Signs of Global Cooling
Late spring snowstorm surprises Utahns
KSL.com, May 24th, 2010 [here]
SALT LAKE CITY — Many Utahns woke up to a blanket of snow Monday morning. The wet and slushy weather caused a few problems throughout the day, but the late storm was mostly an inconvenience.
The storm produced the latest spring snow ever recorded at Salt Lake City International Airport. It arrived late Sunday night and produced huge, heavy snowflakes as Salt Lake City commuters arrived for work Monday morning. … [more]
Record low of 32 set at Spokane airport today
by Mike Prager, The Spokesman-Review, May 24, 2010 [here]
Cool spring weather continues across the Inland Northwest with a record low of 32 at Spokane International Airport this morning.
Forecasters said they do not see any kind of big warm up through this week.
This morning’s weather began with a freeze warning from the National Weather Service, and many locations saw cold temperatures. Spokane International Airport had a temperature of 32 degrees, which breaks the old record of 35 set in 1975. … [more]
Cold weather isn’t imaginary … we’re setting records for late spring
The Sacramento Bee, May 24, 2010 [here]
Northern California matched or broke cold records from Redding to Stockton this weekend, the National Weather Service reported Sunday.
And more cold — and likely rain — is on its way.
In fact, the region is facing the coldest spell for this late in the season in more than a half century. … [more]
Brazilian Coffee Crops May Face Frost Next Week
By Lucia Kassai, Business Week, May 24, 2010 [here]
(Bloomberg) — Coffee crops in Brazil, the world’s largest producer and exporter of the bean, may be harmed by frost next week as a cold air mass approaching the southeast of the country pushes temperatures down, a forecaster said.
The cold front from the South Pole may damage arabica coffee plantations in some areas of the South of Minas Gerais, the country’s biggest coffee-producing region, said Expedito Rebello, head of research at the government’s Meteorology Institute, known as Inmet. … [more]
Coral reefs off Fla. Keys already at risk, now under oil threat
By KATY BISHOP, Scripps Howard News Service, 05/24/2010 [here]
… This past winter’s cold spells had “drastic” effects on corals, and experts have just begun to collect data on the loss of corals that resulted, Ruzicka added.
Corals that were 200 to 300 years old and perfectly healthy died during the five-day cold snap in January, said Causey. … [more]