Regional meteorological observations, in 2007 and 2008 show the first indication of abrupt cooling?
Southern Hemisphere had record cold winter, 2007
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/Frig...ere_Winter.pdf
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It was an outstanding winter for us in part of South America. Buenos Aires in Argentina had its first snow since 1918. Southern Brazil experienced 4 consecutive months of cold and below average temperature with daily and all-time records.”
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Santiago, Chilean capital, had its coldest winter since the Little Ice Age. The last time it was so cold there was in 1885 (see Padahuel plot from NASA GISS).”
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http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Ra...frica_999.html
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Snow fell on South Africa's biggest city Johannesburg for the first time in 25 years as icy temperatures gripped vast swathes of the country on Wednesday, the weather office said. .... "Sleet has been recorded occasionally since then, but never snow," added climatologist Tracey Gill.
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http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...ter-in-decades
Europe
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In Britain the barmy February weather came to an abrupt halt at the weekend as temperatures plunged to -10C in central England.
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Middle East
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..the Middle East saw snow, with Jerusalem, Damascus, Amman and northern Saudi Arabia reporting the heaviest falls in years and below-zero temperatures. Meanwhile, in Afghanistan snow and freezing weather killed 120 people. ..
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Antarctic
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Figures show that there is nearly a third more ice (my comment yearly freezing of ocean surrounding Antarctic ice sheet) in Antarctica than is usual for the time of year.
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Arctic Ice
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Ice levels which had shrunk from 13million sq km in January 2007 to just four million in October, are almost back to their original levels.
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