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.
KM
http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/atchison-stay-away-from-the-river-1.133...
Atchison: Stay away from the river
ater levels on the South Saskatchewan River have officially peaked, according to the City of Saskatoon. The river is currently higher than it’s been in 100 years.
On Saturday, the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency began releasing water from Gardiner Dam at a rate of 2,000 cubic metres per second to deal with inflows into Lake Diefenbaker that are 12 times the normal rate of 500 cubic metres per second.
By mid-afternoon Sunday the river through Saskatoon had risen about 30 centimetres above the level seen during 2005.
Jun 25, 2013
Ryan X
Granted this article does not reveal the "True" Cause, but another good example of extreme weather in Alaska. The words wobble and "drunken driver" describing the jet stream are prominently displayed.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The jet stream, the river of air high above Earth that generally dictates the weather, usually rushes rapidly from west to east in a mostly straight direction.
But lately it seems to be wobbling and weaving like a drunken driver, wreaking havoc as it goes. The more the jet stream undulates north and south, the more changeable and extreme the weather.
The most recent example occurred in mid-June when some towns in Alaska hit record highs. McGrath, Alaska, recorded an all-time high of 94 degrees on June 17. A few weeks earlier, the same spot was 15 degrees, the coldest recorded for so late in the year.
http://www.komonews.com/news/national/96-in-Alaska-Weather-extremes...
Jun 26, 2013
Gerard Zwaan
In the east of the Netherlands it was around 0 near the ground during the night, only occurred once before at the end of June in 2000 since they started to measure in 1901.
http://tinyurl.com/pj23zzb
http://twitpic.com/cz7tuh
Jun 26, 2013
SongStar101
Abnormal Percentages of Rainfall along East in June
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/east-us-poised-for-flood...
Jun 27, 2013
Wayne wilson
NASA launches IRIS sun-watching probe - June 28
"What is NASA trying to learn with this new satellite, which will be positioned exactly over the Equator at the same time each day? This is exactly what a scientist would need in order to ascertain a change in the Earth wobble! The satellite hugs the Earth, hugs the Equator in fact, so the angle of view toward the Sun should change only for the slow passing of the seasons. But during the daily Earth wobble, the angle of view toward the Sun changes as the N Pole is first pushed away from Planet X, then later compensates by bouncing back. The daily Figure 8 pattern also has the Earth first leaning to the right, then the left, a pattern that is overlaid over the polar push pattern.
"Since the wobble is palpable, measurable from the surface of the Earth by those measuring the Azimuth and timing of their sunrise and sunset, why does NASA need a satellite to give them details about the Earth wobble? More than the severity of the wobble can be ascertained, though the satellite will give this in exacting detail, showing and documenting trends. The magnetic blast coming toward Earth from the N Pole of Planet X will be measured, giving an early alert on the trend of steady increase expected to eventually devastate mankind’s electronics and satellites. After the announcement, NASA may admit the true use of this satellite, but we doubt it."
ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for June 8, 2013
Jun 28, 2013
Heather
Historic, dangerous heat wave scorches western USA
All-time record temperatures are possible in Las Vegas, Reno and Flagstaff.
(Photo: Matt York, AP)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
A blistering, potentially historic and record-breaking heat wave is beginning today in the West, and is forecast to last at least through the weekend.
Excessive heat warnings and watches have been issued today by the National Weather Service for most of Arizona, Nevada, California and parts of Utah. They are in effect through Monday.
"An excessive heat warning is issued when temperatures are forecast to reach dangerous levels that will stress the body if precautions are not taken," the weather service warns.
"Heat stroke symptoms include an increase in body temperature, which leads to deliriousness, unconsciousness and red, dry skin," according to a weather service online report. "Death can occur when body temperatures reach or exceed 106-107 degrees."
Infants and children, the elderly, as well as those with chronic medical conditions such as chronic kidney disease, asthma, hypertension and diabetes are at increased risk for heat-related illness, according to Robert Glatter, emergency room physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He says to prevent the adverse effects of heat-related illness, stay in a cool air-conditioned environment with access to plenty of cool fluids, mainly water.
The cause of the heat wave is a "massive and unusually strong high-pressure system" over the region, the weather service reports.
Extreme heat is supposed to hit the West on Friday and it could cause major travel woes for much of the country, whether you're flying, driving, or taking a train.
"Daytime temperatures will soar well into triple digits, and overnight lows will struggle to drop into the 70s and 80s," notes weather service meteorologist Mary Beth Gerhardt in a Weather Prediction Center report.
Notoriously hot Death Valley in California is forecast to reach 129 degrees, not far off the world-record high of 134 logged there exactly one century ago.
In some cities, record highs for any date throughout the year could be equaled or breached, says AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski. Cities that could set all-time high temperature marks include Flagstaff, Ariz., Las Vegas and Reno, he adds.
An all-time record of 117 degrees could be broken Saturday in Las Vegas.
In Las Vegas Thursday afternoon, two Elvis impersonators and a performer costumed as the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign said they still planned to keep up their routine of working the tourist corridor in the broad daylight and turning in for the evenings, heat notwithstanding.
"We'd much rather fight with the sun than fight with the drunk people," Elvis impersonator Cristian Morales said.
We're having a heat wave: Triple-digit heat out West: That's blazing hot
Utah isn't immune from the heat,either: Temperatures are expected to reach as high as 115 degrees in St. George, Utah, through the weekend.
"It's hard for us to say everyone should stay indoors when it's really hot," says David Heaton, the Southwest Utah Public Health Department public information officer. "There are always going to be folks going out during the day in hiking conditions. If you're going to go out, use caution, stay hydrated and watch for signs of heat exhaustion."
Little relief is in sight across the baked region: "A few isolated thunderstorms containing minimal precipitation will be possible along the higher elevations of the Rockies and Great Basin," according to Gerhardt. "Instead of providing relief from the heat this weekend, these dry storms will only enhance the fire weather threat across a very hot and dry region."
The National Weather Service is calling for temperatures to approach 120 degrees in Phoenix over the weekend. Phoenix has only been in the 120s three other times in history, according to Weather Channel meteorologist Chris Dolce.
Improbable as it might seem, the heat reminds Phoenix resident Anders Berg of his home in Sweden, where temperatures aren't likely to be much above 65 degrees this weekend. "It's like if it's a snowstorm in Sweden," he said. "You stay inside; you don't go out." The heat, like the bitter cold, isn't something to acclimate to, he said, but rather something to avoid.
While the West bakes this weekend, most of the East will see a humid, showery weekend, with heavy thunderstorms and an increased threat for flooding, AccuWeather forecasts.
Contributing: The Associated Press; Zach St. George, The Arizona Republic; Brian Passey, The Spectrum in St. George, Utah.
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Jun 29, 2013
lonne rey
June again too cold
2013 threatens the books to go as a remarkably cold year. For the sixth month in a row it is indeed been too cold for the time of year.
