Earth Changes and the Pole Shift
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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.
Mario Valencia-Rojas
Peru develops early warnings of melting glaciers – in pictures
The snow-topped peaks in northern Peru are retreating so much that many visitors now come to see how much the glaciers have melted. The environmental changes have increased the risk of flooding and other problems for local people, but they are finding solutions to protect themselves and their water resources.Villagers in Pariacaca watch a presentation about Peru’s first early warning system, which monitors glacial lake 513, located above their village. In 2010, they managed to escape a landslide precipitated by an ice avalanche into the lake because they had constructed tunnels to drain off extra water. As the glaciers melt, the excess meltwater will cause more floods in downstream villages such as Pariacaca. Now, with technical assistance from the University of Zurich and Swiss aid, the solar-powered early warning system allows them to sleep more easily at night.Farmer Alejandro Cruz measures the pH of the Black river, which is turning increasingly red due to acidic iron oxide deposits. An unexpected side-effect of the glacial retreat is the acidification of the meltwater, as the withdrawing ice exposes metal-rich rocks to the air for the first time in tens of thousands, or even millions, of years .After heavy rainfall, the pH reading of the river water stands at 4.9 (highly acidic, for water). Cruz and his farming community are working with scientists to use local plants to counteract the heavy metals in the meltwater. Certain plants have an 'extraordinary capacity to absorb metals', says Raul Loayza, an aquatic toxicologist at Lima’s Cayetano Heredia University. Cruz and his fellow farmers are beginning to tailor the existing highland wetlands – which act like slow-release sponges for glacial meltwater – to combat the deteriorating quality of the water as well as storing it.Geronimo Salvador examines his potato crops, which have been blighted by ‘rancha negra’: 'It happens when the soil is waterlogged. The potato looks burnt.' The weather is much more extreme than it used to be, he says. 'There are more rains in the rainy season, more droughts in the dry season, and more frosts in the winter'.'We never used to have pests at 3,500 metres above sea level, but now that it’s warmer at this time of year, we do,' says Salvador. 'Some farmers are starting to use insecticide for the first time,' he adds. Farmers in the Cordillera Blanca are now learning about irrigation from farmers in the Cordillera Negra on the other side of the Santa valley. They are preparing for a time when there will be less water, both in quantity and quality after the glaciers have melted
Source-http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/gallery/2013/apr/12/pe...
Apr 14, 2013
Nancy Lieder
Took the measure of the rising Sun this morning at 7:22 am while driving dead East. It was clearly North of dead East by an estimated 15-20 degrees. Checking Skymap after getting home, it should have been 8 degrees to the South!
Apr 16, 2013
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310131/Dubai-Timbuktu-No-I...
Dubai? Timbuktu? No, Inverness... Now Britain is hit by sandstorms
By Steve Nolan
PUBLISHED: 20:47 GMT, 16 April 2013 | UPDATED: 22:44 GMT, 16 April 2013
Forecasters announced that the Baltic eastern winds responsible for the harsh winter had finally given way to the warmer Atlantic Jet stream today, although people from parts of Scotland and the North East would have found this hard to believe.
Fierce sandstorms left Inverness Airport looking more like Dubai as a fine red haze descended and disrupted flights, while walkers were caught out in South Tyneside as strong gusts tore through the coastal towns.
The rest of the country enjoyed temperatures rising to 6C higher than the average for April, making today one of the warmest days of the year.
Flights were disrupted today at Inverness Airport in Scotland after the Highlands were hit by a sandstorm
Sandstorm: A walker in South Shields, south Tyneside shields her face from the wind today as heavy gusts catch the sand
Blowy: Heavy winds have shifted some of the sand onto the path in front of these two walkers in South Shields
Apr 17, 2013
lonne rey
FRANCE
Record Heat: 30 C yesterday in Lomné
It is in the baronies it was the hottest, yesterday. But in Tarbes, was grazed with a record 28 degrees. The previous dates back to April 26, 1947 (30 °). The heat did not spare the mountains: 27 ° recorded in Saint-Lary. But it will not last.
It was like the middle of August, yesterday, as temperatures were like summer.
Within 48 hours, you lose 20 C
Radical change today with the arrival of a disturbance causing a cloudy and wet weather. In the end, we lose 15 °. But we are not yet out of the woods. For the most gloomy day, the winter is announced Friday. With snow at low altitudes up to 900 m will result in a net cooling: with not more than 10 °. In short, prepare warm clothes. Because in 48 hours, you lose 20 °. Saturday, it is expected to fairly cool temperatures, ranging between 2 and 4. Sunday (phew!) return of the sun with milder values between 15 ° and 17 °.
Source in French
Apr 18, 2013
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/04/19/ontario-poss...
Tornado confirmed in Ontario community
Storm struck Thursday evening near Shelburne, Ont.
CBC News
Posted: Apr 19, 2013 6:19 AM ET
Last Updated: Apr 19, 2013 3:23 PM ET
Environment Canada has confirmed that it was a tornado that touched down Thursday afternoon in the community of Shelburne, about 100 kilometres northwest of Toronto.
A large indoor riding arena near Shelburne, Ont., was sheared into pieces that were strewn more than a kilometre away.
CBC's Trevor Dunn reported on Friday morning that a sudden burst of rain and high winds arrived at about 5:30 p.m. ET Thursday and tore apart a large indoor horse-riding barn near Highway 10, just northwest of Shelburne.
"On one side of the highway, just a single wall of the barn is left standing," Dunn reported. "On the other side of the highway, the rest of that barn — torn and wrinkled sheet metal and shattered wooded trusses — is all strewn across an open field, some pieces are as far as a kilometre away.”
Horses 'started to run around like crazy'
Dunn spoke with John Purdie, owner of the barn destroyed in the storm.
“We had a really strange sky coming in," said Purdie. "The horses in the field started to run around like crazy, so my wife went out to bring those horses in. Within about three minutes of that there was driving rain here, you couldn’t even see the road.
"The rain was coming sideways. There was a loud boom it turns out it was the indoor riding arena, which was built in 2000. It’s 100 feet by 70 [30 metres by 20]. It took it out of there like it was a twig."
In the town of East Gwillimbury, meanwhile, police said about 20 hydro poles were knocked down on Woodbine Ave., located between Green Lane and Davis Drive.
No one was hurt but about 200 people lost power.
OPP Const. Paul Nancekevill said the damage is consistent with a tornado touchdown.
“It looks definitely like a possible tornado when you have buildings ripped apart and roofs taken off, that’s some pretty severe winds.”
Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for Toronto on Friday, warning that a strong cold front will arrive bringing showers, thunderstorms and wind gusts up to 80 km/h.
Apr 19, 2013
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312821/Scotland-Sandstorm-...
Believe it or not, this is no beautiful sandy beach - it's a farmer's field! Crop of barley ruined by tons of sand blown across land
PUBLISHED: 08:19 GMT, 22 April 2013 | UPDATED: 19:17 GMT, 22 April 2013
Scotland was hit by a second bout of freak sandstorms today, causing an estimated £50,000 damage to crops.
Farmers in Elgin, Moray, had just spent a week clearing up after freak winds created 4ft high sand drifts on Tuesday when more gales swept in, whipping up further sandstorms and devastating crops.
Barley farmer Cameron MacIver said: 'There's parts around my farm where the only thing showing above the sand is the top bit of the fence.'
Freak weather: Farmer Cameron MacIver, from Forres in Moray, walking on one of his sand covered barley fields
Strong winds: Local farmers in Moray like Mr MacIver had just finished clearing up from last week's sandstorms when another hit the lowlands today
Tropical: Cameron MacIver contemplates the long clear-up on one of his sand-covered barley fields
Apr 22, 2013
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2013/04/22/sk-cold...
