{"id":187208,"date":"2022-02-12T20:50:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T19:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=187208"},"modified":"2022-02-12T20:50:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T19:50:06","slug":"eastern-half-of-u-s-set-for-arctic-blast-this-weekend-south-american-crop-losses-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=187208","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Half of U.S. Set for Arctic Blast This Weekend; + South American Crop Losses Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Eastern Half Of U.S. Set For Arctic Blast This Weekend<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The mercury in the East will remain above average Friday, but the warmth will be short-lived with a polar front forecast to crash the region Saturday, sending conditions in Atlantic City, for example, from 60F to snow in a matter of hours.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cold temperatures will be the main story this weekend, reports actionnews5.com<\/a>, who provide the following graphic:
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A blast of cold returns Sat, Feb 12 [actionnews5.com<\/a>].<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


The East\u2019s freeze will be in stark contrast to the West\u2019s warmth, where weekend temps are set to be so <\/em>toasty, particularly across Southern California, that Super Bowl 2022 could turn out to be hottest on record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, rather than being evidence of \u2018catastrophic anthropogenic global heating\u2019, this will be the result of 1) <\/em>Super Bowl being held in the Golden State<\/em>, duh, and 2)<\/em> the fact that a weak and wavy meridional jet stream flow<\/a> \u2013the result of historically low solar activity<\/a>\u2014 has effectively separated the Lower 48 into two halves, drawing record heat up from the Tropics on one side, and dragging record cold down from the Arctic on the other:
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GFS 2m Temp Anomalies (C) Feb 12 \u2013 Feb 13 [tropicaltidbits.com<\/a>].
Note also that the cold is forecast to engulf the majority of both Canada and Mexico, too.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


Therefore, when you see the MSM focusing solely on the \u2018the hottest Super Bowl EVA!\u2019<\/em> just know that this weekend\u2019s climatic setup is a function of the jet stream, not man\u2019s irrelevant CO2 excretions. A setup clearly demonstrated by the pretty reds <\/em>& blues<\/em> above.
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Looking Further Ahead<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Additional bouts of polar cold are set to engulf larger portions of the U.S. as February continues. Most notably next Friday, Feb 18:
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GFS 2m Temp Anomalies (C) for Feb 18 [tropicaltidbits.com<\/a>].<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


But also the following week, too (although, being so far out, this is subject to change):
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GFS 2m Temp Anomalies (C) Feb 22 \u2013 Feb 26 [tropicaltidbits.com<\/a>].<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


The snowfall should also prove substantial:
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GFS Total Snowfall (inches) Feb 11 \u2013 Feb 27 [tropicaltidbits.com<\/a>].<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n


According to\u00a0NOAA<\/a>, the U.S. has broken 1,460\u00a0snowfall\u00a0<\/mark><\/em><\/strong>records so far in 2022. And with regards to\u00a0temperatures<\/mark><\/em><\/strong>, the agency\u2019s (UHI-skewed) dataset reveals that\u00a0two\u00a0<\/em>all-time temperature records have been busted thus far, both for record cold.
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South American Crop Losses Mount<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Argentina\u2019s corn output estimates cut to 51 million mt<\/strong>.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the sowing of the corn area complete, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (BAGE) has cut its projection for corn production in Argentina to 51 million mt, down a whopping 6 million mt from the previous forecast, according to a recent update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reduction reflects the results of the harvest of the first early lots from the center of the national agricultural area, in which yields were below initial expectations due to cold and drought. \u201cRainfall for the remainder of February will be key to sustaining this volume,\u201d BAGE stated in its weekly report, suggesting that the 51 million mt estimate could be revised down further.
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Argentinian Soybeans also down<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, BAGE reduced Argentina\u2019s soybean estimates to 42 million mt, due to the ongoing drought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country planted 16.3 million hectares, 300,000 hectares less than last year.
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And finally, Paraguay was heard to have booked its first ever order of Argentine soybeans in an unprecedented move amid sharp La Nina-related crop losses, trade sources told Agricensus Tuesday.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the first ever time [that Paraguay has imported soybeans from Argentina] \u2026 the situation is very difficult over there,\u201d a South American trade source told Agricensus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paraguay is the fourth larger soybean exporter in the world, but the country has been severely hit by unseasonable blasts of cold and severe droughts over the past two seasons, the result of La Nina conditions, with the latest blast badly impacting the nation\u2019s 2021\/22 soybean crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a very unusual situation,\u201d soybean analyst at Brazil\u2019s Agrinvest Commodities Eduardo Vanin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cParaguay has been having a hard time to honor soybean contracts,\u201d head of the Latam grains sales desk at HedgePoint Global Maria Sol Arcidi\u00e1cono told Agricensus. \u201cSoybean crop losses are estimated at 50% in the country, and from the 50% that have been harvested, some 75% is under bad quality conditions \u2026 they need something to blend in order to increase quality,\u201d added Arcidi\u00e1cono.
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See also:
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A Catalog of Crop Failures<\/a><\/blockquote>