The last time the six months in a row was colder than it was in 1985, reports the average KNMI. The average monthly temperature for June 2013, in De Bilt to 15.1 degrees to 15.6 normal. Especially at sea it was cool because the sea water is still too cold for the time of year.
Although the average temperature in June so disappointing, it was around June 18 that in much of the country it was briefly tropical warm. In Eindhoven it was then 32.4 degrees, the highest temperature of nationwide this month.
source in Dutch
translated with google
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Jun 29, 2013
lonne rey
France: an autumnal weather yesterday afternoon
june 29 2013
The week that we live in is, it has not escaped you, very cool ... while we are closer to the middle of summer ... Even the eastern regions that have previously been saved (after the short episode of intense heat of mid-month) experienced in all respects horrible weather . This last week of June is at the scale of France, the coolest month!
This cool for late June recalls the episode of bad weather experienced in late June 1981, when the maximum temperature did not exceed 11 to 14 ° C, with a gray sky and heavy rain.
A context weather season
With a depression centered on northern Europe, the cloudy and unstable returns concerned most of the country, sparing the Atlantic coast. These clouds, driven by a north wind chilled directly down the pole, have earned us this persistent gloom, whose highest point is reached since last Friday and now Saturday.
Temperatures below 10 ° C to seasonal averages
Friday afternoon, the regions extending from Midi-Pyrenees in the Franche-Comté and Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne or even Alsace, Lorraine and the Ile-de-France experienced weather conditions actually fall with a very low ceiling (stratus ubiquitous rain and moderate wind from the north-west). Temperatures struggled to reach 15 to 18 ° C over many cities.
Weather conditions are a far cry from the summer ...
Rise in temperature from Sunday
On Sunday, with the direction of the current in the west and southwest Monday, temperatures begin to rise: between Friday and Monday, we will win in places more than 10 ° C. .. In feit we simply rejoin the middle of the season ...
Source in French
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Just for the record the temps from a year ago
Jun 29, 2013
KM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/29/phoexix-heat-wave_n_352138...
Phoenix, Las Vegas Bake In Scorching Heat
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and CHRIS CARLSON 06/29/13 05:13 PM ET EDT
DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — Scorching heat blistered the Southwest on Saturday, where highs between 115 and 120 degrees were expected for parts of Arizona, Nevada and California through the weekend.
Forecasters said temperatures in sunbaked Las Vegas could match the record of 117 degrees Saturday. Phoenix also was expected to hit that mark, matching the record for June 29 set in 1994. And large swaths of California sweltered under extreme heat warnings, which are expected to last into Tuesday night – and maybe even longer.
Dan Kail was vacationing in Las Vegas when he heard that the temperature at California's Death Valley could approach 130 degrees this weekend. He didn't hesitate to make a trip to the desert location that is typically the hottest place on the planet.
"Coming to Death Valley in the summertime has always been on the top of my bucket list," the 67-year-old Pittsburgh man said. "When I found out it might set a record I rented a car and drove straight over. If it goes above 130 I will have something to brag about."
The forecast called for Death Valley to reach 128 degrees Saturday as part of a heat wave that has caused large parts of the western U.S. to suffer. Death Valley's record high of 134 degrees, set a century ago, stands as the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
Jun 30, 2013
Heather
check out the photo of the sun in this article
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/blogs/you-know-its...
Photo: Jets and Zeppelins/Flickr
Jul 1, 2013
Howard
Vertical jet stream across N. America.
http://squall.sfsu.edu/gif/jetstream_init_00.gif
Jul 1, 2013
Kojima
Incessant rain leaves thousands water logged in Cox's Bazar [Dhaka Tribune; 1 July 2013]
Hundreds of people have been marooned in rainwater while houses, shrimp farms, crops land and salt beds have been inundated as major thoroughfares in the district have been submerged in torrential rain
Fishing boats and trawlers in the North bay have been advised to remain close to the coast on Sunday
The incessant downpour over the past few days has hit people in Cox’s Bazar hard, with many rendered homeless and the threat of landslides looming in the area.
Hundreds of people have been marooned in rainwater while houses, shrimp farms, crops land, salt beds have been inundated as major thoroughfares in the district have been submerged in torrential rain.
AKM Nazmul Huq of Cox’s Bazar metrological office said all fishing boats and trawlers in the North bay have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution till further notice.
Light to heavy rain and south-southeasterly gusty or squally winds are likely to persist in the flood-hit areas over the next two days, he warned.
Meanwhile, 50 villages of Moheshkhali upazila, Cox’s Bazar sadar, Ukhia, Teknaf, Ramu, Chokoriya and Pekuya were flooded as rainwater broke embankments.
In Ramu upazila, more than 20 villages were submerged, with the water level of Bakkhali river increasing, leading to erosion across the region.
Likewise in Ukhia, around 200 dwellings were damaged and many shrimp farms near Naf river in Teknaf were flooded.
Shrimp cultivators Akkas, Altaj Ali, Hafez Zaker, Farid Alam of Palongkhali union claimed that over Tk30m of losses were incurred as around 60 shrimp farms on a 3,000-acre land went under tidal water.
Rohingya refugees living illegally on different hills owned by the forest department were among those marooned in the rainwater.
The areas most affected in Cox’s Bazar are Poschim Palongkhali, Nolbonia, Tajlimar Khola, Rohmoterbil, Dhamonkhali and Balukhali areas under Palongkhali union, Machkariya, Modhurchora, Hajipara, Malvita Para, Ukhia Sadar, Boruapara, Ghilatoli, Hijlia, Tuturbil under Rajapalong union, Purbo Rotna Boruapara, Sadrikata, Poschim Rotna under Rotnapalong union, Kumarpara, Chowdhurypara, Mohajon Para, Uttor Boro Bil under Holdiapalong union and Pinijir Kul, Painashiya, Jaliyapalong, Sonar Para, Uttara Nidania, Chepotkhali and Monkhali under Jaliyapalong union. Administrators of Chakoriya upazila have been urging people to move to safer locations.
Gias Uddin, sub-engineer of Teknaf Water Development Board (WDB) said new cracks have developed in the 65-kilometre-long flood control dyke of the upazila, due to the effect of landslides and tidal incursions.
Teknaf upazila Chairman Sharif Mia said: “Low-lying areas have gone under rainwater, thus leaving thousands of people under 22 villages marooned.”
Locals alleged that officers of the local municipality and WDB have not taken measures to mitigate suffering by people affected.
Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Ruhul Amin said they have advised the upazila nirbahi officer to distribute food among the flood-affected people.
All kinds of necessary steps will be taken to rein in the fury of flood, he added.
Jul 2, 2013
Howard
@ Poli - Although muddled by the cover-up, the seismic event off the U.S. east coast on June 13 registered on DART II tsunami station 44402. Thanks for posting.
Jul 4, 2013
Wayne wilson
Massive storm dumps nearly 2 feet of hail in New Mexico
Photo courtesy: Santa Rosa Fire Department
SANTA ROSA, N.M. -- A massive thunderstorm turned a summer day into a winter wonderland in Santa Rosa, New Mexico on Wednesday by dropping more than a foot of hail around town.