Saskatchewan has coldest spring in a century
Cold-weather records broken in at least 12 communities across province
CBC News
Posted: Apr 22, 2013 12:35 PM CST
Last Updated: Apr 22, 2013 12:07 PM CST
What may have been Saskatchewan's snowiest winter ever is being followed now by the coldest spring in more than a century.
On Monday morning, cold weather records for the day were broken in at least 12 communities, according to Environment Canada.
Among the colder communities was Weyburn, where it dipped to –13.6 C, shattering the old record for April 22 of –7.2.
Regina dipped below -10 Monday morning and crept up to 0 C later in the day. That compares with a high of about 21 a year earlier. The temperature dropped to – 15 C overnight.
For Tuesday, Environment Canada forecast a high of 3 C in Regina, compared with a normal of 15 C.
It's been the coldest March and April in 113 years, according to Environment Canada's senior climatologist David Phillips.
"You have to go back to the early 1900s to find a temperature that was as cold on this morning in both Regina and Saskatoon and I'm sure in many other parts of the province," he said.
A lack of warm air coming up from the U.S. this spring is part of the trouble, Phillips said.
Another problem is the extensive snow cover, which is reflecting a lot more sunlight than usual. That's been keeping the ground from warming up.
Ten days from now, he says, Saskatchewan may start to see the temperatures inch up toward more seasonal values.
In fact, May and June should be warmer than normal, Phillips said.
Apr 24, 2013
Derrick Johnson
Record-shattering April cold and snow stun Rockies, north central U.S.
Posted by Jason Samenow on April 23, 2013 at 4:03 pm
The scene in Boulder, Colorado this afternoon (Bob Henson)
Parts of the eastern Rockies, Dakotas and Minnesota have endured an unforgettably wintry April. Multiple bouts of heavy snow have crushed April and all-time records in some locations, and the cold has been unforgiving.
The brutal weather has taken its toll on residents, who are desperate for spring.
“Irritation. Anger. Incredulity. Shock. I hope I get to acceptance,” wrote Minneapolis Star Tribune meteorologist Paul Douglas, on the eve of forecasting another round of plowable snow for the Twin Cities.
Minneapolis picked up 4 inches Monday night, but heavier amounts fell to the northeast, where April snow totals have been historic.
Source
Apr 24, 2013
Derrick Johnson
Records fall in Bay Area heat wave
A surge of warm weather from the Central Valley broke high-temperature records across the Bay Area on Monday. San Francisco International Airport reached 83 degrees just before 2 p.m., surpassing by 1 degree the record for the date set in 1981. Oakland International Airport reported a high of 85 degrees at 3 p.m., breaking a record of 82 set in 1966. The warm weather is expected to continue Tuesday, with cooler weather and a return of fog expected on Wednesday.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Records-fall-in-Bay-Area-heat...
Apr 24, 2013
Heather
Apr 24, 2013
lonne rey
Blending of the seasons, a definite YES
Yesterday in the south of France we were sweating it was HOT, 29C. Today however, sweater and jacket were needed as it was only 11C, which comes to a difference of 18C within 24 hours!
Predicting the weather is becoming allmost impossible
as can be read in the following article translated with google (original in french )
Notice the last sentences it can go both ways.
Yes ofcourse all depends on the wobble!!!
From Wednesday, the reliability of the forecast is much more limited, and two options clash. One would strengthen the British anticyclone, with the persistence of a very cool time for the season, but then clouds gain ground on the northern two-thirds. Mediterranean always remain rather depressed.
The other option would be contrary to the Mediterranean cold drop gaining ground. Under these conditions, showers and thunderstorms would eventually be generalized to all of our regions. In contrast, the temperature level would be more acceptable to the season, with neighboring maximum of 17-22 ° C.
Notice the picture added on the site, guess yesterday we were pushed down so we had the temps from Greece, while today we are being pushed up so temps have dropped
Apr 26, 2013
lonne rey
From summer to winter in 24 hours
France
And all this has been smoothly, no way this is smooth!! Note "Last element to be added" guess they should have mentioned the wobble for then yes it would have been normal
I have lived here for 11 years now never ever have I a seen such an abrupt change in temp within 24 hours
The fact alone of them mentioning this should make us wonder
After a day of sun and summer Thursday with high temperatures in the north, above 25 ° C, the day on Friday returned to a low gray sky, accompanied by a sharp drop in temperature.
This is especially the neighboring regions of the Channel which had a sharp decline: in Deauville, we went from 25 ° C Thursday afternoon just 9 ° C 24 hours later ... Same for Lille, Dinard, Cherbourg, Lille and Paris ...
Many heat records Thursday afternoon
In Rouen, Lille, Deauville, Dinard or even Caen, record heat for April 25 were recorded. I must say that the temperatures recorded Thursday afternoon were already higher than average maximum temperatures in the middle of the summer for the cities mentioned ...
In Paris, we still fell 17 ° C Thursday morning with the sun and with the orientation of the north wind and the arrival of the mass of cold air descending from the British Isles, it was down to 10 ° C to 16 hours ...
Thus, in 24 hours, we passed from summer to winter, with temperatures near-record low ...
This sudden change in the weather in the north has not been accompanied by extreme events (storms) as might have been feared .... All this is done smoothly ... Last element to be added, this type of change is not unusual for this time of year, between seasons (spring and fall) is conducive to sudden temperature changes on a relatively short time (24 hours).
Source in French
Apr 27, 2013
Howard
From Texas to North Dakota, heavy spring rains continue to trigger flash floods and turn streets into rivers. (Apr 28)
Apr 29, 2013
Kojima
Comment by Wayne wilson 35 minutes agoDelete Comment
If this isn't an earth wobble, I don't know what is.
Apr 29, 2013
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2013/04/29/sk-radi...
This winter, Saskatchewan and other prairie provinces have experienced higher than usual snow levels.
Radisson, Maidstone, Borden declare emergencies over flooding
CBC News
Posted: Apr 29, 2013 4:03 PM CST
Last Updated: Apr 29, 2013 6:06 PM CST
The Saskatchewan communities of Radisson and Maidstone have declared states of emergency as residents work to cope with flooding.
In Radisson, officials said Monday they can't prevent the west side of town from flooding. However, they have been working to keep floodwaters away from Main Street.
David Summers, a town councillor, said the community expects to be under a flood watch for about a week.
They are watching closely what happens in nearby Speers.
"Reports from Speers, where the melting comes from [or] most of it, they haven't even started melting hardly," Summers said. "So that's about six feet of snow out there."
People in Radisson have been setting out sandbags for several days.
Earlier on Monday, Maidstone declared a state of emergency as water has been running over the Yellowhead Highway there for the last couple of days.
Connie McCulloch said about 24 homes have been damaged by flooding.
Melting snow in nearby fields poured into the town on the weekend and town crews and volunteers have been building drainage ditches and berms.
"A few people have had to evacuate their home because of the flood water that they've received," she said. "But overall most people are able to still be in their homes and [have] been pumping water out of their basement and stuff."
McCulloch said they have been doing everything they can, to keep water away and move it out of the community.
"We have used all kinds of water cannons, pumps and drainage ditches and berms and everything we can possibly do to try to move the water out of town," she said.
Borden also experiencing flooding
Also on Monday, the town of Borden, Sask., declared a state of emergency at 1 p.m.
Local officials said melt water is moving rapidly and is rising up on one side of the highway through town.
The volume of water was too much for culverts to divert and people have been putting down sandbags all day.
Apr 30, 2013
Carlos
SPAIN'S SPRING SNOW: UNSEASONAL WEATHER BLOCK ROADS
29 April 2013 Last updated at 12:45 GMT
Spain has been struck by unseasonal weather which has seen snow falling across the country.
