Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:48 UTC
The south of France has suffered exceptionally chilly temperatures this winter, with reports calling it a winter like no other .
Woolly hats, coats, scarves and gloves are a strange sight along the Côte d Azur (aka the French Riviera), reports monaco-tribune.com, even at this time of year. Normally, a light jacket is all that is needed to keep warm under the winter sun, but temperatures at the close of 2020 and the during the first third of January 2021 have held a baguette-clasping 6 to 7 degrees Celsius below average.
The French Riviera is susceptible to two different types of cold, explains weather expert Paul Marquis in an article on francetvinfo.fr: Arctic maritime air comes from the North Pole, from the north-west it s a moist air, it s humid. Continental air comes from Russia it s much drier, and that is what we are experiencing along the coastline at the moment, says Marquis.
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It’s no secret that the Arctic is in trouble. And while the worryingstate of the ice in the region has made numerous headlines this year, they’re just the latest twists and turns in a long-term trend.
One of the best gauges for putting what’s happening in the region into perspective is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Arctic Report Card, a compilation of environmental observations and analyses that the agency has been producing annually for 15 years. It was released earlier this month, providing an in-depth look at the Arctic’s struggles as the climate crisis reshapes the region. But if you’re more of a visual person, NOAA made these neat although worrying graphics to help get a handle on what’s happened this past year and how it fits into the bigger picture.
Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:01 UTC
The entire nation of South Korea came under the grip of a cold wave Tuesday, with temperatures dipping below -20C (-4F) in mountainous areas of Gangwon Province, 62 miles (100 km) east of Seoul.
As originally reported by koreatimes.co.kr, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) issued either a cold wave
alert or
advisory for the majority of South Korea as the mercury plunged to the season s record lows of
-23.5C (-10.3F) in
-22.7C (-8.9F) in
PyeongChang, a mountain resort town in Gangwon Province.
Sub-zero readings swept the entire East Asian nation, as a mass of Arctic air rode anomalously-far south on the back of weak and wavy meridional jet stream flow: morning lows in the capital city