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#OzWatch: Sudden Stratospeheric Warming (SSM) in Antarctica -- 50C swing in hours: Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 28 July 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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#OzWatch: Sudden Stratospeheric Warming (SSM) in Antarctica -- 50C swing in hours: Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-27/nsw-antarctica-warming-over-50c/104142332


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0:00.0

Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

0:23.0

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Pinedo Ferries, there is another way.

0:29.0

Two, one.

0:32.0

This is, no, not one, didn't do one yet. Five, 3. 1.

0:47.0

This is the Friends of History Debating Society.

0:52.0

I'm John Bachelor to New South Wales.

0:55.2

Jeremy Zachus reporting. Snow in Australia. It is winter. Still, Jeremy, a very good day to you, it's snowing in Sydney in New South Wales.

1:06.0

Now I've learned from you that you do have snow, but in the highlands where people ski, I believe in New South Wales. Is this unusual for you to have snow in Sydney in late July?

1:18.6

Good evening to you, Jeremy.

1:19.8

You know, John, yes, it is incredibly unusual. In fact, it is fairly rare and so rare that we haven't had it for at least the past two years. And when I say Sydney, we're actually talking about the southern part of Sydney on the plane so we're not in the

1:34.0

mountains by any means we're actually down around about sea level and I can report

1:38.0

honestly this morning less than two hours ago we actually had a fall of snow.

1:43.2

And now, I have to admit it wasn't enough

1:45.8

to actually make snowmen,

1:47.1

and it wasn't enough to make snow angels,

1:48.7

but it was a real good flurry of snow.

1:50.5

So myself and my daughter went out there

1:52.1

and had a look at this wonderful phenomena, which is just something we rarely ever see.

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