Extreme weather warnings are in place in 18 provinces, with small roads blocked as temperatures continue to hover around freezing.
Simon McCoy reports.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22341502
Apr 30, 2013
Corey Young
Hello all, as a follow up to the cracks in the ice of the Beaufort Sea in Northern Canada that definitely show the Earth Wobble, here is a picture I took from a plane on April 28th 2013 of the cracks in the ice. I thought it was incredible, it is something else to view this with your own eyes and thought people here would appreciate the backup for the wonderful work many on here have done bringing it to our attention:
Apr 30, 2013
Wayne wilson
Article:
Why Has There Been So Much Snow This Spring?
Spring has gotten off to a colder- and snowier-than-average start in parts of the United States, particularly in the eastern Rockies and Upper Midwest.
Duluth, Minn., for example, has seen 51 inches (130 centimeters) of snow this April. That's not only the most snow the town has seen in any April — breaking the old mark of 31.6 inches (80 cm) — but the most snow the town has received in any month, ever, according to government records. As of Monday (April 22), a total of 995 snowfall records have also been broken so far this month, according to AccuWeather. Over the same time period last year, 195 snowfall records had been broken.
More than 91 percent of the upper Midwest also has snow on the ground as of today (April 24), meteorologist Jason Samenow wrote at the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang blog. "Snow cover in the previous 10 years on this date hasn't even come close to reaching this extent (ranging from 19 percent to much lower)," he wrote.
So why has spring failed to take hold? Blame the jet stream.
The record snow and below-average cold is due to a trough or dip in the jet stream, which has brought blasts of freezing air as far south as the Mexican border, said Jeff Weber, a scientist with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.
Whence the snow?
This dip in the jet stream has also brought moisture from the Pacific to the Eastern Rockies. Boulder, Colo., for example, saw 47 inches (119 cm) of snow in April, breaking the old record of 44 inches (112 cm).
From the dip, the jet stream then swoops up to the north toward Minnesota, bringing new moisture with it from the Gulf of Mexico, Weber said. That has made for snowy conditions throughout the region.
This persistent trough has largely stayed in place during much of April, due in part to a stubborn mass of warm air over Greenland and the North Atlantic, Weber said. A similar system was also responsible for the record cold seen in March throughout much of the Eastern United States.
This mass of air has blocked the normal eastward progression of the jet stream, which normally brings warm air from the south and west into the central United States. Instead, this "buckled" jet stream has been stuck in place, bathing the Rockies and Upper Midwest in cold, and often moist, air, Weber said.
Warming up
But now, the mass of warm air over the North Atlantic is finally dissipating, and higher temperatures are expected by this weekend from Colorado to Minnesota, Weber said. While temperatures have recently dipped into the single digits (below 10 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 12 degrees Celsius), they should reach above 80 F (27 C) by the weekend throughout much of this region, he said. [6 Signs that Spring Has Sprung]
This will lead to a lot of melted snow, which could cause some of the worst flooding ever seen in the Upper Midwest, Weber said.
The persistent cold has helped tamped down severe weather and tornadoes, which thrive on the interaction of warm, moist air with cold, dry air, Weber said. However, he expects to see a lot more severe weather and tornadoes in the near future, particularly in the Southeast.
Email Douglas Main or follow him @Douglas_Main. Follow us @OAPlanet, Facebook or Google+. Original article on LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet.
May 1, 2013
Carlos
FIRST "HEAT WAVE" OF YEAR ALREADY GRIPPING BALKANS
Temperatures in excess of 30 degrees centigrade have been reported in Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia, and Albania, while citizens are advised not to stay in the sun for prolonged periods of time.
"This is certainly one of the hottest April since measurements are being taken," Nedeljko Todorović of Serbia's Hydro-Meteorological Service (RHMZ) said.
He noted that the hottest day so far was April 30, 2003, when the temperature in Belgrade reached the high of 32.5 degrees.
This Tuesday, the temperature in the Serbian capital city was 32 degrees.
The weather was similar during several past days, and forecasters say it will continue through the end of this week.
Source: http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2013&mm=04...
May 1, 2013
Tracie Crespo
Hi Ancient Ally & Nancy... Here's an article on MSN that backs up exactly what you are saying (& going through). Earth Wobble; check!
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/01/17996931-heavy-snow-belt...
Heavy snow belts Rockies and Plains; Texas city to see 67-degree temperature drop
A blast of cold air being dragged southward by a dip in the jet stream threatened the Rockies, Plains and parts of the Midwest with spring snowfalls this week that meteorologists said could be “historic.”
Nearly two feet of snow is forecast for the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming, where heavy snow started falling Tuesday. Several inches could also fall by the end of the week in a band from Texas to Wisconsin, according to the National Weather Service.
Some portions of the Plains and upper Midwest regions, including Wisconsin and sections of Minnesota, could see a flurry of wet snow on Wednesday night into Thursday, Weather.com reported. A light early May dusting may even be seen as far south as the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma.
With the jet stream bowing to the south, cold air is being sucked deep into the country, bringing temperature changes that may seem downright cruel to many, according to meteorologists at weather.com.
Amarillo, Texas, is the perfect example. On Tuesday it hit a high of 97 degrees.
“By tomorrow morning we have … Amarillo at 30 and probably snowing,” Weather Channel meteorologist Kevin Roth said. “So in Amarillo we’re projecting a 67-degree drop from Tuesday afternoon to Thursday morning – so summer to winter.”
Minneapolis, Kansas City and Des Moines, Iowa, have been basking in the 70s and 80s. They’ll be lucky to see 40 through the end of the week, weather.com said. And Chicago just had its first 80-degree day of the season. It should have another on Wednesday before highs drop to the 50s and low 60s through the weekend.
The heaviest snowfall will be along the Front Range of the Rockies, with an area from central Colorado to southeastern Wyoming under winter storm warnings that call for up to 20 inches of fresh snow through Wednesday night. Just to the east, cities in the foothills, including Denver, could see five to eight inches of accumulation during the period, and roads could become icy and snow-packed, the weather service said.
Further east, where the cold air meets the warm, severe thunderstorms are likely Wednesday in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, according to weather.com, which adds that the threat diminishes Thursday, with “marginally severe” storms possible in parts of Texas and southern Louisiana.
Travel disruptions could come with the worst parts of the storm, with Interstates 25 and 80 between Wyoming and Colorado in line for possible snow and ice, Roth said. But as of Wednesday morning, FlightAware.com listed only 16 canceled flights in the region, all at Denver International Airport.
“That will probably go up during the day,” Roth said.
While the storm may set some snow records, May is often a fickle month. Heavy snow is fairly rare, but temperatures in different parts of North America can range radically, Roth said.
Montreal, Quebec, and Ottawa, Ontario, for example, will be 30 to 40 degrees warmer on Thursday than normally toasty Oklahoma City, he said.
Cheyenne, Wyo., which hit 70 degrees Tuesday afternoon, was on the verge Wednesday of breaking its May snowfall record of 14 inches, Roth said.
“Cheyenne had eight inches as of midnight their time, and it’s been snowing steadily since that,” he said. “We think they’re going to end up with a good 12 to 18. … Welcome to May, right?”
NBC News’ Matthew DeLuca contributed to this report.
May 1, 2013
Howard
Current SFSU jet stream map for N. America showing a 180-degree directional change.
May 2, 2013
Carlos
SNOWSTORM STILL PLUMMELING WISCONSIN
Heavy snow continues to fall this afternoon in parts of northern Wisconsin, with Rice Lake already reporting 17 inches on the ground.
The heaviest snow had moved east of Hayward at noon but was still falling in Park Falls, Ironwood and Ashland.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation earlier advised no travel because of heavy snow on U.S. Highway 53 between Spooner and Gordon; U.S. Highway 63 from Spooner to Hayward; and state Highway 70 from Stone Lake to Siren.
