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Sudden stratospheric warming is the unusual climate variation affecting ozone, heat and wind

Kate Doyle and Ben Deacon
ABC Local
Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:52 UTC
The smallest ozone hole in decades is one impact of this year's unusual warming event
© NASA
The smallest ozone hole in decades is one impact of this year's unusual warming event.
We just had the smallest ozone hole since 1982, the drought is dragging on and the fire danger is forecast to be up. What connects all these events? Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW).

South Australia was sizzling on Thursday, but relief is coming as a cold front makes its way across the country.

Victoria is expected to have a hot night before the front arrives, then it will be New South Wales's turn in the hot seat on Friday.

Pinning one event on a single climate driver is fraught, but this bout of warm weather fits with what would be expected as one of the strongest SSWs in 40 years starts impacting Earth's surface.

The official outlook is for warm dry conditions in the months ahead.

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Over 16 inches of October snow in 24 hours at Showdown, Montana

Brandon Michaels
krtv.com
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:48 UTC
snow
It's been a snowy Wednesday for parts of the area, especially as you get closer to the mountains. Up to six inches of snow was reported along the Rocky Mountain Front, with as much as 16 inches reported in the Little Belts, as you can see in the photos below from Showdown ski area.

Snow is still falling Wednesday afternoon, but the showers are weakening, and will die out Wednesday night. Our skies will be clearing out as well, and low temperatures will be in the mid to upper 20s.

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Cloud Precipitation

Relentless rainfall causing "serious" problems with Ireland's potato harvest, may result in national shortage

Rachael O'Connor
Irish Post
Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:00 UTC
Ireland potato
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ADVERSE WEATHER conditions which have battered Ireland for months has resulted in "serious" problems with the annual potato harvest and could lead to a national shortage, experts have warned.

According to RTÉ, the constant wet weather has resulted in just 30% of the national crop being harvested so far, with fears of big losses if Ireland is not hit with a prolonged dry spell, as wet soil can cause potatoes to rot in the ground.

If the situation is not rectified quickly, farmers could lose profits and there could be a severe shortage of Irish potatoes available to buy across the country.

Rainfall in the northeast of the country, where half the national crop is grown, experienced rainfall double that of the monthly average in August and September, and this has resulted in only a small percentage of the crops being harvested.

Comment: These kinds of reports are now happening throughout the year and all over the world: Erratic seasons and extreme weather devastating crops around the world

See also: And check out SOTT's monthly documentary for more: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - September 2019: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs



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Galaxy

Rarely-seen atmospheric gravity wave phenomenon captured by satellite over Australia

Irena Ceranic
ABC
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:22 UTC
gravity wave australia
© Weatherzone (ABC News)
Atmospheric gravity waves off northern WA.
Satellite images have captured a usually invisible phenomenon known as atmospheric gravity waves pulsing through clouds off Western Australia's north-west.

Thunderstorms in the Pilbara and Kimberley on Monday and Tuesday triggered the waves, which spread out over the Indian Ocean and combined with a plume of dust to create a spectacular and rarely-seen display.

Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) senior meteorologist Adam Morgan said atmospheric gravity waves were basically ripples in the sky.

"When you think of waves in the ocean, they're a type of gravity wave," he said.

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Cloud Precipitation

8 dead after chaotic day of heavy rains, flooding in Egypt


VOA
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:10 UTC
FLOOD
© Mina Kamel
Heavy rains that pummeled the capital of Cairo and other parts of the country, causing massive traffic jams and flooding many key roads, left at least eight people dead, including four children, authorities said Wednesday.

People captured images of Tuesday's downpours and flooding on their mobile phones, posting images on social media, including scenes of cars submerged by flood waters.

In one dramatic video, a man on a bulldozer pulls the lifeless body of a little girl out of the water in a flooded area in northern Sharqia Province as shouts and screams are heard in the background. Another video shows a policeman, steps away from the presidential palace in Cairo's district of Heliopolis, wading into a flooded street to unclog a sewage drain.

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Cloud Precipitation

Death toll rises to 18 in central Nigeria flood disaster - 41,000 displaced

Olatunji Saliu
Xinhua
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:54 UTC
Flooding in Niger state community

Flooding in Niger state community
Death toll has risen to 18 due to the floods caused by persistent rainfall in central Nigeria, said a local official on Wednesday.

Confirming the figure to reporters, Ibrahim Inga, head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency in Nigeria's central region, said eight more deaths were recorded recently.

On October 16, Inga had earlier confirmed 10 deaths recorded over the past two months as the floods wreaked havoc in the state.

So far, 41,959 people have been displaced due to the disaster, the official said.

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Attention

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Food shortages in economic collapse, what really happens to calories


Adapt 2030
Thu, 24 Oct 2019 03:50 UTC
Futuristic underground city
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
We finally know what will happen in an economic collapse, food shortages and hyperinflation, you either have the money to buy or the food will be exported. There will be no hand outs out of sympathy. A look at new IPCC natural variability models vs. CO2 inputs and a look at one million years of ice gain and retreat on Earth.

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Ibiza tornado: Multiple people injured as storm rips through holiday resort

Zamira Rahim
The Independent
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:45 UTC
Ibiza tornado
© Silke Menzer
Wind gusts of up to 140km/h hit the town
A tornado has struck a popular tourist spot in Ibiza, leaving at least three people injured, hundreds of trees uprooted and residents stranded.

Torrential rain and wind gusts of between 120 and 140km/h swept across Sant Antoni de Portmany, a town on the island's west coast, on Tuesday night.

The tornado shattered car windows and felled telephone and electricity poles, according to Periodico Ibiza.

A storm surge caused 4m waves to hit the island's coast, according to AEMET, Spain's meteorological service.

Comment: See also: Second freak tornado to touch down in France this week

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Rainbow

Cooling atmosphere: Circumzenithal arc seen over Hull, England

Nathan Standley
Hull Live
Tue, 22 Oct 2019 20:15 UTC
circumzenithal arc over Hull, England
© Lee Middleton
A rare 'upside-down rainbow' has been spotted in the sky above Hull.

Lee Middleton was walking near Swinderby Garth in Bransholme on Tuesday afternoon when his five-year-old son Tyler saw the unusual phenomenon.

He said: "Tyler saw it first and shouted that their was a rainbow in the sky.

"As I looked it blew my mind, the colours are the opposite way round to a rainbow I think - it was so strange, I had never seen anything like it.

"Of course we've all seen rainbows but a rainbow in the sky without rain? Incredible sight."

According to the Met Office, the 'upside-down rainbow' was actually a circumzenithal arc.
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Seismograph

Strong shallow 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits equator in the Atlantic, no tsunami threat


BNO News
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:00 UTC
location
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck along the equator in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, but it hit well off the coast of Africa and north of Ascension Island, seismologists say. No tsunami warnings have been issued.

The earthquake, which struck at 4:08 p.m. GMT on Wednesday, was centered along the equator in the Atlantic Ocean, about 755 kilometers (469 miles) northeast of Ascension Island, which is part of the United Kingdom, or 858 kilometers (533 miles) southwest of Liberia.

Seismologists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) put the magnitude at 6.3, down from an initial estimate of 6.5. They said it struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) below the seabed, making it a very shallow earthquake.
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