Antarctic Cold Spell Turns "Extraordinary"; Lower 48 Fails To Reach 77F; + After Failed Forecasts, Australia's BOM Seeks To Absolve Itself Of Liability

The BOM doesn’t understand/is intentionally blind to the forcings that drive the climate.

Antarctic Cold Spell Turns "Extraordinary"

It's summer down there at the bottom of the world. Antarctica shouldn't be this cold.

"The sequence of temperatures below -40C (-40F) in the heart of summer on the Antarctic Plateau is starting to be extraordinary," posted Stefano Di Battista, a researcher who has published studies on Antarctic temperatures.

Antarctica very rarely posts readings below -40C during the second half of December, but this year has seen a plethora.