Other highways are reported to be snow-covered, including U.S. Highway 2 east of Iron River.
The unusual May snowstorm moved just south and east of the Twin Ports but hovered over southeastern Minnesota, north-central Wisconsin and into Washburn, Bayfield, Ashland and Iron Counties where up to 14 inches fell overnight.
In southeastern Minnesota, where more than a foot fell through morning, traffic was snarled in some areas and electricity was out and heavy snow n limbs broke powerlines. Parts of Red Wing and Owatonna reported power was still out at mid-morning.
An unusually dry pool of cool air just north of Minnesota kept all of the snow out of Northeastern Minnesota. The forecast for Duluth and Superior now calls for just cloudy and cool, with a chance of light snow or rain Friday. Conditions should gradually improve over the weekend with temperatures back in the 60s by Monday.
Snowfall totals as of 10 a.m., according to the National Weather Service, include:
May 3, 2013
jorge namour
May 3, 2013,
Switzerland devastated by bad weather, 500mm of rain in the last week! Landslides and flooding, photos
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2013/05/svizzera-devastata-dal-maltempo-500m...
Traduced by google
'literally burst from the bad weather in Switzerland that before, last weekend, had torrential rainstorms, and for three consecutive days, and then in the first two days of May was hit by severe thunderstorms that yesterday afternoon caused flooding and hailstorms. In the most affected areas have fallen 500mm of rain in the last week, with landslides, mudslides and flooding. Violent storms have lashed the area of Lake Geneva, and many animals of various farms have drowned. Also this afternoon, meteorologists expect more severe storms, and the situation will not improve in the coming days.
Updated: 02 Ma
http://www.thelocal.ch/page/view/hail-and-heavy-rain-hit-parts-of-s...
Insurers vet millions in Swiss hailstorm claims
Hail caused millions of francs’ worth of damage and flash flooding occurred in parts of Western Switzerland as stormy weather swept across much of the country on Thursday evening.
May 3, 2013
Carlos
Video of the Tornado in: Italy, Emilia Romagna Region, at: 14:00 GMT, 11 injured, several houses destroyed, fields and crops also affected.
May 5, 2013
Derrick Johnson
Shocking cold and snow in central U.S., first May snow on record in Arkansas
The third day of a brutal snap of wintry weather – in May – is shattering records in the central U.S. After the biggest snows ever observed in the month of May in Iowa, Minnes... Thursday, Arkansas experienced its first May snowflakes in history today.
The National Weather Service in Little Rock broke the news about the historic flakes with a tweet noting snow and/or sleet had been reported at 3 airports in the northwest part of the state.
Northwest Arkansas wasn’t the only location experiencing a historic snowfall. Kansas City experienced its first accumulating May snow (0.5 inches) since 1907 and as much as 6 inches fell in Missouri. Thursday afternoon’s Royals home game was called off due to a wintry mix of precipitation that changed to snow in the evening.
Here are some other notable snowfall records from the central U.S. from Thursday and today:
* Tulsa, Oklahoma experienced its latest spring snow on record
* Rochester, Minnesota’s 14.0 inches of snow Thursday was more than 3 times the combined total of all May snow (4.3 inches) since 1886 and its 4th snowiest day on record in any month.
* Eau Claire, Wisconsin’s 8.7 inches and Des Moines Iowa’s 3.4 inches Thursday were the greatest May snow totals on record for those cities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/05...
May 5, 2013
Kojima
Drought-stricken Panama orders power rationing, closes schools [Reuters; 7 May 2013]
May 7 (Reuters) - Panama on Tuesday ordered government offices and private businesses to slash their power consumption and temporarily closed schools in response to a drought that has sapped the country's hydroelectric energy supply.
Opening hours for government offices will be reduced, while supermarkets, bars, cinemas, restaurants, casinos and other night spots would have to close between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. from Monday to Thursday, according to a statement from the president's office.
Private businesses in the tropical Central American nation will also be forced to cut air-conditioning use by four hours a day, beginning Wednesday. It's unclear how long the rationing will last, though government officials say they would reconsider on Sunday how soon they could re-open schools.
Panama, one of Latin America's fastest-growing economies, uses hydroelectric power to generate 60 percent of its electricity.
But reservoirs are now low after months without rain.
The Panama Canal, which transports about five percent of world trade, is unaffected by the power rationing because it produces its own energy, a spokeswoman said.
The drought has killed hundreds of cattle, damaged crops, and caused some $200 million in losses in Panama. The government on Tuesday declared a drought emergency in four provinces, representing about a third of the nation's territory. (Reporting by Lomi Kriel; Editing by Paul Simao)
May 8, 2013
Howard
Massive Ice Bank Demolishes Homes on Manitoba Lake (May 10)
One minute, cottage owners on the southern shore of Manitoba’s Dauphin Lake were cooking on their barbecues, admiring the views across the still-frozen ice.
The next minute, that ice was rumbling up the shore like a giant nine-metre-high bulldozer, tearing apart their decks, then slicing through some homes and tipping others on their sides.
“The whole thing happened in about ten minutes,” said Clayton Watts, the deputy reeve of the Rural Municipality of Ochre River.
“We had people barbecueing on their decks. They turned around to go inside to get something, they came back out and their decks were ripping apart,” he added.
“It was like a freight train coming through, they say.”
A state of emergency has been declared in this rural municipality near Winnipeg after the giant wall of ice destroyed 12 homes on Friday. About 20 homes on three streets were damaged, and many were destroyed.
Strong winds pushed ice on Dauphin Lake onto homes and cottages on Ochre Beach, a summer community about 200 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.
“Fortunately, nobody was hurt,” Deputy Reeve Clayton Watts said. “There was extensive damage, though.”
Some homes were completely destroyed. Others, like the one belonging to Donna Billows, were filled up when the charging ice flow pushed though doors and windows.
“I happened to look out the window and saw the ice just coming, just moving so quickly,” Billows told CTV News.
Billows, who was sitting down for dinner with her husband at the time, said she had little time to react.
“He said ‘Grab your purse, grab whatever you can. Get the keys. We’ve got to get out of here,’” Billows said.
Her home was packed with ice.
The community has rallied around Billows and others affected by the disaster.
“There were people working here that I didn’t even know who they were,” Billows said. “They just came in and said “What can we do?”
But just two years after dealing with floods that caused extensive damage in the community, Billows has had enough.
“Really, I don’t think I want to live here anymore,” she said.
Dennis Stykalo’s vacation home, which his family has owned for 38 years, was completely destroyed.
“Ice has come on this property historically over the years but never this close or of this magnitude,” he said.
Sources
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/huge-wall-of-ice-on-manitoba-lake-demo...
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/11/owners-pick-through-remains...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/05/10/mb-ochre-ri...
May 12, 2013
KM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22536139
Snow and winds of 65mph hit Devon and Cornwall
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Snow has fallen in parts of Devon in what has been described as "fairly unusual" weather for May.
Winds of up to 65mph also struck the South West coast overnight with a number of trees coming down, some blocking roads.
Western Power Distribution said homes in Cornwall were still without power after thousands were cut off overnight.
Two inches of snow also fell in Shropshire overnight and people have been warned to prepare for flooding.
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Gavin Fabiani-Layman Princetown residentFourteen flood alerts are still in place in Devon and Cornwall following heavy rain on Monday.
Sheila Coates, from Princetown, told BBC Radio Devon: "It's crazy. When I went to bed last night I couldn't see out of my front window for the snow.
"I've lived here all my life and I've never known weather like it at this time of year."
'It was mad'
Gavin Fabiani-Laymon, who also lives in Princetown, took a photo of the snow and said it lasted "about an hour".
"I went to walk the dog and opened the front door to a blizzard of snow.
