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Hong Kong’s Coldest May Day In Over 100 Years; Argentina Freezes; + April In Antarctica Finishes -3C Below 1958-2021 Average
May 2, 2022 Cap Allon
Hong Kong’s Coldest May Day In Over 100 Years
Hong Kong recorded its coldest May temperature for more than a century on Monday morning.
The Hong Kong Observatory reported a minimum temperature of 16.4C (61.5F) in Tsim Sha Tsui, the lowest reading in May since 1917 (The Centennial Minimum), and breaking the previous record-low from 2013 of 16.6C (61.9F).
Meteorologist Leung Wing-mo, a former assistant director at the Observatory, said such a low temperature in May was “rare”, and was about 7C lower than the average minimum temperature of 23.3C (74F).
“Under global warming, cool weather in May will be rarer, while hot weather will be more common, which we are worried about,” said the ‘expert’. “So cold weather in May is in fact a good sign.”
Another Climate Scientist with Impeccable Credentials Breaks Ranks: “Our models are Mickey-Mouse Mockeries of the Real World”
Nakamura: “[The models have] no understanding of cloud formation/forcing,” also: “Assumptions are made, then adjustments are made to support a narrative.”
The chill hasn’t been confined to Hong Kong, either; the month of May has commenced with low temperature records falling across southeast Asia. Serving as just two examples: on May 1, the mercury dropped to -6.3C (20.7F) at Sumakawa in Japan and +1.7C (35F) at Munsan in South Korea — both new record lows.
The intense cold has now entered the tropics where additional records are expected to tumble over the next few days.
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 1 [tropicaltidbits.com].
Argentina Freezes
Checking in with South America –a region of the world crucial for this season’s grain crops (with Ukraine/Russia offline and te U.S. suffering extensive planting delays)– Argentina, like SE Asia, is also suffering an intense spell of cold.
Hard frosts were observed in Southern and Central areas of Argentina on May 1.
As a result, a myriad of new monthly low temperature records have been set, including Maquinchao’s -11.2C (11.8F); San Antonio Oeste’s -6.8C (19.8F); Puerto Madryn’s -5.2C (22.6F); and Trelew’s -3.9C (25F).
The snow has been just as impressive.
Below is a look at the 100+cm (40 inches) that struck just west of Patagonia at the end of April:
Argentina’s freeze is further bad news for the nation’s crops, particularly corn, which, in early May, is at a crucial stage of growth.
The Rockefellers, World Bank, IMF And WEF All Warn Of A “Massive Global Food Crisis”
The world faces a “human catastrophe” from a food crisis. The elites are broadcasting warnings. Heed them.
Looking ahead, the polar cold is forecast to continue its march ‘up’ the South American continent over the next few days, and is expected to have engulfed southern Brazil by Wednesday.
April In Antarctica Finished -3C Below 1958-2021 Average
Preliminary data for stations across Antarctica are in for April 2022, and it was anomalous-cold one.
April at the South Pole Station finished approx. -2C below the multidecadal norm.
While a -3C anomaly was noted at the infamous Vostok station against the 1958-2021 mean.
Antarctica’s April chills continue the unmistakable cooling trend witnessed over the past few years:
In these Days of “Catastrophic Global Warming,” the South Pole just suffered its Coldest ‘Winter’ in Recorded History
With an average temperature of -61.1C (-78F), the South Pole has just logged its coldest 6-month spell ever recorded (April-Sept).
South Pole Suffered Record Cold 2021; Cars Delivered To Russian Port Caked In Thick Ice; Little Ice Age Conditions Strike North America–Hundreds Stranded On I-95, Virginia; + Sunspots Fade
It is the cumulative effect of low solar activity (from SC24, 25 & beyond) that will usher in cooler terrestrial temperatures. #GSM
If you want proof of MSM obfuscation you need look no further than their bogus reporting of Antarctica.
Today’s article was a relatively short one.
There is a farmer’s market this morning in our local town. The markets in Central Portugal are very different to the ones in the UK. They have your standard fare (clothes, local produce etc.) but they also sell things like fruit trees and live poultry–and with us looking to expand both our orchard and chicken flock, we’re hoping today will kill two birds.
We’re really stepping up our prepping efforts this spring and summer. I’m worried that by harvest time 2022 the penny will have dropped for the masses re. food shortages and the true extent of the mess we’re in, and that panic will then quickly ensue.
I suggest everyone heed the warnings being broadcast by the elites, and prepare as best they can.
The Rockefellers, World Bank, IMF And WEF All Warn Of A “Massive Global Food Crisis”
The world faces a “human catastrophe” from a food crisis. The elites are broadcasting warnings. Heed them.
Confluence Of Catastrophes: The Next Great Depression Could Be Just Months Away
Prepare NOW.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
Hong Kong’s Coldest May Day In Over 100 Years; Argentina Freezes; + April In Antarctica Finishes -3C Below 1958-2021 Average
May 2, 2022 Cap Allon
Hong Kong’s Coldest May Day In Over 100 Years
Hong Kong recorded its coldest May temperature for more than a century on Monday morning.
The Hong Kong Observatory reported a minimum temperature of 16.4C (61.5F) in Tsim Sha Tsui, the lowest reading in May since 1917 (The Centennial Minimum), and breaking the previous record-low from 2013 of 16.6C (61.9F).
Meteorologist Leung Wing-mo, a former assistant director at the Observatory, said such a low temperature in May was “rare”, and was about 7C lower than the average minimum temperature of 23.3C (74F).
“Under global warming, cool weather in May will be rarer, while hot weather will be more common, which we are worried about,” said the ‘expert’. “So cold weather in May is in fact a good sign.”
Another Climate Scientist with Impeccable Credentials Breaks Ranks: “Our models are Mickey-Mouse Mockeries of the Real World”
Nakamura: “[The models have] no understanding of cloud formation/forcing,” also: “Assumptions are made, then adjustments are made to support a narrative.”
The chill hasn’t been confined to Hong Kong, either; the month of May has commenced with low temperature records falling across southeast Asia. Serving as just two examples: on May 1, the mercury dropped to -6.3C (20.7F) at Sumakawa in Japan and +1.7C (35F) at Munsan in South Korea — both new record lows.
The intense cold has now entered the tropics where additional records are expected to tumble over the next few days.
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 1 [tropicaltidbits.com].
Argentina Freezes
Checking in with South America –a region of the world crucial for this season’s grain crops (with Ukraine/Russia offline and te U.S. suffering extensive planting delays)– Argentina, like SE Asia, is also suffering an intense spell of cold.
Hard frosts were observed in Southern and Central areas of Argentina on May 1.
As a result, a myriad of new monthly low temperature records have been set, including Maquinchao’s -11.2C (11.8F); San Antonio Oeste’s -6.8C (19.8F); Puerto Madryn’s -5.2C (22.6F); and Trelew’s -3.9C (25F).
The snow has been just as impressive.
Below is a look at the 100+cm (40 inches) that struck just west of Patagonia at the end of April:
Argentina’s freeze is further bad news for the nation’s crops, particularly corn, which, in early May, is at a crucial stage of growth.
The Rockefellers, World Bank, IMF And WEF All Warn Of A “Massive Global Food Crisis”
The world faces a “human catastrophe” from a food crisis. The elites are broadcasting warnings. Heed them.
Looking ahead, the polar cold is forecast to continue its march ‘up’ the South American continent over the next few days, and is expected to have engulfed southern Brazil by Wednesday.
April In Antarctica Finished -3C Below 1958-2021 Average
Preliminary data for stations across Antarctica are in for April 2022, and it was anomalous-cold one.
April at the South Pole Station finished approx. -2C below the multidecadal norm.
While a -3C anomaly was noted at the infamous Vostok station against the 1958-2021 mean.
Antarctica’s April chills continue the unmistakable cooling trend witnessed over the past few years:
In these Days of “Catastrophic Global Warming,” the South Pole just suffered its Coldest ‘Winter’ in Recorded History
With an average temperature of -61.1C (-78F), the South Pole has just logged its coldest 6-month spell ever recorded (April-Sept).
South Pole Suffered Record Cold 2021; Cars Delivered To Russian Port Caked In Thick Ice; Little Ice Age Conditions Strike North America–Hundreds Stranded On I-95, Virginia; + Sunspots Fade
It is the cumulative effect of low solar activity (from SC24, 25 & beyond) that will usher in cooler terrestrial temperatures. #GSM
If you want proof of MSM obfuscation you need look no further than their bogus reporting of Antarctica.
Today’s article was a relatively short one.
There is a farmer’s market this morning in our local town. The markets in Central Portugal are very different to the ones in the UK. They have your standard fare (clothes, local produce etc.) but they also sell things like fruit trees and live poultry–and with us looking to expand both our orchard and chicken flock, we’re hoping today will kill two birds.
We’re really stepping up our prepping efforts this spring and summer. I’m worried that by harvest time 2022 the penny will have dropped for the masses re. food shortages and the true extent of the mess we’re in, and that panic will then quickly ensue.
I suggest everyone heed the warnings being broadcast by the elites, and prepare as best they can.
The Rockefellers, World Bank, IMF And WEF All Warn Of A “Massive Global Food Crisis”
The world faces a “human catastrophe” from a food crisis. The elites are broadcasting warnings. Heed them.
Confluence Of Catastrophes: The Next Great Depression Could Be Just Months Away
Prepare NOW.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
TxGal
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May kicking off on frosty note across North America -- Earth Changes -- Sott.net
May kicking off on frosty note across North America
Weatherboy
Sun, 01 May 2022 11:45 UTC
© weatherboy.com
Chilly temperatures will greet many on the first morning of the new month of May.
While the calendar marches forward closer and closer to summer, Old Man Winter continues to hang on tight, kicking off May on a frosty note across many states.
With unusually cold air expected in some parts of the north, the National Weather Service has issued frost and freeze advisories where the early growing season could be impacted by unusually cold conditions.
Portions of California, Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island are currently under advisories from the National Weather Service due to frost and freeze concerns.
While the calendar says May is here, the weather has been more winter-like than not lately. An unusual blizzard just struck portions of the country in recent days ...made more unusual by the fact that the same area was hit by a long-duration winter storm just says before; that earlier storm brought record breaking blizzard conditions and dropped incredible amounts of late-season snow.
An unusually potent late-season nor'easter dropped heavy snow over portions of the northeast in mid-April; even northern New Jersey saw several inches of wet snow from the storm. Even Hawaii got in on the wintry action, with a winter storm that brought Winter Storm Warnings to the Big Island and produced an Easter Sunday morning with a snowy view for many.
The cold air does seem to be fading in long-rage forecasts through. The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center says temperatures will actually be more above normal across the country than not by the middle of May.
May kicking off on frosty note across North America
Weatherboy
Sun, 01 May 2022 11:45 UTC
© weatherboy.com
Chilly temperatures will greet many on the first morning of the new month of May.
While the calendar marches forward closer and closer to summer, Old Man Winter continues to hang on tight, kicking off May on a frosty note across many states.
With unusually cold air expected in some parts of the north, the National Weather Service has issued frost and freeze advisories where the early growing season could be impacted by unusually cold conditions.
Portions of California, Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island are currently under advisories from the National Weather Service due to frost and freeze concerns.
While the calendar says May is here, the weather has been more winter-like than not lately. An unusual blizzard just struck portions of the country in recent days ...made more unusual by the fact that the same area was hit by a long-duration winter storm just says before; that earlier storm brought record breaking blizzard conditions and dropped incredible amounts of late-season snow.
An unusually potent late-season nor'easter dropped heavy snow over portions of the northeast in mid-April; even northern New Jersey saw several inches of wet snow from the storm. Even Hawaii got in on the wintry action, with a winter storm that brought Winter Storm Warnings to the Big Island and produced an Easter Sunday morning with a snowy view for many.
The cold air does seem to be fading in long-rage forecasts through. The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center says temperatures will actually be more above normal across the country than not by the middle of May.
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Asia’s Record Cold Spell Intensifies; Colder-Than-Average April For Canada; America’s Planting Delays; + Central Europe Chills
May 3, 2022 Cap Allon
Asia’s Record Cold Spell Intensifies
Tuesday, May 3 is proving another record-cold day across southeast Asia as Earth’s jet streams continue to be thrown out of whack by an electrical stepping down on our sun.
In South Korea, lows of -2.7C (27.1F) and 1.5C (34.7F) were noted in Taegwallyong and Chupungyeong, respectively — both new record lows for the month of May.
Hong Kong’s Coldest May Day In Over 100 Years; Argentina Freezes; + April In Antarctica Finishes -3C Below 1958-2021 Average
If you want proof of MSM obfuscation you need look no further than their bogus reporting of Antarctica.
And along with the historically frigid day suffered in Hong Kong on May 2 (article linked above), nearby Macao also observed its coldest May temperature since 1917 on Monday with a reading of 14.9C (58.8F); while in mainland China, the sprawling port city of Guangzhou registered 13.7C (56.7F), its coldest May day in recorded history.
The cold air is now expanding south into Vietnam, Laos and Thailand, and already benchmarks are falling there, too.
Sapa, Vietnam saw 8C (46.4F) on May 3, the nation’s lowest May temperature in an inhabited locale ever recorded; while in Thailand, a myriad of monthly lows have been broken, with readings plunging to just 0.5C above the national monthly low.
Pockets of anomalous cold are forecast to persist across Asia until mid-May, though the picture looks mixed. After that, another nation-spanning mass of ‘blues’, ‘pinks’ and ‘purples’ are predicted to descend May 13, engulfing a vast portion of China, and threatening additional monthly low temperature records:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 13 [].
Colder-Than-Average April For Canada
April 2022 in Canada was a cold one.
According to ECCC data, the country averaged a temperature anomaly of -0.75C below the multidecadal average last month.
It was particularly cold in the West, reports @Pat_wx on Twitter, with some regions finishing -3C below the norm:
Frosts and freezes are now persisting into May, too, spelling further bad news for Canada’s crops.
America’s Planting Delays
Planting delays south of the border are also compounding global grain shortages and sending prices higher.
Iowa, for example –America’s largest corn growing state– suffered historic lows last week, and this week isn’t looking much better:
The Grand Solar Minimum is also delaying planting across the Dakotas, too.
“The weather has been a little bit strange,” said Paul Thomas, a farmer in north-central North Dakota.
“We were looking at a really early spring. In fact, we actually had our drill hooked up, ready to sow seed [in mid-April] before the snowstorm hit … We got hit with 40 inches of snow and it sure changed the outlook for spring work,” explained Thomas.
That Easter blizzard wasn’t a one-off, either — it was chased by additional snowstorms, an incredibly rare feat for April.
“The thing about this April storm compared to some in the past is we’ve stayed so cold since we’ve had the snow,” added Thomas. “We’re going on 12 days now, and we’re still looking at major snow banks and fields that are 60% to 70% covered with snow yet.”
Water-logged and/or snow-buried fields are still common sights across North Dakota, and with the calendar now showing May, Thomas is calling it a race against time before the planting window closes: “We’ll plant corn all the way out until about May 25,” said Thomas. “That’s kind of our drop dead date, but we try and get it all in by May 10 to May 15.”
