Earth Changes and the Pole Shift
Wild Weather, the Wobble Effect
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"We warned at the start of ZetaTalk, in 1995, that unpredictable weather extremes, switching about from drought to deluge, would occur and increase on a lineal basis up until the pole shift. Where this occurred steadily, it has only recently become undeniable. ZetaTalk, and only ZetaTalk, warned of these weather changes, at that early date. Our early warnings spoke to the issue of global heating from the core outward, hardly Global Warming, a surface or atmospheric issue, but caused by consternation in the core. Affected by the approach of Planet X, which was by then starting to zoom rapidly toward the inner solar system for its periodic passage, the core was churning, melting the permafrost and glaciers and riling up volcanoes. When the passage did not occur as expected in 2003 because Planet X had stalled in the inner solar system, we explained the increasing weather irregularities in the context of the global wobble that had ensued - weather wobbles where the Earth is suddenly forced under air masses, churning them. This evolved by 2005 into a looping jet stream, loops breaking away and turning like a tornado to affect the air masses underneath. Meanwhile, on Planet Earth, droughts had become more intractable and deluges positively frightening, temperature swings bringing snow in summer in the tropics and searing heat in Artic regions, with the violence of storms increasing in number and ferocity."
From the ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for February 4, 2012:
The wobble seems to have changed, as the temperature in Europe suddenly plunged after being like an early Spring, Alaska has its coldest temps ever while the US and much of Canada is having an extremely mild winter. India went from fatal cold spell to balmy again. Has the Earth changed position vs a vs Planet X to cause this? [and from another] Bitter cold records broken in Alaska - all time coldest record nearly broken, but Murphy's Law intervenes [Jan 30] http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/30/bitter-cold-records-broken-in-alaska Jim River, AK closed in on the all time record coldest temperature of -80°F set in 1971, which is not only the Alaska all-time record, but the record for the entire United States. Unfortunately, it seems the battery died in the weather station just at the critical moment. While the continental USA has a mild winter and has set a number of high temperature records in the last week and pundits ponder whether they will be blaming the dreaded "global warming" for those temperatures, Alaska and Canada have been suffering through some of the coldest temperatures on record during the last week.
There has been no change in the wobble pattern, the wobble has merely become more severe. Nancy noted a Figure 8 format when the Earth wobble first became noticeable, in early 2005, after Planet X moved into the inner solar system at the end of 2003. The Figure 8 shifted along to the east a bit on the globe between 2005 and 2009, (the last time Nancy took its measure) as Planet X came closer to the Earth, encountering the magnetic N Pole with a violent push earlier in the day. But the pattern of the Figure 8 remained essentially the same. So what changed recently that the weather patterns became noticeably different in late January, 2012?
The N Pole is pushed away when it comes over the horizon, when the noon Sun is centered over the Pacific. This regularly puts Alaska under colder air, with less sunlight, and thus the historically low temps there this January, 2012 as the wobble has gotten stronger. But by the time the Sun is positioned over India, the N Pole has swung during the Figure 8 so the globe tilts, and this tilt is visible in the weather maps from Asia. The tilt has forced the globe under the hot air closer to the Equator, warming the land along a discernable tilt demarcation line.
The next loop of the Figure 8 swings the globe so that the N Pole moves in the other direction, putting the globe again at a tilt but this time in the other direction. This tilt is discernable in weather maps of Europe, again along a diagonal line. Depending upon air pressure and temperature differences, the weather on either side of this diagonal line may be suddenly warm or suddenly cold. The tilt and diagonal line lingers to affect much of the US and Canada, but the Figure 8 changes at this point to be an up and down motion, pulling the geographic N Pole south so the US is experiencing a warmer than expected winter under a stronger Sun. Then the cycle repeats, with the magnetic N Pole of Earth pushed violently away again as the Sun is positioned over the Pacific.
From the ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for April 6, 2013:
Would the Zetas be able to let us know what is causing the early break-up of the Arctic Ice, the ice seems to have taken on a swirling pattern at the same time, would this be wobble related? [and from another] http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/Canada+Arctic+cracks+spectacular+event/8185609/story.html The ice in Canada’s western Arctic ripped open in a massive “fracturing event” this spring that spread like a wave across 1,000 kilometres of the Beaufort Sea. Huge leads of water – some more than 500 kilometres long and as much as 70 kilometres across – opened up from Alaska to Canada’s Arctic islands as the massive ice sheet cracked as it was pushed around by strong winds and currents. It took just seven days for the fractures to progress across the entire area from west to east. [and from another] http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80752&src=iotdrss A high-pressure weather system was parked over the region, producing warmer temperatures and winds that flowed in a southwesterly direction. That fueled the Beaufort Gyre, a wind-driven ocean current that flows clockwise. The gyre was the key force pulling pieces of ice west past Point Barrow, the northern nub of Alaska that protrudes into the Beaufort Sea.
The Figure 8 formed by the N Pole during the daily Earth wobble has shifted somewhat to the East, due to Planet X positioned more to the right of the Earth during its approach. This was anticipated, and well described in ZetaTalk, the Earth crowding to the left in the cup to escape the approach of Planet X, so the angle between these two planets would change slightly. This shift of the Figure 8 to the East is due to the push against the Earth’s magnetic N Pole occurring sooner each day than prior. Thus instead of occurring when the Sun is high over the Pacific, over New Zealand, it is now occurring when the Sun is high over Alaska. All the wobble points have shifted eastward accordingly.
This has brought a lingering Winter to the western US, and a changed sloshing pattern to the Arctic waters. Instead of Pacific waters being pushed through the Bering Straits into the Arctic when the polar push occurs, the wobble is swinging the Arctic to the right, and then later to the left, creating a circular motion in the waters trapped in the Arctic. Since the Earth rotates counterclockwise, the motion also takes this path. This is yet another piece of evidence that the establishment is hard pressed to explain. They are attempting to ascribe this to high pressure and wind, all of which are not new to the Arctic, but this circular early breakup of ice in the Arctic is new.
jorge namour
Image: Intense thunderstorm that hit the Durban area. ( 8 June 2012 18h50 SAST) SOUTH AFRICA
This is what the Durban storm looked like from the safety of Hillcrest. Obs
http://sawdis1.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/image-intense-thunderstorm-t...
Real Time Weather Observation: Kwazulu Natal - Hail Durban area (8 June 2012 18h50)
Huge hailstorm just hit Durban North, radical wind intensity, lightning and rain - frewbru
Image: My garden!
http://sawdis1.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/real-time-weather-observatio...
