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Snow in September? Winter comes early to northern Italy


The Local (Italy)
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 08:58 UTC
Winter in Livigno, north Italy on September 8
Winter in Livigno, north Italy on September 8
Italy has already had its first snow of the year, with parts of the Alps turned unusually white in the first week of September.

The first flakes began falling on Friday and continued throughout the weekend, leaving the highest slopes covered in several centimetres of snow.

As much as 27 centimetres was measured near Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites, according to regional authorities.



Comment: Early snowfall piles up in the Alps - up to 20 inches deep

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Thick Arctic ice stops yet another ship of 'Climate Change' documentary filmmakers

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 07:22 UTC
MS MALMO came to a grinding halt on Sep 3 off Longyearbyen, the Svalbard Archipelago.
MS MALMO came to a grinding halt on Sep 3 off Longyearbyen, the Svalbard Archipelago.

The MS MALMO is the latest in a long list of ships to have gotten stuck in surprisingly thick Arctic sea ice this year.

The Swedish vessel, built in 1943 and refurbished in 2014, was on an "Arctic tour" with the noble mission of ferrying a team of Climate Change documentary filmmakers to the front line. The teams intention was to capture some of the catastrophic ice melt being reported by the worlds media — ice melt which it would appear still refuses to manifest despite decades of furious willing from the UN & IPCC.

The MS MALMO came to a grinding halt on Sep 3 off Longyearbyen, the Svalbard Archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole, when it encountered impenetrably thick ice.

All 16 icehuggers on-board wound up being evacuated by helicopter in very challenging conditions and at the expense of a carbon-footprint of yeti proportions:

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Stone fruit production in Río Negro, Argentina affected by severe frost


Fresh Plaza
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:02 UTC
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The last frosts in the Alto Valley of Rio Negro, which had extremely cold temperatures of almost -10º C for 14 hours, could have damaged much of the region's fruit production, especially stone fruits, such as peaches and plums. The damages are currently being evaluated by the technicians of the Secretariat of Fruit Cultivation of Rio Negro.

Fortunately, as stated by the provincial Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, Alberto Diomedi, "the Inter-jurisdictional Authority of the Limay, Neuquen, and Negro River Basins (AIC) had announced this extreme weather event five days in advance, which allowed producers to prepare to face it." The government sent water through the irrigation canals so that the producers could spray it as a defense against the frost, the official said.

Comment: Elsewhere recently in the country: Argentine stone fruits expected to suffer serious losses due to harsh late frosts

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Early snowfall for Labrador, Canada


VOCM
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:49 UTC
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© Phoebe Davis
While most of the province was battling high winds and rain over the weekend, a section of Labrador faced a different kind of precipitation.

Phoebe Davis took to Facebook to share a photo of snow-covered roadways that her kids ran into on their way to Goose Bay.

Environment Canada Meteorologist, Rob Carroll says this is Dorian's doing.
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Snowflake

Early snowfall piles up in the Alps - up to 20 inches deep

Roger Fulton
Snow Magazine
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:52 UTC
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The past weekend has brought heavy snowfall on glaciers in the central and eastern Alps with totals up to 40cm on Austria's Hintertux and Stubai glaciers and 50cm at Passo Stelvio in Italy.

And though France largely missed out, there was a dusting at Val Thorens, while the Dolomites in Italy saw white coverings to mountain tops, and sometimes down to resort level, as low as 1500 metres, for example at Alta Badia.

It's way too soon to see this as a sign of what's in store for the main winter season, but it will be welcomed by anyone heading to one of the handful of glaciers offering skiing at this stage in September.

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Sun

Record-breaking summer heatwave caused 1,500 deaths across France


RT
Sun, 08 Sep 2019 18:10 UTC
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© Reuters / Pascal Rossignol
France has calculated the death toll from the record heatwave which hit Europe this summer, with its health minister reporting that the abnormal weather caused 1,500 deaths in the country.

There were "18 days of extreme heat" in France this year and not everyone managed to live through them, Agnes Buzyn said in a radio interview.

The heat exceeded 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in June and July and saw temperature records rewritten in more than 50 cities across the country. In the southern commune of Gallargues-le-Montueux, thermometers measured a French national record of 46 Celsius (114.8 Fahrenheit).

"We've observed 1,500 additional deaths... in those months," the minister said, adding that only around a half of the victims were elderly people, aged over 75, the rest being younger citizens.

Overall, the heat negatively affected the health of almost 20 million people in the country, according to Buzyn.
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Earliest snow for 30 years in Sochi, Russia


Kestnik Kavkaza
Sat, 07 Sep 2019 11:55 UTC
Sochi
The first snow fell in one of the Sochi resorts at an altitude of 2050 m above sea level.

According to the local television channel sochi24.tv, the snowfall began on Saturday morning, and by the evening the snow had not melted.

Locals confirm this by sharing photos on social networks.

It is noted that such early snow was not observed in Sochi for 30 years.

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Heavy snowfall across Austrian, Italian and French Alps (and it's still summertime!)

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:48 UTC
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© Passo Gavia / Severe Weather EuropeWinter conditions at Passo Gavia (2621 m), northern Italy, September 8th, 2019
Heavy snowfall has been reported on glaciers in the Alps. The snow is expected to keep falling through the weekend with some areas forecast to get up to 60cm (two feet) of snow up high by Monday.

This morning the Stubai glacier in the Austrian Tirol (pictured), one of those likely to open for its 9-10 month 2019-20 season later this month, said it had had 10cm (4 inches) of fresh snow so far.



Comment: Parts of Switzerland see early heavy snowfall - up to half a metre

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Parts of Switzerland see early heavy snowfall - up to half a metre


Swissinfo.ch
Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:10 UTC
Andermatt
© Pascal SchaerAndermatt, Switzerland
Snow has arrived in Switzerland, with places in the Alps reporting snowfall down to 1,400 metres. Some passes and routes have been disrupted.

The most snow fell in the Gotthard region, according to SRF Meteo, the German-language national broadcaster's weather service.

Snowfall in the mountains in early September is quite normal, said Sabine Balmer from SRF Meteo. It can even snow down to 1,500 metres during July and August. But such early snow has become increasingly rare in recent years, she added.

Up to half a metre of snow fell above 2,000 metres elevation, whereas lower down, the Alpine resorts of Andermatt and Sedrun were covered in white on Friday morning.



Comment: September snowfall begins in the Austrian and Italian Alps

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Argentine stone fruits expected to suffer serious losses due to harsh late frosts


Fresh Plaza
Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:15 UTC
Uco Valley
© Claudio Gutiérrez / Los AndesSevere frost in the Uco Valley
The frosts recorded on Tuesday, September 3, in the country have caused serious damage to crops, especially to almond, peach, and plum trees. That day, the frost lasted for more than 12 hours and the temperatures recorded in the southern oasis went down to -10° C and -5 to -8°C in the Uco Valley. In addition, according to forecasts, there will be more frost in the next few days and the temperatures will range between -3° and -5° C.

According to Martin Cavagnaro, an agricultural engineer from the Directorate of Agriculture and Climate Contingencies (DACC), "we'll know the actual damage in the next few days, when we can make a more thorough evaluation, making cuts in the buds and evaluating the flowers. There's probably some damage that we'll be unable to see until it manifests on the plant, such as tissue death or necrosis."
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