However, a frigid weather outlook for the next two to three weeks is dampening any remaining hopes.
Shifting attention west, San Diego is another example of lingering spring cold. The NWS said Monday that the last five months have been measurably cooler than the average temperatures of the past 30 years. In fact, San Diego has held cooler than average for five consecutive months now.
While across vast portions of the CONUS, the past 7-days have been dominated by record-breaking low temperatures:
However, it’s not only the late-season cold that’s hampering the efforts of North American farmers. A shortfall of seeds, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides are also all-but ensuring a crippling poor harvest come September/October-time.
The prefect storm is brewing.
Take back your family’s food security.
Grow your own, and secure your wealth — inflation will soon render fiat worst than useless.
Central Europe Chills
Likewise in Central Europe, April was unusually chilly…
Austria
The landlocked nation of Austria suffered a temperature anomaly of -1.2C below the norm last month.
It was very cold in the East, slightly milder in some Western parts:
[ZAMG]
Switzerland
April 2022 in Switzerland was also chiller than usual.
The country had an average temperature of 4.6C, according to data from Meteo Swiss:
Germany
Late-season chills have also been prevailing in Germany; however, despite the lingering cold, Berlin swimming pools will be heated 2C less in a bid to ease the country’s record-high energy prices,
The German government recently urged citizens to cut back their energy use by turning down radiators, switching off the lights and working from home rather than driving to the office, which, aside from softening the blow of high energy prices, is also intended to help Germany wean itself off Russian oil, coal and gas. Personally, I’m struggling to see the rationale here. Building new power plants is surely the only way to break reliance on Russia. However, German authorities are somewhat hamstrung in that regard given their absurd ‘climate change’ commitments. It’s all beginning to make sense now: this ‘controlled demolition’ is bullet proof.
“Berlin’s pools have decided to heat the water a little bit less, to contribute to reducing the dependence on Russian gas supplies,” said Martina van der Wehr, a spokeswoman for the German capital’s public baths.
This is the crazy world we’re all now existing in.
Escape it while you still can.
Exit the system: grow your own food and trade your fiat for gold, silver and seeds — the true currencies of the world.
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Asia’s Record Cold Spell Intensifies; Colder-Than-Average April For Canada; America’s Planting Delays; + Central Europe Chills
May 3, 2022 Cap Allon
Asia’s Record Cold Spell Intensifies
Tuesday, May 3 is proving another record-cold day across southeast Asia as Earth’s jet streams continue to be thrown out of whack by an electrical stepping down on our sun.
In South Korea, lows of -2.7C (27.1F) and 1.5C (34.7F) were noted in Taegwallyong and Chupungyeong, respectively — both new record lows for the month of May.
Hong Kong’s Coldest May Day In Over 100 Years; Argentina Freezes; + April In Antarctica Finishes -3C Below 1958-2021 Average
If you want proof of MSM obfuscation you need look no further than their bogus reporting of Antarctica.
And along with the historically frigid day suffered in Hong Kong on May 2 (article linked above), nearby Macao also observed its coldest May temperature since 1917 on Monday with a reading of 14.9C (58.8F); while in mainland China, the sprawling port city of Guangzhou registered 13.7C (56.7F), its coldest May day in recorded history.
The cold air is now expanding south into Vietnam, Laos and Thailand, and already benchmarks are falling there, too.
Sapa, Vietnam saw 8C (46.4F) on May 3, the nation’s lowest May temperature in an inhabited locale ever recorded; while in Thailand, a myriad of monthly lows have been broken, with readings plunging to just 0.5C above the national monthly low.
Pockets of anomalous cold are forecast to persist across Asia until mid-May, though the picture looks mixed. After that, another nation-spanning mass of ‘blues’, ‘pinks’ and ‘purples’ are predicted to descend May 13, engulfing a vast portion of China, and threatening additional monthly low temperature records:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 13 [].
Colder-Than-Average April For Canada
April 2022 in Canada was a cold one.
According to ECCC data, the country averaged a temperature anomaly of -0.75C below the multidecadal average last month.
It was particularly cold in the West, reports @Pat_wx on Twitter, with some regions finishing -3C below the norm:
Frosts and freezes are now persisting into May, too, spelling further bad news for Canada’s crops.
America’s Planting Delays
Planting delays south of the border are also compounding global grain shortages and sending prices higher.
Iowa, for example –America’s largest corn growing state– suffered historic lows last week, and this week isn’t looking much better:
The Grand Solar Minimum is also delaying planting across the Dakotas, too.
“The weather has been a little bit strange,” said Paul Thomas, a farmer in north-central North Dakota.
“We were looking at a really early spring. In fact, we actually had our drill hooked up, ready to sow seed [in mid-April] before the snowstorm hit … We got hit with 40 inches of snow and it sure changed the outlook for spring work,” explained Thomas.
That Easter blizzard wasn’t a one-off, either — it was chased by additional snowstorms, an incredibly rare feat for April.
“The thing about this April storm compared to some in the past is we’ve stayed so cold since we’ve had the snow,” added Thomas. “We’re going on 12 days now, and we’re still looking at major snow banks and fields that are 60% to 70% covered with snow yet.”
Water-logged and/or snow-buried fields are still common sights across North Dakota, and with the calendar now showing May, Thomas is calling it a race against time before the planting window closes: “We’ll plant corn all the way out until about May 25,” said Thomas. “That’s kind of our drop dead date, but we try and get it all in by May 10 to May 15.”
However, a frigid weather outlook for the next two to three weeks is dampening any remaining hopes.
Shifting attention west, San Diego is another example of lingering spring cold. The NWS said Monday that the last five months have been measurably cooler than the average temperatures of the past 30 years. In fact, San Diego has held cooler than average for five consecutive months now.
While across vast portions of the CONUS, the past 7-days have been dominated by record-breaking low temperatures:
However, it’s not only the late-season cold that’s hampering the efforts of North American farmers. A shortfall of seeds, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides are also all-but ensuring a crippling poor harvest come September/October-time.
The prefect storm is brewing.
Take back your family’s food security.
Grow your own, and secure your wealth — inflation will soon render fiat worst than useless.
Central Europe Chills
Likewise in Central Europe, April was unusually chilly…
Austria
The landlocked nation of Austria suffered a temperature anomaly of -1.2C below the norm last month.
It was very cold in the East, slightly milder in some Western parts:
[ZAMG]Switzerland
April 2022 in Switzerland was also chiller than usual.
The country had an average temperature of 4.6C, according to data from Meteo Swiss:
Germany
Late-season chills have also been prevailing in Germany; however, despite the lingering cold, Berlin swimming pools will be heated 2C less in a bid to ease the country’s record-high energy prices,
The German government recently urged citizens to cut back their energy use by turning down radiators, switching off the lights and working from home rather than driving to the office, which, aside from softening the blow of high energy prices, is also intended to help Germany wean itself off Russian oil, coal and gas. Personally, I’m struggling to see the rationale here. Building new power plants is surely the only way to break reliance on Russia. However, German authorities are somewhat hamstrung in that regard given their absurd ‘climate change’ commitments. It’s all beginning to make sense now: this ‘controlled demolition’ is bullet proof.
“Berlin’s pools have decided to heat the water a little bit less, to contribute to reducing the dependence on Russian gas supplies,” said Martina van der Wehr, a spokeswoman for the German capital’s public baths.
This is the crazy world we’re all now existing in.
Escape it while you still can.
Exit the system: grow your own food and trade your fiat for gold, silver and seeds — the true currencies of the world.
alpha
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Kalispell’s Coldest April On Record; May Starts With a Snowstorm… In Hawaii; Record Books Rewritten In SE Asia; + The Sun X-Flares
May 4, 2022 Cap Allon
Kalispell’s Coldest April On Record
For large portions of North America, spring 2022 has been something of a no show–and the data proves it.
With an average temperature of 36.3F, last month was the coldest April on record in Kalispell, Montana, 6.4F below normal; while the average low for the month came out at 24.1F, also 6.4F below the norm.
The previous coldest April on record was held by the year 1982.
Nearby Butte and Missoula also flirted with their records for the coldest April, according to dailyinterlake.com. The Mining City averaged just 32.4F last month–6.7F below normal; while in the Garden City, April’s average was 40.2F–4.1F below the norm.
All this late-season cold has helped preserve Northwest Montana’s mountain snowpack.
The Flathead River Basin’s snowpack typically peaks on April 14, but this year the peak came more than a week later, on April 22. Snowpack at Flathead is holding strong at 112% of the average; with nearby Kootenai holding at 114%.
Looking ahead, forecasts call for continued colder-than-normal weather for much of the West. Locations in Northwest Montana can expect temperatures below normal through at least May 12; it is also predicted to be wetter than average across the region — conditions that will further delay spring planting efforts.
May Starts With a Snowstorm… In Hawaii
Hawaii has kicked off the month of May with an impressive snowstorm.
The NWS in Honolulu placed portions of the Hawaii island under a Winter Weather Advisory Tuesday, with the agency expecting inches of additional snow atop Mauna Kea, adding to Monday’s flurries.
The Advisory warned of “dangerously slick” roads and visibility dropping to near-zero, and the elements didn’t disappoint:
A recent webcam screenshot shows fresh snow atop Hawaii Island’s tallest peak [CFH Telescope].
Hawaii’s higher elevations are no stranger to winter snow, but the past few years have witnessed a noticeable uptick in accumulations: A storm in Jan 2020 dropped 3 feet of snow on the Big Island, forming drifts that were far deeper; while another storm last January “brought snowboarders and skiers out to the mountain by the dozens,” reports weatherboy.com.
Then in Dec 2021, a significant system known locally as a “Kona Low” tore through the entire state, bringing heavy rains, blizzard conditions and heavy, record-breaking snow to the mountains.
And now most recently, of course, we have substantial snow in the month of May — a rare feat.
“Deep moisture reaching the Big Island Summits, where temperatures are below freezing, has led to a wintry mix of precipitation,” wrote Hawaii-based NWS meteorologist Tom Birchard in his latest forecast.
And for any natives hoping to see the rare late-season snowfall in person, you may be out of luck — the pass to the summit of Mauna Kea has been closed to the public. The Rangers tasked with managing the roadway said in a statement that due to “extensive fog, ice and snow on the road, high humidity with freezing temperatures and thunderstorms” the pass has been shut with no date given for when it will be plowed and/or reopened.
“Rangers will continue monitoring road and weather conditions and will reopen the road to the public when the conditions are safe,” concluded the statement.
Record Books Rewritten In SE Asia
Asia’s severe polar blast continues to knock-out many longstanding records, and by a large margin, too.
Today, May 4 (my birthday btw) is proving a record cold day in Thailand. With a minimum temperature of 13.6C (56.5F) logged at Umphang, Thailand has just set its lowest ever reading for the month of May in an inhabited locale.
Also, Mount Ang Khang observed 10.2C (50.4F); while a record 16.1C (61F) was registered at Kamalasai.
Many, many records were broken, according @extremetemps on Twitter, and “with a great margin”, too.
SE/E Asia can expected intermittent pockets of polar cold up until May 12. Then, another powerful Arctic invasion is due, one that is currently on course to drive the mercury some 20C below the seasonal average for hundreds of millions of people.
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 12 [tropicaltidbits.com].
The Sun X-Flares
A new, emerging sunspot announced itself on May 3 (13:25 UT) with an X1.1-class solar flare:
Radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing a strong shortwave radio blackout over the Atlantic Ocean and Europe (see map below). Signals below 30 MHz were attenuated for more than an hour.
In Argentina, photographer Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau was already pointing his solar telescope at the sun when the flare occurred.
“At that very moment I was trying to photograph new sunspot AR3004,” says Poupeau. “Suddenly I received an X-flare alert on my smartphone. I quickly switched to the sun’s southeastern limb where debris thrown up by the flare was still very bright.”
The sunspot responsible for the blast has been visible for less than a day, writes the excellent Dr Tony Phillips over at spaceweather.com, yet already it has unleashed 9+ solar flares (more than six Cs, two Ms and one X):
Future flares will become increasingly geoeffective as the active region turns to face Earth, explains Dr Phillips.
New active region visible on the southeastern limb. Other than that, though, the sun is looking relatively uneventful.
Stay tuned for updates.
“Weak” Solar Storm Sends 40 Starlink Satellites Plunging To Earth; Deep Snow Is Forcing Bison Onto Alaskan Highways, With A Feels-Like Of -91F Suffered In Howard Pass; + USA’s Coldest January In 8 Years
Earth is losing its protective shield against energy from space, and nobody is telling you…
Kalispell’s Coldest April On Record; May Starts With a Snowstorm… In Hawaii; Record Books Rewritten In SE Asia; + The Sun X-Flares
May 4, 2022 Cap Allon
Kalispell’s Coldest April On Record
For large portions of North America, spring 2022 has been something of a no show–and the data proves it.
With an average temperature of 36.3F, last month was the coldest April on record in Kalispell, Montana, 6.4F below normal; while the average low for the month came out at 24.1F, also 6.4F below the norm.
The previous coldest April on record was held by the year 1982.
Nearby Butte and Missoula also flirted with their records for the coldest April, according to dailyinterlake.com. The Mining City averaged just 32.4F last month–6.7F below normal; while in the Garden City, April’s average was 40.2F–4.1F below the norm.
All this late-season cold has helped preserve Northwest Montana’s mountain snowpack.
The Flathead River Basin’s snowpack typically peaks on April 14, but this year the peak came more than a week later, on April 22. Snowpack at Flathead is holding strong at 112% of the average; with nearby Kootenai holding at 114%.
Looking ahead, forecasts call for continued colder-than-normal weather for much of the West. Locations in Northwest Montana can expect temperatures below normal through at least May 12; it is also predicted to be wetter than average across the region — conditions that will further delay spring planting efforts.
May Starts With a Snowstorm… In Hawaii
Hawaii has kicked off the month of May with an impressive snowstorm.
The NWS in Honolulu placed portions of the Hawaii island under a Winter Weather Advisory Tuesday, with the agency expecting inches of additional snow atop Mauna Kea, adding to Monday’s flurries.
The Advisory warned of “dangerously slick” roads and visibility dropping to near-zero, and the elements didn’t disappoint:
A recent webcam screenshot shows fresh snow atop Hawaii Island’s tallest peak [CFH Telescope].
Hawaii’s higher elevations are no stranger to winter snow, but the past few years have witnessed a noticeable uptick in accumulations: A storm in Jan 2020 dropped 3 feet of snow on the Big Island, forming drifts that were far deeper; while another storm last January “brought snowboarders and skiers out to the mountain by the dozens,” reports weatherboy.com.
Then in Dec 2021, a significant system known locally as a “Kona Low” tore through the entire state, bringing heavy rains, blizzard conditions and heavy, record-breaking snow to the mountains.
And now most recently, of course, we have substantial snow in the month of May — a rare feat.
“Deep moisture reaching the Big Island Summits, where temperatures are below freezing, has led to a wintry mix of precipitation,” wrote Hawaii-based NWS meteorologist Tom Birchard in his latest forecast.
