WEATHER. by Volker Fuchs, Ansage.org, December 26, 2023

China is currently breaking all cold records. North Korea also recorded its lowest December temperatures in decades. The record cold is currently spreading to Vietnam and Thailand. Mongolia is covered in snow. These are just some of the current news from the Substack-Electroverse database , which globally documents all current relevant meteorological measurement and satellite data (the detailed data is only accessible to registered members and specialist articles are behind a paywall, which is why there are no links here).

The direct reason for the cold snaps are polar stratospheric clouds ( PSC ). They occur in the stratosphere at an altitude of between 20 and 30 kilometers. The prerequisite for the development of PSC is very low temperatures, which is why their occurrence is limited to the winter months and essentially to Scandinavia, Scotland, Alaska, the Arctic or the Antarctic.

Polar stratospheric clouds as the cause
There are generally two main types of polar stratospheric clouds. The first type is mixed clouds of condensing solid “ Nitric Acid Trihydrate ” (NAT) particles, which can occur even at relatively high ambient temperatures (-78 degrees Celsius at 50 hectopascals of pressure). The chemical structure of the particles is a combination of one molecule of HNO3 with 3 molecules of water - a so-called trihydrate with the formula HNO3*3H20. The particle size is around 1 micrometer (1 millionth of a meter). At lower temperatures they can continue to grow and then absorb relatively small amounts of hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sulfuric acid (H2SO4). The appearance of these PSC clouds formed from NAT is described as very fine and they often occur over a very large area.

The second type of PSC are “ pearl clouds ” of the   Supersaturated Ternary Solution (STS) type. These PSC consist mainly of the liquid particles of a supersaturated ternary solution of sulfuric acid, nitric acid and water. Their appearance resembles cloud streaks; Structures are often not recognizable. Their occurrence can therefore usually only be verified through measurements. These are PSC made from water ice crystals that form at lower temperatures of -85 to -90 degrees and below at altitudes of 25 kilometers; their particle size is approximately 10 micrometers.

Coldest readings ever recorded
Because the ice crystals are so heavy, especially in this lens-shaped-looking STS type, this type of PSC tends to sink into the troposphere. The already very water-poor stratosphere is further dehydrated by the clouds over the poles. This is exactly what happened in December, impacting the East Asian landmasses. The result: On December 20th, countless weather stations in China recorded the lowest temperatures ever recorded for a month. Record-breaking locations include Yunzhou at -33.2°C, breaking the old all-time record of -31.9°C; Qingshuihe recorded -29.7°C, surpassing the previous low of -29.4°C; Yangqu recorded -27°C, beating the previous record of -26.8°C. Baoding is at -23.3°C, below the old record of -22°C; and Shunping recorded a new low of -22°C, breaking the previous benchmark of -21.6°C.

These are the coldest readings ever recorded and are below dates recorded in historical records, some of which go back more than a century. The extreme freeze has also spread to Korea and Japan and is now rapidly approaching the tropics. More records will be broken in the coming days.

North Korea and Vietnam were also massively affected
The exceptionally low temperatures experienced across much of Asia this month have also reached North Korea, which also recorded its lowest December temperatures in decades. On December 21, 2023, a reading of -38.9 °C was recorded in Samjiyon, a city in northern Ryanggang Province, setting a new monthly record for the region and North Korea's coldest December temperature in decades. But the record cold is also spreading to Vietnam and Thailand; The polar cold has already partially reached the tropics and hit northern Vietnam with icy low temperatures: Fansipan and Mẫu Sơn recorded low temperatures of -2 °C and -1.1 °C respectively, both of which are temporary new records.

The temperature differences between and south of the country, which stretches across several degrees of latitude, show how severe the intensity of the cold wave is: while the freezing limit is exceeded in the north, in Tây Ninh in the south it is an extremely mild 36 degrees plus. However, the Arctic temperature outbreak - which struck from China and Inner Mongolia to Guangxi, from Beijing to Guangdong and was responsible for breaking numerous all-time records - has also spread to Myanmar and Thailand.

Dzud weather phenomenon is increasingly threatening Mongolia
In Mongolia, around 90 percent of the country is currently covered in snow - and densely: in many parts, a snow depth of 15 inches (38 centimeters) is reported. M0ngolia's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned that these conditions increase the risk of the natural phenomenon Dzud  - a catastrophic winter event unique to Mongolia, where heavier snowfall and extreme cold lead to livestock shortages has pastureland. Over the last few cold seasons, Mongolia's harsh expanses have proven increasingly brutal - culminating in the deadly winter of 2022/23, which left pastoralist families without livestock and therefore facing severe food shortages.

Even in May, 13 of Mongolia's 21 provinces were still suffering from a dzud; and with the new winter season starting earlier than planned - with a severe frost in early November (which killed eight shepherds, including a 12-year-old boy who was helping his family look after the flock in heavy snowstorms), the long-term cold trend is currently continuing . Between 1940 and 2015, official dzud events were confirmed on average twice per decade . However , over the past decade, the frequency of dzuds has increased. They now occur practically every year. In 2023, Mongolia experienced far above-average temperatures below -40 degrees - which led to the premature deaths of hundreds of thousands of animals due to starvation or frost; with serious impacts on the livelihoods of around 200,000 Mongolian (semi-)nomadic families who earn their household income by keeping goats, sheep, cattle, horses, yaks and camels.

Climate hoax from “Global Warming” also explains more and more frost here
However, the globalist explanation patterns and pre-exercised ideologies also have an effect in Mongolia: As with the politics there in the case of the increasing cold waves in India, the Mongolian AGW party has no answer to the increasing cold in Mongolia, but only uses the generally applicable slogan “climate crisis”. . The UN-compliant propaganda states: “ Climate experts say the frequency and severity of dzuds are increasing and this is due to the climate crisis. “Furthermore, it is widely reported that temperatures in Mongolia rose “ twice as fast as the global average ” (a claim now common in almost every country, which is also used for glacier melt ). Of course, we also don’t forget to mention that “ temperatures rose by over 2°C between 1940 and 2015 ”.

Of course, people in Mongolia have completely different experiences. Delgerbat, a shepherd from western Mongolia repeatedly interviewed by Western media, recently had to take his son out of school to help with the family's livestock. “ The climate is completely different than when I was a child ,” he explained back in May. “ When I was young, the snow would have melted by now and it would be spring, but now spring comes so late. “ No wonder: the winters are becoming more and more extreme and longer; As early as mid-December, at least 41 soums (administrative districts) in 11 provinces were suffering from dzud.  The solution to the puzzle: Mongolia is not the only country that is actually cooling down.

by Volker Fuchs
Ansage.org

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