With 40+ inches of global warming on the ground in the Washington DC area, defenders of global warming have been scrambling to deflect or rebut the taunting of the skeptics. Contessa Brewer of CNN, attempting to swim in waters way over her head, made the assertion online that the large snowfalls on the East Coast don’t refute global warming, because warm air carries more moisture. The heavier snowfalls, according to the dear Contessa, are actually BECAUSE of global warming – because warm air carries more moisture.

While technically this assertion is true, it doesn’t help the defenders of global warming one inch! If the syllogism “global warming -> more moisture -> more snowfall” were true, then we ought to see more total inches of precipitation in the DC area, right?

Let’s go to the numbers, Johnny.

Over the past 30 years, the average precipitation for the month of January at Washington Reagan Airport has been 2.72 inches.

Total precipitation for January of 2010? 1.37 inches.

Average precipitation for the month of February? 2.71 inches

Precip so far for February of 2010? 1.79 inches.

Yep, from these stats its clear to see that the warmer air caused by global warming has been carrying more moisture and that this has been causing the large snowfall amounts in DC.

Wait.. No, that’s not right… Something…

Never mind.

Perhaps Contessa Brewer should get out an elementary science book and remind herself of this simple science fact. When it’s warm the moisture in the air comes down as RAIN. When it’s cold, the moisture in the air comes down as SNOW.

Is there any difference in the amount of moisture / precipitation in DC this year vs the past 30 years. NO!

There. Is. No. Increase. In. The. Amount. of. Moisture!.

The only difference is that it’s COLDER.

Which leads me to a prediction. It’s only a matter of time before Contessa informs us that Gobal Warming is causing it to be COLDER.