And for any natives hoping to see the rare late-season snowfall in person, you may be out of luck — the pass to the summit of Mauna Kea has been closed to the public. The Rangers tasked with managing the roadway said in a statement that due to “extensive fog, ice and snow on the road, high humidity with freezing temperatures and thunderstorms” the pass has been shut with no date given for when it will be plowed and/or reopened.
“Rangers will continue monitoring road and weather conditions and will reopen the road to the public when the conditions are safe,” concluded the statement.
Record Books Rewritten In SE Asia
Asia’s severe polar blast continues to knock-out many longstanding records, and by a large margin, too.
Today, May 4 (my birthday btw) is proving a record cold day in Thailand. With a minimum temperature of 13.6C (56.5F) logged at Umphang, Thailand has just set its lowest ever reading for the month of May in an inhabited locale.
Also, Mount Ang Khang observed 10.2C (50.4F); while a record 16.1C (61F) was registered at Kamalasai.
Many, many records were broken, according @extremetemps on Twitter, and “with a great margin”, too.
SE/E Asia can expected intermittent pockets of polar cold up until May 12. Then, another powerful Arctic invasion is due, one that is currently on course to drive the mercury some 20C below the seasonal average for hundreds of millions of people.
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 12 [tropicaltidbits.com].
The Sun X-Flares
A new, emerging sunspot announced itself on May 3 (13:25 UT) with an X1.1-class solar flare:
Radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing a strong shortwave radio blackout over the Atlantic Ocean and Europe (see map below). Signals below 30 MHz were attenuated for more than an hour.
In Argentina, photographer Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau was already pointing his solar telescope at the sun when the flare occurred.
“At that very moment I was trying to photograph new sunspot AR3004,” says Poupeau. “Suddenly I received an X-flare alert on my smartphone. I quickly switched to the sun’s southeastern limb where debris thrown up by the flare was still very bright.”
The sunspot responsible for the blast has been visible for less than a day, writes the excellent Dr Tony Phillips over at spaceweather.com, yet already it has unleashed 9+ solar flares (more than six Cs, two Ms and one X):
Future flares will become increasingly geoeffective as the active region turns to face Earth, explains Dr Phillips.
New active region visible on the southeastern limb. Other than that, though, the sun is looking relatively uneventful.Stay tuned for updates.
“Weak” Solar Storm Sends 40 Starlink Satellites Plunging To Earth; Deep Snow Is Forcing Bison Onto Alaskan Highways, With A Feels-Like Of -91F Suffered In Howard Pass; + USA’s Coldest January In 8 Years
Earth is losing its protective shield against energy from space, and nobody is telling you…
Martinhouse
Deceased
TxGal, Christian (IAF) added to his Telegram post again, as he often does. He has a new very important video. It is roughly 21 minutes long and is about how more and more food sources are being closed down. It is very disturbing. His post shows three places to find the video, but so far, I think he's only put it on Youtube.
It's one of those that I'll be listening to at least once, if not twice, more.
It's one of those that I'll be listening to at least once, if not twice, more.
TxGal
Day by day
Thanks, Martinhouse! Here it is:
Food Supply Shutdown: Deer, fish, pigs euthanized; crops not planted - YouTube
Food Supply Shutdown: Deer, fish, pigs euthanized; crops not planted
19,695 views
Premiered 2 hours ago
View: https://youtu.be/oOH9RkTKLOY
Run time is 21:44
Synopsis provided:
An observing alien species would ask itself, "Why is humanity destroying ALL of their food sources?" In this special Ice Age Farmer broadcast, Christian has a candid conversation about the overwhelming number of attacks on our food supply. With crops unplanted and with more food facilities burning down, the media runs stories about "food fire conspiracy theories." And it's not just chickens -- the state is also killing deer and fish in the name of stopping diseases. Start growing food now.
Food Supply Shutdown: Deer, fish, pigs euthanized; crops not planted - YouTube
Food Supply Shutdown: Deer, fish, pigs euthanized; crops not planted
19,695 views
Premiered 2 hours ago
Run time is 21:44
Synopsis provided:
An observing alien species would ask itself, "Why is humanity destroying ALL of their food sources?" In this special Ice Age Farmer broadcast, Christian has a candid conversation about the overwhelming number of attacks on our food supply. With crops unplanted and with more food facilities burning down, the media runs stories about "food fire conspiracy theories." And it's not just chickens -- the state is also killing deer and fish in the name of stopping diseases. Start growing food now.
northern watch
TB Fanatic
Toronto’s first 20°C may be record-breakingly late this year
Rachel Modestino
Meteorologist
The Weather Network
Wednesday, May 4th 2022, 8:47 pm - Toronto is enduring a historically long wait for its first 20°C reading of the year.
Toronto’s first 20°C is very behind schedule, now ranking among one of the latest of all time. If you just can’t wait any longer, though, there is some good news. Several days of the long-awaited spring warmth is just around the corner.
If you are feeling like you have been left out, you’re right! Almost every other year has brought a 20-degree day by now, not to mention how other closeby Greater Toronto Area (GTA) regions have hit 20°C already. On top of it all, some unsuspecting northern areas may reach 20°C several days before Toronto does!
About 900 kilometers north of the city, in Ontario’s Northern region, Moosonee and Timmins both have chances at the 20°C spring warmth as early as Sunday.
So when will Torontontians get to experience 20°C this spring? The best chance, according to current forecast models, will arrive mid next week as a ridge strengthens over the city.
As the ridge and high pressure pattern grows, clearer skies and warmth surging along southerly winds, increasing forecasters’ confidence that Wednesday May 11th could break Toronto’s 20°C drought. Even better news, that won’t be our only chance for 20°C!
The pattern is emerging into what meteorologists call an Omega Block. This pattern forms when two low pressure regions sit on either side of a high pressure region, forming the shape of the Greek letter Omega. The regions interlock like gears, resulting in a stalled-out weather pattern over North America and several days of possible 20-degree weather across Ontario.
However, lakeshore areas may have to once again battle a cooler easterly wind.
Easterly winds during the spring season act against warmer weather in the GTA. Remember, Lake Ontario warms up much slower than our air temperatures do, so the water remains cold from the winter. Because of this, there exists a layer of chilly air just above the water’s surface. Each easterly breeze delivers this chilly air directly to the Lakeshores. This hyper-local factor results in cooler temperatures in Toronto compared to inland regions a short distance away.
These breezes have spoiled 20°C for Toronto so far in 2022. However, confidence is growing and the scales may be tipped to the warmer side this time around.
Be sure to check back for updates as we continue to monitor the forecast over the coming weeks!
The Weather Network - Toronto’s first 20°C may be record-breakingly late this year
Rachel Modestino
Meteorologist
The Weather Network
Wednesday, May 4th 2022, 8:47 pm - Toronto is enduring a historically long wait for its first 20°C reading of the year.
Toronto’s first 20°C is very behind schedule, now ranking among one of the latest of all time. If you just can’t wait any longer, though, there is some good news. Several days of the long-awaited spring warmth is just around the corner.
If you are feeling like you have been left out, you’re right! Almost every other year has brought a 20-degree day by now, not to mention how other closeby Greater Toronto Area (GTA) regions have hit 20°C already. On top of it all, some unsuspecting northern areas may reach 20°C several days before Toronto does!
About 900 kilometers north of the city, in Ontario’s Northern region, Moosonee and Timmins both have chances at the 20°C spring warmth as early as Sunday.
So when will Torontontians get to experience 20°C this spring? The best chance, according to current forecast models, will arrive mid next week as a ridge strengthens over the city.
As the ridge and high pressure pattern grows, clearer skies and warmth surging along southerly winds, increasing forecasters’ confidence that Wednesday May 11th could break Toronto’s 20°C drought. Even better news, that won’t be our only chance for 20°C!
The pattern is emerging into what meteorologists call an Omega Block. This pattern forms when two low pressure regions sit on either side of a high pressure region, forming the shape of the Greek letter Omega. The regions interlock like gears, resulting in a stalled-out weather pattern over North America and several days of possible 20-degree weather across Ontario.
However, lakeshore areas may have to once again battle a cooler easterly wind.
Easterly winds during the spring season act against warmer weather in the GTA. Remember, Lake Ontario warms up much slower than our air temperatures do, so the water remains cold from the winter. Because of this, there exists a layer of chilly air just above the water’s surface. Each easterly breeze delivers this chilly air directly to the Lakeshores. This hyper-local factor results in cooler temperatures in Toronto compared to inland regions a short distance away.
These breezes have spoiled 20°C for Toronto so far in 2022. However, confidence is growing and the scales may be tipped to the warmer side this time around.
Be sure to check back for updates as we continue to monitor the forecast over the coming weeks!
The Weather Network - Toronto’s first 20°C may be record-breakingly late this year
Martinhouse
Deceased
TxGal, you're welcome. And he's just added three more little sections to this same post. They are about global wheat crops and there is a nice United States grow zone map.
If I didn't before, I sure feel now like there's been a fire lit under me! I went shopping this morning and now I want to go again. Since we're supposed to have about 24 hours of rain tomorrow, I guess I'll wait until Friday, but I'm definitely going. There are a few things I'd like to get at the feed/hardware store, too.
My potatoes are up to a foot and a half high already and they need to be hilled. I'm using crushed oak leaves rather than soil as they are all in containers, but the plants are so thick that not speck of sun can get through to turn any taters green, so the mulching can wait until I get more important things done. LIke finishing the planting. picking strawberries (again!), harvesting and dehydrating kale and broccoli leaves, and taking down some of the plastic on the greenhouse before next week's heat gets here.
If I didn't before, I sure feel now like there's been a fire lit under me! I went shopping this morning and now I want to go again. Since we're supposed to have about 24 hours of rain tomorrow, I guess I'll wait until Friday, but I'm definitely going. There are a few things I'd like to get at the feed/hardware store, too.
My potatoes are up to a foot and a half high already and they need to be hilled. I'm using crushed oak leaves rather than soil as they are all in containers, but the plants are so thick that not speck of sun can get through to turn any taters green, so the mulching can wait until I get more important things done. LIke finishing the planting. picking strawberries (again!), harvesting and dehydrating kale and broccoli leaves, and taking down some of the plastic on the greenhouse before next week's heat gets here.
I just learned something new. I never knew you could eat broccoli leaves. I saw your comment and then had to do a little internet sleuthing. I'll have to try them this year. Thanks!
Martinhouse
Deceased
Slydersan, I read somewhere that broccoli leaves have all of the same nutrients that the heads do, except for that cancer-fighting thing that is in the heads when they are showing that tinge of purple color.
I hate cooked greens, even the smell of them cooking makes me dry heave. But I dehydrate the leaves and crush them fine. The kale tastes good in things like noodles and mashed or boiled potatoes, and the broccoli powder seems to go better with rice.
If I didn't dehydrate these greens, the only green vegetable I'd be able to eat would be pureed peas. I grow the greens in my greenhouse from September to May. With no bugs to eat holes in them! If we get a "year without a summer" I'll just keep the plants growing year round. If I keep trimming them, they just keep producing new leaves and even whole new side stems from the original stalk after it's bolted.
I hate cooked greens, even the smell of them cooking makes me dry heave. But I dehydrate the leaves and crush them fine. The kale tastes good in things like noodles and mashed or boiled potatoes, and the broccoli powder seems to go better with rice.
If I didn't dehydrate these greens, the only green vegetable I'd be able to eat would be pureed peas. I grow the greens in my greenhouse from September to May. With no bugs to eat holes in them! If we get a "year without a summer" I'll just keep the plants growing year round. If I keep trimming them, they just keep producing new leaves and even whole new side stems from the original stalk after it's bolted.
alpha
Veteran Member
Electroverse
Crop Loss Extreme Weather GSM
Yukon Flood Risk After Record Snowpack; Europe’s Colder-Than-Average April; + Global Commodity Prices Continue to Soar
May 5, 2022 Cap Allon
Yukon Flood Risk After Record Snowpack
Northern hemisphere snow mass fired well-above the 1981-2012 average this winter season, and much of it is still lingering.
Across Canada, for example, gone are the AGW-concerns of ‘no snow’ but in their place are fresh frettings of severe flooding due to record-high snowpack — yet another example of the climate movement stacking the deck.
Holly Goulding, senior hydrologist with Yukon’s Department of Environment has said spring weather is critical to predicting the flood risk. She says the best-case scenario is a gradual melt of this winter’s record-high snowpack, because rapid warming and significant precipitation would cause water levels in rivers to rise.
Goulding added that record-low temperatures across the Yukon in April resulted in delayed snowmelt and that the flooding potential is “actively evolving”–which is government agency speak for ‘we don’t have clue what’s going to happen’ and ‘it’s a wait and see’.
Also, this year is looking like a repeat of 2021, when Whitehorse snowpack reached 300% of normal:
Monster Snowdrifts block Scottish roads, Southern Croatia sees first April Snow ever, as Whitehorse Snowpack reaches 300% of normal
These real-world observations (aka facts) are a sign of the times, they are a dismantling of the AGW hypothesis, as well as humiliations for modern climate science and every parroting proponent of an imminent heat-induced catastrophe.
Similarly in Kamloops, B.C. April 2022 was unusually cold and snowy.
“There were days in the middle of the month when you had record minimum temperatures,” said ECCC meteorologist Armel Castellan: “Minus 4.5C and minus 5.5C on the 11th and the 16th.”
Rare snow was also observed, with Castellan noting that the monitoring station at the Kamloops Airport logged 0.6cm on April 9 — only the 30th occasions since 1890 that Kamloops has witnessed April snow.
May is starting off in a similar vein, but relief may be in sight; but as with the Yukon, hopes are that the spring warm-up, whenever it finally arrives, will be gradual, to limit how rapidly the high elevation snow melts.
Europe’s Colder-Than-Average April
It was an anomalously chilly April across Europe where, for much if the continent, spring 2022 is still refusing to materialize.
April in Estonia finished with an average temperature of 4C, which is -0.9C below the multidecadal norm.
And in nearby Lithuania, April had average temperature of 5.7C, some -1.5C below normal.
Likewise in Latvia, April 2022 came out at 5.0C, which is -1.1C below normal (below map courtesy of LVGMC):
The Netherlands had an average temperature of 9.3C — -0.5C below the norm.
And in Belgium, April averaged 10.1C, which is -0.3C below (map by IRM):
All of this anomalous cold on a planet supposedly on the brink of a heat-induced catastrophe…
Today, Earth’s average temperature is holding at just 0.1C above the 1979-2000 base, according to the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine — a reading that the institute’s Climate Reanalyzer tool has been showing for weeks now:
Note that Antarctica continues to hold around -3C below the 1979-2000 average, as it has been for weeks and weeks.
Commodity Prices Continue to Soar
U.S. natural gas hit its highest price level in over 13 years and is trading up again Thursday, adding to inflation woes.
Nymex futures are trading in the $8 per mmBtu range. The last time prices were at this level was in the fall of 2008. By comparison, natural gas futures spent most of the 2010s below $5 per mmBtu — in some cases well below $3 per mmBtu.
Also, the current price represents a $4.98 increase from just a year earlier.
