Scottish Ski Centers Report Rare July Snowfall; Brewing SSW Event In The Southern Hemisphere?; + 101 Scientists: Claims Of Man-Made Global Warming Are Exaggerated

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Scottish Ski Centers Report Rare July Snowfall

Following the eight consecutive days of snow in June, Scottish peaks are seeing the summer flakes persist into July.

After weeks of increasingly cold and stormy weather since the summer solstice, attributed to the jet stream, Scottish ski centers have reported a rare occurrence of snowfall on high slopes this morning.

WinterHighland's webcam captured fresh snow at Glencoe on Thursday morning, marking a rare summer event. Snow flurries also hit peaks across the Highlands, including the slopes of Cairngorm above Aviemore.

The AGW Party have long warned that Scotland's ski resorts would soon be no more.

Dr. Adam Watson, a leading expert on Scottish snow patches, stated in 2010, "With rising temperatures and changing weather patterns, the snow cover in Scotland will diminish." Additionally, a 2017 report by the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment noted, "Scotland's ski resorts are at risk due to a decline in snow cover, which could severely impact winter sports tourism and local economies."

Mainstream studies continue to predict significant reductions in snow cover across ski areas worldwide. A 2024 study published in PLOS ONE states that under high emissions scenarios —absurd as they are— snow cover days in ski areas will likely decrease dramatically, threatening the viability of these resorts.

The study highlights that the European Alps, which include Scotland's ski resorts, could see a 42% decline in annual snow cover days by 2071 compared to historical norms.

Despite the predictions, this past spring, the Alps saw an unusually large blanketing of snow, contributing to the general Northern Hemisphere trend of increasing mass:

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Data from Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (GLAMOS) indicated that the snow accumulation in the Alps in 2024 has been significantly higher than average. Surveys of 14 Swiss glaciers, extrapolated to all 1,400 glaciers in the country, showed about 31% more snow compared to the 2010-2020 average.

"The snow mass in the Alps this spring reached levels not seen in years," reads a GLAMOS report, with the head of the network, Matthias Huss, writing on X, described the weather this year as a “blessing”.

Brewing SSW Event In The Southern Hemisphere?

The Southern Hemisphere has registered only one major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event, in Sept 2002, with two minor events in Sept 2010 and Aug-Sept 2019. Now, there are signs that something substantial is brewing in the SH strat.