Jun 9, 2012
KM
Amazing pictures of devastating hail which submerged CARS as it swept Colorado
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 00:39 GMT, 9 June 2012 | UPDATED: 00:39 GMT, 9 June 2012
These amazing pictures show the devastation caused by massive hail storms which have swept through Colorado and Wyoming this week.
Destructive hailstones coated the ground so thickly that the landscape appeared to be covered in snow, KOAA reported.
Stunned residents took to Facebook and Twitter to share their photos of the bizarre weather, which blocked roads and left some cars almost totally submerged.
One picture in particular tugged at many heartstrings when it was posted by KDVR - a touching snapshot of a dog which sought shelter from the torrential downpour in a trash can.
Inundated: Colorado was hit with so much hail that some cars were left almost completely submerged
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156717/Amazing-pictures-de...
Jun 9, 2012
Sevan Makaracı
U.S.; WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD
The continental United States experienced the warmest spring on record this year, with temperatures far above the average over the past century, government scientists said Thursday.
The United States, excluding Alaska, Hawaii and overseas territories, had an average temperature of 57.1 degrees Fahrenheit (13.9 Celsius) from March through May, 5.2 degrees (2.9 Celsius) above the average from 1901 to 2000, the data showed.
"Spring 2012 marked the largest temperature departure from average of any season on record for the contiguous United States," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a statement.
This year's spring was up 2.0 degrees (1.1 Celsius) from the previous warmest spring in the United States which was recorded in 1910, the agency said.
The year from June 2011 through May also marked the warmest 12-month period on record after a hot summer and warmer winter. The average temperature was 3.2 degrees (1.8 Celsius) above average, the agency said.
In terms of monthly figures, the United States experienced the warmest March, the third warmest April and the second warmest May, the agency said. Source
Jun 9, 2012
Howard
Rare Tornado in Venice, Italy (June 12) -
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/waterspout-venice-italy/...
Jun 12, 2012
Sandor Daranyi
Tornado in Hungary, Nyiracsad. (june 2012).
http://www.haon.hu/a-nyiracsadi-tornado-nyomaban/2007330
85 year old never seen like this before
Jun 14, 2012
KM
Northern Europe braces for more bad weather:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2159048/UK-weather-Forecast...
The calm before the 'once in 50 years' storm: Forecasters predict major flooding as huge low sweeps in from the Atlantic
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 02:17 GMT, 14 June 2012 | UPDATED: 18:01 GMT, 14 June 2012
Britain is at risk of being lashed by a once in 50 years storm, forecasters warned today.
The Weather Channel said rivers would be overwhelmed and warned of a 'major flooding event' as Nasa released this satellite picture of a huge low sweeping in from the Atlantic.
Forecasters at the Met Office have already predicted 60mph hurricane-force winds will bring three months of rain over the next three days, making June the wettest since records began.
Jun 14, 2012
Sevan Makaracı
RECORD HEAT CONTINUES TO BAKE PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico is in the midst of an unusually dry and record-setting hot stretch of weather. Some relief is on the horizon, but it will not be long-lasting.
Record heat baked Puerto Rico's capital of San Juan both Tuesday and Wednesday and threatens to do the same into Friday.
Temperatures today are headed to near the day's record high of 96 from 1983, then they will challenge Friday's record of 94 degrees from the same year.
This week's record highs are actually not that far above the 88 degrees that San Juan typically warms to this time of year. What is really unusual and contributing to the heat is the absence of cooling showers and thunderstorms.
Source
Jun 15, 2012
joy m
Methane gas bubbling in river in central Queensland Australia
http://www.cqnews.com.au/story/2012/05/30/methane-bubbling-condamin...
Jun 20, 2012
Howard
Microburst Wreaks Havoc in Washington DC Suburb (June 22) -
http://wtop.com/41/2915348/Thousands-without-power-after-storm
A spokesperson tells WTOP the delay is due to some areas not being safe to access for crew members.
Everyone in Montgomery County should be back on Sunday morning and Pepco hopes everyone will be restored by late Sunday, early Monday.
As of about 6 p.m. Saturday more than 10,000 customers in the Washington area are without power. That includes approximately 6,000 customers in Prince George's County and 3,500 customers in the District of Columbia.
Both NOVEC and Dominion Power also reported outages in Loudoun County.
Crews continue to clean up in the Washington area after the overnight storm.
Hundreds of people in Prince George's County were displaced Friday night as a result of a fast-moving storm. Up to 600 people were forced to evacuate after damage to their homes.
Officials with Prince George's County say the microburst spread through the Bladensburg area around 8 p.m.
The storm damaged 15 apartment buildings, 1 house and caused structural damage on Newtown Street. Some roofs were ripped off and trees damaged other structures.
Residents have been housed in a temporary shelter at Rodgers Heights Elementary. Saturday afternoon residents are expected to be moved to Bladensburg High School.
The Office of Emergency Management will be working with apartment complex management and the American Red Cross for relief and shelter.
Prince George's County firefighters responded to more than 235 calls in about 4 hours during and after the storm (a normal 24-hour call volume average is 365 calls).
Firefighters searched 28 multi-family apartment buildings to ensure everyone was evacuated and to inspect damage.
Jun 24, 2012
KM
Both Koreas suffering worst drought in more than a century
Parts of North Korea are experiencing the most severe drought since record keeping began nearly 105 years ago, according to meteorological officials in Pyongyang. The drought is heightening worries about the country’s ability to feed its people. Two-thirds of North Korea's 24 million people face chronic food shortages, the UN said. South Korean officials also reported the worst drought in more than a century in some areas, AP said. Nearly two months without significant rainfall caused a dangerous drop in water levels at reservoirs.
Jun 27, 2012
Andrey Eroshin
Cold snap chills summer in Lapland
Lapland has been blanketed in snow over the past couple of days, as a low pressure zone dumped sleet and snow in the north.
On Thursday night temperatures in Lapland fell below zero in many areas. The mercury fell to -0.6 degrees in Näkkäla in Enontekiö, while a reading of -0.5 degrees was recorded in Kilpisjärvi in Finland's northwestern arm.
Residents of southern Lapland also felt the chill, temperatures registered -0.5 degrees Thursday night.
