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Cloud Precipitation

The US just witnessed its 12 wettest months in 125 years, and the floods keep coming

Ian Livingston
Washington Post
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:30 UTC
People gather in downtown Alton, Ill. on Saturday as the Mississippi River there reached a level of 39 feet
© David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via APPeople gather in downtown Alton, Ill. on Saturday as the Mississippi River there reached a level of 39 feet. The red line under the American flag painted on the grain silos represents the high-water mark of 42.72 feet, recorded in 1993.
Flooding swamped parts of the Southeast over the weekend, with as much as a foot of rain falling in western North Carolina. At the same time, the Mississippi River continued its long-lasting assault on communities along its banks. Near St. Louis, the crest over the weekend was the second-highest on record.

Just the latest high-water news, during what has seemed like a never-ending parade of storms.

During May, a stormy pattern, headlined by widespread flooding in the nation's heartland and a two-week swarm of tornadoes, boosted the nationally averaged precipitation to the second-highest level on record for the month. The 4.41 inches recorded was 1.5 inches above normal, trailing only May 2015′s 4.44 inches, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The substantial May total helped pushed the most recent 12-month output for the Lower 48 states to the highest level in 125 years of record-keeping (since 1895): 37.68 inches. It easily topped the previous record 12-month total of 36.20 inches set just last month.

Comment: A Global Food Disaster is in The Making

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Cloud Grey

Noctilucent clouds light up night skies over the Netherlands

Janene Pieters
NL Times
Thu, 13 Jun 2019 14:18 UTC
This is a good time of year to look up at the sky after sunset and before sunrise. Around the start of the astronomical summer on June 21st, there is a good chance that you will encounter the weather phenomenon noctilucent clouds.

The shiny clouds could be seen all over the Netherlands on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
NLCs over The Netherlands
© Via Twitter@pcb1970pcbNoctilucent clouds over Uithoorn, Netherlands on June 13-14th, 2019.
Noctilucent clouds are created by tiny ice crystals forming on dust particles. "When the sun is down for us and it gets dark, the clouds are still lit by the sun. This makes it look like these clouds are shining in the dark", Weerplaza writes about the phenomenon. Because it is often quite windy in the Netherlands this time of year, the glowing clouds may also look like they're dancing, according to the weather service.

Shining clouds are a quite rare phenomenon, only appearing a few days in the year. If you missed it last night, there is still a chance of noctilucent clouds in the coming weeks.


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Bizarro Earth

'Frightening' number of plants have gone extinct according to recent global survey

Damian Carrington
The Guardian
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:00 UTC
global plant extinction survey
© Kew Gardens“Plants underpin all life on Earth. They provide the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat, as well as making up the backbone of the world’s ecosystems – so plant extinction is bad news for all species.”
Human destruction of the living world is causing a "frightening" number of plant extinctions, according to scientists who have completed the first global analysis of the issue.

They found 571 species had definitely been wiped out since 1750 but with knowledge of many plant species still very limited the true number is likely to be much higher. The researchers said the plant extinction rate was 500 times greater now than before the industrial revolution, and this was also likely to be an underestimate.

"Plants underpin all life on Earth," said Dr Eimear Nic Lughadha, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, who was part of the team. "They provide the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat, as well as making up the backbone of the world's ecosystems - so plant extinction is bad news for all species."

The number of plants that have disappeared from the wild is more than twice the number of extinct birds, mammals and amphibians combined. The new figure is also four times the number of extinct plants recorded in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list.

Comment: Many signs point to the fact that the earth is of undergoing another extinction event, which appears to be part of a natural cyclic process. What's obscene is that the media uses such studies to persuade people to adopt ludicrous 'climate change' and other 'progressive' agendas by putting ALL the blame on human activities. More on this and other extinction events:

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Cloud Precipitation

Heavy rains leave at least 7 dead in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil

Wu Qin
Xinhua
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:47 UTC
flood
At least seven people died and three others were missing after heavy rains pounded Recife, capital of Brazil's northeastern state of Pernaumbuco, firefighters said on Friday.

Five of the deaths were caused by a landslide that buried four houses in the town of Camaragibe, on the outskirts of Recife.

In the municipality of Jabotao dos Guararapes, which is part of the Recife metro area, a teenager died due to another landslide, and a woman was found dead inside a car submerged in water in a tunnel in Recife.

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Sun

Sun halo shines above St. John's, Newfoundland


CBC News
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:59 UTC
Sun halos over St. John's, NL
© Jeremy Morgan
This year we've seen a sugar maple moon, a super wolf blood moon - even a rare super worm moon, which apparently is a thing. Now we've got a solar halo.

If the sun is visible where you are on Friday, you might notice a strange ring around it. The ring is called a 22-degree halo, because its radius is about 22 degrees around the sun or the moon. The rings are caused by light refraction or splitting through very thin upper level or cirrus clouds made of ice crystals, and can be seen as an indication of coming precipitation.

