Record Cold Across Belarus And Latvia - Chill Stretches Perth Power To The Brink

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Record Cold Across Belarus And Latvia

Continuing Europe's cool second-half of spring, Eastern swathes of the
continent is shivering through its coldest June temperatures on record.

In Belarus on the morning of June 5, thermometers in Bobruisk dipped to 1.7C
(35.1F).

This bested the lowest-ever June reading for the country which had stood since
1977 (solar minimum of cycle 20).

In Latvia, a low of 2.4C (36.3F) was posted at Liepaja.

This comfortably broke the previous June low of 3.8C (38.8F) set in 2010 (just
exiting the deep minimum of solar cycle 23).

Shifting further east, summer is beginning very cold in European Russia, too.

As per gismeteo.ru, conditions in Saint Petersburg, for example, are hinting at
a repeat of 2017 when June and then the entire summer season held exceptionally
cold. "The polar trough will allow the penetration of cool air from high
latitudes," reads a passage from gismeteo.ru. "The temperature will continue to
lag behind the climatic norm by 2-4 degrees (C)."

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Chill Stretches Perth Power To The Brink

During this week's record-breaking June cold, a host of Perth households were
asked to cut their power consumption Tuesday night to avoid blackouts after
evening energy demand soared to a near-record high.

On June 6, at least 15 lowest-max temperature records were set in the Western
Australia, with the mercury in Perth sinking below 10C (50F) at 1.30pm on
Tuesday, where it then stayed there making for an uncharacteristically frigid
afternoon.

Power demand rose to 3600 megawatts between 5.30pm and 6pm - mostly driven by
an extreme heating demand.

Separately, the operator of the state-owned power grid Western Power asked
customers in parts of Pinjarra, Meadow Springs and Wembley Downs in the early
evening to also reduce their electricity consumption: "Current conditions mean
Western Power acting to avoid outages in your area and needs help. Please
reduce power use now until 8.30pm," read a text sent to customers.

Matching supply and demand in cold weather is not a normal concern for the
south-west power market.

-The upshot of ill-conceived and demonstrably unnecessary CO2 curbing.

-A deeply concerning situation given the climatic times Australia is entering:
the COLD TIMES...


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