The IPCC’s latest report is propaganda, it isn’t based in science — one day the truth will out: the sun controls the climate.

[A takedown of that “Code Red” report will be posted later this week, along with the promised SC25 progression update]

EXTREME COLD BLASTS AUSTRALIA…

Snow has fallen in Western Australia for the second time in a fortnight, as temperatures tanked across the Aussie state.

As reported by abc.net.au, much of the southern half of the state froze through below average temperatures, with maxima in single figures in some parts of the Great Southern.

A severe weather warning was in place on Monday and Tuesday as the polar front delivered gales, hail, heavy rain and snow:
…NEW ZEALAND…

Turning attention to nearby NZ, two additional cold waves are forecast to sweep both islands beginning Thursday, Aug 12.

According to weatherwatch.co.nz, “colder sou’westers” will prevail over the coming days, which will lead to heavy snow–especially this weekend as the second and colder of the two fronts engulfs the nation.

The snow will actually begin falling before the weekend.

Below is a look The Weather Company’s 2-day snowfall outlook for Thursday to Friday:

…AND SOUTH AFRICA

The South African Weather Services (SAWS) has said yet more snow and intense cold are expected to pass through the country Thursday through Sunday.

SA forecaster Wayne Venter said “very cold, snowy, wet, and windy conditions should be expected in the Eastern Cape”.

Heavy snowfall is expected to accumulate the Eastern Cape mountains by Thursday evening, he added, with flurries continuing unabated until Sunday — some record-challenging totals could be on the cards.

“The public and small stock farmers are advised that very cold conditions with daytime temperatures below 10°C are expected to set in over the Western Cape and southern Namakwa District (Northern Cape) on Thursday and Friday, due to a cold front moving through the areas, bringing in light snowfalls over the mountain peaks and very cold conditions,” reads the advisory.

KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) residents have also been told to brace themselves for exceptionally frigid conditions.

According to local KZN meteorologist Julius Mahlangu: “From Thursday we are expecting a cold front to be moving through. It’s quite an intense cold front” — one that will likely bring rain to the area, and snowfall over Drakensburg.

Last month, South Africa busted at least 19 all-time low temperature records.

And as highlighted above, winter is far from over.

Already decimated crops have further rounds of polar cold to contend with (see below).

SAWS has warned farmers that such low temperatures, particularly in the early hours of the morning, will negatively impact crops and livestocks.

 

BRAZIL CORN OUTPUT SLASHED FOLLOWING HISTORIC FREEZES

Speaking of decimated crops, many South American farmers are suffering a disastrous growing season in 2021, as historic freeze after historic freeze pummels the nations of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, in particular.

Brazilian farmers will produce 86.7 million metric tons of corn this season, the agency said Tuesday. Just last month, the agency had forecast a crop of 93.4 million tons, which was already down from the 96.4 million tons it had forecast back in June.

But note: the job of Conab is to stabilize the markets, not to inform us of the real situation; in that regard, it operates much like the USDA. Also worth noting: Brazil produced 102.6 million tons of corn in the 2019-2020 season.

Brazil’s consumer price inflation accelerated in July.

This is due to 1) the aforementioned historic and persistent cold that has sent certain fruit, vegetable and grain prices soaring, and 2) because of the rising electricity costs, linked to a drought that has left reservoirs at low levels (Brazil gets more than half its electricity from hydroelectric sources).

The exceptionally cold weather has hit farm production across the board –not just corn– which in turn has pushed prices higher: food and drink prices rose 0.6% in July, after an increase of 0.43% in June, with the cost of tomatoes, for example, up a whopping 18.7%.

This is a sign of the times, and it isn’t just confined to South America.

Global food prices are on the rise:

And finally, the average temperature across Portugal in July finished up at just 21.54C (70.77F).

This is a reading some -0.63C below the 1971-2000 average (and almost a full –1C below the now standard 1991-2000 baseline).

I can attest to this: prepping in the centre of the country, my days have regularly failed to reach 30C (86F), and readings above 40C (104F) have been all-but missing–I’ve only had one so far, which is very unusual.

I’m due one more this Friday; but after that, a fresh round of Arctic air looks set to descend into Western Europe, with the UK, France, Germany, and Spain, as well as Portugal, suffering yet more anomalous summer chills:

Stay tuned for updates…

Both NOAA and NASA appear to agree, if you read between the lines, with NOAA saying we’re entering a ‘full-blown’ Grand Solar Minimum in the late-2020s, and NASA seeing this upcoming solar cycle (25) as “the weakest of the past 200 years”, with the agency correlating previous solar shutdowns to prolonged periods of global cooling here.

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