The hail, some of which was golf-ball and paint-ball sized, according to a report from the Guadalupe County Communicator, damaged some roofs and skylights as it fell non-stop for 20 minutes.
"I have lived here all my life and I have never seen this," Guadalupe County Manager George Dodge told The Communicator as he drove around the city surveying the damage.
The Communicator reports some of the neon was destroyed at landmark Route 66 diners through the city, and several buildings were flooded when the hail melted after damaging the roof.
There were no reported injuries, according to the paper
It's not the first time massive hail storms have struck the Southwest. Check out this storm that left hail waist deep in Laredo, Texas in April, 2012:
http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/Massive-storm-dumps-nearly-2-f...
Jul 4, 2013
Howard
Drought and deluge in the U.S.
After Severe Drought, Wettest Spring in 40 Years (July 5)
After scorching temperatures and drought conditions devastated the nation’s crop production last year, farmers across the Midwestern farm belt are now dealing with the reverse side of Mother Nature – too much rain.
Meteorologists say the region experienced the wettest spring in 40 years, with rainfall in portions of the Midwest 8 inches above normal. From January to June, Illinois – the second largest corn and soy producer – had its wettest six months in history, with 28.7 inches, which is 8.9 inches above average.
Soggy farmland has pushed back the planting season, and some farmers have given up planting entirely. Farmers worry that wet soil will prevent corn and soybeans from developing the deep roots, about two to four inches, needed to fully grow. Oversaturated soil prevents roots from getting oxygen, and ideal moisture is located directly below the seed, not in the topsoil.
Much of the nation’s corn crop is sowed by July, however according to the US Department of Agriculture in its June acreage report, released last week, 91 percent of corn has yet to germinate, compared with 100 percent during the extreme drought the same time a year ago.
Jul 6, 2013
bill
Miles of algae in Qingdao turns China sea green
Jul 6, 2013
jorge namour
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Spectacular waterspout in Florida: photos and stunning video!
Last night a spectacular waterspout has enchanted thousands of Americans between Oldsmar and Safety Harbor, Florida. The spectacular waterspout has also touched down at Courtney Campbell, causing considerable damage to strong winds (up to 130km / h), which uprooted trees and damaged roofs. Truly breathtaking images photos and videos that we publish accompanying the article:
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2013/07/spettacolare-waterspout-in-florida-f...
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&a...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VXcY5MjCC-Y
Jul 10, 2013
Howard
Western China Floods Impact 1.6 Million (July 12)
A collapsed bridge over the Panjiang river is seen in Qinglian, Jiangyou city, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. One sedan car, three minivans and one SUV fell into the torrent when the Qinglian bridge broke apart.
Floodwaters surging through Himalayan foothills in western China have swept bridges, houses and hillsides into roiling brown torrents, leaving at least 31 people dead and 166 missing Thursday, as heavy rains buffeted many parts of the country.
Flooding in the western province of Sichuan was the worst in 50 years for some areas, with more than 220,000 people forced to evacuate.
Nationwide, at least 46 people have died due to the violent weather since Sunday, according to figures from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the official Xinhua News Agency. Thousands of homes have been destroyed or damaged and transportation has come to a virtual standstill in hard-hit areas.
Many of the casualties in Sichuan were from a massive landslide that struck a scenic resort outside the city of Dujiangyan, killing 18 people and leaving 107 missing. An entire hillside collapsed onto clusters of holiday cottages where city dwellers escape summer heat, a survivor told Xinhua.
"The noise was like thunder and went on for two or three minutes. My first thought was that I too would be buried," Gao Quanshi, 47, was quoted as saying. Phone lines were cut, so villagers had to trek to nearby government offices to call for help, he said.
Images from the scene showed a valley filled with mud and rocks, with only the tops of trees sticking through. Drenched rescuers wearing helmets and life jackets worked mostly with hand tools to prevent harming any survivors still trapped beneath.
A total of 352 tourists had been rescued from the area as of Wednesday night, Xinhua said. Overall in Sichuan, there were at least 31 people dead and 166 missing, said the provincial department of civil affairs.
A mudslide in Sichuan's Aba prefecture left three people dead and 12 others missing, Xinhua said.
Mudslides and flooding are common in China's mountainous areas, killing hundreds of people every year, but in some areas the current floods are already the worst in half a century. Reports said the 94 centimetres (37 inches) of rainfall that fell on Dujiangyan over 40 hours beginning Monday was the heaviest since records began being kept in 1954.
Also in the west, more than 2,000 people were rescued after being trapped for several hours Wednesday in a highway tunnel between Dujiangyan and Wenchuan — the epicenter of the Sichuan earthquake five years ago that left 90,000 people dead or missing.
Bridges have been closed and train service suspended in some parts of the province.
In nearby Beichuan county, flooding destroyed buildings and wrecked exhibits at a memorial for earthquake victims.
The flooding also caused the collapse of an almost 50-year-old bridge in a neighbouring county, sending six vehicles into the raging waters and leaving 12 people missing.
The region lies in the foothills of the Tibetan Plateau, where mountains rise sharply from the densely populated Sichuan basin. Fast-running rivers quickly overflowed their banks, flooding scores of towns and parts of the provincial capital of Chengdu, where the waters rose to the second floor and covered the tops of cars.
In Chengdu, stone bridges and brick houses along river banks were swept away, including one in which the residents were taking shelter, while others crumbled into the saturated earth already rent with fissures from the magnitude-8.9 2008 earthquake.
In the northern province of Shanxi, at least 12 workers were killed Tuesday when a violent rainstorm caused the collapse of an unfinished coal mine workshop they were building.
Another three people were drowned in a car in Hebei province outside the capital, while an additional 11 people were reported dead or missing in Yunnan province, Beijing, Inner Mongolia and Gansu province.
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http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Worst+flooding+west+China+count...
Jul 13, 2013
Moderating Staff
Unusual clockwise storm system moving across United States
An unusual low pressure system moving in backward direction is causing severe thunderstorms and rainfall in the dry areas in Oklahoma and Texas, US. What is highly unusual for this system is that it moves from east to west or clockwise. Weather systems in the Northern Hemisphere topically moves counterclockwise or from west to east.
This is a pretty rare event, having a transcontinental system crossed the entire United States from east to west during any time of the year. Interior US can sometimes catch ex-tropical systems from the Gulf of Mexico but a system developing and moving from the Northeastern USA to Mexico is extremely rare.
This is the second unusual weather pattern in July after an area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere got trapped over the South and brought downpours and thunderstorms that caused flooding from the Gulf Coast to the Appalachians and Ohio Valley on July 4, 2013.
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Jul 16, 2013
Heather
While the Northeast is burning up, Texas and Oklahoma recorded their all-time lowest temperatures for July 15. And in parts of Alaska, the readings were warmer Monday than parts of Texas. Alaska's eastern interior was in the low 80s, while Abeline, Texas, recorded a cool 68 degrees.
