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Mini-tornadoes stun southern Norway

Published: 24 Jun 2014 13:25 GMT+02:00
Updated: 24 Jun 2014 13:25 GMT+02:00

A succession of rare 'mini tornadoes' have drawn crowds in the city of Arendal as they circled dramatically above the Skagerrak strait between Norway and Denmark.

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Wild weather extremes mark USA's first half of 2014

Abandoned cars pile up in the median of I-75 near the Chattahoochee River overpass Jan. 29 in Atlanta. The interstate was covered in ice after a bad snowstorm.(Photo: David Tulis, AP)

Crazy extremes of wet and dry weather have both drenched and scorched the USA in the first half of the year.

How crazy? Waterlogged Pensacola, Fla., has received more than 200 times as much rain as bone-dry Las Vegas, which has had only one rainy day this year, Feb. 28, when about one-third of an inch fell.

Though Las Vegas is admittedly in the desert Southwest, the tiny amount is still quite paltry, about one-sixth what the city would usually get at this point in the year. Southwest hot spot Yuma, Ariz., has received less than one-tenth of an inch of rain this year.

The entire state of California — which had its warmest winter on record — slipped into drought conditions this spring, with nearly a third of the state in "exceptional" drought, the worst level. The state is enduring its worst drought since the 1970s. "Unprecedented" May wildfires scorched parts of the state.

On the flip side, torrential rain swamped the Southeast this spring, with April being the worst month. Mobile, Ala., had its wettest April ever, with a foot and a half of rain. The worst of the rain in Pensacola was in late April, when almost 2 feet fell in two days, leading to widespread flooding, sinkholes, road closures and record-high river levels.

Overall, for much of the year, the reason for the split weather pattern was a persistent ridge of high pressure over the western half of the USA, which was balanced by a trough of low pressure in the East, climate scientist Jake Crouch of the National Climatic Data Center said earlier this year.

High pressure usually brings clear skies, while low pressure brings clouds and precipitation.

Other wild weather from the year's first six months:

• A massive mudslide in Oso, Wash., in March, fueled by weeks of unusually heavy rain, killed at least 42 people, making it the third-deadliest in U.S. history.

• The brutally cold winter brought near-record levels of ice to the Great Lakes, wreaking havoc with shipping and wildlife. The ice persisted into June in Lake Superior, the latest on record.

• Detroit picked up an all-time record 7.9 feet of snow for the entire winter season of 2013-14, more than twice the city's average.

• Two inches of snow in Atlanta in late January brought the city to its knees, stranding motorists and school buses overnight. The same storm brought snow as far south as the Florida Panhandle.

• After a very quiet start to the severe weather season, a savage outbreak of tornadoes killed 33 people in the Midwest and South in late April, with the deadliest hitting Arkansas on April 27. June has also seen a flurry of tornadoes in the Plains, the most active June for tornadoes in at least four years.

• Through the end of May, Alaska was baking through its second-warmest year on record. The state had its warmest January since 1985.

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/06/27/weather-extremes/1...

Waterlogged Canadian Prairies: 150+ mm of Rain Prompts Evacuations, Local States of Emergencies   (June 30)

Days of torrential downpours across parts of the Prairies have resulted in evacuations and local states of emergencies. In Saskatchewan, 53 communities have declared local states of emergency while in Manitoba, 34 municipalities have done the same.

The hardest hit areas include communities along the Saskatchewan/Manitoba border where between 100-200 mm of rain has been recorded since Friday.

Several main highways and secondary roads remain closed and officials say water also covers stretches of the Trans-Canada Highway west of Brandon, Manitoba. 

Flights at Brandon's airport have also been disrupted after the facility's main access road was flooded. 

Residents are being urged to delay showers, baths, and even flushing toilets to prevent additional strain on the water systems.

In addition to the flooding rains, damaging winds that whipped through Manitoba left hundreds of homes without power over the weekend.

According to hydro spokesperson Scott Powell, they've been overloaded with calls throughout southern Manitoba and the Interlake region, with power lines affected in both urban and rural areas.

Sources

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/waterlogged-prairies...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/prairie-flooding-prompts-eva...

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/ten-photos-flooding-...

California's Record Hottest Year, So Far, Is 2014: NOAA

California is sweating through its hottest year-to-date in 2014, according to a just-released report.

Statewide temperature rankings for the period January-May 2014. A ranking of 120 (California) means 2014 was the hottest January-May period on record. Conversely, a ranking of 4 (Wisconsin) means the fourth coldest such period on record, dating to 1895. (NOAA/NCDC)

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The first five months of 2014 were the hottest on record in the Golden State, according to the May U.S. State of the Climate report from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, in records dating to 1895.

California's mean January-May temperature of 55.2 degrees was a whopping five degrees above their 20th Century average, topping the previous hottest January-May period there set in the Dust Bowl era (1934).

Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Fresno and Sacramento all set their record hottest January through May. 

Persistent blocking high pressure in the upper atmosphere diverting the jet stream north of the Golden State is the primary factor behind a hot 2014, not to mention one of the worst droughts in decades.