"It was mad, it took me by surprise," he said.
The MET office said the snow which fell in Devon was "a transient feature".
Forecaster Philip Avery said: "May snowfall is unusual but not unheard of, even in southern England.
"Snow has even managed to fall into June… but that really is a rarity.
"The last really widespread snowfall in May was 17th May 1955 when much of England and Wales was affected by several hours of snow.
"Coincidently, Devon also saw significant snow on 17th May 1935."
He said the snow was caused by very wet and windy weather across the region on Tuesday combined with falling temperatures after sunset.
The winds are expected to ease during Wednesday with the weather getting drier and brighter.
May 15, 2013
Carlos
The official hurricane season in the Pacific east, starts on: June 1 and ends November 30, today is: 05/15/13, we have the first tropical storm, named: ALVIN.
Source: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_ep1.shtml?5-daynl#contents
May 16, 2013
Heather
Happening right now. Mile wide tornado near Dallas TX with grapefruit sized hail
PEOPLE have been killed by "grapefruit"-size hailstones as a tornado brings down buildings in Texas.
Hood County sheriff confirms fatalities, multiple injuries and extensive damage following the tornado, NewsBreaker reported.
The tornado, reported to be a mile-long is reported to be heading towards Cleburne, Texas.
"LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! Mile-wide tornado heading straight north now toward Cleburne, TX! TAKE COVER NOW! " reported Reed Timmer, of TVN.
Ryan Sloane of CNN reported that at least 10 people were injured in Hood County, Texas, with people trapped in homes.
The tornado slammed into the North Texas lakefront town of Granbury, demolishing homes and injuring an undetermined number of people, Houston Chronicle reported.
The tornado - part of a system of severe thunderstorms that spawned several tornadoes across North Texas - dropped large hail.
Police reported the hardest hit area was the Rancho Brazos subdivision and adjoining areas along Lake Granbury.
Another tornado hit the small town of Millsap, about 65km west of Fort Worth. Parker County Judge Mark Kelley said roof damage was reported to several houses and a barn was destroyed.http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/world/fatalities-in-hood-county-tex...
May 16, 2013
SongStar101
This is a huge sign of Wobble!
Omaha experiences record high and low temperatures in less than 72 hours
On Sunday, it was 32 degrees in Omaha, Nebraska. On Tuesday, it was 100 degrees.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that May 14 is the earliest day on record that the temperature in Omaha has reached triple digits, according to data from the National Weather Service. The temperature hasn’t been in that range in Omaha so early in the year since 1871.
In fact, Barbara Mayes of the National Weather Service says the official number could get even hotter before the day is over.
Amazingly, on Sunday there was still snow on the ground while on Tuesday, most residents were wearing shorts and sunscreen.
The largest temperature change on record within a 24 hour period occurred in Loma, Montana in 1972 when the temperature changed from -54 to 49 °F.
So, why was there such a dramatic shift in temperatures?
Dry air heading up from the Gulf of Mexico is to blame for both the extreme high and low temperatures, Mayes said that and a mixing of weather in the upper and lower levels of the atmosphere have led to a spike in temperatures across the region. On Tuesday, it was 103 degrees in Sioux City, Iowa and 100 degrees in Columbus, Ohio.
Adding to the weather drama, temperatures were already beginning to plummet in Omaha, with weather expected to be significantly cooler on Wednesday.
May 16, 2013
Kojima
[HPRCC News; 15 May 2013]
Here are some of daily high temperature records from May 14, 2013. Most locations had temperatures 20-30 degrees above their normal high temperature for the day. Furthermore, the locations of Omaha, Lincoln, and Grand Island all reached the 100 degree mark the earliest in their respective periods of record. The average time those cities hit the century mark is around the first week of July. These record high temperatures come just two days after some locations set daily low temperature records. During the morning hours of May 12, 2013 Omaha, Lincoln, and Norfolk had low temperature records of 32, 31, and 29, respectively. That is roughly a 70 degree temperature swing in approximately 60 hours(12th at 4am - 14th at 4pm).
May 17, 2013
Kojima
US: Snowiest April and Coolest April
For a printable version of the climate summary which includes more figures, data tables, and state summaries, click here.
Region Breakdown
The cooler conditions of March continued into April across the High Plains Region. Average temperatures were well below normal for the majority of the Region and in stark contrast to last year when many locations were in the top ten warmest on record. A rough southwest to northeast temperature gradient was apparent with average temperatures which were near normal across southwest portions of Colorado and Wyoming and up to 15.0 degrees F (8.3 degrees C) below normal in North Dakota and northeastern South Dakota.
Even with a late month warm-up, these cooler conditions caused locations in each state to be ranked in the top ten coolest Aprils on record. These cooler conditions were also accompanied by wintry weather and some locations ranked in both the top ten coolest and snowiest Aprils on record. Aberdeen, South Dakota had its coolest and 2nd snowiest April on record. The average temperature in Aberdeen was 34.9 degrees F (1.6 degrees C) which was 9.5 degrees F (5.3 degrees C) below normal (period of record 1893-2013). The old record occurred in 1950 with an average temperature of 36.0 degrees F (2.2 degrees C). More records occurred in Rapid City, South Dakota which had both the coolest and snowiest April. The average temperature was only 36.7 degrees F (2.6 degrees C) in Rapid City, and at 8.3 degrees F (4.6 degrees C) below normal, this temperature was able to easily beat the old record of 38.0 degrees F (3.3 degrees C) also set in 1950 (period of record 1942-2013).
May 17, 2013
Kojima
Texas Tornadoes (See also; Comment by ann s. yesterday)
* NWS: Estimated 16 North Texas Tornadoes, Some EF-3 & EF-4 [CBS DFW; 16 May 2013]
The tornado that touched down in Granbury has been given a preliminary EF-4 rating. That means the twister that touched down could have had winds up to 200 miles an hour. “One-hundred-sixty-six miles an hour to 200 miles an hour is the estimated wind speed of that tornado,” NWS meteorologist Dan Shoemaker explained. “And we don’t measure the winds, we look at the damage and then extrapolate that from the damage back to a wind speed.”
In Johnson County the tornado that touched down in Cleburne has been given a preliminary EF-3 rating. Weather investigators say the most significant damage was just east of Lake Pat Cleburne.
While the only deaths being reported are in Hood County and there was significant damage in Cleburne, those weren’t the only tornadoes that touched down on Wednesday. As of Thursday afternoon NWS officials estimate that 15 tornadoes touched down across North Texas.
Shoemaker said, “Until we can get all the team reports back and we hear from emergency managers in the other counties then we’ll have an actual number, but that could take a few days.”
Of the damage from the tornado estimated to have been a mile wide, Cleburne Mayor Scott Cain said, “We will respond. We will unite as a community. We will rebuild, and we will remain very close and we will make certain that everybody’s taken care of.”
The Cleburne Independent School District was closed on Thursday and Community Relations spokesperson Lisa Magers issued a statement saying, “With power outages and road conditions from Wednesday’s storms still a concern, all CISD campuses will remain closed through Friday, May 17.”
Late Thursday, the NWS confirmed an EF-1 tornado, measuring six miles wide and with winds of 90 miles per hour, touched down in Ellis county. Most of the destruction is centered in the City of Ennis. Leaders say the storm ripped a path of destruction a few miles long.
A total of 25 residences and 40 commercial buildings were seriously damaged in Ennis, including a number of locations in the historic downtown area. The Mayor of Ennis has already sent a request to Governor Perry asking that the city be declared a disaster area.
City Manager Steve Howerton said in the grand scheme of things are pretty good. “We’ve only had one very minor injury, it was a laceration to an arm and to a head resulting from broken glass. So we are blessed in that respect,” he said. “All of the critical infrastructure of the city is in place. Our hospital is in good condition. Our schools will all be open and observing their regular schedule today, so in that respect again, we’ve been spared.”
