From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
By Paul Homewood
It’s so cold, even Norwegians refuse to ski!
On the Finnmark plateau, between Kautokeino and Karasjok, temperatures dropped down to -35°C on Sunday. The forecast for the coming week shows a temperature anomaly for the last days of November of 10°C below the reference period 1961-1990, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute informs.
Coldest out is Nikkaluokta near Gällivare in Norrbotten with -36°C.
In times of climate change, the current freeze comes in sharp contrast to last fall, when meteorologists reported about the hottest October and early November ever measured, with an average of 6,7°C above normal across the Arctic.
Cold weather even sweeps the coast of northernmost Norway where the Arctic waters are kept ice-free by the warm Gulf Stream. In Kirkenes, on the border to Russia, the thermometer read -25°C on Saturday outside the Barents Observer’s office.
On the Kola Peninsula, Sunday November 28 came with temperatures from -18°C to -30°C the news online Severpost reported.
Further east in the Russian Arctic, quickly accumulating sea-ice on the Northern Sea Route has created a critical situation as a number of ships have been trapped in thick sea-ice for several weeks.
At the ski resort Ruka near Kuusamo in northern Finland, this weekend’s opening of FIS Cross-Country World Championship is deeply troubled by the frost. With temperatures below -20°C, the start of the competitions was in jeopardy. Norway’s team withdraw from the race, arguing it was too cold to ski.
Extreme freeze over northern Scandinavia causes energy prices to soar to a record high. The main reason is high consumption combined with ice formation on rivers with hydropower plants in northern Sweden. The northern regions of Norway and Sweden are closely linked together in the same electricity grid.
Low production in Sweden pushes prices up, also in northernmost Noway. On Sunday, a kWh came with a price-tag of 1,92 kroner/kWh (€0,19/kWh) on the spot market, the highest cost for electricity inside the Arctic Circle since 2010. Current prices are up to 10 times higher compared to the average daily over the three first weeks of November.
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2021/11/deep-november-freeze-sweeps-across-arctic-europe
And it’s not just the Barents Sea, the situation is now getting critical at the other end of Siberia:
The quickly accumulating sea-ice on the Northern Sea Route is creating a potentially critical situation along Russia’s east Arctic coast. For several weeks, a number of ships have been trapped in thick sea-ice.
Several ships have also been waiting to sail into the area. For many days, the Tiksi, Yamal Ibris, I. Trubin, Polar King and Arshenevsky were located in the Kara Sea awaiting icebreaker assistance to their destinations. On board the ships was thousands of tons of equipment needed by local authorities and companies in the Chukotka region.
However, none of the ships will reach their destinations. In mid-November, they all turned back westwards and are now about to make it to Arkhangelsk where the cargo will be unloaded.
According to regional authorities in Chukotka a replacement will come in early January when nuclear-powered container ship Sevmorput will bring the cargo to destination.
It’s so cold, the cows produced ice cream!
Hey, Brandon just woke up when you said that!
This does seem like a self-imposed humanitarian disaster.
Here’s a chart of Nordpool day ahead prices covering Scandinavia and the main EU connected markets.
It shows that Northern Scandinavia was living in splendid isolation from the chaos in Europe until the weather got cold and they were no longer self-sufficient from local hydro, and had to pay EU mainland prices to keep the heating on. Notable is that France is consistently the most expensive market as its nuclear shutdowns leave it short of power. The futures markets are expecting France to remain a big net importer through until the end of February. That almost certainly means they will struggle to find anything to export to the UK when the weather gets cold and the wind isn’t blowing. National Grid’s assumptions about winter margins are likely to prove hopelessly optimistic.
Humans are incredibly arrogant to think they will control the climate rather than cause problems trying.
Can anyone imagine how COLD it would be in Norway if the Earth was not already at its tipping point with Global Warming.
I continue to wonder how long this absolute farce can continue.
Whoever dreamt up the “greenhouse effect” nonsense needs to be tried for crimes against humanity. No knowledgable person could possibly believe this tripe. Some delicate global energy balance upset by a trace atmospheric gas.
Water is not much more than a trace gas in the atmosphere at 10,000Gt, give or take, that will be turned over to land at least once in the month of December. But water has 3 times more mass than CO2 in the atmosphere. On average, the mass of water turned over from net ocean evaporation to precipitation over land in 8 hours is equivalent to the ANNUAL increase in CO2.
Heavy Arctic air attack in Europe.
It is looking cold around the UK and Iceland in the run up to Christmas according to the ecmwf
https://apps.ecmwf.int/webapps/opencharts/products/w_sst?area=North%20West%20Europe&base_time=202112020000&level=sst%20anomaly&valid_time=202112170000
I wonder if Greta is back home enjoying all that global warming.
I think this is an all-time griff Number (Ng, the ratio of responses to griff to griff posts) record: Ng = 46. I wonder if that means that it’s worse or better than we thought. Hmmmmm….
It’s no picnic to bicycle in really cold weather either.
Build a sweat, then freeze during less strenuous stretches.
So their biggest concern right now is global warming caused by CO2 emissions.