Temperatures in the Northeast are five to ten degrees above normal, with New York City experiencing the highest above-normal temperatures of any place in the country. The hottest summer in U.S. history _ an average 73.83 degrees for the season _ occurred during the Dust Bowl in 1936. The 2011 and 2012 summers tied for second hottest but were only one-tenth of a degree cooler than the record.
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Jul 17, 2013
KM
http://o.canada.com/2013/07/16/saskatchewan-storm-photos-tornadoes-...
Saskatchewan storm brings hail, multiple tornadoes
Tornadoes, hail reported as large cell sweeps through
It was a wild day of weather yesterday in parts of Saskatchewan as a large storm cell made its way through the province.
Much of the southern part of the province were put on alert with tornado and severe thunderstorm watches through the afternoon and evening. Although it wasn’t quite as “Oklahoma-style” as Weather Network chief meteorologist Chris Scott predicted on Twitter, it sure packed a wallop.
Environment Canada has confirmed three tornadoes touched down during the storm — one southeast of Regina near Kronau and Gray, one west of Yorkton and one north of Humboldt, reports the Star Phoenix.
There are reports of four other possible, but unconfirmed, tornadoes, including heavily-photographed funnel near Hague.
The storm also brought large hail, in some places ankle deep, and frequent lightning.
Jul 17, 2013
Heather
a video montage of crazy weather across the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=L0i2aTSZ...
Jul 17, 2013
SongStar101
Millions are affected by heat wave, heat to exceed 90 in nearly all states. Health concerns loom.
http://www.today.com/video/today/52506974/http://www.today.com/vide...
TODAY | July 18, 2013
Forecast: 90 degrees or above in 47 states
Nearly every state in the U.S. is forecasted to experience temperatures in the 90s or above, as doctors issue warnings about heat stroke.
Jul 19, 2013
SongStar101
Mid Latitudes in a grip of massive heatwave worldwide: http://www.wunderground.com/climate/extremes.asp
Jul 20, 2013
Gerard Zwaan
Severe weather affects Dutch people in Spain
Source: http://youtu.be/v4rMMFA7cDQ
Source: http://youtu.be/OV3hAJo4A4E
Jul 20, 2013
Howard
North of Calgary Alberta Painted White By Ferocious Hailstorm (July 6)
Areas north of Calgary were pounded by a brutal hailstorm that left a large swath of land a half-mile wide and 75 miles long painted white. Within 15 minutes, the ground was mired in a full foot of hailstones.
Source
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/07/huge-land-sc...
Jul 21, 2013
Mark
In a flash, heatwave gives way to deluge: Spectacular storms across Britain destroy homes as hottest weather for seven years finally comes to a halt
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2374858/UK-weather-Heatwave...
Britain's sunny spell ended with a bang after the country was hit by violent tropical thunder- storms that herald a month of unsettled weather.
For almost three weeks the UK has basked in glorious sunshine during the longest heatwave for seven years. But Met Office forecasters say the storms have ushered in changeable conditions for the coming weeks.
Skies across the country were illuminated with dramatic scenes of lightning in the early hours yesterday as a fortnight’s worth of rain fell in some places.
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(It should be noted that, before the weather switched suddenly, the weathermen in the UK were predicting that the heatwave would last all through August)
Jul 24, 2013
lonne rey
Brazil - Snow reaches more than 80 cities in the South and closes highways and schools
The mass of polar air that passed through Argentina before coming to Brazil at the end of last week dropped snow in at least 87 cities of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
The cold wave, which reaches South, Southeast, Midwest, and up to two northern states of the country (Rondônia and Acre), is the longest in 13 years, according to the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet).
“Should greatly disrupt agriculture”
“There were 17 days in all. Now, there are already seven days with temperatures below zero, and certainly this will continue until Friday, which should greatly disrupt agriculture, especially citrus plantations and lettuce, and bring problems health,” says meteorologist Lucia Gularte of Inmet.
Among the places hit by the snow are two capitals: Curitiba and Florianópolis. In Curitiba, the record snow made on Tuesday by Simepar Meteorological Institute is the first since 1975.
In Santa Catarina, Epagri / Ciram snow recorded in the region of the Morro Cambirela in Palhoça, in Florianópolis. It is the first occurrence of the kind in 29 years, also seen in other cities in the metropolitan region, as Alfredo Wagner, Angelina and Burnt Ranch, and several parts of the state.
Altogether, at least 57 cities in Santa Catarina had snow.
Largest snowfall in decades
According to weatherman Marcelo Schneider of Inmet, the snowfall in Santa Catarina and Paraná is one of the largest in decades. In some cities, such as Curitiba, the last occurrence was 38 years ago.
“The accumulation of snow in southern Paraná is also rare. So what draws attention is the duration of cold days, the permanence of the polar air and snow, not the absolute minimum temperature,” explains Schneider.
Source
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&a...
Jul 24, 2013
Howard
Storm System Moves Backwards Across U.S., Pummels Kansas With Baseball Sized Hail (July 25)
A low pressure system that started in the Eastern United States has retrograded under a ridge of high pressure to the north over the last couple of days. This system is moving from east to west, which is extremely unusual for this hemisphere. Such storms usually move east to west for a short period of time, but this one will make it to Southern California by the time it weakens.
And with it came a hailstorm that pounded south-central Kansas with baseball sized hail.
The Hutchinson News reports dealerships in the city were scrambling to get insurance appraisals after the fast-moving storm hit the area Tuesday night.
Large hailstones pounded hundreds of vehicles parked in dealers' lots.
The general manager of Midwest Superstore says all 400 cars on the lot were damaged, and signs announcing discounts of up to $6,000 went up immediately. But Nick Hill also says that some vehicles will be taken away for salvage if they're deemed a total loss.
At Hutchinson's Midway Motors, two pickups worth a combined $100,000 were destroyed when a 100-foot flagpole was toppled by winds gusting over 80 mph.
Sources
http://www.theweatherspace.com/2013/07/14/unusual-storm-system-movi...
http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/Kansas-Vehicle-Dealers-Coping-Wi...
http://www.wdam.com/story/22916915/kansas-walloped-by-baseball-size...
Jul 25, 2013
Howard
Strange Orange Sky Over Michigan (July 22)
"All of a sudden it got very yellow outside, it felt strange and mysterious. Then it slowly looked very orange, it was the craziest thing I have ever witnessed over my head. I almost expected to see a tornado or something!
These clouds looked like "Bubble Cups" but in meteorology terms they are called Mammatus clouds. They are extremely rare in this part of the country and many people have never seen anything like it before."
Taken around 8 p.m. CDT on July 22 coinciding with a cold front that moved through the area. The high for that day around Iron Mountain, Mich., was 85. The day was also marked with high humidity. When the cold front moved through, it pushed down from atop the warm air and created the pockets in the clouds.
Sources
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/orange-sky-clouds-apocal...
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/strange-orange-mammatus-...
