Posted on 08/01/2009 2:01:21 PM PDT by em2vn
Weatherman Justin Chamberlain said the Islands had been under the influence of a highly unstable convective south/southwest air flow originating in Antarctica, keeping air temperatures below freezing. At times the wind was strong or gale force, leading to blizzard conditions and snowdrifts.
The duration of the Antarctic showery feed was unusual, he said, due in part to an area of high pressure covering much of South America, which blocked the usual mobile westerly flow.
Forty-three centimetres of snow were recorded, a new record at Mount Pleasant. It is comparable to July 2004, when a total of 33cm was recorded, and May 1995, when 29cm was recorded.
(Excerpt) Read more at en.mercopress.com ...
Here is a link to live webcams in Patagonia, Argentina....Pretty danged far south, and pretty danged cold...It takes a long time to load, but well worth the wait:
http://www.tierradelfuego.org.ar/v4/_esp/index.php?seccion=12
Forty-three centimetres of snow were recorded, a new record at Mount Pleasant.
That darn global warming again.
Snow? In the middle of summer? That is strange.
parsy.
>That darn global warming again.<
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Global warming only occurs in the northern hemisphere where Algore lives.
Not sure it means a tinkers damn but there
sure has been a dearth of sun spots this year?
Could algore be wrong?
It’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
Yup, that global warming really is doing a number down there!
You jest - August is not middle of summer in the Falklands.
Oh. Nevermind.
parsy, the globularly challenged.
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