Climategate Case Closed: 'No Malpractice' By Climate Unit

It is not "hokey". And that correct statement did NOT "just come out this year". This winter's heavier precipitation *was* predicted last autumn, using models which correctly treat CO₂ as a driver.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091015_winteroutlook.html
Below-average temperatures are expected across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic (You must concede, that is exactly right) from southern and eastern Texas to southern Pennsylvania and south through Florida...

Drier-than-average conditions are expected in the Pacific Northwest (Do you remember insufficient quantities of snow for the Olympics in BC? That's "the Pacific Northwest".) and the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys.

Northeast: Equal chances for above-, near-, or below-normal temperatures and precipitation. (Not very specific, is it? We predict what we can and don't pretend we can predict absolutely everything.) Winter weather in this region is often driven not by El Niño but by weather patterns over the northern Atlantic Ocean and Arctic, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation. These patterns are often more short-term, and are generally predictable only a week or so in advance.
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