dither over a horse race called the Derby, it soon quiets down again into its normal sippin» - whisky frame of mind.

Whether a two - year - old falls below or above the percentile, he / she is still considered normal and very healthy.

Sure, infant's dehydration caused by diarrhea or vomiting can sometimes be normal but it can also be very dangerous especially to young infants one year below.

La Niña, a phenomenon that occurs when sea surface temperatures across the equatorial central and eastern Pacific are below normal, is what made last year's winter so awful for the Midwest and Northeast.

A drought was defined by consecutive years with below - average streamflow punctuated by no more than one year of normal or above - average flow.

Tree growth lags below normal for several years following droughts, a detail about carbon sequestration that climate models currently overlook.

The ozone level was 12 per cent below normal, lower than at any time in the 35 years of continuous monitoring.

John Allen, an associate research scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University, who, with colleagues, came out with the first seasonal tornado forecast last year, expects a below - normal number of tornadoes in the south central U.S.

Above - and below - normal temperature and precipitation years associated with natural climate oscillations may determine whether growing seasons lengthen, contract, or shift in time.

To the northeast in Montana, average November temperature in Butte was 21.5 F -LRB--5.8 C), 6.2 F (3.4 C) below normal and 8th coolest in a 122 - year record.

Capital Weather Gang examined summer temperatures examined summer temperatures following the five highest ice years on the Great Lakes and found that they were below normal for much of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic.

Arctic sea ice extent was below normal for the 11th consecutive April this year, covering an average of 5.7 million square miles (14.7 million square kilometers) 2.1 percent below the 1979 - 2000 average extent and the 15th smallest April extent since records began in 1979.

But over the last few years, winter precipitation has been far below normal, sending the state into a deep drought.

In recent years, The National Academy of Clinical Biochemists indicated that 95 % of individuals without thyroid disease have TSH concentrations below 2.5 μIU / mL, and a new normal reference range was defined by the American College of Clinical Endocrinologists to be between 0.3 - 3.0 μIU / mL.

If your testosterone is reducing by 1 % a year, your total testosterone is not going to sink below normal levels (300 ng / dL) until you're about 122 years old.

That has been a little bit harder this year than most because our temperatures have been MUCH below normal.

According to the teaser, the Agera RS is a variant of the «normal» Koenigsegg Agera, pulling technology and advancements from the One: 1 which debuted last year at the 2014 Geneva auto show (pictured below).

Note: I'm using the 8 - year normal P / E in the chart below.

We allow that short - term interest rates may be pegged well below historical norms for several more years, and we know that for every year that short - term interest rates are held at zero (rather than a historically normal level of 4 %), one can «justify» equity valuations about 4 % above historical norms — a premium that removes that same 4 % from prospective future stock returns.

But my point is since real rates are significantly below average and are artificially suppressed, the Shiller PE may do a good job of normalizing earnings over ten years, but not normalizing real interest rates (there's nothing normal about 0 % real yields!).

It Lurks Below is aimed for a Steam launch later this year and will include three modes: normal mode, an easier «creative» mode, and a more challenging «hardcore» mode, complete with permadeth.

You might mention drought in California (Australia is having the worst drought ever recorded, since the white man arrived, and is considering shutting down agriculture in the Murray - Darling system, which is 90 % below its normal water level), or the Dust Bowl conditions in the Great Plains in the 1930s (another 5 year drought), or the collapse of water flow into the Colorado River, or category 6 Hurricanes (Katrina was a 4).

Frau Katze @ 54 Living a bit north of you on the Island for over 30 years, I would say that the * historically normal * January is exactly what we're experiencing right now, below freezing day and night with predominately clear skies.

I think, then, that it was the intention of this site to provide the sober scientific analysis of the facts behind the hype of the press stories, such that people wouldn't over-react to the latest natural disaster and then over-compensate when we had a year with below - normal hurricanes / tornadoes and assume that the scientist's had shouted «Wolf!»

We have been below normal since the dark ages about 500AD (Except for a few hundred years for the Vikings).

In looking at the accumulated cyclone energy index, COAPS at Florida State University noted that this was the lowest year for activity in the Northern Hemisphere since 1977, as the Atlantic, western Pacific and Eastern Pacific were all below normal in their activity.

Temperatures in South Africa have been running below normal for the last few years — last month they set the record for lowest September temperature on record.

WHEREAS Statewide rainfall has been below normal in 2007 and 2008, with many Southern California communities receiving only 20 percent of normal rainfall in 2007, and Northern California this year experiencing the driest spring on record with most communities receiving less than 20 percent of normal rainfall from March through May; and

If the surface temperature of the oceans was below normal from 1250 to 1400 AD until 1910, it just might take more than 100 years for the OHC to recover to «normal».

With this in mind, and given how difficult it can be to dislodge deeply - entrenched ridging such as is currently being observed, I estimate that there is an above average probability that total precipitation for water year 2013 - 2014 will be below normal once again.

However, while annual peak daily streamflow (APDF) during the spring freshet in the FRB is historically well correlated with basin - averaged, annual maximum snow water equivalent (SWEmax), there are numerous occurrences of anomalously large APDF in below - or near - normal SWEmax years, some of which have resulted in damaging floods in the region.

However, while annual peak daily streamflow (APF) during the spring freshet in the FRB is historically well correlated with basin - averaged, April 1 snow water equivalent (SWE), there are numerous occurrences of anomalously large APF in below - or near - normal SWE years, some of which have resulted in damaging floods in the region.

Field observations summarized in the contribution by Hutchings and discussed in this month's Regional Outlook indicate that starting ice thicknesses were comparable to last year in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, and that after getting off to a fast start, melt has slowed down considerably, resulting in below - normal melt rates.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center, which has updated its 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook, there is a 90 % chance of a below - normal hurricane season and a lower chance of expected storm activity in the United States this year.

Finds that observations over the past decade continue to support the finding that the area experiencing much above - normal maximum and minimum temperatures in recent years has been on the rise, with infrequent occurrence of much below - normal mean maximum and minimum temperatures

Predictions by the Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum of a normal to below - normal rainfall season this year spell disaster for Southern Africa's agricultural sector in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa.

Even at a rate one standard deviation faster than normal, the extent will not fall below last year's minimum value.

Reasoning for a decrease in sea ice extent from recent years, perhaps approaching new record - low minimum, focuses on the below - normal sea ice thickness overall, the thinning of sea ice in coastal seas, rotting of old multi-year sea ice, warm temperatures in April and May 2010, and the rapid loss of sea ice area seen during May.

The increased activity after 1995 contrasts sharply with the generally below - normal seasons observed during the previous 25 - year period (1970 — 1994).

2010 BoM annual records state that «Perth Metro's annual mean daily maximum temperature in 2010 was 25.3 C, which was the warmest year on record since records commenced in 1897», while «Perth Metro's annual mean daily minimum temperature in 2010 was 12.4 C, which was 0.3 C below normal»