Energy costs, overall, have risen by more than a third over the past year and have driven broader inflation. As widely reported, market analysts have pointed particularly to sustained cold temperatures and record-high liquefied natural gas production, which have together led to net withdrawals from storage, driving prices up.
Natural gas is not alone when it comes to soaring prices. Oil has ticked back above $100 per barrel, currently $107.6, and diesel marked a new record-high price this week (which has led me to consider running my truck 50/50 on diesel and veg oil).
Along with energy, food prices are contributing to spiraling inflation, too.
And to that point, today comes the news that Russia has increased the export duty on sunflower oil by $152.80/mt or 41% to $525/mt, according to local media citing the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, beginning June 1 and running indefinitely. The commission was determined based on a floating index that values sunflower oil at $1,750/mt.
Overall, the global food index continues its ‘price exploration’ phase. Put simply, food has never cost this much (at least not in living memory):
The FAO Food Price Index through March 2022 (April update due in a few days).
The house of cards is collapsing.
History shows repeatedly that a devalued fiat currency leads to financial collapse.
Today’s pandemic and war-driven supply chain issues are the fronts for the death of the dollar.
Prepare.
Chaos is inbound.
Secure your family’s energy and food security — get off-grid and grow your own.
Crop Loss Extreme Weather GSM
Yukon Flood Risk After Record Snowpack; Europe’s Colder-Than-Average April; + Global Commodity Prices Continue to Soar
May 5, 2022 Cap Allon
Yukon Flood Risk After Record Snowpack
Northern hemisphere snow mass fired well-above the 1981-2012 average this winter season, and much of it is still lingering.
Across Canada, for example, gone are the AGW-concerns of ‘no snow’ but in their place are fresh frettings of severe flooding due to record-high snowpack — yet another example of the climate movement stacking the deck.
Holly Goulding, senior hydrologist with Yukon’s Department of Environment has said spring weather is critical to predicting the flood risk. She says the best-case scenario is a gradual melt of this winter’s record-high snowpack, because rapid warming and significant precipitation would cause water levels in rivers to rise.
Goulding added that record-low temperatures across the Yukon in April resulted in delayed snowmelt and that the flooding potential is “actively evolving”–which is government agency speak for ‘we don’t have clue what’s going to happen’ and ‘it’s a wait and see’.
Also, this year is looking like a repeat of 2021, when Whitehorse snowpack reached 300% of normal:
Monster Snowdrifts block Scottish roads, Southern Croatia sees first April Snow ever, as Whitehorse Snowpack reaches 300% of normal
These real-world observations (aka facts) are a sign of the times, they are a dismantling of the AGW hypothesis, as well as humiliations for modern climate science and every parroting proponent of an imminent heat-induced catastrophe.
Similarly in Kamloops, B.C. April 2022 was unusually cold and snowy.
“There were days in the middle of the month when you had record minimum temperatures,” said ECCC meteorologist Armel Castellan: “Minus 4.5C and minus 5.5C on the 11th and the 16th.”
Rare snow was also observed, with Castellan noting that the monitoring station at the Kamloops Airport logged 0.6cm on April 9 — only the 30th occasions since 1890 that Kamloops has witnessed April snow.
May is starting off in a similar vein, but relief may be in sight; but as with the Yukon, hopes are that the spring warm-up, whenever it finally arrives, will be gradual, to limit how rapidly the high elevation snow melts.
Europe’s Colder-Than-Average April
It was an anomalously chilly April across Europe where, for much if the continent, spring 2022 is still refusing to materialize.
April in Estonia finished with an average temperature of 4C, which is -0.9C below the multidecadal norm.
And in nearby Lithuania, April had average temperature of 5.7C, some -1.5C below normal.
Likewise in Latvia, April 2022 came out at 5.0C, which is -1.1C below normal (below map courtesy of LVGMC):
The Netherlands had an average temperature of 9.3C — -0.5C below the norm.
And in Belgium, April averaged 10.1C, which is -0.3C below (map by IRM):
All of this anomalous cold on a planet supposedly on the brink of a heat-induced catastrophe…
Today, Earth’s average temperature is holding at just 0.1C above the 1979-2000 base, according to the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine — a reading that the institute’s Climate Reanalyzer tool has been showing for weeks now:
Note that Antarctica continues to hold around -3C below the 1979-2000 average, as it has been for weeks and weeks.
Commodity Prices Continue to Soar
U.S. natural gas hit its highest price level in over 13 years and is trading up again Thursday, adding to inflation woes.
Nymex futures are trading in the $8 per mmBtu range. The last time prices were at this level was in the fall of 2008. By comparison, natural gas futures spent most of the 2010s below $5 per mmBtu — in some cases well below $3 per mmBtu.
Also, the current price represents a $4.98 increase from just a year earlier.
Energy costs, overall, have risen by more than a third over the past year and have driven broader inflation. As widely reported, market analysts have pointed particularly to sustained cold temperatures and record-high liquefied natural gas production, which have together led to net withdrawals from storage, driving prices up.
Natural gas is not alone when it comes to soaring prices. Oil has ticked back above $100 per barrel, currently $107.6, and diesel marked a new record-high price this week (which has led me to consider running my truck 50/50 on diesel and veg oil).
Along with energy, food prices are contributing to spiraling inflation, too.
And to that point, today comes the news that Russia has increased the export duty on sunflower oil by $152.80/mt or 41% to $525/mt, according to local media citing the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, beginning June 1 and running indefinitely. The commission was determined based on a floating index that values sunflower oil at $1,750/mt.
Overall, the global food index continues its ‘price exploration’ phase. Put simply, food has never cost this much (at least not in living memory):
The FAO Food Price Index through March 2022 (April update due in a few days).
The house of cards is collapsing.
History shows repeatedly that a devalued fiat currency leads to financial collapse.
Today’s pandemic and war-driven supply chain issues are the fronts for the death of the dollar.
Prepare.
Chaos is inbound.
Secure your family’s energy and food security — get off-grid and grow your own.
TxGal
Day by day
Martinhouse, I'll check IAF to see and post the updates as soon as I can. That nasty storm line that was supposed to roll in around 2pm is already closing in on us and is expect NLT 11am. Lovely. Still better than a night storm! I think this line of storms is the same one you're going to get.
Good for you, and me, too! Our potatoes are in big containers, too, and they're finally taking off! To me, potatoes are our most important crop. I eat potatoes every single day, often more than once a day. I blame my Irish ancestors :-)
Martinhouse
Deceased
I consider potatoes the most important garden crop, too. But even though I'm half Irish/French Canadian, my reason is that they are a good supply of nutrition and they don't need to be processed to store them from year to year. I could do well if I had to go long periods of time if I had only potatoes and scavenged greens to eat. And if I could share them with a few chickens, I could even have a few eggs added to the mix for part of the year.
Right now I'm trying to come up with a way to grow sweet potatoes in my greenhouse that won't smother everything else with their vines or finding the vines want to grow up and across and block all the sunlight from everything else.
The big green blob northeast of you on the radar map is right over my part of Arkansas now. I'm just hoping that rough yellow and orange front in your area stays south of me as the whole system moves northeast.
Right now I'm trying to come up with a way to grow sweet potatoes in my greenhouse that won't smother everything else with their vines or finding the vines want to grow up and across and block all the sunlight from everything else.
The big green blob northeast of you on the radar map is right over my part of Arkansas now. I'm just hoping that rough yellow and orange front in your area stays south of me as the whole system moves northeast.
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TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
IAF's video today triggers fight-or-flight for me. The quickening is real.
Martinhouse
Deceased
Searcher, I agree and that's why I'm going shopping again tomorrow. I can't do much, but I may as well spend it while it will buy anything and while there's still anything to buy.
I think I've finally gotten my sis to get serious about her gardening efforts. She doesn't have a lot of space but she seems to have shed her what's-the-use attitude. I think I've even convinced her of a way she can make room to grow a few sweet potatoes. She was just going to throw in a few cucumbers and four or five containers of green beans, but just this afternoon she said she's trying to figure out what would give her the most nutrition for her efforts. I kept it to myself, but my reaction to this was "Finally!"
I think I've finally gotten my sis to get serious about her gardening efforts. She doesn't have a lot of space but she seems to have shed her what's-the-use attitude. I think I've even convinced her of a way she can make room to grow a few sweet potatoes. She was just going to throw in a few cucumbers and four or five containers of green beans, but just this afternoon she said she's trying to figure out what would give her the most nutrition for her efforts. I kept it to myself, but my reaction to this was "Finally!"
Martinhouse
Deceased
Did anyone notice in the latest post of Electroverse that Cap Allon changed the last paragraph that he always uses at the end of the posts? He changed it and also added "get off-grid"!!!!!
TxGal
Day by day
OMG, that's a great catch, I didn't see that! That is a shocker!
alpha
Veteran Member
Electroverse
Crop Loss Extreme Weather GSM
All Of Finland Drops Below Zero, As Anomalous Cold Persists In Europe; + Fields Remain Unplanted On Vancouver Island, Similar Picture Across North America
May 6, 2022 Cap Allon
All Of Finland Drops Below Zero…
It may be May, but unusually low temperatures are persisting across the majority of Europe.
On Wednesday, May 4, the whole of Finland dropped below freezing — a rare feat for the fifth month of the year.
Records were slain, too: the Saariselkä Tourist center, for example, logged -15.3C (4.4F) — a new record low for May.
…As Anomalous Cold Persists In Europe
Europe’s early-May freeze is chasing what was an anomalously cold April.
Adding to the nations highlighted in yesterday’s article, below is the data for Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland.
Starting with Germany, April 2022 had an average temperature of just 7.8C, which is -1.2C below the multidecadal average.
Nearby Slovakia also suffered a very cold April, registering a negative temperature anomaly of -2.1C:
April 2022 in Hungary was also exceptionally cold. The nation’s average temperature was 9.4C, which is 2C below the norm.
This made it two consecutive Aprils with an average temperature of sub-10C — the last time that occurred was back in 1981-82. Recurring frosts prevailed throughout April, hampering planting efforts, and it also snowed on the Hungarian plains, which is rare.
And lastly -for now- Poland also suffered a very cold April.
Temperature anomaly finished at 1.97C below the multidecadal norm:
Fields Remain Unplanted On Vancouver Island…
Many fields across Vancouver Island remain waterlogged and unplanted.
“It’s definitely been a wet spring. Wet and cold,” said Brian McCormick of Clever Crow Farm in Black Creek.
“We’ve had some cold and wet springs before,” continued McCormick,” but I’ve always managed to be able to get a couple of days where I can get some prep done but this year I haven’t been able to do anything.”
In nearby Courtenay, Gerry McClintock’s berry crops are weeks behind schedule, while his main business, 180 water buffalo are still cooped up in barns. They should’ve been out in the fields of grass long ago, lamented McClintock.
“I’ve been farming for 34 years and I can’t remember any time that it’s been this wet and cold for this long,” said McClintock. “As a result of the weather, we are out of feed so we are buying feed and we’re just about out of bedding so yeah it hasn’t been the greatest spring.”
Grapes are also suffering badly. Layne Robert Craig, Co-Owner of 40 Knot Winery near Comox, said his vines are only beginning to bud now, weeks behind schedule. Compounding the issue, most farmers haven’t even been able to fertilize this spring due global shortages (more on that below).
…Similar Picture Across North America
This is the story playing across Canada and the U.S.–and indeed much of the planet.
Delving deeper into the U.S. figures, there are NINE grain and oilseed commodities with tight ending stocks.
“This is truly historic,” tweeted commodity broker @naomiblohm, who added that “a bumper crop is needed for corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, cotton, canola, sorghum and barley” for stockpiles to recover:
Unfortunately, planting delays are mounting in many key productions states (see map below).
There is still hope that enough corn -for example- can be planted, but with each passing ‘plantless’ day the yield potential is being be negatively affected. And it stands, if the seeds aren’t in the field by the third week of May, its all-but game-over.
Adding to these mounting planting delays are the lack of inputs for the farmers — they simply aren’t there. That’s fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (fertilizers) are key to producing food. Without them the yield is severely reduced. Likewise with herbicides/pesticide, without these inputs our modern chemical-dependent agriculture is doomed to fail. Upshot: food shortages and the risk of famine.
Use this weekend to take back your family’s food security.
Throw some seeds in the ground and beginning attaining your own yield. Now. Heirloom seeds, good soil, water… and time — don’t let the latter be your downfall. Start planting before the system collapses, before the digital ration cards are issued, before they have you over a barrel and signing away whatever freedoms your have left in return for a loaf of bread.
Crop Loss Extreme Weather GSM
All Of Finland Drops Below Zero, As Anomalous Cold Persists In Europe; + Fields Remain Unplanted On Vancouver Island, Similar Picture Across North America
May 6, 2022 Cap Allon
All Of Finland Drops Below Zero…
It may be May, but unusually low temperatures are persisting across the majority of Europe.
On Wednesday, May 4, the whole of Finland dropped below freezing — a rare feat for the fifth month of the year.
Records were slain, too: the Saariselkä Tourist center, for example, logged -15.3C (4.4F) — a new record low for May.
…As Anomalous Cold Persists In Europe
Europe’s early-May freeze is chasing what was an anomalously cold April.
Adding to the nations highlighted in yesterday’s article, below is the data for Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland.
Starting with Germany, April 2022 had an average temperature of just 7.8C, which is -1.2C below the multidecadal average.
Nearby Slovakia also suffered a very cold April, registering a negative temperature anomaly of -2.1C:
April 2022 in Hungary was also exceptionally cold. The nation’s average temperature was 9.4C, which is 2C below the norm.
This made it two consecutive Aprils with an average temperature of sub-10C — the last time that occurred was back in 1981-82. Recurring frosts prevailed throughout April, hampering planting efforts, and it also snowed on the Hungarian plains, which is rare.
And lastly -for now- Poland also suffered a very cold April.
Temperature anomaly finished at 1.97C below the multidecadal norm:
Fields Remain Unplanted On Vancouver Island…
Many fields across Vancouver Island remain waterlogged and unplanted.
“It’s definitely been a wet spring. Wet and cold,” said Brian McCormick of Clever Crow Farm in Black Creek.
“We’ve had some cold and wet springs before,” continued McCormick,” but I’ve always managed to be able to get a couple of days where I can get some prep done but this year I haven’t been able to do anything.”
In nearby Courtenay, Gerry McClintock’s berry crops are weeks behind schedule, while his main business, 180 water buffalo are still cooped up in barns. They should’ve been out in the fields of grass long ago, lamented McClintock.
“I’ve been farming for 34 years and I can’t remember any time that it’s been this wet and cold for this long,” said McClintock. “As a result of the weather, we are out of feed so we are buying feed and we’re just about out of bedding so yeah it hasn’t been the greatest spring.”
Grapes are also suffering badly. Layne Robert Craig, Co-Owner of 40 Knot Winery near Comox, said his vines are only beginning to bud now, weeks behind schedule. Compounding the issue, most farmers haven’t even been able to fertilize this spring due global shortages (more on that below).
…Similar Picture Across North America
This is the story playing across Canada and the U.S.–and indeed much of the planet.