Weather folklore says a ring around the moon means rain is coming soon, and that does sometimes play out because cirrus clouds do come a day or so ahead of some low-pressure systems, which can bring precipitation, according to Texas A&M.

Potential rain sounds like a regular weather day in Newfoundland and Labrador, you might think - but apparently we're not the only ones seeing a halo right now.

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Rainbow

'Fire rainbows' seen across southeast Michigan

Kevin Jeanes
WXYZ
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:20 UTC
Circumhorizontal arc over Dearborn, MI
© Kara GavinCircumhorizontal arc over Dearborn, Michigan on Wednesday
Photos of colorful clouds over Michigan and other nearby states have been circulating social media this week.

Sometimes this phenomenon is referred to as a "fire rainbow," but the meteorological term is a "circumhorizontal arc."

The colors come from scattered sunlight through horizontal plates of ice crystals. Circumhorizontal arcs usually are seen in the afternoon on a sunny day. Cirrus clouds (the wispy clouds) are made of ice crystals, since the clouds are so high up. The ice crystals that make up these clouds can refract light from the sun when at a steep angle greater than 58°.

Comment: On June 12th, circumhorizontal arcs were seen in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ontario, Canada:

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Cloud Precipitation

England on course for 17th coldest June in 360 years, concerns for crops

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Sat, 15 Jun 2019 10:25 UTC
temps uk cold 2019
It's been a truly miserable run-up to summer for folks in the UK so far, with official data revealing England is currently on for it's 17th coldest June in records dating back to 1659.

The Central England Temperature (CET) record measures the monthly mean surface air temperatures for the Midlands region of England, and is the longest series of monthly temperature observations in existence.

It's current mean reading for June 2019 (provisional to the 14th) is 12.6C (54.7F) - that's 1C below the historically cool 1961-1990 average, the current standard period of reference for climatological data used by the WMO.

Comment: Whereas earlier this year much of Europe saw unseasonable warm weather and unprecedented wildfires: Whilst last year's heatwave caused crop to ripen too early: UK heatwave causes farmers earliest harvest for 40 years - Yield is significantly reduced

For an overview on just what's happening, check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

And for SOTTs monthly documentary on these changes we're seeing, see: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - May 2019: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs



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Arrow Down

Cars plunge into river as bridge collapses in southern China


Sky News
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 09:48 UTC
BRIDGE

Two people are missing after a road bridge plunged into a river and sent two vehicles into the water in southern China.

Heyuan city police said the 120-metre (390-foot) section collapsed early on Friday morning.

China's Xinhua News Agency said two nearby security guards rescued a 44-year-old man but two other people are still missing.

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Info

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Breadbaskets and Deserts Changing What's Next for Global Food Supplies


Adapt 2030
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 20:11 UTC
fooding nebraska crops
© Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency ManagementBiblical flooding this spring has wiped out crops and cattle in the US Midwest
(AUDIO PODCAST)

Michael Lazaro from https://www.evolutionaryenergyarts.com David DuByne creator of the ADAPT 2030 channel on YouTube discusses energetic changes on Earth as the Sun moves into its 400-year cycle affecting crop production, the economy and everyone on our planet. This is an energetic timeline for what you can expect from now to 2023. Michael is known for his studies in Pranic Healing, Quantum Touch, Polarity Therapy and the Nag Hammadi and Dead Sea Scrolls. Evolutionary Energy Arts YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd1B...

- Food growing zones shifting
- China crops being wiped out from army worm infestation
- Delayed crop production in Europe and China
- What happens when citizens don't have enough food
- The skill sets you need to survive changes in society as the grand solar minimum intensifies
- Earth made homes to protect from plasma discharges
- Store six months' worth of food
- Pacific Ocean sea life die off
- Chinese investment areas of north Africa
- China's string of pearls
- Old Roman grain growing areas of north Africa, EU Unified Defense Force will occupy that
- Rainfall increases in Iran, Afghanistan and Indus Valley


Comment: A Global Food Disaster is in The Making

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Sheeple

170 sheep and goats killed by lightning bolt in Banihal, Kashmir

Mohammad Taskeen
Greater Kashmir
Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:50 UTC
dead goats
170 sheep and goat perished after lightning struck Trana village of Banihal in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir last night, police said.

An official said that a police team and officials from veterinary department were rushed to the far-flung village of Trana after information was received.

"170 sheep and goats were found dead due to lightning and thunderstorms on Wednesday night in the village which borders Gool tehsil," said Ranjeet Singh, in charge officer police post Khari.

He said the livestock belonged to Nazir Ahmad, son of Abdul Majid, resident of Dhanour Arnas Reasi, Juma, son of Aziz R/O Dhanour Arnas Reasi, Abul Rehman Lone son of Abdul Sattar Lone R/O Trana Khari Banihal and Lala Bakarwal, son of Tosha Bakarwal Jhandi Thakra Kote Reasi.

Comment: Just two nights earlier in a different part of the same region: Lightning killed over 100 sheep in Kashmir

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