Stefano Di Battista

@pinturicchio60.bsky.social

Antarctic climate, space weather Giornalista professionista, Milano

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An impressive heat dome over central Europe, with a record-breaking freezing level exceeding 5000 m over the Alps today and forecast to reach 5500 m over Italy on Sunday! A return to near-normal temperatures is expected by next Saturday.

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L'1 giugno il vento solare supera i 1 000 km/s in coincidenza con una tempesta geomagnetica di classe G4 i cui effetti persisteranno fino a domani Si tratta di una velocità altissima, seppur ancora lontana dal record di 1 850 km/s registrato il 29-30 ottobre 2003

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The minimum reached on April 12 at Concordia (-78.0 °C) is the second lowest recorded in Antarctica in the first half of the month These are the precedents: Plateau Station -78.0 °C on April 11, 1968 (original reading -108.4 °F) Vostok -78.8 °C on April 13, 1998

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Another seasonal minimum in Antarctica was recorded on April 12 again at Concordia with -78.0 °C Never before have values been so cold in the first half of April Data taken from www.climantartide.it @extremetemps.bsky.social

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Stefano Di Battista@pinturicchio60.bsky.social · last yr.

Three days with minimum temperatures below -75 °C in Concordia 9 April -77.2 °C 10 April -77.6 °C 11 April -76.7 °C This is the Antarctic climate Data taken from climantartide.it Pic by PNRA - Programma nazionale di ricerche in Antartide

Meanwhile in Antarctica, Dome CII AWS also reached a new monthly minimum. On March 29 it recorded -73.9 °C and broke the value of -73.8 °C reached on March 27, 2013 Also note the minimum at Byrd AWS (West Antarctica, in the pic) where on March 30 it was recorded -52.9 °C

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The first seasonal value below -60 °C at the South Pole Station was recorded on March 25 with -61.5 °C It's the second most delayed -60 °C in history of the station (since 1957) after March 28, 2021

South Pole Telescope@sptelescope.bsky.social · 2y ago

Picture by SPT winterover Sim Bash, showing the sun shining behind SPT, taken near end of February! #sunset is only a couple weeks away, and the sun is about 4-degrees above the horizon. @NSF #Antarctica