Jul 26, 2013
Derrick Johnson
North Pole Melting Leaves Small Lake At The Top Of The World (VIDEO)
The North Pole probably looks a bit different than you would expect right now. Because, at this very moment, it's actually a lake.
Photos from North Pole Environmental Observatory
Produced by Jake Bialer
The time-lapse video below comes from a webcam set up by the North Pole Environmental Observatory that has monitored the state of Arctic sea ice since the spring of 2000. Surprisingly, the pole has been melting since at least 2002, according to photos on the project's website.
July is usually the warmest month in the area, but temperatures were 1 to 3 degrees Celsius above average this year. The shallow lake you see at the pole is made of meltwater sitting on top of a layer of ice, according to the observatory.
Arctic sea ice has become a noticeable victim of climate change. The area of ice cover expands and contracts every year with the change in seasons, but last summer's minimum extent was the lowest on record and this year's maximum winter coverage was the sixth-lowest since satellite observations began in the 1970s.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/25/north-pole-melting-leaves_...
Jul 26, 2013
lonne rey
Fire brigade in Bertrix (Luxembourg) removes hailstones with bulldozers
The storm this morning has already caused several floods in Hainaut. In Luxembourg Bertrix they had to clear hailstones with bulldozers . According to several French websites between 20 and 30 cm hail was reported, as can be seen inter alia in the video below this article.
In Bertrix the fire department called out to remove fallen trees from the road and damaged roofs, once during the storm also hail from the sky had fallen. "In some places we had to use bulldozers to remove hailstones, especially near Ochamps on the road.We have never seen this We then called on the support of the Civil Protection," the fire brigade of Bertrix.
In Rouvroy scouts had to be evacuated with the help of the fire brigade of Virton.
The wind also tore off the roof of a school in Montignies-sur-Sambre (Hainaut).
source +video
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&a...
Jul 27, 2013
Shaun Kazuck
Many cities in northern Wisconsin set records for lowest high temperature today. Some of these records are close to 100 years old. Here is the report from wunderground.com
An unseasonably cold airmass invaded the Great Lakes region
this weekend. This airmass... combined with cloud cover and
scattered showers held high temperatures in the 50s and low
60s.
Record
city low Max old record year(s)
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Antigo 55 68 2011,1915
Appleton 60 68 1928
Green Bay 62 67 1928,1925,1915
Manitowoc 61 63 1992
Marshfield 57 69 1915
Merrill 57 63 1915
Oshkosh 62 70 1928
Rhinelander 55 66 1991
Stevens Point 56 67 1972
Sturgeon Bay 61 65 1915
Wausau 61 63 1945,1915
Wisconsin Rapids 59 67 1915
Normal/average temperatures this time of year for Rhinelander, WI are a high of 79 and a low of 55.
Jul 28, 2013
Shaun Kazuck
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Heavy-Rain-Causes-Floodin...
Heavy Rains Cause Flooding, Record Rainfall for Philadelphia
By Danielle Johnson
| Monday, Jul 29, 2013 | Updated 12:48 AM EDT
Heavy rain caused major flooding and traffic nightmares across the area Sunday and set an all-time record for one-day rainfall in Philadelphia.
A record all-time daily rainfall of 7.99 inches fell at the Philadelphia International Airport, according to the National Weather Service. More than 7 inches fell during a 4-hour period. This breaks the all-time record for a single day rainfall set during Tropical Storm Floyd of 6.63 inches which was on September 16, 1999. Records go back to 1872.
The airport experienced a temporary power outage due to the weather. A spokesperson says Terminal A East lost power around 5 p.m. Power was restored around 9:45 p.m. Passengers experienced minor delays, according to spokesperson Vicki Lupica.
A Flash Flood Warning was extended for Camden, Philadelphia, Delaware, Gloucester, New Castle and Salem counties until 10:45 p.m.
The heaviest rain moved through Gloucester City, Camden County shortly after 3 p.m. Within a span of three hours about 7 inches of rain flooded the area.
At least eight cars were submerged in high water in the eastbound lane of I-76 at Kings Highway. Two people were left stranded in a car in the middle of the street. Authorities say both people were rescued. No injuries were reported.
Lightning strikes were also a problem for the area. Fire crews put out a minor fire at a home located on the 100 block of North Brown Street after it was struck by lightning. No one was injured.
A driver was trapped on top of his roof under the Route 42 overpass. Two other cars were trapped in the water.
There was also major flooding along Route 130 in Pennsauken. Shore traffic combined with flooding rains made for major backups along the Atlantic City Expressway. There were reports of delays for up to two hours.
The on and off ramp from I-95 to Broad Street in Philadelphia was shut down around 4:30 p.m. due to major flooding. It was reopened just before 9 p.m.
This story is developing. Stay with NBC10.com for more updates.
Jul 29, 2013
Howard
Tornado Rips Through Milan Italy (July 29)
A tornado has ripped through a suburb of Milan, injuring 12 people and damaging buildings and vehicles.
Video shot by witnesses on their mobile phones captured the twister tearing through an industrial region in Grezzago, leaving a trail of devastation as it destroyed cars, overturned trucks and uprooted telegraph poles.
"We were inside there and a lorry crashed into the wall and came through it. Then all the windows broke and we couldn't understand what was happening," said Stefano Grimoldi who was caught up the carnage.
"Look there is no more roof, no more doors, there's nothing left," he added.
"It lasted, I'm not sure, the time it took, ten minutes or a quarter of an hour," they added.
Firemen, civil protection and other rescue services rushed to the scene. Although no deaths have been reported there are reports of a dozen injuries.
Source
http://news.sky.com/story/1121989/milan-tornado-12-hurt-after-twist...
Jul 30, 2013
Rich Racosky
In the US, we went from record hot to record cold - as per the Zetas, a true extreme of temperature swings we will and are experiencing. Plus many record rainfalls.
http://www.climatedepot.com/2013/07/30/1122-record-cold-temps-in-th...
Jul 31, 2013
Carlos
Pipestone, Minnesota July cold breaks 102-year-old record
Sweatshirts aren't the usual attire for baling hay, but a cold snap made the job more pleasant last week as this group made a second cutting for Gary Gorter.
Weekend temperatures in Pipestone plummeted to lows not seen for 102 years as a cold air mass from northern Canada slipped down into the region.
Temperatures of 39 degree and 38 degrees were recorded in Pipestone on Saturday morning, July 27 and Sunday morning, July 28 respectively, according to Mike Gillispie, National Weather Service meteorologist out of Sioux Falls, S.D.
The lows broke the record of 42 degrees set in 1911.
"There are a few others in the upper 40s, but only two incidences down that cold," Gillispie said - - the 1911 record and then a 44-degree low recorded in 2005.
The cold air mass combined with light winds, clear skies and low humidity to allow the temperatures to plunge over the evening hours. The pattern isn't abnormal, Gillispie said, but it doesn't typically occur during the dog days of summer when high-pressure ridges generally extend all the way through the northern plains.