On Wednesday night snow covered fells in Saariselkä in the far north. The FMI says the freak snowfall will be a passing phenomenon as conditions are due to warm up over the weekend.
http://yle.fi/uutiset/cold_snap_chills_summer_in_lapland/6199852
Jun 29, 2012
Mark
scientists add 1 second to clocks at end of June and the first time I have seen them claim that the Earth wobbling on its axis is a natural occurrence:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2166360/Old-father-o...
Jun 30, 2012
Howard
Dangerous situation unfolding from Indiana to the mid-Atlantic where 3.5 million are without power and the heat index is expected to approach 120 degrees F.
Jun 30, 2012
Stra
Heatwave lingers on the Balkans
The Balkans are experiencing very high, almost tropical temperatures, Višegrad in Bosnia reached 42 C, the hottest town in Europe. Some places in Montenegro up to 40 C. Temperatures are expected to rise even more, up to the middle of this week. In Mostar 32 C were recorded at 22:00 in the evening, the hottest temperature for that time ever.
In Croatia in Knin, 39 C in the shade, other places from 31 C to 37 C.
Slovenia, temperatures are 35 C and above, some places crossed 37 C.
Serbia, mostly 33 C to 38 across the country.
http://www.siol.net/novice/slovenija/2012/07/vreme_01.aspx
Jul 2, 2012
wanderer
Following on from last week's confirmation that the last quarter was the wettest in the UK since records began. It has now been confirmed that the month of June was the wettest on record.
Wettest June on record Met Office figures show
Last month was the UK's wettest June since records began in 1910. It was also the second dullest on record with 119.2 hours of sunshine. Total UK rainfall was 145.3mm - more than twice as much as normally expected.
Jul 2, 2012
Sevan Makaracı
Eastern U.S. Scorched by Record Heat, 2 Million Still Without Power after Storms
On Monday, the National Weather Service reported that the heat is poised to prevail over large areas from the plains to the Atlantic Coast over the next couple of days. In Washington, D.C. temperatures were expected to break all-time records, exceeding 38 degrees Celsius.
Over the past weekend, more than two dozen cities throughout the region broke their high temperature records, including Charlotte of North Carolina, Columbia of South Carolina and Knoxville of Tennessee. To complicate matters, the weekend storms rendered 2 million people without power. Authorities said the extensive damage to power grids could take days to repair. The affected states range from North Carolina to New Jersey and then as far west as Illinois.
Government units have declared emergencies in Washington, D.C., Ohio, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. A total of 18 people perished in the storms. Source
Jul 2, 2012
Sevan Makaracı
SNOW IN JULY SURPRISED PEOPLE, RIZE/TURKEY
Jul 4, 2012
Sandor Daranyi
Flooding across the U.K set to stay for years to come (6 July 2012)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18744189
Torrential downpours have been causing disruption in parts of the UK with a month's worth of rain forecast to fall in 24 hours in some areas.
In many towns, people have been battling to stop rising water entering their homes.
Dr Claire Goodess, Senior Researcher in Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, says over the next few decades there will be an increase in heavy rainfall events.
Jul 7, 2012
Stra
Heat wave breaks more all-time records in Midwest
...with three cities in Michigan hitting their hottest temperatures ever recorded. Lansing hit 103°, the hottest day in Michigan's capital city since record keeping began in 1863...
Chicago's third consecutive 100°+ day ties record for longest such streak
hit 103° Friday, which was just 2° shy of their official all-time high of 105° set on July 24, 1934...
Historic heat wave in Indiana
"The Indianapolis area is nearing the end of an historic heat wave, the likes the area has not seen in 76 years," said on Friday.
The forecast: more record heat Saturday, then relief
More record-breaking triple-digit heat is expected Saturday across much of the Midwest and Tennessee Valley. All-time highs in Washington D.C. (106°), Pittsburgh (103°), Indianapolis (106°), and Louisville (107°) may be threatened.
Source: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=...
Jul 8, 2012
Chris
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/13/us-usa-landslide-alaska-i...
Huge landslide in Alaska park one of continent's biggest
(Reuters) - A huge landslide in an Alaska park that went unnoticed for weeks turns out to have been one of the biggest on record in North America, National Park Service officials said on Thursday.
The slide spread rock and debris about 5.5 miles over a glacier in a remote section of Glacier Bay National Park in southeastern Alaska, officials said.
Unlike other landslides that have occurred in the past in the mountainous park, this event was not triggered by an earthquake, officials said.
"It was detected because of its magnitude, creating its own seismic event," said Lewis Sharman, a Park Service ecologist at Glacier Bay. Records at the U.S. Geological Survey show the event registering as having a magnitude of 3.4.
There were no people in the area at the time, and the slide was not seen until last week, when a Canadian air-taxi pilot flew over the site, said John Quinley, a spokesman for the Park Service's Alaska headquarters.
The slide was far from areas used by park visitors, most of whom tour Glacier Bay by cruise ship, Quinley said.
"You can't see it from a boat or the bay. You've got to be up flying. And it's not on a typical flying route," he said. "It would have been pretty horrific if you'd been camped on the glacier."
Sharman said it is not yet clear what caused the slide, which occurred on a flank of 11,924-foot (3,634-meter) Lituya Mountain. But experts believe that part of the slope simply gave way after repeated freeze-thaw cycles, he said.
Officials are currently trying to estimate the volume of material that fell in the slide, Sharman said.
Fifty-four years ago, there was a fatal landslide in Lituya Bay, which lies at the foot of a glacier flowing from Lituya Mountain.
A July 9, 1958 earthquake registering at magnitude 7.7 loosened massive amounts of rock that dropped into the bay, creating a wave that washed 1,720 feet up the narrow inlet, according to USGS records. Two people on a fishing boat vanished and were presumed dead, and three others on land were killed.
Jul 13, 2012
Sandor Daranyi
Freak tornado rips through Poland
http://www.euronews.com/2012/07/15/freak-tornado-rips-through-poland/
One person has been killed and ten others injured after a freak tornado ripped through northern Poland.
The Baltic region of Pomerania and two neighbouring provinces were the hardest hit.
Buildings were damaged, power lines downed and 400 acres of woodland flattened
Around 1,200 rescuers having been working around the clock to remove fallen trees.
Jul 15, 2012
Sandor Daranyi
Submarine summer: More Russian regions drenched in tropical downpours (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
http://www.rt.com/news/russia-floods-chelyabinsk-chechnya-219/
Russia is being battered by massive tropic-like downpours in various regions, turning city streets into rivers. The latest disasters hit the city of Chelyabinsk, in the Urals, and the Republic of Chechnya, destroying communications and vehicles.
