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Global Warming - Eh?!
(by Chuck Hurne Montpelier - September 24, 2008)
Editor:
Amid the continuing clamor over the threat of global warming, southern Brazil saw a rare weather event on Sept. 5 ... one of the coldest September days ever witnessed in that part of the country.
Afternoon temperatures below about 40 degrees are rare in Brazilís coldest months, from June to August. But temperatures dropped to 35.5 degrees in several cities after midday in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.
And what began in the morning as granular snow and sleet quickly became moderate to heavy snow in the afternoon, according to the MetSul Weather Center in Brazil.
More than a dozen cities reported sleet or snow, and the snow accumulated in several of them.
Snow mixed with rain was also observed in northern Uruguay.
A MetSul meteorologist noted that colder winters and major snow events in the region "may be the result of ongoing cooling trends observed on the planet this decade."
Chuck Hurne
Montpelier
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