New Zealand Local Weather Forum
Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Mark on July 26, 2019, 06:32:39 PM
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Colder than last year, which was already one of the coldest in almost 50 years.
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25 July 2019 – Lima is going through one of the coldest winters in almost 50 years, surpassing even the same season of 2018, the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi) confirms.
According to engineer Lourdes Menis Álvarez of Senamhi, the winter of 2018 was one of the coldest in almost 50 years. However, the winter of 2019 has already surpassed it in intensity.
“Lima is currently recording minimum temperatures around 14.7 ° and 14.8 °. As for maximum temperatures, we are around 17.5 °,” Menis said in conversation with El Comercio.
“If we compare these reports with those of last year … We have temperatures 1 ° or 1.5 ° lower than those of 2018,” added the climatology specialist.
The Senamhi monitors the weather in Lima through three weather stations. These are located in Callao, Jesús María and La Molina.
Winter in this part of the world began on June 21 and will conclude on September 23.
https://elcomercio.pe/tecnologia/ciencias/invierno-clima-lima-senamhi-inviernos-frios-50-anos-ecpm-noticia-658515
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https://electroverse.net/anomalous-cold-set-to-ravage-south-america-by-early-october-the-changing-jet-stream/
A particularly dry and cold winter” has negatively affected South American crop production. Lima for example, the capital of Peru, just suffered one of its “coldest winters in 50 years,” according to its National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology.
And even now, after South America’s meteorological Spring has sprung, the anomalous cold shows no signs of abating, no doubt causing further headaches for the continent’s hard-pressed farmers.
Temperature departures during the first few days of October are on course to be as much as 20C below the seasonal average. With the nations of Chile, Central/Northern Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru being worst affected:
GFS TEMP ANOMALIES (C)
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According to climatology expert Lourdes Menis Álvarez, “Peru’s winter of 2018 was one of the coldest in almost 50 years — however, the winter of 2019 has surpassed it in intensity.”
These types of cold winters were once common-place in Peru, explained Álvarez, but of late, strong El Niños have brought “long summers and warm winters” to the region.
The evidence suggest the tide is now turning, however.