From Dominica News Online:
Snow falls in Guadeloupe in extraordinary weather phenomenon
No, it is not an April Fools Day joke, snowflakes actually fell in the neighbouring French island of Guadeloupe.
The event, which was described as ‘exceptional’ by a French meteorologist took place on Thursday, March 31 in the municipality of St. Claude.
Reports from French media indicate that a very fine snowfall blanketed the hills above the town.
French meteorologist, Alain Museleque, explained the extraordinary phenomenon on Guadeloupe Premiere TV.
“We had a mass of clouds that arrived over St. Claude,” he said in French and translated by McCathy Marie. “Accompanying this mass of clouds was some very cold air. In this very cold air, in the mass of clouds, we had the creation of some snowflakes which fell to the ground. This has never before been seen in Guadeloupe. This is an exceptional event that we will never forget.”
Sorry folks - everything points to yet another cooling trend. The Maunder Minimum - started 370 years ago and lasted for about 70 years. And then, there was the Dalton Minimum - started 220 years ago and lasted for 40 years. We can even go back to the Spörer Minimum - started 550 years ago and lasted for 90 years. These are just the biggies.
We also have warming trends in climate history including this one we are in which started back in the 1950's - considering that these perturbations last 40 to 90 years duration, the 47 year duration of the current warming trend is about right for it to be calling quits.
Don't forget that more people die from cold than from heat. I am ordering three times more firewood this summer for next winter.
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