"When we're setting records that have been around for 100 years, it doesn't happen often," Gillispie said.
The NWS's latest 30-day weather model for August predicts the unseasonable cold won't last, with Pipestone straddling regions with forecasts of normal to above normal temperatures.
Aug 2, 2013
Stra
Kabul - Heavy rain and flash floods in eastern Afghanistan claimed at least 60 lives, many are still missing, summarizes the Slovenian Press Agency. Floods hit the area around Kabul and in the provinces Vardak and Host.
Floods are surprised to Afghanistan, as well as in this country is currently very hot. Estimated by meteorologists as the warmest summer in Afghanistan over the past 50 years.
So far, 42 deaths counted only in the Kabul area, but increased total water we now take this one after 61 lives, including many women and children, were reported by the Afghan government in Kabul. They fear, however, that the number of victims has increased because many people still missing.
Sources: bit.ly/1coG7u7
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/08/04/3081849/flash-floods-kill-35...
http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/dozens-feared-dead-in-afgha...
http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/flash-floods-kill-35-in-af...
Aug 4, 2013
Stra
New heat record in Austria - 39.9 degrees in Carinthia
Dellach in Carinthia's Drau was achieved with 39.9 degrees, the highest temperature ever measured in Austria on Saturday afternoon from the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). The hitherto applicable, also scored in Dellach record high of 39.7 degrees in 1983 was exceeded by 0.2 degrees.
New state record in Lower Austria
In Lower Austria, a new state-record was 39.7 ° C on Saturday. The old heat record for Lower Austria was 39.3 ° C in Waidhofen / Ybbs, measured on 5 Juli 1950.
August new records
In Tyrol (38.9 ° C in Lienz), Vienna (38.5 ° C in Vienna / Danube field) and Styria (38.8 ° C in Frohnleiten) it was in August, never as hot as Saturday. The old record was in August at 37.4 ° C in Tirol Innsbruck / University (13th August 2003 and August 2, 2013), in Vienna at 38.2 ° C in Vienna / Danube field (13 August 2003) and Styria at 38.5 ° C in Leibnitz (13 August 2003).
The Top 5 from Saturday
Lesachtal / K 39.9 ° C
Millstatt / K 39.1 ° C
Ferlach / K 39.0 ° C
Feistritz / K 38.9 ° C
Lienz / T 38.9 ° C
Already 39.2 degrees last week
At the culmination of the first heat wave the mercury column last Sunday were indeed increased in heights rarely reached, it was ultimately quite enough in Waidhofen (NE) and in Bad Goisern (Upper Austria), not with each 39.2 degrees.
Source: bit.ly/13O9sFf
Aug 4, 2013
Kojima
* Heatwave kills four in Japan: by Staff Writers; Tokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2013
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Heatwave_kills_four_in_Japan_999....
A heatwave stifled Japan Sunday as the temperature topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit ) in two cities, leaving at least four people dead over the weekend, officials and reports said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the temperature reached 40.6 C in Kofu, 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Tokyo, in mid-afternoon.
The weather agency had warned early Sunday that the temperature would soar past 35 C in 39 of the country's 47 prefectures. It warned people to drink plenty of water and use air-conditioners.
On Saturday the mercury topped 40 C for the first time in Japan since August 2007, when it had reached an all-time high of 40.9 C in two separate cities.
An 84-year-old woman and a 66-year-old man in western Japan died from heat stroke on Saturday after they were found collapsed in fields, Kyodo news agency said.
Two more deaths from heat stroke were confirmed by officials on Sunday.
An 80-year-old woman died in hospital after she was found collapsed at her wooden home Sunday morning in Arita, a city south of Osaka, a medical evacuation official said. The living room where she was found was not air-conditioned.
In Saitama north of Tokyo, a 60-year-old man died in hospital after he was found unconscious on a street Saturday afternoon.
The heatwave, also gripping parts of China, has been caused by a Pacific high pressure system covering most of the Japanese islands, the weather agency said.
In early July a heatwave in the country claimed at least a dozen lives, according to media reports.
* Record high temperatures in Austria: by Staff Writers; Vienna, Austria (AFP) Aug 08, 2013
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Record_high_temperatures_in_Austr...
Temperatures in Austria rose above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on Thursday for the first time since records began in the mid 19th century, the meteorological office ZAMG said.
At Neusiedl am See the temperature reached 40.6 degrees Celsius, although the ZAMG said this had to be double checked, while in Bad Deutsch Altenburg, also in eastern Austria, the mercury hit a confirmed 40.5 degrees.
Prior to records set in the current heatwave, Austria's previous high temperature of 39.7 degrees was set some 30 years ago.
The capital Vienna was sweltering in temperatures of up to 39.5 degrees, the highest since 1957.
No extra deaths from the heatwave were reported although hospitals saw a rise in patients with dehydration and blood circulation problems.
Aug 12, 2013
SongStar101
First Europe, now all of Asia in record heat wave! http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/08...
Japan, South Korea soar to hottest recorded levels
August 12 at 4:21
South Koreans swim at Caribbean Bay swimming pool in South Korea’s largest amusement park Everland in Yongin, about 50 km (31 miles) south of Seoul August 11, 2013. South Korea has been suffering from the sweltering heat wave for weeks with temperatures in most parts of the country soaring above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), reported a local news agency (REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won)
Late last week Austria and Slovenia established new records for extreme heat in ce.... Moving east, we can now add South Korea and Japan to the list of countries with new high temperature records, courtesy the summer of 2013.
The Wall Street Journal reports Shimanto city, in southern Japan, climbed to 106 degrees (41 C) Monday, the country’s highest temperature ever measured.
In Tokyo, the nighttime temperature dropped to just 87 F (30.4 C) Sunday tweets The Weather Channel’s Nick Wiltgen, its highest overnight low temperature in 136 years of record-keeping.
The hot weather is being blamed for 9 deaths in Japan over the weekend writes IOL News.
In South Korea, the record-breaking heat peaked Saturday.
“[T]he government issued a warning of power shortages and the highest temperature ever recorded by the Korea Meteorological Association was hit: 39.2 degrees [102.6 F], reached Saturday in Gimhae in the country’s southeast,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
This latest sweltering stretch in South Korea follows Seoul’s hottest June in 106 years of records.
A bulging heat dome – or ridge of high pressure – centered over the East China Sea is main driver of the heat, forecast to continue for the next several days.
Heat dome centered over Korea and southern Japan this weekend via a GFS model simulation of high altitude pressures (WeatherBell.com)
Excessive heat has also plagued parts of China this summer. Shanghai broke its high temperature record on three separate occasions (July 26, August 6, and ultimately August 7 – 105.4ºF (40.8ºC)).
Temperatures compared to normal in northern Siberia over the last week of July. Dark reds indicate differences from average of over 20 degrees (NASA).
The searing heat has extended to the northern reaches of Asia as well. Unusually hot weather – some 20 degrees above normal – bubbled up into northern Siberia in late July, likely contributing to a rash of wildfires.