Thursday afternoon officials did confirm that damage caused in Parker County, in and around the Town of Millsap, was from a tornado. The twister that touched down in Millsap has been given a preliminary rating of EF-1. Winds from an EF-1 twister register between 86 and 110 miles an hour.
As of Thursday afternoon, the death toll from Wednesday night’s storms stood at six, with all of those deaths in the Rancho Brazos subdivision in Granbury. The identities of those killed, two women and four men, have not been released.
Storm and tornado damage left dozens of other people with injuries, and hundreds homeless. Officials with Oncor report some 8,500 people, across five counties remain without power.
* EF-4 Tornadoes Are Rare For North Texas [CBS DFW; 17 May 2013]
GRANBURY (CBSDFW.COM) - It was the deadliest tornado outbreak in North Texas in over 30 years, and Granbury was the hardest-hit area in all of DFW. The National Weather Service estimated that 16 twisters landed across North Texas, and some of them were EF-4 tornadoes.
What does that mean?
Storms of that strength are extremely rare. In the last 50 years, North Texas has only seen six EF-4 tornadoes, about one each decade. And even the total number of twisters was rare. In the last 50 years, there have only been seven days with 10 or more tornadoes.
The six fatalities on Wednesday made it the deadliest North Texas tornado day since April 1982, when a storm ripped through Paris.
A survey team from the National Weather Service walked through the damage on Thursday to determine the classification information. They look at several factors when trying to determine the strength of any particular storm. An EF-4 tornado has winds over 200 mph, and there can be signs that such a strong storm has passed through a neighborhood.
The survey team looked for the total loss of well-built homes and business structures, and large trucks that were either flipped repeatedly or moved short distances. They also looked for trees that were debarked and snapped close to the ground, or uprooted altogether.
An EF-4 tornado levels homes and practically requires a storm shelter in order to survive. And when you look at some of the damage done by these powerful twisters on Wednesday, it is almost unbelievable that there were not more deaths.
May 18, 2013
Derrick Johnson
Record heat after record cold in Wyoming
CHEYENNE — Less than two weeks after seeing heavy snow and record cold, Wyoming is now seeing record heat.
The temperature in Cheyenne reached 84 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the record of 83 degrees set in 1976.
On Monday, record highs were set in Casper, Lander, Riverton and Rock Springs.
It wasn't too long ago that the state was experiencing heavy snowfall and below-normal temperatures. On May 2, Cheyenne set a record low temperature of 9 degrees and was digging out from more than a foot of snow.
The National Weather Service says the hot weather has quickened the snowmelt, causing rivers and streams to rise to near flood stage in some areas.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/record-h...
May 19, 2013
Howard
Monster Tornadoes Hit Kansas and Oklahoma (May 19)
"It's tearing up everything," the pilot said. "Just ripping everything up in its sight."
Tornadoes touched down in three states on Sunday, ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region.
Another large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, the National Weather Service said.
A confirmed tornado was also seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, said the weather service. Another tornado was spotted in nearby Luther, Oklahoma, but it was not immediately clear whether that was the same twister.
Aerial video from KFOR and CNN affiliate KOCO showed severe damage near Wellston and near Carney, Oklahoma. Roofs were ripped from homes, branches stripped from trees and roads were filled with debris.
Tornadoes were also reported east of Dale, west of Paden, and near Prague in Oklahoma.
Part of Interstate 40 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, was shut down in both directions Sunday night after a tornado touched down, overturning multiple tractor-trailers.
Still more tornadoes were spotted in Iowa, near Earlham, Huxley and east of Dallas Center, according to the weather service.
It did not mince words, telling people to take cover there, as elsewhere.
"You could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter. Complete destruction of neighborhoods, businesses and vehicles will occur. Flying debris will be deadly to people and animals," it said in its Kansas advisory.
Sources
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/19/us/severe-weather/index.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327172/Massive-tornadoes-h...
May 20, 2013
KM
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/parts-of-newfoundland-...
Parts of Newfoundland buried by record-breaking spring snow storm
GANDER, N.L. — The Canadian Press
Published Monday, May. 20 2013, 1:34 PM EDT
Last updated Monday, May. 20 2013, 1:34 PM EDT
Newfoundland and Labrador is digging out of a spring storm that walloped parts of the province over the weekend with record-breaking snowfall amounts.
Environment Canada says 54 centimetres of snow fell in Gander on Saturday and Sunday over a 20 hour period.
Meteorologist Wanda Rideout says the total climbs to 66 centimetres if you include the snow that had already melted before the brunt of the storm hit.
Rideout says those numbers shatter the previous record of 29 centimetres for Gander’s greatest May snowfall, recorded in 1945.
She says it was a localized system and surrounding areas got off lightly in comparison.
May 20, 2013
Tracie Crespo
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/24/18462699-winter-maybe-ev...
'Winter' - maybe even snow - to return for Memorial Day weekend
View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.
Memorial Day weekend is expected to feel more like “winter” for areas of the eastern U.S., according to forecasters at weather.com, with snow possible for parts of the Northeast.
The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for parts of Massachusetts and Texas early Friday as much of the country continued to be hit by miserable weather. The warnings are only issued when there is the potentially for “rapid” and “life threatening” flooding.
The Tri-State area was also hit by heavy rainfall and thunderstorms through the night, NBCNewYork.com reported.
A house in Glen Rock, New Jersey, was hit by lightning, sending a couple running outside.
“It sounded like an explosion,” one resident of the house told NBCNewYork.com. The strike went through the house’s alarm system. “Pieces of plastic hit me in the back of the head and I turned around … the alarm panel blew out of the wall.”
View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.
Some areas of the Tri-State saw as much as 3 to 4 inches of rain by Thursday night.
In Connecticut, storms brought down trees in Waterbury and there were floods in Danbury, NBCConnecticut.com reported.
Weather.com said that while the Memorial Day weekend was supposed to mark the start of the summer season “unfortunately for parts of the East, it won't feel anything like summer. In fact, a few locales may refer to it as winter.”
“Low pressure is expected to wrap-up and crawl northward along the coast of New England late Friday into Sunday,” weather.com reported.
“As a result, most residents from New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and eastern New York to Maine will see a wet start to the weekend on Saturday,” it added. “The rain will continue over much of New England southward to near or just north of New York City right into Sunday.”
And weather.com said it could even get cold enough to see snow at higher altitudes in northern New York, northern Vermont, northern New Hampshire and northern Maine.
It said high temperatures were expected to be in the 50s and 60s from Pennsylvania and New York to New England both Saturday and Sunday.
In the Southeast, weather.com said it would be unseasonably cold with “near-record low temperatures” in Asheville, N.C., Nashville, Tenn., and Greenville, S.C., on Saturday morning in the 40s and low 50s.
Thunderstorms could hit Tennessee on Sunday, and parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia on Memorial Day, Weather.com warned.
There would also be a threat of thunderstorm over the holiday weekend from the Plains into the middle and upper Mississippi Valleys.
The Northwest could see showers through the weekend, while dry weather was expected to prevail in the Southwest.
View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.
*** I swear some of these reporters @ NBC NY read Zeta talk & actually create & post articles they WANT us to grab & post on the Pole Shift ning. Seems like more media disclosure every day. ***
May 24, 2013
Arctico
This morning while delivering newspapers I saw the first light of dawn and I knew it was early. Just to make sure I looked at the clock in our car. It was about 4:20 AM here in central Illinois. My wife even commented on it. Dawn should have occurred at 4:59 AM. This is the biggest piece of evidence I myself have witnessed directly although the evidence I have seen here confirmed the existence of Nibiru for me long ago. It will be interesting to see what time the sun sets tonight.
