Australia swelters through record-breaking heatwave

[♥ Lily ♥]

Australia swelters through record-breaking heatwave

18/01/19


Australians have flocked to beaches and watering holes to cool off

Australia has just sweltered through at least five of its 10 warmest days on record, authorities estimate.

An extreme heatwave has afflicted the nation since Saturday, causing wildlife deaths, bushfires and an increase in hospital admissions.

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said preliminary readings showed daily national temperature highs of 40C.

The town of Noona in New South Wales meanwhile recorded a night-time temperature of 35.9C.

It was the highest minimum temperature ever recorded anywhere in Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said.

Temperatures on Friday will soar above 42C in "broad areas", the bureau predicted.

Forecasters have compared conditions to the nation's worst heatwave in 2013, where the mercury soared to 39C for seven consecutive days.

The hottest day on record for Australia is 7 January 2013, when the national average maximum temperature was 40.3C.



Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-46886798

[♥ Lily ♥]

A third of Australia's bat species have sadly died in the hellish heat: https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...s-in-Australia

[Ülev]

^^
this one specimen is lucky

[Marco94]

Wow, across the Ocean in the Southern Cone (Chile, Argentina and Uruguay) at the same latitude of Australia and NZ, we are having the COOLEST summer on record.

I live at the same latitude of Sydney, with the same climate, and are having several days under 22°C (when normally we have +30°C).

Why is that? Would it be due to "La Niña" effect?

[♥ Lily ♥]

Wow, across the Ocean in the Southern Cone (Chile, Argentina and Uruguay) at the same latitude of Australia and NZ, we are having the COOLEST summer on record.

I live at the same latitude of Sydney, with the same climate, and are having several days under 22°C (when normally we have +30°C).

Why is that? Would it be due to "La Niña" effect?

Peut-être. (Je suis désolé, mais je ne sais pas pourquoi.)

[Marco94]

Peut-être. (Je suis désolé, mais je ne sais pas pourquoi.)

Well, hope it cools down soon! Summer has just begun sadly

[frankhammer]

The la Nino and el Nino is cyclical and affects all of us on the fringes of the southern ocean.

https://www.niwa.co.nz/climate/infor...-on-newzealand

As you see, NZ keeps a forecast based on oceans temperatures etc. to predict the pattern

https://www.niwa.co.nz/climate/seaso...-february-2019

The tropical Pacific Ocean is exhibiting weak El Niño conditions, although the atmosphere has failed to follow suit – meaning the ocean and atmosphere are not coupled.
An El Niño event is occurring when the tropical Pacific Ocean and the overlying atmosphere behave in unison and reinforce one another.
The prospect of the ocean and atmosphere failing to fully couple in the next three months may increase variability this summer (e.g. not persistently warm like summer 2017-18 and more changeable air flow patterns).

etc.

[♥ Lily ♥]

Each year, 8000 young Australians receive the bad news that they have skin cancer. 1000 Australians die prematurely as a result of burning each year. It's predicted that this will become a national health crisis in the future in Australia as the planet continues to heat.

[frankhammer]

Each year, 8000 young Australians receive the bad news that they have skin cancer. 1000 Australians die prematurely as a result of burning each year. It's predicted that this will become a national health crisis in the future in Australia as the planet continues to heat.

The ozone hole over Antartica means less ozone over the whole southern region (We can thank the Northern hemisphere for this). The sky is clearer and less poluted over the southern hemisphere. Also, Earth's orbit takes it closer to the sun during the southern summer than during the northern summer.

Ultimately, this adds up to higher UV rates that even affect those with brown skin. I've known two Maori friends and a brother who died from melanoma here in NZ.