{"id":172934,"date":"2021-11-15T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=172934"},"modified":"2021-11-15T14:30:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T13:30:30","slug":"punishing-cold-breaks-167-year-old-records-in-australia-an-early-arctic-freeze-traps-20-ships-in-unusually-thick-sea-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=172934","title":{"rendered":"Punishing Cold Breaks 167-Year-Old Records In Australia, + An Early Arctic Freeze Traps 20+ Ships In Unusually Thick Sea Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Thank you for all the kind messages re my road trip back to the UK from Portugal.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding the actual journey: I don\u2019t want to talk about it. Ha. France has lost the plot: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) On stopping for food we were told we weren\u2019t allowed to eat unless we were fully vaccinated\u2013so we went hungry, and <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) at the ferry port, my answer of \u2018not declared\u2019 when asked by the\u00a0cheese-eating surrender monkeys<\/em>\u00a0on passport control if I was vaccinated \u2013a valid option on the UK\u2019s \u2018entry\/locator form\u2019\u2013 got us parked up in the \u2018naughty corner\u2019 where we were left to ponder why we hadn\u2019t just given in and accepted an experimental drug for a virus that statistically won\u2019t impact us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were\u00a0finally\u00a0<\/em>allowed onto the ferry after showing negative PCR tests (which is something I attempted to do off the bat), but not before being told that France would prefer it if we didn\u2019t return anytime soon\u2013I think because the UK is on their \u2018amber list\u2019 (a political move). And this is fine by me. We\u2019ll catch the ferry direct to Spain on the return leg. Because although sailing the Bay of Biscay is a choppy, vomit-inducing nightmare, it\u2019s preferable than having to deal with the insanity going on in France right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Punishing Cold Breaks 167-Year-Old<\/strong> Records Across Australia<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The seasons have gone \u201ctopsy-turvy\u201d down under as a blistering Polar front sweeps the vast majority of Australia, just two weeks out from summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of the continent is suffering punishing temperate departures of 8-18C below the seasonal norm:
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The exceptional chill is taking down long-standing records across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tasmanian capital of Hobart, for example, just shivered through its chilliest November low in 60 years. The mercury in the city sank to 2.9C (37.2F) at dawn on Monday \u2014 the coldest November night since 1953 (solar minimum of cycle 18). And Kunanyi\/Mt Wellington, which overlooks Hobart, bottomed out at -5.8C at 4.30am \u2014 the third coldest November temperature ever recorded in Tasmania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melbourne recently logged its coldest November day since 2007 (solar minimum of cycle 24), with that reading (of 14C\/57.2F) surpassed on Monday when a high of just 13.5C\/56.3F was observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most impressively though, some locales have just endured a late-season cold spell not seen for more than 160 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As reported by\u00a0weatherzone.com.au<\/a>, Melbourne\u2019s maximum temperatures during the last four days have held well-below the long-term November average of 22C (71.6C), reaching 14C\/57.2F on Friday, 14.6C\/58.3F on Saturday, 15.3C\/59.4F on Sunday, and, as mentioned above, 13.5C\/56.3F on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first time in 167 years of records that Melbourne has had four days below 15.5C (59.9F) this late in spring.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While further north, Canberra\u2019s last three days have held around 10C below the seasonal average \u2014 the first time in 99 years of record-keeping that Australia\u2019s capital city has suffered three days at or below 14C\/57.2F this late in spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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If you think it\u2019s been unusually cold in southeastern Australia during the last few days, you\u2019re not imagining it! #Melbourne<\/a> and #Canberra<\/a> both just had their coldest run of days on record for this late in spring.

More at https:\/\/t.co\/MQtDiM41sP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/GM3bOQ71fI<\/a><\/p>— Weatherzone (@weatherzone) November 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>