Moderator Note: Actual sunrise (as opposed to dawn, i.e, "first light") in central Illinois should be around 5:30 am. Below is for Decatur, IL.
May 25, 2013
Stra
Temperature differences for France for MAY 24 2012 and 2013.
May 25, 2013
Tracie Crespo
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39788177?launch=52001245&csid=NBC_US_...
Heavy rain turns deadly in San Antonio
Raw chopper video shows rescuers coming to the aid of a man stranded on the roof of a building after floodwaters submerged the structure in San Antonio, Texas.
The wet weather plaguing many parts of the U.S. this holiday weekend has turned fatal in sodden San Antonio.
One person is dead, another is missing and nearly a hundred more have been rescued as heavy rain has pummeled the Texas city, causing flash flooding.
Eric Gay / AP
A San Antonio metro bus sits in floodwaters after it was swept off the road during heavy rains.
The majority of rescues were people trapped in their vehicles in low-lying areas of the city, San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Christian Bove told NBC News.
Bove confirmed one fatality thus far, a 29-year-old woman who was trapped in her vehicle and tried to escape the rising water by climbing onto the car's roof. She was washed away, and her body was found down the road against a fence.
A man who had been trapped in his vehicle is unaccounted for.
Weather Channel Meteorologist Nick Wiltgen said San Antonio received 12.16 inches of rain in the 24 hours ending at 11 a.m. Central Time on Saturday. That is just shy of the 24-hour record for the city of 13.35 inches in October 1998.
Eric Gay / AP
A man surveys floodwaters caused by heavy rains Saturday in San Antonio.
May 26, 2013
jorge namour
MAY 27 2013
Incredible on the Piccolo San Bernardo, Italy: 10 feet of snow in late May!
Starting from 10.30 in the morning chiudende will travel to the area, will be able to comfortably enjoy these incredible walls of snow!
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2013/05/incredibile-sul-passo-del-piccolo-sa...
May 27, 2013
Howard
34 Inches of Snow in New York on Memorial Day Weekend (May 27)
On a weekend that is traditionally the official kick-off of the summer season in the U.S. and usually associated with picnics, outdoor barbeques and sun bathing by the sea, it's a snowy Memorial Day weekend for parts of the northeast. On the aptly named Whiteface Mountain in upstate New York, there are at least 34 inches of snow on the ground. Other mountain peaks in Vermont reached 18 inches of snow, while some towns with higher elevations clocked in at about 7 inches of snowfall this weekend.
Photos: Snowy Memorial Day Weekend in Parts of New England
Source
May 27, 2013
lonne rey
The coldest spring in over 40 years (Germany)
Most have already guessed, but meteorologists now confirm the worst fears: That it is the coldest spring in over 40 years
March in Germany was more than 3 degrees colder than the long term average for the years 1961 and 1990. April was about 0.8 degrees warmer than the long term average. May was warmer than average at least in its first half.
"The long-term weather models of some international weather services had a" alluded to above average warm and sunny April and May. " This ultimately was the opposite. On Sunday morning, it even snowed again up to 600 meters down, "said meteorologist Dominik Jung wetter.net by Weather Portal
March was too cold, then April was warmer than normal. During the many years of sunshine target was exceeded even slightly in March, in April, there was about 5 percent less sunshine than usual. The month of May, however presents a rather gloomy picture: the sunshine target has been met with only 55 percent. Just 113 hours of sunshine in May 2013. Normal coverage would be around 205 hours of sunshine.
Five too cold winters in a row, the coldest March since decades and now the coldest spring in over 40 years ... in the northeast even for 130 years!
source in German
May 28, 2013
Kojima
Extreme high temperature and heat waves across India
* 440 sunstroke deaths in AP in 3 days, toll climbs to 524 [View Original][ReliefWeb 28 May 2013 / The Times of India 27 May 2013]
TNN | May 27, 2013, 06.33 AM IST
HYDERABAD: The intense summer heat continues to claim more lives even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warns of a severe heat wave in some parts of the state for two more days. The Official sunstroke toll released by the commissioner of disaster management on Sunday put the number of deaths at 524 since April 1. Of these, 440 deaths were reported in the last three days, with 250 cases coming to light since Saturday.
This is the first time that 440 people have lost their lives due to heat in the span of three to four days in the state. Between April 1 and May 23, the official sunstroke toll was only 84 but it zoomed to 524 by May 26. Guntur recorded the highest number of deaths with 95 people falling victim, followed by Prakasam district with 75 casualties.
According to the IMD, the maximum temperatures showed a marked increase at one or two places in coastal Andhra Pradesh but fell at one or two places in Telangana and Rayalaseema. The highest maximum temperature of 47 degrees Celsius was recorded at Tuni and Visakhapatnam airport. Vijayawada and Kakinada recorded 46 degrees Celsius while Bapatla, Machilipatnam, Rentachintala, Hanamkonda and Ramagundem recorded 45 degrees Celsius. Hyderabad was relatively cooler with the mercury at 41 degrees.
Severe heat wave conditions are expected in Prakasam, Guntur, Krishna, East and West Godavari and Visakhapatnam districts for the next two days. Warangal and Karimnagar are also expected to feel the brunt of the sun.
* Sitrep-1 Severe Heat Wave, 27.05.2013 [ReliefWeb 28 May 2013]
REPORT from Sphere India Published on 27 May 2013
Current Situation:
Due to extreme high temperature and heat waves across India, 7 people were reported death in Gurgaon, Haryana State and 524 people were reported death from Andhra Pradesh due to heat related illness and heat stroke since 1st week of April.
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May 28, 2013
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French ski station to re-open slopes, in June!
A combination of an icy winter and a chilly spring has meant that for the first time ever in the month of June, skiers will have the option of heading to the pistes in the French Pyrénées, French TV TF1 reported on Wednesday.
After recent cold weather, bosses at the ski station Porte Puymorens in the Pyrénées-Orientales region of the mountain range that divides France from Spain have taken the exceptional step to re-open the slopes this weekend after they had closed them at the end of the season in April.
Eric Charre, director of EPIC, the company that runs the station, told AFP that they wanted to “take advantage of all the snow that has not melted”.
The Pyrénées witnessed heavy snow falls throughout the winter that led to regular avalanche alerts being put in place.
At one point in the ski season, stations had to close because there was too much snow.
Spring in France, which forecasters say has been the coldest in 25 years in some parts of the country, has meant the snow, which would normally have melted away by this time of year, is still in abundance.
Charre said that slopes running between 1600m and 2500m in altitude “have as much snow as in winter”.
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May 30, 2013
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Record high temperatures in Scandinavia
While southern Europe faced with unusually low temperatures, Scandinavia warms almost to 30 degrees Celsius.
Stockholm - While Europe is facing south for the season, unusually low temperatures are in Lapland in northern Europe yesterday recorded a record high temperature by as much as 29 degrees Celsius, says Slovenian Press Agency.
Nyrud at the station, which lies 250 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute on Thursday afternoon recorded exactly 29.1 degrees Celsius.
Mercury has risen quite high in Sweden. In place Oeverkalixu, which lies about 800 kilometers north of Stockholm, the intent is 28.7 degrees Celsius. At the same time announced that the northernmost Swedish places like high temperatures have today.
In the Finnish town of Inari, which is nearly a thousand kilometers away from the capital Helsinki, is also intent historical record, namely 28.9 degrees Celsius, in writing STA.
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May 31, 2013
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Rain, Rain, Go Away: Germany Drowns in Endless Downpour
For weeks, rain has been pounding Germany, whose serotonin-sapped residents are straining to hold on to the last vestiges of hope after already having suffered through the darkest winter in over four decades. But, save for a few soon-forgotten days of sunshine, most of Germany's vitamin-D-deprived residents have had to live through endless days of gray drizzle and downpour this spring. Though summer is officially just around the corner, refrains of "Can you believe this (insert expletive) weather?" have given way to silent, knowing looks and forlorn sighs.
