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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
water drinking
© 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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Snowflake

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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Snowflake

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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Snowflake

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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Snowflake Cold

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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Ice Age Farmer Report: ALERT: US 'Growing Degrees' plummet - Farms go offline


Ice Age Farmer
Tue, 03 Sep 2019 13:37 UTC
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2019 was much colder than 2018! You won't hear this in media. Christian of Ice Age Farmer equips you with cold, hard GDD data and intellectual ammunition in order to start conversations about how quickly conditions on our planet are changing. As the Solar Minimum forces temperatures to decline further, more and more of the planet will lose the ability to farm as we have been. This statement is based solely on cooler temperatures, and does not factor in increased cloud cover, precipitative extremes, hail storms, or still other effects of Galactic Cosmic Rays -- all of which we can also expect! Start growing your own food today.


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Bizarro Earth

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: French vineyard losses or purposely vanished civilization cycle


Adapt 2030
Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:13 UTC
Frost damage to French vineyards
© Christian Hartmann / Reuters Workers and wine growers light heaters early in the morning, to protect vineyards from frost damage outside Chablis, France
Article out from Bloomberg claiming that French Vineyard losses are because of the warmest and driest conditions since the 1300s. I trace back recent cooling over the last four years that questions that plus going back to 1445 in wine production through France, something doesn't fit historical timelines of civilization.

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Comment: Extreme weather to cut French wine output by 12% this year

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Wine n Glass

Extreme weather to cut French wine output by 12% this year


Reuters
Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:40 UTC
Vines badly burnt by the sun and heat in a vineyard in Sussargues, southern France
© Sylvain Thomas/AFP/Getty ImagesVines badly burnt by the sun and heat in a vineyard in Sussargues, southern France, at the end of June.
French wine production will fall 12% this year after vines were damaged by spring frosts, drought and hail, but quality will remain generally good, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.

In its second estimate for 2019, the ministry forecast production of 43.4 million hectolitres, down from 49.4 million in 2018 when output had benefited from good weather condition.

Last month the farm ministry put French output in 2019 in a range of 42.8 million to 46.4 million hectolitres.

A hectolitre (100 litres) is the equivalent of about 133 standard wine bottles.

In many vineyards, flowering occurred in rainy and cold weather, while heat and hail have also contributed to a decline in production potential, the ministry said in a note.

However, the situation will vary by region.

Record-breaking heatwaves in June and July affected some regions in the south, such as the Gard, Herault or Var, causing burns on the grapes and production losses, it said.

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Snowflake Cold

More record cold in European Russia, this time in the center

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:19 UTC
frost
Last night in the northeast of the Central District, the temperature dropped below freezing.

30 Aug 2019 - In Sharya, in the north of the Kostroma region, the air cooled to -3 degrees, and in the grassland the temperature dropped to -7 degrees. Records will be announced later.

The temperature reached record values ​​in the Black Earth region according to Weather and Climate. In Tambov it dropped to +1.6 degrees, a new daily record. The previous record of +2.8 degrees was set in 1980.

Thanks to Victor for this link.

Comment: New record cold in northern European Russia

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