So while temperatures have been pretty ordinary in North America this summer, the heat has been punishing from central Europe across the Orient.
Aug 13, 2013
lonne rey
Rare summer snowfall in Xinjiang
China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region witnessed a rare display of summer snowfall on Tuesday as a powerful cold air front moved into the area.
China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region witnessed a rare display of summer snowfall on Tuesday as a powerful cold air front moved into the area.
Xinjiang has been suffering scorching heat since July, with temperatures reaching over 40 degrees Celsius. A powerful cold air front has recently moved into the region, causing much and heavy rainfall.
However, one netizen under the username "Chief of the Daolang Tribe" uploaded a group of photos taken near the Tieliemaiti Pass to his microblog account on August 13, saying that some rare summer snowfall occurred near the Duku section of National Highway 217.
The snowfall's photos went viral within hours as residents in most parts of southern China are still enduring a heat wave.
Source
Aug 16, 2013
Derrick Johnson
Sunburned in Siberia: Heat Wave Leads to Wildfires
An intense heat wave in Siberia has contributed to an unusual flare up of wildfires across the fragile and carbon-rich landscape. Smoke from the fires is lofting high into the atmosphere, and is drifting toward the Arctic, where soot can hasten the melting of snow and sea ice.
The Siberian city of Norilsk, the most northerly city in the world with a population greater than 100,000, recorded temperatures above 83F over eight consecutive days starting on July 18, according to blogger Chris Burt of Weather Underground. During that timespan, Burt reported, the mercury hit 90F, breaking the record for the hottest temperature recorded for the city. For comparison the average July high temperature in Norilsk is a comparatively chilly 61F.
Norilsk isn’t an isolated example, but rather sits amid a sea of abnormally hot temperatures and smoky conditions in north-central Siberia. According to NASA’s Earth Observatory, from July 20 through July 27, temperatures were about 30F above average across a large swath of this vast, sparsely populated region.
The warm weather has contributed to a spike in wildfires. As of July 29, wildfires continued to burn at least 22,200 acres in Siberia, according to news reports. Heavy smoke from them grounded commercial flights in Omsk, a city in southwestern Siberia, Russia Today reported.
The Siberian fires come on the heels of Russia’s worst wildfire season on record in 2012. Fires burned roughly 74 million acres that year, well above the 50 million acres burned on average for the period from 2000 to 2008. While it’s still early to tell if 2013 will challenge 2012 for a record-setting year, one thing to note about this season is the unusual location of the fires. Typically, large wildfires burn on the southern fringe of the taiga, a dense forest ecosystem also known as the boreal forest, but this year’s fires are burning in a more central portion of the taiga.
Northern Russia has warmed more rapidly than many other places on the globe in recent decades, and according to NASA, researchers expect the number of taiga wildfires there to double by the end of the century.
A recent study of taiga wildfires in Alaska found that these forests are burning at the highest rate in at least the past 10,000 years, and climate change projections show even more wildfire activity may be to come as the northern climate continues to warm and precipitation patterns change.
Concurrent with the heat in Russia, Alaska has had a hot summer too, with wildfires already charring more than 1 million acres across the state. In Anchorage, temperatures topped 70F for 15 consecutive days in the latter half of the month. That beat the previous string of days above 70F, which was 13 days set in 2004.
Temperature records have fallen from the coast to the interior. Fairbanks is nearing its all-time record for the greatest number of 80-degree days, having had 29, which is well above their average of 11 such days in a typical summer.
Trees, plants, and soils across the northern latitudes lock up 30 percent of the world’s carbon, far more than forests closer to the equator. The forests are also currently a carbon “sink,” which mean they take up more carbon than they release. While they still act as net carbon sinks at present, it’s possible that wildfires could help flip that role in the future by making these ecosystems a source of carbon dioxide and methane emissions that accelerate global warming.
Fires in the region also deposit soot on ice sheets and glaciers, reducing the amount of incoming solar radiation that the ice can reflect back to space. The dirty ice can then melt faster because it absorbs more heat. Research has suggested that process is already happening in Greenland. Speeding up the melt can contribute to increased sea level rise as well as shifts in weather patterns further south.
Greenland itself saw the highest temperature ever recorded on the island on Tuesday, according to the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang blog. The temperature reached 78.6F in Mantiisoq located in the west coast of Greenland. The previous record of 78F was set in 1990 at Kangerlussuaq, also located on the west coast.
The culprit behind much of the extreme heat in each case has been large, strong, and persistent areas of high pressure, which have set up shop over these high latitude locations, keeping cooler weather and precipitation at bay.
Aug 18, 2013
Heather
Pink snow falls in heat of summer in Karaganda 15 August 2013, 11:03
CA-NEWS (KZ) -
A pink snow has fallen in Karaganda in the heat of summer, reported local television channel.
Snowfall started in Karaganda on August 13 after 10.00 pm covering the roofs of buildings, eyewitnesses say.
Meteorologists have not registered snow, however. They forecast rain for that day and were skeptical about snow reports. Though the probability of snowfalls in August is not excluded by them. They call it wonders of nature.
- See more at: http://en.ca-news.org/news:526790/#sthash.43TL3jbK.dpuf
Aug 19, 2013
Howard
70% of Manila Under Water (Aug 20)
"The Eurasian Plate is being stretched, sinkholes and twisting rails a plague from the UK past the Black Sea region and onto the Far East. Thus stretched, river bottom lands in many places will interfere with drainage, causing flooding." ZetaTalk: June 29, 2013
70 percent of the Philippine capital is submerged underwater, driving tens of thousands from their homes and bringing life in many areas to a standstill. Authorities evacuated thousands of residents along Manila's overflowing river and braced for more chaos in outlying provinces.
At least eight people have died, including four who drowned north of Manila. The dead included a 5-year-old boy whose house was hit by a concrete wall that collapsed, and a 3-year-old boy who fell into a swollen river in Mariveles town in Bataan province. Four people are missing.
Throughout the sprawling, low-lying capital region of 12 million people, offices, banks and schools were closed and most roads were impassable. People stumbled through waist- or neck-deep waters, holding on to ropes strung from flooded houses.
More than 200 evacuation centers were opened in Manila and surrounding provinces, filled with tens of thousands of people, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said. Overall, more than 600,000 people have been affected by the floods.
"I had to wade through a waist-deep flood," said Esteban Gabin, a 45-year-old driver, who was plotting the best route to check on his family in Pampanga province, northwest of Manila. "But I may have to swim to reach my home because we live near the Pampanga River, and the flood there could reach up to neck deep."
In Marikina, where the river breached its banks, authorities started evacuating some 12,000 people to schools and gymnasiums that were turned into emergency shelters.
In Pampanga's rice-producing town of Minalin, more than 200 villagers fled after water from a swollen river spilled over a dike and began flooding communities amid pounding rain. Villagers scrambled to lay sandbags on the dike and in front of their houses, said Office of Civil Defense officer Nigel Lontoc.