Indeed, April showers have only been followed by more showers in May, when 178 percent more rain fell than the year before, according to estimates of Germany's National Meteorological Service (DWD). What's worse, the DWD says that -- except for in a lucky few parts of northwestern Germany -- Mother Nature has no plans to turn off the spigots anytime soon.
The DWD issued extreme weather warnings on Friday for the southern states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg as well as regions of Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Hesse, saying that up to 70 liters (18.5 gallons) of rain could fall per square meter (10.7 square feet). The rains could also spread to parts of Hesse and Lower Saxony.
Already for days, areas in the northern state of Lower Saxony have been fighting floods caused by overflowing rivers. A cyclist drowned in the capital city of Hanover on Thursday when she fell while riding on a closed, flooded highway and was washed away by the current. Police reports said that water levels were only slightly receding on Friday.
Similar flooding has been seen in many other German locations, where waters are filling basements, trapping inhabitants, closing small and major roads, and felling trees. "The weakened earth can no longer hold tree roots," said one police spokesman, adding that the rains have caused several landslides that blocked streets.
Common Pattern, Atypical Duration
The culprit behind the current round of misery is a low dubbed "Dominik." On Friday, the depression was east of the Alps and drawing air from the north. The DWD says that a low over Central Europe has been strengthening the weather effects for weeks. As a result, clouds are being pulled over Germany from north to south, where they climb up the Alps, cool off and then dump heavy rain. Although the pattern is not atypical, the DWD says, it usually doesn't last for weeks.
Between early Saturday and early Sunday, meteorologists are expecting to see up to 100 more liters of rain per square meter in the Alps. In certain spots of heavy congestion, this could even rise to 150 liters per square meter -- or more than typically falls in an entire month.
In fact, the DWD says that, from Germany's northern coastlines to the Alps, the earth is wetter than it has been in 50 years. This broad swath of muddy soil is causing major problems for the agricultural industry, the DWD reports, making it impossible to drive on 40 percent of fields, use machinery or spray against pests, diseases, molds or weeds.
Vegetable growers are getting the worst of it. In some fields of Lower Saxony, the water almost completely hides the raised rows of dirt in which the country's beloved asparagus is grown. The waters could also severely damage the upcoming harvest of early potatoes. "Even if they haven't already rotted in the ground, now you can't harvest them," said a DWD spokesman.
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Jun 1, 2013
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Italy shivers through 'cursed spring' of relentless rain
June normally heralds the arrival of summer heat, but 2013's capricious weather is fuelling new meteorological obsession
They said summer was going to arrive this week," remarked Haq, "and instead came winter." Within minutes, torrential rain was lashing the cobblestones as thunder rumbled in the distance. "It's all the wrong way round," said a bewildered Haq, from Bangladesh. "It's incredible. I've been here for 10 years now and I've never seen anything like it. It's too strange."
Italian springs are often strange, but this one will perhaps be remembered as particularly capricious. As with much of northern Europe, the country has shivered its way through a good deal of the year. In the north-west, according to the Italian meteorological society, residents have had the coldest May since 1991. In much of the north-east, the spring has been the wettest for at least 150 years. A mountain stage of the Giro d'Italia bike race was called off due to snow and ice. Beach resorts in Tuscany have been flooded. Many farmers have suffered huge damage to their crops.
Now, as June arrives, it should technically be summer. But it certainly doesn't feel like it. "Last year, by this point, we were going to the sea. At the beginning of June we went down to the Fori Imperiali and sunbathed," said Mario Ramelli, a street-corner florist in central Rome. This spring's brutto tempo has been a topic of conversation with many of his customers – that is, those who stop to buy a pot of pansiesIn countries such as Britain where changeable weather is a given, the coming meteorological events have always been a favoured topic of conversation. But among Italians, this so-called cursed spring appears to have created what one magazine has called the latest national obsession.
"As well as a country of saints, poets and sailors, we are now a people of meteorologists," declared Panorama magazine, part of Silvio Berlusconi's media empire. "The more it rains," it noted, gloomily, "the more we become like the Americans, addicted to the weather forecast, glued to the Weather Channel, talking only of this."
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Jun 2, 2013
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The US gets pounded with weather extremes over just two days...
Heavy rain, thunderstorms, high winds and hail moved through sections of the Northeast on Sunday afternoon. The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado warning as a line of thunderstorms raced through New Hampshire into western Maine. The National Weather Service said a tornado warning was issued as radar indicated a possible tornado moving from Kingfield, Maine, to Bingham, Maine. The tornado was not immediately confirmed.
In northwestern South Carolina, authorities checked unconfirmed reports of a tornado, said Jessica Ashley, a shift supervisor for Anderson County's 911 center. The fire department responded to a report of roof damage to a home and callers said trees were blown over. No injuries were reported.
The weather service said thunderstorms and winds in excess of 60 mph in Vermont produced 1-inch-diameter hail and knocked down numerous trees and wires. In northern Maine, radar picked up a line of thunderstorms capable of producing quarter-sized hail and winds stronger than 70 mph. Forecasters warned of tornadoes.
The prediction for stormy weather in the New York City region produced delays at major airports. John F. Kennedy International Airport had delays of about two hours on departing flights, while La Guardia Airport was delayed nearly three hours, and Newark Liberty Airport was delayed more than three hours on arriving flights to New Jersey.
In the southern part of the United States, thunderstorms, high winds and hail were expected as part of a slow-moving cold front. Heavy rains could spawn flash flooding in some areas, the weather service said.
Meanwhile, residents in Oklahoma cleaned up after the storms there killed 13 people, including three veteran storm chasers. Tim Samaras; his son, Paul Samaras; and Carl Young were killed Friday. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said the men were involved in tornado research.
Jim Samaras told The Associated Press on Sunday that his brother Tim was motivated by science.
"He looked at tornadoes not for the spotlight of TV but for the scientific aspect," Jim Samaras said. "At the end of the day, he wanted to save lives and he gave the ultimate sacrifice for that."
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin toured damage in El Reno, about 30 miles from Oklahoma City. She said the death toll could rise as emergency workers continue searching flooded areas for missing residents.
The state Medical Examiner's Office spokeswoman Amy Elliott said the death toll had risen to 13 from Friday's EF3 tornado, which charged down a clogged Interstate 40 in the western suburbs. Among the dead were two children — an infant sucked out of the car with its mother and a 4-year-old boy who along with his family had sought shelter in a drainage ditch.
In Missouri, areas west of St. Louis received significant damage from an EF3 tornado Friday that packed estimated winds of 150 mph. In St. Charles County, at least 71 homes were heavily damaged and 100 had slight to moderate damage, county spokeswoman Colene McEntee said.
Northeast of St. Louis, the town of Roxana, Ill., also saw damage from an EF3 tornado. Weather service meteorologist Jayson Gosselin said it wasn't clear whether the damage in Missouri and Illinois came from the same twister or separate ones.
Five tornadoes struck the Oklahoma City metro area on Friday, the weather service said. Fallin said Sunday that 115 people were injured.
The storms formed out on the prairie west of Oklahoma City, giving residents plenty of advance notice. When told to seek shelter, many ventured out and snarled traffic across the metro area — perhaps remembering when a tornado hit Moore on May 20 and killed 24 people.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Betsy Randolph said roadways quickly became congested with the convergence of rush-hour traffic and fleeing residents.
"They had no place to go, and that's always a bad thing. They were essentially targets just waiting for a tornado to touch down," Randolph said. "I'm not sure why people do that sort of stuff, but it is very dangerous."
Jun 3, 2013