Delving deeper into the U.S. figures, there are NINE grain and oilseed commodities with tight ending stocks.
“This is truly historic,” tweeted commodity broker @naomiblohm, who added that “a bumper crop is needed for corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, cotton, canola, sorghum and barley” for stockpiles to recover:
Unfortunately, planting delays are mounting in many key productions states (see map below).
There is still hope that enough corn -for example- can be planted, but with each passing ‘plantless’ day the yield potential is being be negatively affected. And it stands, if the seeds aren’t in the field by the third week of May, its all-but game-over.
Adding to these mounting planting delays are the lack of inputs for the farmers — they simply aren’t there. That’s fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (fertilizers) are key to producing food. Without them the yield is severely reduced. Likewise with herbicides/pesticide, without these inputs our modern chemical-dependent agriculture is doomed to fail. Upshot: food shortages and the risk of famine.
Use this weekend to take back your family’s food security.
Throw some seeds in the ground and beginning attaining your own yield. Now. Heirloom seeds, good soil, water… and time — don’t let the latter be your downfall. Start planting before the system collapses, before the digital ration cards are issued, before they have you over a barrel and signing away whatever freedoms your have left in return for a loaf of bread.
TxGal
Day by day
Good for her (and you, too), Martinhouse! At least you persisted and helped her go in the right direction.
It's never too late - I just fired off another order to Baker Creek Heirlooms. They still have a fair amount of seeds in stock, and the news just keeps getting worse. I think I'll grab some more seed packs locally, too. I haven't seen the seed display at HEB for months now, I think they sold out early. But, I did still see seed displays at Tractor Supply and Home Depot.
TxGal
Day by day
Adapt 2030 has a new podcast out, I'm just starting to listen to it now. Interestingly, there is a spot further below the actual podcast that has story links - I've never noticed that before, but I'm posting them as they may be helpful. Many are directly climate-related:
Relentless Interconnected Price Rises - YouTube
Relentless Interconnected Price Rises
13,311 views
May 7, 2022
View: https://youtu.be/CzSC5gaCNg4
Run time is 23:38
Synopsis provided:
Price rises we see now are continuing to climb with no end in sight. All events we see playing out today from stock collapse to forecast food shortages and a general feeling of angst are pushing the global population to a world of scarcity.
●▬▬▬ Story Links ▬▬▬●
ALL OF FINLAND DROPS BELOW ZERO, AS ANOMALOUS COLD PERSISTS IN EUROPE; + FIELDS REMAIN UNPLANTED ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, SIMILAR PICTURE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA https://electroverse.net/finland-belo...
KALISPELL’S COLDEST APRIL ON RECORD; MAY STARTS WITH A SNOWSTORM… IN HAWAII; RECORD BOOKS REWRITTEN IN SE ASIA; + THE SUN X-FLARES https://electroverse.net/kalispells-c...
Top Weather stories Kansas https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/top...
Nebraska Panhandle slammed with up to 15 inches of May snow – Road closure atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii https://strangesounds.org/2022/05/the...
Snowy conditions atop Mauna Kea force closure of road, visitor station https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/05...
Historic freeze returns to SE Asia; + snow, rain, cold keeps U.S. farmers from planting corn, yet America continues to sell to China https://www.sott.net/article/467312-H...
Meat prices for May 06, 2022 https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ls...
May Pressure Food Inflation Even Higher https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities...
Kolanovic Warns Of "Non-linear Commodity Price Increases" https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/kol...
Diesel Spikes to WTF Record $5.51, Gasoline Jumps to $4.18 https://wolfstreet.com/2022/05/02/pri...
Relentless Interconnected Price Rises - YouTube
Relentless Interconnected Price Rises
13,311 views
May 7, 2022
Run time is 23:38
Synopsis provided:
Price rises we see now are continuing to climb with no end in sight. All events we see playing out today from stock collapse to forecast food shortages and a general feeling of angst are pushing the global population to a world of scarcity.
●▬▬▬ Story Links ▬▬▬●
ALL OF FINLAND DROPS BELOW ZERO, AS ANOMALOUS COLD PERSISTS IN EUROPE; + FIELDS REMAIN UNPLANTED ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, SIMILAR PICTURE ACROSS NORTH AMERICA https://electroverse.net/finland-belo...
KALISPELL’S COLDEST APRIL ON RECORD; MAY STARTS WITH A SNOWSTORM… IN HAWAII; RECORD BOOKS REWRITTEN IN SE ASIA; + THE SUN X-FLARES https://electroverse.net/kalispells-c...
Top Weather stories Kansas https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/top...
Nebraska Panhandle slammed with up to 15 inches of May snow – Road closure atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii https://strangesounds.org/2022/05/the...
Snowy conditions atop Mauna Kea force closure of road, visitor station https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/05...
Historic freeze returns to SE Asia; + snow, rain, cold keeps U.S. farmers from planting corn, yet America continues to sell to China https://www.sott.net/article/467312-H...
Meat prices for May 06, 2022 https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ls...
May Pressure Food Inflation Even Higher https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities...
Kolanovic Warns Of "Non-linear Commodity Price Increases" https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/kol...
Diesel Spikes to WTF Record $5.51, Gasoline Jumps to $4.18 https://wolfstreet.com/2022/05/02/pri...
rolenrock
Senior Member
Been wondering how the sun is so active as we go into a minimum until I found this video. It's long but worth it, it gets "interesting" about 37 minutes into it.
View: https://youtu.be/ObX9RUaGR0M
alpha
Veteran Member
Electroverse
Extreme Weather GSM Volcanic & Seismic Activity
Ontario’s Latest Ski Day Ever; + Mt. St. Helens Stirs, As Iceland Seismic Swarm Continues
May 9, 2022 Cap Allon
Ontario’s Latest ‘Ski Day’ Ever
For many, winter 2021-22 is sicking around a lot longer than usual this year — well into May.
In Ontario, for example, ski hill Loch Lomond just broke a record for latest ski day in the province’s recorded history.
“We’ve had so much snowfall this season … the snow base has been insane for us,” said Alisia Cameron, manager. “So we’re setting an Ontario record in terms of the latest operating days for a ski area. Today’s May 8 and this is the latest anyone’s ever been skiing in an operational capacity.”
Skiing on May 8 [@not_Klaatu].
All this persistent cold and snow has also meant a late open for the area’s golf courses, too.
“The snow has been pretty extensive this year and we have a lot of moisture so I think we’re a few weeks behind, maybe two to three weeks behind usual,” said Jocelyn Kachur, manager of the pro shop at Northern Lights Golf Complex.
Mt. St. Helens Stirs
The Cascades are rumbling, and Mt. St. Helens –a stratovolcano– appears to be awakening.
Over the past 30 days, St. Helens has seen a sharp uptick in seismic activity, which is usually indicative of magma on the move, perhaps filling a chamber.
Prior to the powerful 1980 eruption, which changed thousands of lives and ended 57, similar activity was noted (in March, 1980 before the VEI 5 eruption of May 18). Does this mean another explosive eruption is due? No, not necessarily. But the volcano is certainly building to ‘something’. How disruptive that something is still anyone’s guess.
Below is a look at the eruptive history of the region based on the geologic record (the red dotted line indicates the Dalton Minimum). Clear to see, Mt. St. Helens is the most eruptive of the Cascade Range, particularly in recent times.
And while we’re in this region of the world, I should probably mention the late-season snow blocking highways and further delaying spring planting. A Special Weather Statement was issued May 8: “unseasonably cold air has spread across eastern Washington and eastern Oregon. Snow levels will be as low as 2000 feet…” Below is a look at the forecast into the new week:
GFS Total Snowfall (inches) May 8 – May 24 [tropicaltidbits.com].
The NW U.S. will also be impacted by anomalous, record-challenging cold, too:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 8 – May 15 [tropicaltidbits.com].
Iceland Seismic Swarm Continues
Coinciding with the seismic uptick at St. Helens, Iceland’s seismic crisis is persisting.
As reported by icelandgeology.net, the earthquake swarm at Trölladyngju-Krýsuvík increased again this morning (7-May-2022), suggesting that magma is on the move.
The largest earthquakes had a magnitude of M3.3 and M3.5 — both earthquakes where clearly felt in Reykjavík area.
Earthquake activity at Krýsuvík volcano, near Kleifarvatn lake [Icelandic Met Office].
Volcanic eruptions are one of the key forcings driving Earth into its next bout of global cooling. Their worldwide uptick is tied to low solar activity, coronal holes, a waning magnetosphere, and the influx of Cosmic Rays penetrating silica-rich magma.
Hunga Tonga’s eruption of Jan 15 fired particulates through the stratosphere and into the mesosphere. At 36 miles up, it was the highest volcanic eruption ever recorded. Those particulates are now ‘trapped’ in the upper atmosphere where they are expected to cool the planet by approx. 0.3C.
It’s Monday morning, meaning I’m off to our local farmer’s market here in Central Portugal — you can never have enough meat chicks. I urge everyone to take steps daily to bolster their food/energy security before inflation and shortages really take hold, before the next collapse of EVERYTHING ensues, before the next Great Depression: their Great Reset.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
Ontario’s Latest Ski Day Ever; + Mt. St. Helens Stirs, As Iceland Seismic Swarm Continues
May 9, 2022 Cap Allon
Ontario’s Latest ‘Ski Day’ Ever
For many, winter 2021-22 is sicking around a lot longer than usual this year — well into May.
In Ontario, for example, ski hill Loch Lomond just broke a record for latest ski day in the province’s recorded history.
“We’ve had so much snowfall this season … the snow base has been insane for us,” said Alisia Cameron, manager. “So we’re setting an Ontario record in terms of the latest operating days for a ski area. Today’s May 8 and this is the latest anyone’s ever been skiing in an operational capacity.”
Skiing on May 8 [@not_Klaatu].All this persistent cold and snow has also meant a late open for the area’s golf courses, too.
“The snow has been pretty extensive this year and we have a lot of moisture so I think we’re a few weeks behind, maybe two to three weeks behind usual,” said Jocelyn Kachur, manager of the pro shop at Northern Lights Golf Complex.
Mt. St. Helens Stirs
The Cascades are rumbling, and Mt. St. Helens –a stratovolcano– appears to be awakening.
Over the past 30 days, St. Helens has seen a sharp uptick in seismic activity, which is usually indicative of magma on the move, perhaps filling a chamber.
Prior to the powerful 1980 eruption, which changed thousands of lives and ended 57, similar activity was noted (in March, 1980 before the VEI 5 eruption of May 18). Does this mean another explosive eruption is due? No, not necessarily. But the volcano is certainly building to ‘something’. How disruptive that something is still anyone’s guess.
Below is a look at the eruptive history of the region based on the geologic record (the red dotted line indicates the Dalton Minimum). Clear to see, Mt. St. Helens is the most eruptive of the Cascade Range, particularly in recent times.
And while we’re in this region of the world, I should probably mention the late-season snow blocking highways and further delaying spring planting. A Special Weather Statement was issued May 8: “unseasonably cold air has spread across eastern Washington and eastern Oregon. Snow levels will be as low as 2000 feet…” Below is a look at the forecast into the new week:
GFS Total Snowfall (inches) May 8 – May 24 [tropicaltidbits.com].
The NW U.S. will also be impacted by anomalous, record-challenging cold, too:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 8 – May 15 [tropicaltidbits.com].
Iceland Seismic Swarm Continues
Coinciding with the seismic uptick at St. Helens, Iceland’s seismic crisis is persisting.
As reported by icelandgeology.net, the earthquake swarm at Trölladyngju-Krýsuvík increased again this morning (7-May-2022), suggesting that magma is on the move.
The largest earthquakes had a magnitude of M3.3 and M3.5 — both earthquakes where clearly felt in Reykjavík area.
Earthquake activity at Krýsuvík volcano, near Kleifarvatn lake [Icelandic Met Office].
Volcanic eruptions are one of the key forcings driving Earth into its next bout of global cooling. Their worldwide uptick is tied to low solar activity, coronal holes, a waning magnetosphere, and the influx of Cosmic Rays penetrating silica-rich magma.
Hunga Tonga’s eruption of Jan 15 fired particulates through the stratosphere and into the mesosphere. At 36 miles up, it was the highest volcanic eruption ever recorded. Those particulates are now ‘trapped’ in the upper atmosphere where they are expected to cool the planet by approx. 0.3C.
It’s Monday morning, meaning I’m off to our local farmer’s market here in Central Portugal — you can never have enough meat chicks. I urge everyone to take steps daily to bolster their food/energy security before inflation and shortages really take hold, before the next collapse of EVERYTHING ensues, before the next Great Depression: their Great Reset.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
TxGal
Day by day
Spring Wheat Hits 14-Year High On World War 3 & Weather Woes | ZeroHedge
Spring Wheat Hits 14-Year High On World War 3 & Weather Woes
BY TYLER DURDEN
MONDAY, MAY 09, 2022 - 07:25 AM
A combination of delayed plantings in Northern U.S. Plains and Canada due to soggy weather, a dry spell in Western Europe, chaos in Ukraine, and severe weather in India, have disrupted global wheat markets, sending prices in Minneapolis to the highest levels since 2008.
Spring wheat is used to make bagels, pizza crust, rolls, and croissants, among other specialty items, which touched a 14-year high on Monday morning at $12.31 a bushel due to delayed planting fears across the northern U.S. Plains and Canada because of abnormally wet conditions.
Across the Atlantic, a three-week drought plagues western Europe and adds more uncertainty for wheat. Weather forecaster Meteo France expects France to be hit with "summer-like heat this week," according to Bloomberg.
Paris-based adviser Agritel suggests even though wheat crops have been in great shape. The latest dry spell could revise the crop ratings lower given the current weather outlook and weeks of drought.
Weather and geopolitical issues suggest global wheat crop supplies could come under pressure as stockpiles worldwide dwindle. This may continue to place a bid under crop prices and result in high food prices. This is one situation that global central bankers can't print their way out of.
Spring Wheat Hits 14-Year High On World War 3 & Weather Woes
BY TYLER DURDEN
MONDAY, MAY 09, 2022 - 07:25 AM
A combination of delayed plantings in Northern U.S. Plains and Canada due to soggy weather, a dry spell in Western Europe, chaos in Ukraine, and severe weather in India, have disrupted global wheat markets, sending prices in Minneapolis to the highest levels since 2008.
Spring wheat is used to make bagels, pizza crust, rolls, and croissants, among other specialty items, which touched a 14-year high on Monday morning at $12.31 a bushel due to delayed planting fears across the northern U.S. Plains and Canada because of abnormally wet conditions.
Across the Atlantic, a three-week drought plagues western Europe and adds more uncertainty for wheat. Weather forecaster Meteo France expects France to be hit with "summer-like heat this week," according to Bloomberg.
Paris-based adviser Agritel suggests even though wheat crops have been in great shape. The latest dry spell could revise the crop ratings lower given the current weather outlook and weeks of drought.
Aside from Europe, India has considered halting wheat exports as a severe heatwave damaged crops.