Chechnya is the latest in a string of Russian regions to experience the rage of nature, as heavy rains in the mountains which started on Saturday night have already left over 47,000 people without electricity.
The republic is now extensively using available emergency power supplies, while the weather forecast is negative, promising more heavy rains and hails.
Shortly beforehand, Chelyabinsk – a city in the Urals Mountains with a population over a million – was drenched after a two-hour rainfall poured on to city streets. A thunderstorm combined with wind squalls, causing a series of power cuts.
The local railway station was completely flooded. Outside, knee-deep water left pedestrians housebound and damaged countless cars parked in lowlands.
It follows a similar disaster in Moscow when, on Friday July 13, it was affected by a record rainfall. Three were reportedly killed by lightning, and some of the streets in the capital’s historic center turned into furious streams, sinking dozens of parked cars. In some places the water was about one meter deep.
But evidently, it cannot be compared to the tragedy a week ago when record rainfall caused massive flood in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on July 7. The wave of water coming from the mountains inflicted massive destruction in the area. According to the latest reports, 172 people lost their lives, while some 35,000 people have been affected by the catastrophe in total. The city of Krymsk was worst hit by the deluge, with Gelenzhik and Novorossiysk also sustaining serious damage.
Over 5,000 houses were devastated by the flood waters in the Krasnodar Region, 4,600 of them in the city of Krymsk. Altogether in the region some 250 houses were completely destroyed. Electricity, water and gas supply was discontinued for several days and locals are still struggling with the aftermath of the catastrophe.
Jul 15, 2012
jorge namour
Morocco hits 121°F (49.6°C): a national all-time heat record
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
The first new all-time national temperature record of 2012 belongs to Morocco, thanks to the 121.3°F (49.6°C) temperature measured at Marrakech on July 17, 2012. According to the Wunderground International Records data base maintained by our weather historian, Christopher C. Burt, the previous record was 120.4°F (49.1°C) at Agadir on July 30, 2009. A hotter temperature of 51.7°C (125.1°F) was reported from Aghadir (Agadir) Souss Massa Dra region on 17 August 1940 during a chergui wind event. However, this reading is considered unreliable by weather records researcher Maximiliano Herrera, since the temperature was 6°C higher than that measured at nearby stations.
Seven nations set all time heat records in 2011. Nineteen nations (plus the the U.K.'s Ascension Island) set all-time extreme heat records in 2010. One nation (Zambia, in 2011) set an all-time cold record during the period 2010 - 2012. With a very hot airmass in place over much of North Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia the remainder of this week, more all-time national heat records may fall.
http://sawdis1.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/morocco-hits-121f-496c-natio...
Jul 18, 2012
jorge namour
Storm darkens sky over New York City July 18, 2012
By John Makely, nbcnews.com
Photographer Inga Sarda-Sorensen took this stunning photograph as the storm descended on New York City Wednesday afternoon. Reports of hail and heavy rain along the Jersey Coast come before a predicted break in the hot weather over the next couple of days.
Photographer Dhani Jones (@Dhani jones on Twitter) took this photograph while flying around the storm and quickly posted it to his Instagram account, user name d0057.
Thunderstorms rolled through New York City on Wednesday, relieving the city of sweltering temperatures but replacing them with pounding rain, strong winds – and hail.
On Wednesday evening, storms affected air traffic along the East Coast and beyond. Inbound traffic to Newark International was delayed by more than 90 minutes, according to the FAA, while LaGuardia Airport was experiencing delays of more than two hours.
Thousands of New Yorkers lost power, and at least one injury was blamed on the storms, NBCNewYork.com reported.
Earlier in the day, temperatures hit 103 degrees in Newark, 100 in Central Park, 101 at LaGuardia and 96 at JFK Internation
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/18/12816635-storm-dark...|utmccn=%28direct%29|utmcmd=%28none%29&__utmv=14933801.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc|cover=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.nbcnews.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=107641218
Jul 19, 2012
KM
Drought sends 'mighty Mississippi' river levels near record lows
The "mighty Mississippi" has lost some of its might with the season's epic drought taking its toll on river levels, which are falling to near historic lows.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will spend nearly $7 million dredging in an attempt to keep ports operational and keep the river open for barge traffic in the coming weeks. River levels in Memphis have dropped to within three feet of their historic lows from the 1988 drought.
In just one year, the river has gone through extreme fluctuation. Last May, it was within a foot of its record-high crest because of massive flooding, and today it's 55 feet lower and experiencing historic lows due to drought.
Dramatic images taken from NASA’s Terra satellite show the swollen river in late April of last year compared with images from early July this year. The expanse of the water was over 3 miles wide in parts of Missouri and Arkansas as levees were blown up in order to help protect the town of Cairo, Illinois from flood waters. The image taken July 2012 this year shows a much different story with the river less than a half mile wide in spots.
NASA’s Terra satellite shows the Mississippi River late April 2011 compared with images from early July 2012.
New data from U.S. Drought Monitor issued Thursday shows the drought has worsened in the past week, and now ranks as the second worst drought in U.S. history over the lower 48 since records began in 1895.
Nearly 64% of the contiguous United States is now in moderate to exceptional drought, second only to the summer of 1934, the height of the dust bowl era. Nearly 40% of the corn crop is now considered in poor or very poor condition, and this went up a sharp 8% in only a week.
During the 2012 crop year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 1,297 counties across 29 states as disaster areas, making all qualified farm operators in the areas eligible for low-interest emergency loans. And on Monday the USDA designated 39 additional counties in eight states as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought and excessive heat.
A dozen states on Thursday were under some sort of heat advisory or warning, many of them over the worst-hit drought areas. The heat wave is expected to last through much of the weekend, which means conditions will likely continue to worsen over the coming weeks.
And the Army Corps said that the shrinking of the Mississippi means that saltwater is beginning to work its way upriver, which could threaten some water supplies.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/19/drought-sends-mighty-mississip...
