Extreme Temperatures

Tomato production fell 20% due to the intense heat in July in Extremadura, Spain

Fresh Plaza
Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:21 UTC

According to Extremadura's Grouping of Agricultural Cooperatives (Acopaex), this season's tomato production will be 20% lower than the figures that were initially expected as a result of the intense heat in the month of July. The president of Acopaex, Domingo Fernandez, said that 2.1 million tons had been contracted but that they would collect 500,000 fewer tons.

After the last few years of good harvests, the production has suffered; not only in Extremadura, but also in other producing territories such as Andalusia, Portugal, or Italy. Producers are worried about this situation, especially because they won't have enough tomatoes to be profitable, as prices have been very tight for years.

The production of the current campaign will also be 20% lower than last year's production when producers obtained a similar figure than what had been contracted. "This had not happened for many years. We might sometimes produce 2, 3, or 5% less than what was contracted, but 20% less is a very large amount," Fernandez stated.

Source: hoy.es

Wildfires tear through drought-racked Paraguay amid record heat

William Costa
The Guardian
Fri, 02 Oct 2020 11:55 UTC

Members of Paraguay’s highway patrol and local residents try to extinguish a fire on 27 September in San Bernardino, east of Asuncion, Paraguay.

© Norberto Duarte/AFP/Getty Images
Members of Paraguay’s highway patrol and local residents try to extinguish a fire on 27 September in San Bernardino, east of Asuncion, Paraguay.

Country faces more than 5,000 fires, with yellow smoke reaching the capital as neighbouring Brazil and Argentina face blazes

Devastating wildfires have broken out across across Paraguay, as drought and record high temperatures continue to exacerbate blazes across South America.

A total of 5,231 individual wildfires broke out across the country on 1 October - up 3,000 on the previous day. Most of were concentrated in the arid Chaco region in the west of the country, but thick yellow smoke had reached as far as the capital, Asunción.

Paraguay's outbreak came as the southern hemisphere heads into summer and neighbouring countries also face unprecedented wildfires. The Brazilian Amazon is recording its worst blazes in a decade, with numbers up 61% on the widely reported fires of last year, and separate fires in the southern Pantanal region.

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: A pattern emerges do you see it

Adapt 2030
Sat, 03 Oct 2020 05:33 UTC

The interconnectedness of stock markets going off line, universal basic income in Switzerland unveiled as food insecurity hits New Jersey in the USA. Crop losses continue mounting across the planet as both hemispheres experience extreme out of season cold and deep snows. Its apparent now the shift is here.

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Heavy early snow on Triglav mountain in Slovenia

JL Flanner
Total Slovenia News
Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:00 UTC

The Triglav Lodge at Kredarica

The photo above is from the webcam set up at Triglav Lodge at Kredarica, the highest mountain hut in Slovenia and the highest meteorological station in the country.

You can check on the current conditions, as see images from many other webcams in the hills and mountains of the country here.

Unusual winter records for September in Spain - up to half a meter of snow

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:46 UTC

That's winter, as in WINTER.

Up to half a meter of snow in high altitudes, while the meteorological station of Cogulla, in Cerler registered the minimum for the country on Sunday with -5.9 degrees.

The Cogulla meteorological station, located in Cerler, at 2,300 meters, registered the minimum in the country on Sunday at -5.9 degrees.

Torla was the second coldest with -1.9 (in Cebollar, at 1,900 m) and Panticosa, the third, with -1.1 (in Petrosos, at 1,850). Among the top ten places, the 2 degrees of Benabarre also stand out, as this station is located in a population center.

Així tenim de nevat 🌨️ avui el Refugi @FEEC_cat de Certascan, un dels indrets del #PNAltPirineu on sol precipitar més quan venen temporals de nord, al xocar els núvols amb el massís de la #PicadEstats situat més al sud i quedar estancats a la Vall de #Lladorre pic.twitter.com/qhgywSSF8A
— Parc Natural de l'Alt Pirineu (@pnaltpirineu) September 26, 2020

Comment: In nearby Andorra:

WOW... Heavy #snowfall today 2nd October in Pas De La Casa, Andorra, #Pyrenees! An early start to winter in Europe recently! #SevereWeather Video by 📸 https://t.co/REffsQiJUk pic.twitter.com/cLogZHh18m
— WEATHER/ METEO WORLD (@StormchaserUKEU) October 2, 2020

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: The truth about the next ten years

Adapt 2030
Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:17 UTC

There are now 15 of the top astrophysics and scientists across the globe stating that a new Grand Solar Minimum will completely envelop our planet by 2030. The shift for our societies will be tremendous as the Sun heading to Solar Max registered 32 days in a row with no sunspots. Europe record early deep snow along with Ireland with the coldest September temperatures ever recorded.

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Italy's coldest September in 50 years

Wanted in Milan
Mon, 28 Sep 2020 21:27 UTC

September snow falls near Rome

Temperatures plunge suddenly as Italy battered by torrential rain.

Italy's incessant rain and sudden drop in temperature in recent days have resulted in the country's coldest September for 50 years, reports Italian media.

Over the weekend, temperatures in Italy plunged by between 10 and 15 degrees, leading to snow falls much earlier than usual.

The spell of bad weather, triggered by a belt of cold air from northern Europe, has been particularly intense in Milan and Turin which recorded 5°C and 4°C degrees respectively on the night of Sunday 27 September.

Mount Buller hit by 16 inches of spring snow in Victorian Alps, Australia

Mikaela Ortolan, Matt Dowling
abc.net.au
Mon, 28 Sep 2020 21:12 UTC

It's the middle of spring, but Victorian Alps have turned into a wintry wonderland following the cold blast that swept through most of the state at the weekend.

Mount Buller recorded more than 40 centimetres of fresh snow, one of its largest snowfalls of the season.

Mount Buller resort's Rhylla Morgan said it was a real taste of winter.

"It went from spring back to winter very quickly," Ms Morgan said.

Beartooth Highway closed due to 3-4 foot snow drifts in Wyoming

Brendan LaChance
Oil City News
Mon, 28 Sep 2020 20:55 UTC

Wyoming Department of Transportation Public Relations Specialist Cody Beers said on Monday, Sept. 28 that a portion of Beartooth Highway has been closed.

He noted there are 3-4 foot snow drifts at the summit of the pass.

"Beartooth Highway (US212) will remain closed until further notice from the Long Lake barricade on the Wyoming side of the Wyoming/Montana border to the MT/WY state line," Beers said.

Beers said that the National Parks Service is monitoring the road.

"It may be reopened if the winter weather moderates," he added.

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: This is what happens when global growing seasons shorten

Adapt 2030
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 13:44 UTC

Indian Farmers told to deal directly with multi-national companies to sell food, Europe orders Romania to give crops to the collective. Record cold and out of season events in both hemispheres as all signs point to 2021 as the roll over year for global food production in the Grand Solar Minimum.