Then there's Russia and Ukraine. Both are responsible for a quarter of global wheat exports and have been disrupted due to Moscow's invasion of the Eastern Europe country. Ukraine, alone, accounts for 10% of global wheat exports.
Weather and geopolitical issues suggest global wheat crop supplies could come under pressure as stockpiles worldwide dwindle. This may continue to place a bid under crop prices and result in high food prices. This is one situation that global central bankers can't print their way out of.
alpha
Veteran Member
Electroverse
Extreme Weather GSM
U.S. Suffered Colder-Than-Average April; Sharp Uptick In Arctic Sea Ice; + Fierce Cold Spell Grips Antarctic Peninsula
May 10, 2022 Cap Allon
U.S. Suffered Colder-Than-Average April
The United States just suffered a very cold (and snowy) April, which delayed spring planting and also drove heating demand higher, putting additional stress on already creaking global commodity markets and supply chains.
The Lower 48 finished with an average temperature of 50.68F in April.
This is -1.17F below the 1991-2020 baseline, and astonishingly –at least for members of the AGW Party– was colder than many of the April’s of the late-1800s and 1900s (see chart below).
April 2022 was somewhat mild in the South, but that was offset by exceptional cold in the North/Northwest, according to NASA.
CONUS April Temperatures [NOAA].
The above chart also begs the question, where’s the catastrophic anthropogenic global warming at? Because it certainly doesn’t seem to be apparent in April in the U.S., at least, which is curious…
Sharp Uptick In Arctic Sea Ice
Arctic sea ice has been on something of a tear in recent weeks.
According to NASA, the ‘Arctic Ice Area’ is now close to exceeding all recent years (going back to 2011):
[NASA]
And currently, NSIDC data has Arctic Sea Ice at its highest Extent since 2013 (light blue line):
[NSIDC]
And likewise in nearby Greenland, the island’s Surface Mass Balance has been closely tracking the 1981-2010 mean all season:
[DMI]
Fierce Cold Spell Grips Antarctic Peninsula
Headed to the bottom of the world, official data reveals that Antarctica has been cooling for decades now: East Antarctica –which covers two thirds of the South Pole– is down 2.8C over the past 40-odd years, while West Antarctica has cooled 1.6C.
It stands that the only part of the continent that has seen any warming is the comparatively tiny Antarctic Peninsula, which, coincidentally, is the only part that the MSM seem to focus on:
As well as being small, the Antarctic Peninsula has also only seen statistically insignificant warming that barely impacts the continent’s overall average; and now, the region is actually experiencing a fierce chill (leading to ‘crickets’ from the MSM).
The Argentine Base of Marambio hasn’t seen the mercury rise above -20C for 5 days now (6C below the May average) and actually plunged to -26.6C on Monday. Elsewhere, Esperanza Base hasn’t risen above -15C over the same time period (which again is 6C below the monthly average) and measured -24C on Monday:
#otoño parte 67
Ola de (mucho!) frío en el Mar de Weddell: Base Marambio lleva 5 días seguidos sin pasar de -20 (la media de mayo es -14), la mínima hoy -26°6, en tanto Base Esperanza también 5 días sin pasar de -15 (media mayo -9), midió hoy -24°C nueva mínima anual. pic.twitter.com/mLFDOSCoJT
Despite mainstream obfuscations and outright lies, Antarctica has been holding exceptionally cold, particularly over the past 12-or-so months: the continent suffered its coldest ‘coreless winter’ (April-Sept) in recorded history in 2021.
And now 2022 is tracking very similarly.
In fact, the month just gone was exceptionally cold across the continent: April at the South Pole Station finished with a temperature anomaly of approx. -2C below the multidecadal norm; while a -3C anomaly was noted at the infamous Vostok station against the 1958-2021 mean.
Inconveniently for the AGW Party, ever since that entirely natural atmospheric river event of March 18 (which led to endless EOTW caterwauling from the MSM), temperatures across Antarctica have been holding BELOW the 1979-2000 average. This is according to data from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, which today, May 10 is again reading -2.6C:
[climatereanalyzer.org]
As you’d expect, all this anomalous cold is impacting the continent’s ice sheet, with both Extent and Area on the march:
[NASA]
This recent uptick also threatens to continue to trend of ice growth witnessed over the past 4+ decades (the satellite era).
Sea ice at the South Pole rebounded in 2020 and 2021 to the levels of some 3-decades ago. This is clearly identifiable in the chart below, as is the multidecadal trend of growth which stands at approximately 1% per decade:
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
Extreme Weather GSM
U.S. Suffered Colder-Than-Average April; Sharp Uptick In Arctic Sea Ice; + Fierce Cold Spell Grips Antarctic Peninsula
May 10, 2022 Cap Allon
U.S. Suffered Colder-Than-Average April
The United States just suffered a very cold (and snowy) April, which delayed spring planting and also drove heating demand higher, putting additional stress on already creaking global commodity markets and supply chains.
The Lower 48 finished with an average temperature of 50.68F in April.
This is -1.17F below the 1991-2020 baseline, and astonishingly –at least for members of the AGW Party– was colder than many of the April’s of the late-1800s and 1900s (see chart below).
April 2022 was somewhat mild in the South, but that was offset by exceptional cold in the North/Northwest, according to NASA.
CONUS April Temperatures [NOAA].
The above chart also begs the question, where’s the catastrophic anthropogenic global warming at? Because it certainly doesn’t seem to be apparent in April in the U.S., at least, which is curious…
Sharp Uptick In Arctic Sea Ice
Arctic sea ice has been on something of a tear in recent weeks.
According to NASA, the ‘Arctic Ice Area’ is now close to exceeding all recent years (going back to 2011):
[NASA]
And currently, NSIDC data has Arctic Sea Ice at its highest Extent since 2013 (light blue line):
[NSIDC]
And likewise in nearby Greenland, the island’s Surface Mass Balance has been closely tracking the 1981-2010 mean all season:
[DMI]
Fierce Cold Spell Grips Antarctic Peninsula
Headed to the bottom of the world, official data reveals that Antarctica has been cooling for decades now: East Antarctica –which covers two thirds of the South Pole– is down 2.8C over the past 40-odd years, while West Antarctica has cooled 1.6C.
It stands that the only part of the continent that has seen any warming is the comparatively tiny Antarctic Peninsula, which, coincidentally, is the only part that the MSM seem to focus on:
As well as being small, the Antarctic Peninsula has also only seen statistically insignificant warming that barely impacts the continent’s overall average; and now, the region is actually experiencing a fierce chill (leading to ‘crickets’ from the MSM).
The Argentine Base of Marambio hasn’t seen the mercury rise above -20C for 5 days now (6C below the May average) and actually plunged to -26.6C on Monday. Elsewhere, Esperanza Base hasn’t risen above -15C over the same time period (which again is 6C below the monthly average) and measured -24C on Monday:
#otoño parte 67
Ola de (mucho!) frío en el Mar de Weddell: Base Marambio lleva 5 días seguidos sin pasar de -20 (la media de mayo es -14), la mínima hoy -26°6, en tanto Base Esperanza también 5 días sin pasar de -15 (media mayo -9), midió hoy -24°C nueva mínima anual. pic.twitter.com/mLFDOSCoJT
Despite mainstream obfuscations and outright lies, Antarctica has been holding exceptionally cold, particularly over the past 12-or-so months: the continent suffered its coldest ‘coreless winter’ (April-Sept) in recorded history in 2021.
And now 2022 is tracking very similarly.
In fact, the month just gone was exceptionally cold across the continent: April at the South Pole Station finished with a temperature anomaly of approx. -2C below the multidecadal norm; while a -3C anomaly was noted at the infamous Vostok station against the 1958-2021 mean.
Inconveniently for the AGW Party, ever since that entirely natural atmospheric river event of March 18 (which led to endless EOTW caterwauling from the MSM), temperatures across Antarctica have been holding BELOW the 1979-2000 average. This is according to data from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, which today, May 10 is again reading -2.6C:
[climatereanalyzer.org]
As you’d expect, all this anomalous cold is impacting the continent’s ice sheet, with both Extent and Area on the march:
[NASA]
This recent uptick also threatens to continue to trend of ice growth witnessed over the past 4+ decades (the satellite era).
Sea ice at the South Pole rebounded in 2020 and 2021 to the levels of some 3-decades ago. This is clearly identifiable in the chart below, as is the multidecadal trend of growth which stands at approximately 1% per decade:
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
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Historic Chills In Boise; Cold-Records Still Plaguing B.C.; Colder-Than-Average April In Thailand; + Global Diesel Shortage Inbound
May 11, 2022 Cap Allon
Historic Chills In Boise
A powerful spring snowstorm on Monday, May 9 set new records in Boise.
During the month of May, the Idaho city typically sees very little snowfall, averaging just 0.10″. On Monday, however, Boise logged a significant 0.50″ and in the process bested the previous record of a Trace set back in 1983.
[idahonews.com]
Another longstanding record was busted on Monday — the record for low-maximum temperature. The prior coldest daytime high for Boise was the 47F set back during the May of 1908 (the Centennial Minimum) — the high on Monday reached just 44F.
[idahonews.com]
Very cold temperatures prevailed in April, too, and these late-season freezes are now extending into May. This is predicted by a Grand Solar Minimum. As are the mounting concerns for U.S. farmers re. planting delays. Corn planting in Idaho –America’s largest corn growing state, no less– was already well-behind schedule but this fierce May chill is further extending the delays.
Clear skies overnight will see the mercury plummet into the upper 20’s and low 30’s in the valley Wednesday, before a potential respite. However, looking a little further ahead, by May 22 another all-encompassing mass of polar cold is forecast to descend unusually-far south on the back of a solar activity induced weak and wavy meridional jet stream flow:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 19 – May 27 [tropicaltidbits.com].
This forecast, if it were to play out, would likely see a lot of U.S. farmers throw in the towel. If the seeds aren’t in the ground by mid-May then there’s little point in proceeding, the yield simply won’t be there come the end of this season. This is a game-over scenario which, in line with the widespread input shortages (fertilizers etc.), would lead to cripplingly-high food prices and empty grocery store shelves.
The time to prepare is now.
Grow your own.
Cold-Records Still Plaguing B.C.
Alarmist concerns of ‘no more snow‘ have been revised into concerns of disastrous flooding–due to too much snow.
As has been the trend the past couple of months, below-average temperatures are set to dominate the B.C. narrative once again this week –- and perhaps they’ll be record-breakingly cold, reports theweathernetwork.com.
According to meteorologist Tyler Hamilton, the coast will see highs in the single digits, which is “unheard of for parts of Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver for the second week of May … It’s a temperature recorded hundreds of times for coastal stations in January, but to see the mercury fail to reach double-digits in May is troublesome,” writes Hamilton.
As well as harvest-wrecking cold, snowfall is also a big concern, continues Hamilton.
“By mid-May, the snowpack is usually on the downward trajectory, adding meltwater into the watershed … What was running a little behind schedule a couple of weeks ago is now beyond fashionably late … it’s now downright problematic … A higher snowpack is associated with an increased risk of flooding,” adds Hamilton.
Astonishingly, B.C.’s snowpack is actually forecast to grow over the next 10-or-so days, well into mid-May:
[The Weather Network]
A sudden and intense warm-up would likely bring catastrophic flooding to parts of the province, warms Hamilton. But he calls that scenario “a low probability event”. Looking at the forecast, there is in fact zero cause for alarm for the next 7-10 days as prevailing cold will only add more strain to the watershed.
“Come on, stubborn snowpack,” concludes Hamilton — “it’s time to come down, just not all at once.”
Colder-Than-Average April In Thailand
May is proving exceptionally frigid across much of SE Asia, and a host of monthly temperature records have fallen. But the month of April, it turns out, was also colder than normal for many Asian nations, including Thailand.
April 2022 in Thailand finished with an average temperature of 28.8C, which is -0.7C below the multidecadal average.
It was coldest in the NE of the country, where numerous records were toppled.
[TMD]
April 2022 was also anomalously cold across swathes of Europe, too
Added to the countries highlighted in recent Electroverse articles, we now have the data for Belarus, the Ukraine and the Czech Republic.
Belarus was exceptionally chilly last month. The average national temperature was just 5.7C — a whopping -2.1C below the multidecadal norm.
The Ukraine’s Hydrometeorological Center is back up and running, in time to reveal that temperature anomalies for April across the majority of the country ranged between -0.6C to -2.6C below the average.
And finally, in the Czech Republic, April was very cold here, too — an anomaly of 2.1C below the baseline was noted:
Global Diesel Shortage Inbound
Farmers are already faced with a shortage of parts, seeds and crop inputs; and now, due to increased demand and a drop in production, a diesel shortage is likely the next stage of TPTB’s ‘controlled demolition’ of our modern civilization.
The largest diesel distribution hub in the U.S. is sitting on supplies at a 30-year low This news contributed to diesel prices hitting a fresh record again this week. The national average price of diesel is now $5.54 per gallon, which is an increase of 22 cents from just last week–when the most recent record was set. There’s no state currently seeing diesel prices below $5.12 per gallon.
As with the shortages seen in most-other commodities, this lack of diesel is due to a cocktail of self-inflicted cock-ups: such as 1) the Russia/Ukraine conflict, 2) poor supply chain forethought, and 3) lower production along the East Coast.
“Diesel supply is short all over the world due to sanctions against Russian oil and much higher post-pandemic demand as supply restocking takes place,” says Peter Meyer with S&P Global Commodity Insights.
Meyer adds that the ‘just in time’ supply chain model is further exacerbating the problem as the supply chain works through issues that date back to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a potentially catastrophic situation–one that TPTB are dong NOTHING to prevent, quite the opposite. There isn’t a global shortage of oil, even with the sanctions against Russia. No, this issues is entirely self-inflicted and, at least where the U.S. is concerned, is tied to a shortage of refining capacity on the East Coast.
“East Coast capacity has been cut in half from 1.6 million barrels per day to 800,000 barrels per day over the past 10 years as half of the refineries in the east have shuttered,” explains Meyers. And this is where the global warming ruse enters the frame. Environmentally hamstrung politicians have been rolling-out extreme, society-threatening policies in order to combat rising CO2 emissions for years now; while simultaneously, the investment from Wall Street has steadily been withdrawn from out-of-favor fossil fuels — the upshots of both are coming home to roost.
Some farmers are reporting farm diesel prices are higher than on-road diesel, which is typically not the case. And while record-high prices are one thing, getting your hands on enough diesel is likely the next and most concerning issue for farmers.
“Certain areas of the country have seen shortages already and we expect that to continue. Supplies at New York Harbor –a hub for diesel distribution– are at a 30-year low,” says Meyer. “As such, the East Coast of the U.S. has been hit especially hard, resulting in diesel prices above $6.00 per gallon in that area, well over the equivalent of $250 per barrel. Exports of U.S. gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel to Latin America is also very high, adding to the tightness.”
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
Historic Chills In Boise; Cold-Records Still Plaguing B.C.; Colder-Than-Average April In Thailand; + Global Diesel Shortage Inbound
May 11, 2022 Cap Allon
Historic Chills In Boise
A powerful spring snowstorm on Monday, May 9 set new records in Boise.
