HISTORDS STILL PLAGUING B.C.; COLDER-THAN-AVERAGE APRIL IN THAILAND; + GLOBAL DIESEL SHORTAGE INBOUNDIC CHILLS IN BOISE; COLD-RECOR
MAY 11, 2022 CAP ALLON
HISTORIC CHILLS IN BOISE
A powerful spring snowstorm on Monday, May 9 set new records in Boise.
During the month of May, the Idaho city typically sees very little snowfall, averaging just 0.10″. On Monday, however, Boise logged a significant 0.50″ and in the process bested the previous record of a Trace set back in 1983.
Another longstanding record was busted on Monday — the record for low-maximum temperature. The prior coldest daytime high for Boise was the 47F set back during the May of 1908 (the Centennial Minimum) — the high on Monday reached just 44F.
Very cold temperatures prevailed in April, too, and these late-season freezes are now extending into May. This is predicted by a Grand Solar Minimum. As are the mounting concerns for U.S. farmers re. planting delays. Corn planting in Idaho –America’s largest corn growing state, no less– was already well-behind schedule but this fierce May chill is further extending the delays.
Clear skies overnight will see the mercury plummet into the upper 20’s and low 30’s in the valley Wednesday, before a potential respite. However, looking a little further ahead, by May 22 another all-encompassing mass of polar cold is forecast to descend unusually-far south on the back of a solar activity induced weak and wavy meridional jet stream flow:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) May 19 – May 27 [tropicaltidbits.com].
https://electroverse.net/historic-chills-in-boise-cold-b-c-and-thailand-global-diesel-shortage/