"The villagers are afraid that the dike may collapse any time," Lontoc said by phone.
About 200 members of the Aeta tribe living near the foot of Mount Pinatubo left their homes for fear of being swept away by a raging river near Botolan township in Zambales province, said Elsa Novo, a leader of an Aeta federation in the province. She said other family members stayed behind to watch their property.
Evacuations were also under way around the La Mesa dam, north of Manila, which began overflowing. The waters from the dam flow into the Tullahan River, which passes through some of the densely populated areas of the capital.
The flooding followed two nights of heavy monsoon rains enhanced by Tropical Storm Trami. The storm hovered over the North Philippine Sea and drenched the main northern island of Luzon with up to 30 millimeters (just over an inch) of rain per hour. It was forecast to move away from the Philippines toward Taiwan on Wednesday.
In many coastal towns along swollen Lake Laguna, near Manila, and in food-growing riverside provinces, residents were trapped on rooftops, waded through the streets or drifted on makeshift rafts. Many chose to stay close to their homes for fear they would be looted if they left.
"We're surprised by the rainfall. Some areas experienced record levels," said Science Secretary Mario Montejo.
According to an assessment from the Department of Science and Technology, rainfall reached 600 mm (23 ½ inches) in and around Manila Bay on Sunday alone — more than a month's worth of rain in a day. That's compared to the disastrous 2009 Typhoon Ketsana, the strongest to hit Manila in modern history, when 455 mm of rain fell in 24 hours.
Many domestic and international flights at Ninoy Aquino International Airport were canceled. Key roads leading to the airport were flooded and passengers and crew were delayed.
Sources
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/floods-paralyze-phili...
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/20/world/asia/philippines-floods/index.h...
Aug 20, 2013
Tracie Crespo
http://local.msn.com/rare-snow-atacama-desert-chile
Mudslides and snow hit Chile's Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert gets a sprinkling of snow and rain for the first time in 30 years, prompting mudslides and traffic chaos in what is usually one of the driest places on Earth.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/mudslides-snow-hit-chiles-atacama-11022...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A rare snowfall in Chile's Atacama desert has delighted visitors to one of the world's driest areas.
Residents of San Pedro de Atacama say the weekend snow was the heaviest in three decades for the desert city, which is 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) north of the capital, Santiago.
But local officials say they are concerned the snow and rain that fell over the weekend could cause some rivers to flood as has happened in the past.
The national tourism office says the road to San Pedro de Atacama was temporarily blocked due to the unusual weather. Officials have not ordered any evacuation although they expect more rain in the area.
Aug 27, 2013
Howard
Another Massive Dust Storm Swallows Phoenix Arizona (Aug 26)
Phoenix is left blanketed in grit after the Arizona city was enveloped by a massive sand storm towering a mile high on Monday, August 26.
Source
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10268402...
Aug 28, 2013
Sevan Makaracı
Unusually cold weather and snow in South American countries affect localsand tourists, even Atacama Desert saw snow!
In the latter, the authorities blamed the weather for the death of more than 5,000 cattle too.
Weather forecasters say a cold front from Antarctica entered the region almost a week ago.
On Friday, the Peruvian deputy education minister, Martin Vegas, said schools were closed in 43 provinces in 10 regions.
“They will remain closed next week as more snowfalls have been forecast,” he said.
Thousands of llamas and alpacas have died in the cold weather.
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala visited some of the worst affected areas earlier this week.
He said blankets and alpaca covers were needed, as well as medicines and clothes.
In Bolivia, roads closed by the snow have disrupted supplies to mines in the province of Inquisivi, in La Paz.
Work in five mines in the region, which employ thousands of workers, had to be suspended since last weekend because of the snow.
Correspondents say they were running out of supplies.
One of the driest places on earth, the Atacama desert in northern Chile, also saw snow earlier this week.
Forecasters said the snowfall was the heaviest in the area, about 1,000km (600 miles) north of the capital Santiago, in three decades.
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Sep 2, 2013
Derrick Johnson
Salt Lake City breaks record for most days over 95 degrees
By Bob Mims
| The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Aug 30 2013 07:15 am • Last Updated Sep 03 2013 09:49 am
Salt Lake City has broken the all-time record for the most days in year that have hit 95 degrees or higher.
The National Weather Service made the announcement Friday at about 1:30 p.m., saying Salt Lake City hit the mark for the 52nd time this year, the most since 1874, when record-keeping started.
On Thursday, when Utah’s capital city soared to 97, a 1961 record of 51 days of 95 degrees or better was tied. Friday’s late-afternoon high of 97, recorded at 3:45 p.m., left the old heat record a veritable molten historical slag.
Friday’s low temperature of 71 also tied a record of its own, matching the 2012 record as the hottest minimum temperature for that day.
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Sep 8, 2013
Derrick Johnson
South Pole experiences more record heat in August to end warmest winter ever
September 6, 2013
Last month was the warmest August on record for the South Pole, ending a winter that will go down as the mildest ever since record-keeping began in 1957.
The record average temperature of minus 63.9 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 53.3 degrees Celsius) broke the previous record of minus 64.5F (53.6C) set in August 1996. The departure from normal was 11.6 degrees Fahrenheit (or 6.4 degrees Celsius). The record average max temperature of minus 56.2F (minus 49.0C) broke the previous record of minus 57.3F (minus 49.6C), also set in August 1996.
The relatively warm month included one record warm day. On Aug. 11, the maximum temperature was minus 36.9F (38.3C), which broke the previous maximum temperature record of minus 40F (minus 40C) set in 1968.
It was also a windy month, with seven days that either broke or tied the previous peak wind speed record for those days.
In terms of the winter climatological period — the months of June, July and August — it was the warmest three-month stretch at the South Pole since records began 56 years ago, according to Phillip Marzette, senior meteorologist at the South Pole Station.
The average temperature for the the winter months in 2013 was minus 66.8F (minus 54.9C). The next warmest temperature during that same period was in 1964, with an average of minus 69F (minus 56.1C).
The wild weather began as early as March, with extreme swings between record maximum and minimum temperatures. In June, the weather really got crazy, when the all-time maximum temperature record for the month of June was set not once but twice.
On June 2, the winter-time temperature hit minus 22.2F (minus 30.1C), shattering the previous record for that day of minus 35.7F (minus 37.6C) set in 1987. The new June record barely lasted two weeks. On June 19, the temperature climbed to minus 19.8F (minus 28.8C). The record-setting day was bookended by two single day maximum temperature records as well.
June was tied for the third warmest, with an average of minus 62.9F (minus 52.7C), last recorded in June 1996. That was 10.4 degres Fahrenheit (5.8 degrees Celsius) above normal.
The weird weather has meant fewer clear days to enjoy the brilliant sky-filled nights and the ghostly auroras that paint the winter at South Pole.
“The weather has been really bad this year,” said Dana Hrubes, a scientist currently working on the South Pole Telescope who has wintered seven times at the South Pole Station since 2000. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
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Sep 8, 2013