During the month of May, the Idaho city typically sees very little snowfall, averaging just 0.10″. On Monday, however, Boise logged a significant 0.50″ and in the process bested the previous record of a Trace set back in 1983.
[idahonews.com]
Another longstanding record was busted on Monday — the record for low-maximum temperature. The prior coldest daytime high for Boise was the 47F set back during the May of 1908 (the Centennial Minimum) — the high on Monday reached just 44F.
[idahonews.com]
Very cold temperatures prevailed in April, too, and these late-season freezes are now extending into May. This is predicted by a Grand Solar Minimum. As are the mounting concerns for U.S. farmers re. planting delays. Corn planting in Idaho –America’s largest corn growing state, no less– was already well-behind schedule but this fierce May chill is further extending the delays.
Clear skies overnight will see the mercury plummet into the upper 20’s and low 30’s in the valley Wednesday, before a potential respite. However, looking a little further ahead, by May 22 another all-encompassing mass of polar cold is forecast to descend unusually-far south on the back of a solar activity induced weak and wavy meridional jet stream flow:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 19 – May 27 [tropicaltidbits.com].
This forecast, if it were to play out, would likely see a lot of U.S. farmers throw in the towel. If the seeds aren’t in the ground by mid-May then there’s little point in proceeding, the yield simply won’t be there come the end of this season. This is a game-over scenario which, in line with the widespread input shortages (fertilizers etc.), would lead to cripplingly-high food prices and empty grocery store shelves.
The time to prepare is now.
Grow your own.
Cold-Records Still Plaguing B.C.
Alarmist concerns of ‘no more snow‘ have been revised into concerns of disastrous flooding–due to too much snow.
As has been the trend the past couple of months, below-average temperatures are set to dominate the B.C. narrative once again this week –- and perhaps they’ll be record-breakingly cold, reports theweathernetwork.com.
According to meteorologist Tyler Hamilton, the coast will see highs in the single digits, which is “unheard of for parts of Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver for the second week of May … It’s a temperature recorded hundreds of times for coastal stations in January, but to see the mercury fail to reach double-digits in May is troublesome,” writes Hamilton.
As well as harvest-wrecking cold, snowfall is also a big concern, continues Hamilton.
“By mid-May, the snowpack is usually on the downward trajectory, adding meltwater into the watershed … What was running a little behind schedule a couple of weeks ago is now beyond fashionably late … it’s now downright problematic … A higher snowpack is associated with an increased risk of flooding,” adds Hamilton.
Astonishingly, B.C.’s snowpack is actually forecast to grow over the next 10-or-so days, well into mid-May:
[The Weather Network]
A sudden and intense warm-up would likely bring catastrophic flooding to parts of the province, warms Hamilton. But he calls that scenario “a low probability event”. Looking at the forecast, there is in fact zero cause for alarm for the next 7-10 days as prevailing cold will only add more strain to the watershed.
“Come on, stubborn snowpack,” concludes Hamilton — “it’s time to come down, just not all at once.”
Colder-Than-Average April In Thailand
May is proving exceptionally frigid across much of SE Asia, and a host of monthly temperature records have fallen. But the month of April, it turns out, was also colder than normal for many Asian nations, including Thailand.
April 2022 in Thailand finished with an average temperature of 28.8C, which is -0.7C below the multidecadal average.
It was coldest in the NE of the country, where numerous records were toppled.
[TMD]
April 2022 was also anomalously cold across swathes of Europe, too
Added to the countries highlighted in recent Electroverse articles, we now have the data for Belarus, the Ukraine and the Czech Republic.
Belarus was exceptionally chilly last month. The average national temperature was just 5.7C — a whopping -2.1C below the multidecadal norm.
The Ukraine’s Hydrometeorological Center is back up and running, in time to reveal that temperature anomalies for April across the majority of the country ranged between -0.6C to -2.6C below the average.
And finally, in the Czech Republic, April was very cold here, too — an anomaly of 2.1C below the baseline was noted:
Global Diesel Shortage Inbound
Farmers are already faced with a shortage of parts, seeds and crop inputs; and now, due to increased demand and a drop in production, a diesel shortage is likely the next stage of TPTB’s ‘controlled demolition’ of our modern civilization.
The largest diesel distribution hub in the U.S. is sitting on supplies at a 30-year low This news contributed to diesel prices hitting a fresh record again this week. The national average price of diesel is now $5.54 per gallon, which is an increase of 22 cents from just last week–when the most recent record was set. There’s no state currently seeing diesel prices below $5.12 per gallon.
As with the shortages seen in most-other commodities, this lack of diesel is due to a cocktail of self-inflicted cock-ups: such as 1) the Russia/Ukraine conflict, 2) poor supply chain forethought, and 3) lower production along the East Coast.
“Diesel supply is short all over the world due to sanctions against Russian oil and much higher post-pandemic demand as supply restocking takes place,” says Peter Meyer with S&P Global Commodity Insights.
Meyer adds that the ‘just in time’ supply chain model is further exacerbating the problem as the supply chain works through issues that date back to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a potentially catastrophic situation–one that TPTB are dong NOTHING to prevent, quite the opposite. There isn’t a global shortage of oil, even with the sanctions against Russia. No, this issues is entirely self-inflicted and, at least where the U.S. is concerned, is tied to a shortage of refining capacity on the East Coast.
“East Coast capacity has been cut in half from 1.6 million barrels per day to 800,000 barrels per day over the past 10 years as half of the refineries in the east have shuttered,” explains Meyers. And this is where the global warming ruse enters the frame. Environmentally hamstrung politicians have been rolling-out extreme, society-threatening policies in order to combat rising CO2 emissions for years now; while simultaneously, the investment from Wall Street has steadily been withdrawn from out-of-favor fossil fuels — the upshots of both are coming home to roost.
Some farmers are reporting farm diesel prices are higher than on-road diesel, which is typically not the case. And while record-high prices are one thing, getting your hands on enough diesel is likely the next and most concerning issue for farmers.
“Certain areas of the country have seen shortages already and we expect that to continue. Supplies at New York Harbor –a hub for diesel distribution– are at a 30-year low,” says Meyer. “As such, the East Coast of the U.S. has been hit especially hard, resulting in diesel prices above $6.00 per gallon in that area, well over the equivalent of $250 per barrel. Exports of U.S. gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel to Latin America is also very high, adding to the tightness.”
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
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Articles Crop Loss Extreme Weather GSM
Cold Spring Keeping N.D. Mosquitoes At Bay–For Now; Prime Corn Yield Already Gone; ‘Blue Blob’ Has Halted Iceland/Greenland Melting; + Sulina Canal Restricted
May 12, 2022 Cap Allon
Cold Spring Keeping N.D. Mosquitoes At Bay–For Now
April 2022 in Fargo, N.D. saw near record precipitation, which lead to significant flooding, and record breaking cold.
The overflowing rivers and overland flooding can become a breeding ground for mosquitoes but thanks to the persistent and, at times, unprecedented low temperatures, mosquito larva hatching has been delayed.
The coming weeks are pivotal for how mosquito season will shape up, explains Cass County Vector Control Director Ben Prather. If the wet weather pattern continues during the summer warm-up then mosquitoes could become a problem.
Looking at the charts, though, that warm-up could still be some time off:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 19 – May 28 [tropicaltidbits.com].
Prime Corn Yield Already Gone
Corn farmers across the much of the U.S. are unlikely to net high yields this year because their planting has been delayed significantly by cold and rain, according to an Iowa State University agronomist.
The impact of that delay will depend heavily on farmers’ progress over the next 10-14 days. If the weather doesn’t play ball (which, going by the chart above, it doesn’t look like it will) then it’s all by game over for U.S. corn.
Mark Licht, an ISU Extension cropping systems specialist who studies yield trends, believes that the current delays have already reduced yields: “I think we’ve already taken the top end off of it. How much is yet to be determined.”
Heading into this week, corn planting across the state was about two weeks behind the five-year average, the slowest planting pace since 2013, said Greg Thessen, director of the USDA’s National Statistical Service for the Upper Midwest.
Just 14% of seed corn was in the ground as of Sunday –thanks to persistent rains since the middle of April and cold soil temperatures– compared with the average of 63%. The ground needs to average about 50F for proper sprouting, yet we still have many regions having to contend with hard frosts.
The best corn crops are planted before mid-May, and that it’s all-but game over if planting pushes into June.
‘Blue Blob’ Has Halted Iceland/Greenland Melting
We’ve discussed the ‘blue blob’ before, but a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters adds support to the notion that Icelandic and Greenland glaciers have stopped melting due to a mass of cold water in the North Atlantic.
The cold patch, discovered just south of Iceland and Greenland, is still proving something of a mystery to scientists, most likely because the phenomenon goes against all preconceived mainstream ideas of a linearly heating planet.
There are many theories doing the rounds, some that even attempt to tie the blob to anthropogenic factors–such as a 2020 paper that suggests man’s activities have resulted in the formation of low-level clouds over the region that are deflecting sunlight. The theory that holds the most water for me, however, is that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is stalling. The ‘AMOC’ transports heat northwards from the tropics, and its collapse is regarded to be the main forcing that plunges Earth into ice ages.
Over the last decade-or-so, the ‘blue blob’ has cooled the sea surface temperatures in the region to some 1.4C below normal. As a result, Brice Noël, lead author of the new study and a post-doc at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research in Utrecht, said he and his research team found that the rate of loss dramatically slowed down from 2011, and even reversed.
The blue blob is highly unusual and doesn’t follow the standards set by today’s AGW-led science where catastrophic heating infects every line of thought and inquiry. A global temperature rise of 1C over the last century is a commonly accepted data point, yet temperature of the blob has dropped by about 0.9C, and nobody can (or daren’t) fully explain why.
And while the mainstream narrative accepts that ice loss in the area has indeed halted, or at least slowed, it paints it as a temporary ‘pause’ rather than a reversal: “…it really shows you have these interactions between land, ice, atmosphere and ocean,” continued Noël, “…all of those combined can create some kind of feedback mechanism that is slowing down mass loss, but unfortunately only for a temporary moment.”
Taking satellite observations and fieldwork into account, Noël’s study actually sees a complete reversal of surface mass balance (SMB) by the late-2040s–from ice loss to ice gain; however, this won’t last long — ‘terrifying terra-firma broiling’ is expected to return with a vengeance by the mid-2050s. Noël and his team concluded that when the blob does stop cooling, the speed of ice melting will become even faster… well, how else do you think they got their paper published…?
Sulina Canal Restricted
The agency overseeing operations along a key Black Sea canal has halted vessels moving towards the Ukrainian and Romanian ports of Reni, Izmail or Giurgiulesti amid a huge backlog, further adding to global supply chain chaos.
The Sulina Canal has emerged as a key link in the supply chain moving Ukrainian agricultural produce via the River Danube towards Black Sea export facilities and has reported a major increase in activity as a result.
As reported by agricensus.com, that has forced the canal’s administrators to limit vessels entering the canal in order to prevent further queues.
“The Sulina administration decided in yesterday’s meeting that they will not allow more than three ships waiting in the anchorage at nautical mile 36, three more at nautical mile 44, three at Reni roads and two at Giurgiulesti roads,” read a note seen by Agricensus.
“In order to avoid blockage, ships going to Reni/Giurgiulesti will not enter Sulina canal until these areas are clear; the same will be applied for Izmail port,” continued the note, which added that one section already has four ships waiting to be processed and that no additional vessels will be admitted until that number drops below three — at the time of writing, the ship tracking service Marine Traffic shows there are some 70 vessels waiting for the entrance to be re-opened.
Sulina canal links the shallow Ukrainian and Romanian ports with the Black Sea. It was unready for the sharp increase in product flows following Russia’s blockade of the deep sea ports, partly because to a lack of workers processing the increased traffic.
The congestion also comes amid an ongoing restriction of grain wagons moving into the port of Reni by rail, continues the agricensus.com article, and situations are occurring where a vessel has already arrived into port but the grain that it is expecting to load has not yet reached the terminal, resulting in even more delays.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy –who I refuse to hero worship by the way, knowing very little about the guy– has again urged the international community to stop the Russian blockade of the deep seaports of Ukraine citing the threat to the world food supply. But, a least to me, this is just talk. They appear to want a collapse. They must do. There is no way TPTB can be this incompetent and have such poor forethought: A lack of workers on the key Sulina canal? No increase in the production farming inputs to combat, for example, the fertilizer shortage? No uptick in domestic energy supplies? Or increase in the crop planting acreage? This is slow motion car crash, but as usual, the masses are blind to it yet will be the ones to pay the highest price.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
Cold Spring Keeping N.D. Mosquitoes At Bay–For Now; Prime Corn Yield Already Gone; ‘Blue Blob’ Has Halted Iceland/Greenland Melting; + Sulina Canal Restricted
May 12, 2022 Cap Allon
Cold Spring Keeping N.D. Mosquitoes At Bay–For Now
April 2022 in Fargo, N.D. saw near record precipitation, which lead to significant flooding, and record breaking cold.
The overflowing rivers and overland flooding can become a breeding ground for mosquitoes but thanks to the persistent and, at times, unprecedented low temperatures, mosquito larva hatching has been delayed.
The coming weeks are pivotal for how mosquito season will shape up, explains Cass County Vector Control Director Ben Prather. If the wet weather pattern continues during the summer warm-up then mosquitoes could become a problem.
Looking at the charts, though, that warm-up could still be some time off:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 19 – May 28 [tropicaltidbits.com].
Prime Corn Yield Already Gone
Corn farmers across the much of the U.S. are unlikely to net high yields this year because their planting has been delayed significantly by cold and rain, according to an Iowa State University agronomist.
The impact of that delay will depend heavily on farmers’ progress over the next 10-14 days. If the weather doesn’t play ball (which, going by the chart above, it doesn’t look like it will) then it’s all by game over for U.S. corn.
Mark Licht, an ISU Extension cropping systems specialist who studies yield trends, believes that the current delays have already reduced yields: “I think we’ve already taken the top end off of it. How much is yet to be determined.”
Heading into this week, corn planting across the state was about two weeks behind the five-year average, the slowest planting pace since 2013, said Greg Thessen, director of the USDA’s National Statistical Service for the Upper Midwest.
Just 14% of seed corn was in the ground as of Sunday –thanks to persistent rains since the middle of April and cold soil temperatures– compared with the average of 63%. The ground needs to average about 50F for proper sprouting, yet we still have many regions having to contend with hard frosts.
The best corn crops are planted before mid-May, and that it’s all-but game over if planting pushes into June.
‘Blue Blob’ Has Halted Iceland/Greenland Melting
We’ve discussed the ‘blue blob’ before, but a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters adds support to the notion that Icelandic and Greenland glaciers have stopped melting due to a mass of cold water in the North Atlantic.
The cold patch, discovered just south of Iceland and Greenland, is still proving something of a mystery to scientists, most likely because the phenomenon goes against all preconceived mainstream ideas of a linearly heating planet.