Jul 20, 2012
Robyn Appleton
We have stressed, at the very start of the ZetaTalk saga, that the weather would get increasingly extreme, with droughts and deluges occurring and switching about in an unpredictable manner, and that this included unpredictable changes in the jet stream. The jet stream is affected primarily by the rotation of the Earth, the slow roll, which pulls the Earth under her blanket of air and creates swirling in the temperate regions, the prevailing Westerlies, as cold air from the poles rushes to drop into voids created by this motion. The jet stream is affected secondarily by warm and cold spots, warm over land masses that are more quickly heated or cooled than the ocean, which can circulate and maintain a more even distribution within its depths. Hot air is lighter than cold, and rises, cold heavier and drops, thus the storm systems attempting to equalize the density of air. The temperature and density and direction of air masses can be determined, and thus the weatherman has historically offered predictions, but these predictions have become increasingly difficult, in part because of the Earth wobble which jerks the Earth about under her mantel of air, often at cross currents to the jet stream. -ZT/2005
ZetaTalk: Jet Stream Tornadoes
Jul 21, 2012
Chris
Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 10 in Beijing: media
BEIJING | Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:51pm EDT
(Reuters) - The heaviest rain storm in six decades to hit the Chinese capital killed at least 10 people and caused widespread chaos, flooding streets and stranding 80,000 people at the city's main airport, state media reported on Sunday.
The storm, which started on Saturday afternoon and continued late into the night, flooded major roads and sent torrents of water tumbling down steps into underpasses.
In the Beijing suburb of Tongzhou, two people died in a roof collapse and another person killed was struck by lightning, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Other deaths were caused by electric shocks from downed power lines and drowning, it added, without giving an exact breakdown.
More than 500 flights were cancelled at Beijing's Capital International Airport, the Beijing News said.
However, the subway system was largely unaffected, aside from being swamped with people desperate to get home and unable to use cars, buses or taxis.
The city received about 170 millimeters (6.7 inches) of rain on average, though a township in Fangshan District to Beijing's west was hit by 460mm (18.1 inches), Xinhua said.
The Beijing city government said on its website (www.beijing.gov.cn) it was working to get the metropolis back on its feet, but reminded people to prepare for further bad weather.
"The weather forecasters say that from late July to early September this city is prone to flooding, and there could be further large-scale storms or extreme weather," it said.
Many residents took to China's popular micro blogging site Sina Weibo to post dramatic pictures of the storm. Some complained the city should have been prepared, especially as the government had issued a severe storm warning the day before.
"It was forecast early on that Beijing would get torrential rain, so why were pumps and other facilities not prepared in time?" complained one user.
But at least one good result came from the storm.
The official pollution index, which had showed an unhealthy rating before the storm hit, registered "excellent" on Sunday, with the air noticeably free of its normal acrid smell.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Ed Lane)
Jul 22, 2012
Howard
Tornado Forms at 12,000 Feet Near Summit of Mount Evans, Colorado (July 28) -
Mount Evans twister rates a second in the record books
The funnel-shaped twister that touched down on the crest of Mount Evans Saturday has been confirmed as a tornado — the second highest ever recorded by the National Weather Service in the United States.
"It's not unprecedented to have tornadoes in the mountains. But they are rare," said National Weather Service meteorologist David Barjenbruch.
Barjenbruch said at 11,900 feet the tornado was above treeline and did not do any damage. He said it did surprise many drivers on Mount Evans, some of whom were above the tornado and had the rare opportunity to look down into the funnel.
Witnesses posted pictures on Facebook, and the weather service was able to use those pictures and accounts as well as documentation from an official weather spotter and from Google Earth to determine the funnel-shaped cloud was truly a tornado and to place the tornado's touchdown point. Barjenbruch called it a "weak" twister.
He said tornadoes in the mountains generally are shorter-lived and weaker than tornadoes that form in more open terrain. But there have been strong, damaging tornadoes recorded.
The most violent mountain tornado occurred in Wyoming in 1987 and tore up a forest at 10,000 feet as it passed over the Continental Divide. Another violent twister occured in Utah in 1992. The only tornado to beat the Mount Evans twister in elevation occured in 2004 in Sequoia National Park in California at 12,000 feet.
Barjenbruch said it is hard to say if the numbers of mountain tornadoes are increasing because there is no good historical record for comparison. He said the twisters are more often reported and verified now because more people are in the mountains and are able to document the weather phenomenon with smart phones and cameras.
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Jul 30, 2012
Howard
Rare Snowfall Stuns Much of South Africa (August 7) -
"Snow falling in Johannesburg is like getting snow in northern Mexico."
The snow began Tuesday morning, part of an extreme cold snap now biting into a nation still in its winter months. By mid-afternoon, officials recorded snowfall across every South African province except Limpopo, though a formal report from the region had yet to reach the South African Weather Service, agency spokeswoman Kenosi Machepa said. Satellite imagery suggested the snow reached there as well, she said.
The snow closed some roads and at least one high-altitude pass.
The snow grew heavier in the afternoon in Johannesburg, covering rooftops and slicking roads. Snowflakes are a rare commodity in Johannesburg, even during winter. South African Weather Service records show it has snowed in Johannesburg on only 22 other days in the last 103 years. The last snow fell there in June 2007.
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http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/around-the-world-deadly-...
Aug 7, 2012
Kris H
I posted earlier that July 2012 was the hottest month ever recorded in Denver, CO. Well, now it has been expanded to include all of the US! Hottest month ever recorded!
the contiguous United States in July was 77.6 Fahrenheit, a full 3.3 degrees above the 20th century average.
The previous warmest July was in 1936, when the nation's average temperature was 77.4 degrees.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/08/13182298-july-is-hottest...
Aug 9, 2012
Derrick Johnson
This is a perfect example of what the Earth wobble is doing to the Earth and her atmosphere. If one imagines being positioned on the Sun, looking at Earth when the Sun is over Europe at high noon, one would not see the geographic N and S Poles in a straight up and down position, at 12 and 6 o'clock respectively. Instead, the N Pole would seem to be at 11 o'clock and the S Pole at 5 o'clock. Then as the globe turns and high noon is over the Americas, the N and S Poles would appear to be at 1 o'clock and 7 o'clock respectively. What this does for the atmosphere over the Atlantic is first it masses over the East Coast of the US, during the European lean, and then it masses over the Gulf of Mexico during the Americas lean. The air masses shift positions. This is why Fay has gone back and forth across Florida, instead of one of the usual routes that hurricanes take.
Aug 10, 2012
Howard
Drought shrinks Mississippi River to unprecedented shallow depths, threatens to close barge traffic. (August 10) -
http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t3#/video/us/2012/08/10/dnt-savidg...
Aug 10, 2012
Sevan Makaracı
Sudden Fall Chill for Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo
Unseasonably cool air will sweep from the northern Plains through the Midwest and Appalachians into the weekend.
