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A good coat of snow on the hills this morning, looks to be down to about the 1000 metre mark.
Might have to light the fire this evening.
After a stormy end of April (couldn't report that, I was too busy), things have been very quiet here during most of this month so far, as if La Niña didn't want to leave us yet. But now it does seems like the pattern finally is starting to flip. Both models agree on a very active end of the month, wich also means lots of snow incoming for the mountains (up to maybe meters in some locations of northern Patagonia), and even some for the lowlands.
Per GFS:
Something curious happened today in some locations in the south of Brazil.
We had some cold days recently and then the air got really dry.
Today some weather stations of high elevation in the state of Santa Catarina registered both historic record lows and record highs for the month of May. In the same day.
A weather station in the town of Bom Jardim da Serra registered an abnormal variation from a -7,7⁰C low to a 27,8⁰C high. That's more than 35⁰C of difference between the extremes of the day. Other stations in that region registered similar temperatures so it's unlikely to be deregulated.
And here they are: the mountains and its many ski resorts, are starting to pile up a good amount of snow. Photos from Las Leñas, with around 80cm at the base and 1,40mts at the top.
And here they are: the mountains and its many ski resorts, are starting to pile up a good amount of snow. Photos from Las Leñas, with around 80cm at the base and 1,40mts at the top.
Awesome!! - Las Lenas definitely on my bucket list ... need a place to crash there, if you have any mates that live nearby .. lol!
Southern ski areas here are getting some good early season snow, with people skiing before the official opening, but the approx 50cm that fell on the hills here last week is already down to just a few patches - nearly 200mm of rain in 12 hours then a couple of warm sunny days doing the damage.
A cold front is set to peak over WA and the western Bight (classic 'WA peaker'), drawing a very warm and tropical airmass down towards the southeast of the continent. This will bring heavy rain to the Alpine region; in excess of 80mm over the span of two days, which is sure to wipe out whatever's left of the snow pack.
This is very much a La Nina and negative IOD characteristic. No signs of Nino coming to surface whatsoever. I daresay we will never see drought again, due to our ever-warming oceans increasing cloud cover and moisture content on the whole.
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