Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Taking Advantage of a Sharply Changing Environment -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Doug R who wrote (4137)	8/17/2020 3:04:23 PM
From: Doug R	Respond to of 6351

With Spring set to begin in the Southern hemisphere: Southern Hemisphere’s Incoming Big Freeze — S. America, S. Africa, and Australia are all Bracing for a Brutal Bout of Polar Cold First to be hit is Southern Africa. According to the SAWS, “icy weather and localized flooding resulting from heavy rain and snowfall are expected in the Western Cape.” And as reported by the thesouthafrican.com: “The Western Cape is set to be hammered by yet another brutal cold front this week.” From Tues, Aug 18, temperatures across ALL of Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa are forecast to sink a staggering 20C below the seasonal average. Then by Aug 19, vast swathes of Southern Africa will be peppered by “blues” and “purples”: Next up is Australia. Starting Thurs, Aug 20, much of the Aussie continent will be buffeted by a brutal Antarctic blast as a massive “cold pool” gathers over eastern states. “We’ll have a major cold outbreak on our hands with that system,” according to Sky News Weather meteorologist Robert Sharpe. The front will deliver rain, hail, snow, and well-below average temperatures across the eastern half of Australia; and by Saturday and Sunday, the mercury looks set to plummet as much as 14C below the norm: GFS 2m Temp Anomalies for Aug 20 [ tropicaltidbits.com] Last up is South America. This latest GFS run (below) should speak for itself, as following hot-on-the-heels of Patagonia‘s record snowfall, and Brazil’s historic cold comes a truly dangerous mass of frigid polar air: GFS 2m Temp Anomalies for Aug 21 [ tropicaltidbits.com]