Without the massive area of high pressure parked over the central Plains, like much of the summer, the door is open for additional refreshing air masses and opportunities for rainfall on occasion through the rest of August.
While the damage has already been done from the Drought of 2012 .........
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Aug 11, 2012
Derrick Johnson
Salt creeping up the Mississippi River
“(CNN) -- A drought in Louisiana has lowered the Mississippi River, leaving its southern tip awash in saline from the Gulf of Mexico and prompting health officials in Plaquemines Parish to issue a drinking water advisory.
"The water's perfectly safe to drink," said Guy Laigast, director of the parish's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, in a telephone interview Wednesday. "It's just got the elevated salt."
With the mighty Mississippi near its all-time low, the salty water has crept in as a wedge, he said. Because salty water is denser than fresh, it tends to collect at lower depths, he said.”
Watch dryness overtake U.S.
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/15/us/louisiana-drinking-water/index.htm...
Aug 16, 2012
Beva
Fall-like Weather Greets Northern U.S.
6:45 AM EDT, August 16, 2012
By WeatherBug's Matthew Mehallow
Aug 16, 2012
Sevan Makaracı
Multiple water spouts spotted on Lake Michigan (Aug 19)
Stormchasers capture video of several volcano-like waterspouts that all formed at the same time on Lake Michigan.
The rare sight was captured on video from a cargo vessel that was sailing in the area when the tornado-like waterspouts formed on the lake all at the same time.
At least three of the tornado-like waterspouts were reported to the National Weather Service before noon on Saturday.
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Aug 20, 2012
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193480/Typhoon-batters-sou...
Typhoon batters southern Taiwan, with another heading for Japanese island of Okinawa
By John Hutchinson
PUBLISHED: 17:18 GMT, 25 August 2012 | UPDATED: 17:48 GMT, 25 August 2012
Coaches were overturned and hundred of people's homes were ripped apart as a typhoon swept through southern Taiwan.
The army were called in to help with the clean-up operation, as trees were uprooted and furniture was seen floating in the streets of the East Asian state.
Flood waters from Typhoon Tembin reached nine feet high in one town, where armored vehicles rescued several dozen people from their flooded homes.
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Nightmare: The typhoon has ruined people's homes and possessions
Chaos: A billboard rests on the damaged roof of a shop after falling over in winds brought by Typhoon Tembin
Powerful: A tour bus lies on its side after being blown over by winds caused by the typhoon
Battling through: Residents clean flood damaged goods brought on by Typhoon Tembin in Hengchun Township in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan
The typhoon largely spared the island’s heavily populated areas, while another, larger storm was threatening to hit the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.
It is believed five people were injured in its path, including two firefighters.
Television pictures from the town of Hengchun showed empty buses overturned by raging waters and streets littered with uprooted trees and pieces of mangled furniture.
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View from above: NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Typhoon Tembin after it had crossed southern Taiwan and re-emerged into the waters of the Philippine Seas
After quickly crossing the island, Tembin returned to sea by late morning.
Back in August 2009, Taiwan was devastated by Typhoon Morakot, which was the deadliest of its kind to ever hit the island, killing around 700 people.
The government was criticised for its slow deployment of supplies and troops, which could account for stationing around 50,000 soldiers on standby this time around should the typhoon return and wreak more havoc.
Typhoon Bolaven, meanwhile, could reach Okinawa soon with maximum winds near the eye forecast at 112 mph.
On Friday, the storm had winds of 101 mph, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The agency issued advisories for gale-force winds in Okinawa and high waves in the waters around the island, where more than half the 50,000 U.S. troops based in Japan are stationed.
One of the biggest, Kadena Air Base, banned water-based activities in the rough seas as part of its preparations for the typhoon.
In Taiwan, authorities mindful of a devastating typhoon that took 700 lives three years ago had evacuated mountainous, landslide-prone areas and readied troops for rescue operations, but for the most part, they were not needed.
Winds measuring close to 96 mph toppled trees and blew out windows in the area, but no casualties were reported.
Forecasters say Tembin, now a tropical storm, appears to be heading for mainland China but could turn back and dump more rain across Taiwan’s southern agricultural heartland.
The impact of Tembin in the heavily populated areas of northern Taiwan was extremely limited.
Businesses and schools in Taipei were operating normally, and flights at the capital’s two airports were unaffected.
Helping hand: Taiwan soldiers help residents to clean areas affected by floods brought on by Typhoon Tembin
Dirty work: Soldiers muck in to help the residents out after the typhoon crashed through buildings
Big job ahead: Residents clean quarters affected by a mud slide caused by heavy rain dumped by Typhoon Tembin
No let up: Soldiers removing fallen trees in Taitung, southern Taiwan, in the aftermath of the typhoon
Aug 26, 2012
Sevan Makaracı
Extreme heat hits S. Dakota; schools close early
South Dakota students are used to extreme cold and having classes called off because of winter blizzards, but the weather that caused their school day to be cut short Wednesday was intense for a different reason: the triple-digit temperatures.
More than two dozen school districts across the state shut down early Wednesday as temperatures rose above 100 degrees, turning classrooms into saunas.
"The major factor in the decision is the safety and welfare of students and staff members. It's tough to learn in an environment when a room is 100 degrees," said Eureka Superintendent Bo Beck, whose north-central South Dakota district joined others in dismissing students a few hours early because their classrooms lack air conditioning.
Eureka and other districts have called off classes due to late-summer heat in past years, but school closures are more common in winter months when snow, frigid temperatures and howling winds make travel unsafe, Beck said.
SourceAug 30, 2012
Howard
Up to 20 inches of rain and an 11-foot storm surge inundate Louisiana in what is now being called "more water than Katrina".
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/08/31/isaac-.html
Aug 31, 2012
SongStar101
In U.S., 2012 so far is hottest year on record
Rancher Gary Wollert pauses before heading out for work on August 23, 2012 near Eads, …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first eight months of 2012 have been the warmest of any year on record in the contiguous United States, and this has been the third-hottest summer since record-keeping began in 1895, the U.S. National Climate Data Center said on Monday.
Each of the last 15 months has seen above-average temperatures, something that has never happened before in the 117 years of the U.S. record, said Jake Crouch, a climate scientist at the data center.
Winter, spring and summer 2012 have all been among the top-five hottest for their respective seasons, Crouch said by telephone, and that too is unique in the U.S. record. There has never been a warmer September-through-August period than in 2011-2012, he said.