There are many theories doing the rounds, some that even attempt to tie the blob to anthropogenic factors–such as a 2020 paper that suggests man’s activities have resulted in the formation of low-level clouds over the region that are deflecting sunlight. The theory that holds the most water for me, however, is that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is stalling. The ‘AMOC’ transports heat northwards from the tropics, and its collapse is regarded to be the main forcing that plunges Earth into ice ages.
Over the last decade-or-so, the ‘blue blob’ has cooled the sea surface temperatures in the region to some 1.4C below normal. As a result, Brice Noël, lead author of the new study and a post-doc at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research in Utrecht, said he and his research team found that the rate of loss dramatically slowed down from 2011, and even reversed.
The blue blob is highly unusual and doesn’t follow the standards set by today’s AGW-led science where catastrophic heating infects every line of thought and inquiry. A global temperature rise of 1C over the last century is a commonly accepted data point, yet temperature of the blob has dropped by about 0.9C, and nobody can (or daren’t) fully explain why.
And while the mainstream narrative accepts that ice loss in the area has indeed halted, or at least slowed, it paints it as a temporary ‘pause’ rather than a reversal: “…it really shows you have these interactions between land, ice, atmosphere and ocean,” continued Noël, “…all of those combined can create some kind of feedback mechanism that is slowing down mass loss, but unfortunately only for a temporary moment.”
Taking satellite observations and fieldwork into account, Noël’s study actually sees a complete reversal of surface mass balance (SMB) by the late-2040s–from ice loss to ice gain; however, this won’t last long — ‘terrifying terra-firma broiling’ is expected to return with a vengeance by the mid-2050s. Noël and his team concluded that when the blob does stop cooling, the speed of ice melting will become even faster… well, how else do you think they got their paper published…?
Sulina Canal Restricted
The agency overseeing operations along a key Black Sea canal has halted vessels moving towards the Ukrainian and Romanian ports of Reni, Izmail or Giurgiulesti amid a huge backlog, further adding to global supply chain chaos.
The Sulina Canal has emerged as a key link in the supply chain moving Ukrainian agricultural produce via the River Danube towards Black Sea export facilities and has reported a major increase in activity as a result.
As reported by agricensus.com, that has forced the canal’s administrators to limit vessels entering the canal in order to prevent further queues.
“The Sulina administration decided in yesterday’s meeting that they will not allow more than three ships waiting in the anchorage at nautical mile 36, three more at nautical mile 44, three at Reni roads and two at Giurgiulesti roads,” read a note seen by Agricensus.
“In order to avoid blockage, ships going to Reni/Giurgiulesti will not enter Sulina canal until these areas are clear; the same will be applied for Izmail port,” continued the note, which added that one section already has four ships waiting to be processed and that no additional vessels will be admitted until that number drops below three — at the time of writing, the ship tracking service Marine Traffic shows there are some 70 vessels waiting for the entrance to be re-opened.
Sulina canal links the shallow Ukrainian and Romanian ports with the Black Sea. It was unready for the sharp increase in product flows following Russia’s blockade of the deep sea ports, partly because to a lack of workers processing the increased traffic.
The congestion also comes amid an ongoing restriction of grain wagons moving into the port of Reni by rail, continues the agricensus.com article, and situations are occurring where a vessel has already arrived into port but the grain that it is expecting to load has not yet reached the terminal, resulting in even more delays.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy –who I refuse to hero worship by the way, knowing very little about the guy– has again urged the international community to stop the Russian blockade of the deep seaports of Ukraine citing the threat to the world food supply. But, a least to me, this is just talk. They appear to want a collapse. They must do. There is no way TPTB can be this incompetent and have such poor forethought: A lack of workers on the key Sulina canal? No increase in the production farming inputs to combat, for example, the fertilizer shortage? No uptick in domestic energy supplies? Or increase in the crop planting acreage? This is slow motion car crash, but as usual, the masses are blind to it yet will be the ones to pay the highest price.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
alpha
Veteran Member
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Articles Crop Loss Extreme Weather GSM
Puerto Rico’s Coldest April Since 1991; New Zealand Dips Below Freezing; Cold Forecast Dashes Any Remaining U.S. Crop Planting Hopes; + The Return Of La Niña
May 13, 2022 Cap Allon
Puerto Rico’s Coldest April Since 1991
April 2022 in Puerto Rico had an average temperature of 79.0F (26.1C), which was -1.3F (-0.7C) below the multidecadal norm.
San Juan has now experienced 3 cooler-than-average months in a row.
Moreover, last month was the country’s coldest April since 1991, according to NOAA data:
[NOAA]
And while on the topic of colder-than-average April’s, the data for a few more European nations are in.
April 2022 in Italy had an average temperature anomaly of -0.35C below the norm:
[CNR]
And similarly in Spain, April 2022 finished -0.3C below the older 1981-2010 benchmark still used by AEMET:
[AEMET]
Cold records were set across Spain last month.
In total, 14 monthly low temperature records were set, 8 for lowest-min and 6 for lowest-max:
New Zealand Dips Below Freezing
After what has admittedly been a warm few months in The Land Of The Long White Cloud, New Zealand is finally enduring its first wintry cold spell and in the process has logged its lowest temperatures of the year so far.
Widespread frosts have also been noted, across inland areas of both the North and South islands.
A teeth-chattering -4.2C (24.4F) was recently registered at Turangi:
Looking ahead, further chills are on the cards, with Antarctica threatening to ‘tail-whip’ an intense mass of cold into ALL of NZ starting May 20.
Staying in the Southern Hemisphere, ‘blues’ and ‘purples’ are also set to grip South America over the next week-or-so, further jeopardizing the already poor-looking grain crops of Argentina and Brazil which are entering a crucial growing stage.
Failures in these nations will only heap further pressures on rapidly depleting global stocks and creaking supply chains.
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 15 – May 22 [tropicaltidbits.com].
Cold Forecast Dashes U.S. Crop Planting Hopes
Likewise in the U.S. (and indeed Canada), the onset of anomalous May cold looks set to dash any remaining hopes of even an average grain harvest, yet alone a bountiful one.
The USDA released its sixth Crop Progress report earlier in the week.
The agency, which is tasked with stabilizing the markets rather than painting a true picture, reported that corn planted stands at just 22% compared with the previous five-year average of 50%. Also, just 5% has ’emerged’ compared with the average of 15%.
Soybeans are also in trouble: 12% have been planted, compared with the five-year average of 24%.
Spring wheat planted is at 27% compared with the average of 47%; while just 9% has emerged compared with the norm of 15%. Winter wheat ‘headed’ came in at 33% vs the 40% average. More concerning, though, winter wheat condition was rated 29% good/excellent and 39% poor/very poor, compared with the previous year of 49% good/excellent and 18% poor/very poor.
And not forgetting oats, the planted area was reported at 55% vs the five-year average of 71%; while just 36% of oats have emerged compared with the 50% norm by this time of the year.
I don’t need to tell you, but these numbers –particularly in light of the incoming cold (shown below) plus the shortfalls noted elsewhere (such as in Brazil/Argentina/Ukraine/Russia/Kazakhstan)– is nothing short of a disaster. Additionally, you also have a shortage of inputs to factor in: any seeds that do end up in the ground will still suffer due to a lack of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides (reduced fertilizer application = lower yields).
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 16 – May 28 [tropicaltidbits.com].
GFS Total Snowfall (inches) May 13 – May 29 [tropicaltidbits.com].
The Return Of La Niña
Earth’s climate system is also throwing us something of a curve ball this year — a third consecutive La Niña.
According to NWS meteorologists, three consecutive La Niñas are so rare that climate science isn’t certain what it could mean. It really is anyone’s guess how this impacts our weather moving forward, particularly into the winter of 2022-23; generally though, the odds favor colder-than-average temperatures and increased snowfall (for most).
The last time we saw three consecutive La Niña winters was 1998-2001. Looking at the event’s impacts on NW Washington, for example, heavy snow during the winter of 1998-99 gave the Mt. Baker Ski Area a world-record annual snowfall of 1,140 inches.
La Niña has impacted the most recent two winters, too.
Staying in NW Washington, the winters of 2020-21 and 2021-22 both featured long periods of lowland snow and several powerful rainstorms that caused flooding along the Nooksack River. Current snowpack in the North Cascades is staning 113% of normal, as of May 12, with yet more flurries in the forecast.
Also worth noting, the region has experienced cooling (since at least 2018), with something of a nosedive observed in 2022:
Our planet is cooling before our eyes, yet the masses are still too ‘taught’ and/or cowardly to question the official narrative.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
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Puerto Rico’s Coldest April Since 1991; New Zealand Dips Below Freezing; Cold Forecast Dashes Any Remaining U.S. Crop Planting Hopes; + The Return Of La Niña
May 13, 2022 Cap Allon
Puerto Rico’s Coldest April Since 1991
April 2022 in Puerto Rico had an average temperature of 79.0F (26.1C), which was -1.3F (-0.7C) below the multidecadal norm.
San Juan has now experienced 3 cooler-than-average months in a row.
Moreover, last month was the country’s coldest April since 1991, according to NOAA data:
[NOAA]
And while on the topic of colder-than-average April’s, the data for a few more European nations are in.
April 2022 in Italy had an average temperature anomaly of -0.35C below the norm:
[CNR]
And similarly in Spain, April 2022 finished -0.3C below the older 1981-2010 benchmark still used by AEMET:
[AEMET]
Cold records were set across Spain last month.
In total, 14 monthly low temperature records were set, 8 for lowest-min and 6 for lowest-max:
New Zealand Dips Below Freezing
After what has admittedly been a warm few months in The Land Of The Long White Cloud, New Zealand is finally enduring its first wintry cold spell and in the process has logged its lowest temperatures of the year so far.
Widespread frosts have also been noted, across inland areas of both the North and South islands.
A teeth-chattering -4.2C (24.4F) was recently registered at Turangi:
Looking ahead, further chills are on the cards, with Antarctica threatening to ‘tail-whip’ an intense mass of cold into ALL of NZ starting May 20.
Staying in the Southern Hemisphere, ‘blues’ and ‘purples’ are also set to grip South America over the next week-or-so, further jeopardizing the already poor-looking grain crops of Argentina and Brazil which are entering a crucial growing stage.
Failures in these nations will only heap further pressures on rapidly depleting global stocks and creaking supply chains.
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 15 – May 22 [tropicaltidbits.com].
Cold Forecast Dashes U.S. Crop Planting Hopes
Likewise in the U.S. (and indeed Canada), the onset of anomalous May cold looks set to dash any remaining hopes of even an average grain harvest, yet alone a bountiful one.
The USDA released its sixth Crop Progress report earlier in the week.
The agency, which is tasked with stabilizing the markets rather than painting a true picture, reported that corn planted stands at just 22% compared with the previous five-year average of 50%. Also, just 5% has ’emerged’ compared with the average of 15%.
Soybeans are also in trouble: 12% have been planted, compared with the five-year average of 24%.
Spring wheat planted is at 27% compared with the average of 47%; while just 9% has emerged compared with the norm of 15%. Winter wheat ‘headed’ came in at 33% vs the 40% average. More concerning, though, winter wheat condition was rated 29% good/excellent and 39% poor/very poor, compared with the previous year of 49% good/excellent and 18% poor/very poor.
And not forgetting oats, the planted area was reported at 55% vs the five-year average of 71%; while just 36% of oats have emerged compared with the 50% norm by this time of the year.
I don’t need to tell you, but these numbers –particularly in light of the incoming cold (shown below) plus the shortfalls noted elsewhere (such as in Brazil/Argentina/Ukraine/Russia/Kazakhstan)– is nothing short of a disaster. Additionally, you also have a shortage of inputs to factor in: any seeds that do end up in the ground will still suffer due to a lack of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides (reduced fertilizer application = lower yields).
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 16 – May 28 [tropicaltidbits.com].
GFS Total Snowfall (inches) May 13 – May 29 [tropicaltidbits.com].
The Return Of La Niña
Earth’s climate system is also throwing us something of a curve ball this year — a third consecutive La Niña.
According to NWS meteorologists, three consecutive La Niñas are so rare that climate science isn’t certain what it could mean. It really is anyone’s guess how this impacts our weather moving forward, particularly into the winter of 2022-23; generally though, the odds favor colder-than-average temperatures and increased snowfall (for most).
The last time we saw three consecutive La Niña winters was 1998-2001. Looking at the event’s impacts on NW Washington, for example, heavy snow during the winter of 1998-99 gave the Mt. Baker Ski Area a world-record annual snowfall of 1,140 inches.
La Niña has impacted the most recent two winters, too.
Staying in NW Washington, the winters of 2020-21 and 2021-22 both featured long periods of lowland snow and several powerful rainstorms that caused flooding along the Nooksack River. Current snowpack in the North Cascades is staning 113% of normal, as of May 12, with yet more flurries in the forecast.
Also worth noting, the region has experienced cooling (since at least 2018), with something of a nosedive observed in 2022:
Our planet is cooling before our eyes, yet the masses are still too ‘taught’ and/or cowardly to question the official narrative.
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING in line with historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among many other forcings, including the impending release of the Beaufort Gyre). Prepare accordingly — learn the facts, relocate if need be, and grow your own.
TxGal
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Wheat Farmland Under Threat Worldwide As USDA Reveals Dismal Grain Outlook | ZeroHedge
Wheat Farmland Under Threat Worldwide As USDA Reveals Dismal Grain Outlook
BY TYLER DURDEN
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2022 - 04:20 PM
Across the world, top wheat-producing regions are experiencing adverse weather conditions that could threaten production. In places like Ukraine, a military invasion by Russia has slashed production significantly. All of this suggests the world is on the cusp of a food crisis.
Droughts, floods, and heatwaves have plagued farmland in the U.S., Europe, India, and China. As for Ukraine, the world's largest wheat producer, the war could slash production by upwards of a third. There's one exception: Russia, which is expected to have a bumper crop as wheat prices soar.
WASDE showed wheat production in Ukraine is expected to plunge by one-third this season compared with last year. The report also noted global corn production would decline while rice production could hit a record.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden on Wednesday outlined efforts to increase plantings to offset expected declines in global grain production.
Wheat Farmland Under Threat Worldwide As USDA Reveals Dismal Grain Outlook | ZeroHedge
Wheat Farmland Under Threat Worldwide As USDA Reveals Dismal Grain Outlook
BY TYLER DURDEN
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2022 - 04:20 PM
Across the world, top wheat-producing regions are experiencing adverse weather conditions that could threaten production. In places like Ukraine, a military invasion by Russia has slashed production significantly. All of this suggests the world is on the cusp of a food crisis.
Droughts, floods, and heatwaves have plagued farmland in the U.S., Europe, India, and China. As for Ukraine, the world's largest wheat producer, the war could slash production by upwards of a third. There's one exception: Russia, which is expected to have a bumper crop as wheat prices soar.
Bloomberg provides a current snapshot of what's happening globally in wheat markets.
On Thursday, wheat prices in Chicago rose 3.5% following the release of one of the most important World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports published by the USDA this year.
WASDE showed wheat production in Ukraine is expected to plunge by one-third this season compared with last year. The report also noted global corn production would decline while rice production could hit a record.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden on Wednesday outlined efforts to increase plantings to offset expected declines in global grain production.