Avalanche Hits Kashmir; Mid-May Frosts Forecast For Europe; Prairies Plantings To See Snow Delay; + California 'Snow Deluges' To End by 2100, So Says New Study...

...based on climate computer modeling and a 'moderate global warming scenario' (i.e. fantasy).

Avalanche Hits Kashmir

Amid heavy snow, an avalanche has hit the Sonmarg area of Jammu and Kashmir, India

The slip tore down the the 'forest side of Sarbal' on Monday, according to local news. Fortunately, the area isn't populated and no casualties or damage have been reported.

“A huge avalanche struck Sarbal area of Sonamarg around this afternoon. The avalanche occurred on the forest side of the area, thus resulting in no damage.” — Kashmir Weather on X

Northern India has endured persistent, late-season snowfall these past few weeks, as the south endures a heatwave.

Many roads and mountain passes have been closed owing to the unseasonable snows; the Jammu-Srinagar national highway being the most notable, though on Tuesday the infamous Mughal road remained blocked for the fourth consecutive day.

Several schools have also been shut.

Mid-May Frosts Forecast For Europe

Europe's crop-wrecking spring frosts could make a return in mid-May, according to latest GFS runs.

This past week has seen Arctic air crash into the continent and deliver record low temperatures from the UK to Ukraine.

Torches or ‘frost fires’ have lit-up European fields of late. Below are images of Karlín in the Czech Republic as winegrowers prepared for a freezing night.

Last week, the Czech Republic endured its coldest-ever April temperature (-15C / 5F).

The polar outbreak has destroyed almost the entire fruit harvest in the western part of the country, and more than 50% in the east. The head of the country’s Union of Gardeners called it, "one of the biggest disasters for the industry in the last 100 years."