"We're now, in terms of statistics, in unprecedented territory for how long this warm spell has continued in the contiguous U.S.," Crouch said.
He did not specify that human-spurred climate change was the cause of the record heat........
.......Alyson Kenward of the non-profit research and journalism organization Climate Central said in a statement, "Extreme heat is closely tied to climate change, and this summer's heat wave left a global warming signature in the data, particularly in the ratio of record high to record low temperatures."
Normally, the number of record highs and record lows would balance out, with an average ratio of one to one. This year, 25 states have had high to low temperature ratios of 10 to one or greater; 14 have had a ratio greater than 20 to one; and three have had greater than 40 to one ratios, Climate Central said.
Ohio topped this list with 49 record high temperatures for every record low.
DROUGHT PERVADES U.S. MIDSECTION
Last month was only the 16th warmest August on record, though still hotter than average, according to the climate data center, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
June was also warmer than average, while July broke the all-time heat record, the data center scientists said in a statement.
It was a dry summer: as of August 28, nearly 63 percent of the Lower 48 U.S. states were experiencing drought. Still, precipitation overall was near the long-term average, with the Southwest and Southeast wetter than average and the Northwest and Northern plains drier.
The Midwest has suffered the most extreme heat, according to Climate Central, which crunches the U.S. government's weather and climate numbers.
Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri ranked first, second and third, respectively, in terms of extreme heat in 2012, Climate Central said, followed by Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Illinois and Ohio. Two states outside the Midwest - Colorado and Arkansas - rounded out the top 10.
Outside the Lower 48, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center has already reported that Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a record small size, and the melting season is not over yet. The Arctic is sometimes characterized as the world's air conditioner.
As of September 5, the ice on the Arctic Ocean was less than 1.54 million square miles (4 million square km), a 45 percent reduction compared to September conditions in the 1980s and 1990s.
Sep 11, 2012
lonne rey
Snow in North Iceland in early September is not unheard of but snowfall of two to three meters overnight at this time of year—when the sheep are still in highland pastures—is highly unusual.
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Sep 17, 2012
jorge namour
Setting the world on fire: Stunning picture of rare 'devil tornado' emerges
Mon, Sep 17, 2012
An awe-struck filmmaker has told of the moment he witnessed one of nature's rarest phenomena - a fire tornado.
Chris Tangey had been out in Alice Springs, Australia, scouting locations for a new movie.
After finishing he went over to help workers at a cattle station when he was confronted by one of nature's most intimidating spectacles.
Just 300 metres away was a 30-metre high fire swirl which "sounded like a fighter jet", despite there being no wind in the area.
A fire tornado, also know as a fire devil, is caused when a column of warm, rising air comes into contact - or causes - a fire on the ground.
These fire whirls are known to last for around two minutes on the very rare occasions they take place.
But Chris found himself mesmerised by the tornado for more than 40 minutes.
The 52-year-old said: "The weather was perfectly still and it was about 25 degrees celsius - it was an entirely uneventful day.
Then the next thing a man is yelling 'what the hell is that?' and I turned around and saw a 30-metre fire tornado.
"I was about 300 metres away and there was no wind but the tornado sounded just like a fighter jet. My jaw just dropped."
Chris, who runs Alice Springs Film and Television, in Australia, described it as a "once in ten lifetimes experience".
He added: "I've been shooting in the outback for 23 years and I have never seen anything like it. We've heard about them but they're never seen.
"If I had known what was about to happen then I would have happily paid $1,000 to watch it.
"At any time there were three different tornadoes, it just kept going and going for 40 minutes.
"The whole experience was staggering and the length and variety were astonishing."
Although they are rare, these spectacles are extremely dangerous.
In 1923, a fire whirl emerged during Japan's Great Kanto Earthquake and killed 38,000 people in just 15 minutes.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/setting-the-world-on-fire-stunning-picture...
Sep 18, 2012
Mark
Potentially the first new cloud formation to be recognised for 61 years:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2207449/Bit-grey-area-Undul...
With its turbulent swirls and brooding peaks, this is the magnificent 'undulatus asperatus,' a new species of cloud discovered by amateur sky watchers.
Now the UK-based Cloud Appreciation Society (CAS) is lobbying for it to be formally recognised by the World Meteorological Organisation in Geneva and be included in the International Cloud Atlas. The latter has not been produced since 1975.
If the CAS is successful it will be the first time a new cloud type has been officially recognised since 1951.
Meaning 'agitated wave,' the undulatus asperatus was first photographed above Cedar Rapids in Iowa, U.S. in 2006.
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first observed shortly after the wobble started, most likely an effect of the disturbed wind patterns/jet stream
Sep 24, 2012
lonne rey
Extreme Storm Takes Brazil From 108 to -30 and Snow!
The MetSul blog this week (translated) tells a harrowing tale of extreme heat in Brazil, followed by severe storms with hail and flooding as a powerful Spring storm system (one of the most intense ever) moved through between September 15 and 17. The temperature at Antonina, Parana, Brazil spiked to 108° F (42.1 C) before the storm hit, breaking not only winter, but summer heat records for Southern Brazil.
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Sep 28, 2012
Howard
Tropical Storm Nadine, which formed in the north-central Atlantic 3 weeks ago (on Sept 11) is breaking records as one of the longest lasting tropical storms on record as it continues to loop in circles.
Tropical Storm Nadine Still Alive, 3 Weeks Later -
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20121002/ARTICLE/121009926
Nadine seemed destined to be forgotten as just another tropical storm that fizzled out at sea. Now, still churning loop-de-loops in the Atlantic Ocean, Nadine is making history as one of the longest-lasting tropical storms ever.
At about the same latitude as North Carolina, Nadine has been been a named storm for 20 days. If it lasts another week, Tropical Storm Nadine would break the record for longevity.
But even if it dies out, Nadine is already going down in the record books. Only seven tropical systems have remained at tropical depression strength or greater for longer than Nadine, according to National Hurricane Center records.
The storm that beats them all was the San Ciriaco Hurricane of 1899 — a record set before aircraft and satellites provided fine details of a storm's lifespan.
While the people in the Azores — a Portuguese island chain 970 miles west of Lisbon — are tiring of Nadine's persistence nearby, forecasters are marveling. The storm was making its third pass at the island on Tuesday, prompting the Portuguese government to issue a tropical storm watch.
"You usually don't see a tropical storm stick around at 35 degrees northern latitude for very long," said Mark Paquette, a meteorologist with Accuweather.com.
Nadine formed on Set. 11 in the north-central Atlantic, the last system spawned so far this year.
Since 1960, when satellites began capturing imagery of tropical systems, only four storms have outlived Nadine.
But Nadine, still producing 65 mph sustained winds on Tuesday, isn't finished yet. It was forecast to remain at tropical storm strength through Thursday.
If it does, Nadine will beat Inez of 1966, which lasted 20.25 days, and tie Kyle of 2002, which lasted 22 days.
Tropical Storm Ginger of 1971 lasted 27 days; the 1899 storm lasted 27.75. It is unlikely that Nadine will survive that long. A frontal system is forecast to push Nadine out of its bizarre loop later this week.
Nadine grew slowly into a hurricane last month on a mostly northward course, east of Bermuda. Instead of dying, like many storms that climb into northern latitudes, Nadine kept going.
By the time Nadine reached hurricane strength it was traveling nearly due east toward Europe. It weakened into a tropical storm on Sept. 16 and then wandered southwest of the Azores until falling apart on Sept. 21.
Less than two days later, Nadine re-strengthened into a tropical storm. It regained hurricane status on Sept. 28 before dropping to tropical storm strength on Monday, southwest of the Azores. On Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center predicted it would head straight toward the islands.
Nadine's unusual loop pattern is the result of a lack of steering flow from the jet stream, Paquette said. The storm is essentially caught in an eddy, circling and maintaining its strength from warm water, moisture and lack of competing winds.
Oct 3, 2012
Howard
Driest August & September in Vancouver BC on Record
Only eight mm of rain fell over those months this year, breaking the previous record set in 1907 of 9 mm of precipitation in August and September.
The 1907 record was set in Steveston, where weather data dates back to 1896.
Records have been kept in Vancouver since 1937.
The record for the month of August alone was set in 1986, when there was zero recorded rainfall.
There was 3 mm of rain this August.
For September, the record is 0.3 mm, set in 1975. This year, 5 mm of rain was recorded at Vancouver International Airport.
It’s expected the dry conditions will stick around — there’s still no rain in this week’s forecast.
Oct 3, 2012
Howard
First Week in October Brings Record Cold and Snowfall Across U.S. (Oct 7) -
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Oct 8, 2012
Sevan Makaracı
RARE OCTOBER SNOW ACCROSS SOUTH AUSTRALIA (OCT 11)
Rare at any time, there has been October snow across some southern areas of South Australia.
The weather bureau in Adelaide said the last reports of snowfall in the Adelaide and neighbouring Mount Lofty Ranges region in October were a century ago.
Locals at Hallett in the mid-north of the state, around Crafers, Mount Lofty, Lobethal and Belair in the Adelaide hills, Sevenhill in the Clare Valley and Mount Remarkable in the lower Flinders Ranges have been surprised by snowfalls.
Farmers in the agricultural areas have welcomed rainfall that has boosted their crop prospects.
Some grain growers say the falls have come too late for them, but crops in later districts will get the benefits.
The highest measured falls in the state have included 34mm at Kuitpo in the Mount Lofty Ranges, 27 millimetres at Wilmington in the upper north and 26mm at Melrose.
There have been 21mm at Clare in the mid-north, 19mm at Riverton, 17mm at Auburn, 8mm at Lameroo in the Murray Mallee and 11mm at Keith in the south-east.
Adelaide has had about 18mm.
A maximum wind gust of 91 kilometres per hour was recorded at Edithburg on lower Yorke Peninsula.
Emergency volunteers have been called to dozens of incidents since the rough weather first hit Adelaide late on Wednesday.
Many of the problems were with fallen trees.
At suburban Brighton, a car was crushed when a large shopping centre sign fell in high winds.
Raelene Zanker, from Booleroo Centre, said she had lived in the region for half a century and not seen snow so late in the season.
"Going back I think it was in the '70s some time we had lots and lots of snow, but we haven't had anything like that for years now and we've never seen snow in October before, well not since I've been here anyway," she said.
The October freeze saw Mount Lofty's minimum temperature hit 0.4 degrees Celsius this morning. It got as low at 0.6 at Naracoorte and 1.1 at Mount Crawford.
Senior forecaster Tom Boeck confirmed the rarity of the weather conditions.
"In springtime we do get some quite significant shifts in the weather in terms of temperature, but I must admit it's quite unusual to be getting a snow event in October," he said.
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Oct 11, 2012
Andrey Eroshin
Scientists find Antarctic ice is at record HIGH levels
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2216238/Now-theres-i...
Oct 14, 2012
jorge namour
14/10/2012
Two minitornades in Vendée near Marseille- FRANCE
The phenomenon is rare, took place in the early morning near La Roche-sur-Yon and in the afternoon at Plan de Campagne.
A hundred houses on the 435 that make up the town Vendée Saint-Hilaire-le-Vouhis has been affected to varying degrees by a large intensity of minitornade made no victim Sunday morning. Whole sections of roof were blown off. Some trees also fell on the floor.
"It only lasted a few minutes, there was a lot of noise, rain and wind," testified residents with fire, reported the Agence France-Presse Isabelle Stern-Forestier, spokesman firefighters Vendée.
Public buildings, including a school, were affected, but also the church, "who lost an entire section of the roof," recounted Isabelle Forestier-Severe. No relocation request was made for the time being. "People are shocked, especially the elderly, because of the magnitude of the noise," testified a resident.
Throughout the department of Vendée, firefighters made more than 300 interventions
Sunday morning.
Météo-France and Meteo Consult bulletins were published Saturday in vigilance department in the Pays de la Loire, due to expected heavy rains and flood risk. Alerts were lifted during the day on Sunday for this area. Against by the Centre region, Météo-France warned that departments of Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher and Loiret remain vigilant.
At the same time, we learned that another minitornade blew Sunday afternoon on the commercial area of Plan de Campagne, near Marseille, making a couple of minor injuries and causing widespread damage. At around 16:15, the tornado swept for 10 minutes some 20 hectares where are implanted numerous commercial brands. e sky was "very dark, there was a lot of wind, rain and flying objects many trees, pieces of wood, newspaper, cardboard packaging", told Agence France-Presse employee of a sign appliances.
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LR-43nKu8tU
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http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2012/10/14/01016-20121014AR...
http://www.2012un-nouveau-paradigme.com/article-une-tornade-s-abat-...
Oct 15, 2012