(MORE: Record Dry 2013 | Drought Threatens Food Supply)

Selected cities recording their top three warmest, coldest, wettest or driest January-May in 2014. (NOAA/NCDC)

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Notable Heat Elsewhere

Arizona, Oregon, Nevada and Utah also chalked up a top 10 warmest January-May period in 2014.

Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson have each registered their hottest year-to-date through May. The year has been among the top three hottest in Salt Lake City, Flagstaff, Arizona, and Medford, Oregon. (see red dots on inset map at right)

Impressive warmth in 2014 extended into the Last Frontier.

The year's first five months were the second warmest such period on record in Alaska, exceeded only by January-May 1981. America's northernmost city, Barrow, Alaska, has had its record warmest January-May.

Not Just the Heat

In parts of the central and eastern U.S., the first five months of 2014 were a completely different story.

Thirteen states from Minnesota to Louisiana east to Pennsylvania shivered in a top 10 coldest January-May on record (see first inset map above).

Chicago, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Toledo, Green Bay, Wisconsin, even the nation's icebox, International Falls, Minnesota chalked up a top three coldest January-May periods in 2014 (see second inset map above for more cities denoted by blue dots).

On the dry side, January through May was the second driest such period on record in Kansas, third driest in Oklahoma and fourth driest in Arizona.

Source: http://www.weather.com/news/science/california-record-hottest-year-...

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HEAVY SNOW BRINGS JULY JOY IN AUSTRALIA 
RESORTS NEWS | 1 JULY 2014

Australian ski areas – which started their season badly on June 7th with almost no snow following a record warm May, are celebrating snowfalls of up to almost five feet (1.4m in fact) during the last four days.

The snow has now stopped leaving resorts well-covered ahead of the weekend and the country’s school holiday period.

“We expect to have over 40 lifts operating for the weekend across the four resorts areas of Perisher, Smiggin Holes, Blue Cow and Guthega,” said Samantha Hales, Communications and Media Manager at Australia’s biggest resort which now has a 102.1 cm base,

“There is a lot of work to do to get the resort open after a big storm as we need to get out there and groom out the wind drift, build lift tracks and ensure the resorts is safe for guests.”

Meanwhile at Mt Hotham called the snowfall ‘Snowmageddon 1.0’ and are expecting ‘Snowmageddon 2.0’ to follow bon later this weekend,

“Snowmageddon 1.0  started last Monday and brought the snowfall we have all been waiting for. Within 3 days we had over 70cm of snow, got 6 lifts going and are looking forward to the best school holiday skiing and riding in years.  Another front is coming in on Saturday and we will be hitting the 1-meter mark by Saturday night/Sunday morning,” said a statement from the resort, which currently has seven  lifts running.

2 Derechos Spawn 8 Tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana (Jun 30)

The first derecho over Iowa as of 1:45 p.m. ET June 30, 2014.

Two separate derechos affected the Chicago area Monday night resulting in eight tornadoes that touched down in the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana.

The two-fisted storm that pummeled the Chicago area this week has been classified as a rare double derecho: Two waves of destructive winds that swept across a swath of the Midwest from central Iowa to Ohio. The fast-tracking storm generated widespread wind gusts of 70-80 mph, left three quarters of a million without power, and caused two fatalities.

The first derecho formed around 2 p.m. Monday in Iowa and sped across northwest Illinois into Wisconsin over the next five hours, packing winds of more than 55 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

The second derecho also formed in Iowa, but a little more to the south and six hours later, heading almost straight east toward Chicago, the weather service said. The winds were clocked at more than 60 mph with gusts up to 70 mph.

This second wave produced eight tornadoes that touched down in northern Illinois, including one between Plainfield and Romeoville, the weather service said. No injuries were reported, but hundreds of trees were downed and nearly 200,000 customers lost power.

A derecho is a wind storm that stretches more than 240 miles and is punctuated by wind gusts of more than 55 mph. They are relatively uncommon and a double derecho is even rarer, though another one did occur here as recently as 2010, according to weather service meteorologist Ricky Castro.

What makes Monday's double derecho even stranger is that the second wave was stronger than the first.  It's generally the other way around.

"Usually, the first one stabilizes the atmosphere and makes it less likely for thunderstorms to occur," Castro said. But this time, "the first derecho was less intense and the second one was violent and spawned tornadoes."

The National Weather Service said brief EF-1 tornadoes landed late Monday near Earlville, about 80 miles southwest of Chicago; near Romeoville and Plainfield in Will County; near Lisbon in rural Kendall County; three tornadoes were near Grant Park in Kankakee County. In Indiana, one tornado was confirmed in Lowell and another near DeMotte.

Sources

http://abc7chicago.com/weather/nws-8-tornadoes-confirmed-in-chicago...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-onetwo-punch-...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/07...

http://www.weather.com/news/derecho-and-severe-storms-cause-damage-...

Early signs of autumn 'already appearing in natural world'

Sycamore seeds are well developed and hawthorn berries are already red, says National Trust

After an early spring and summer, the year is now racing towards autumn ahead of schedule, conservationists have said.

As the year reached the half-way mark, the National Trust said wildlife seemed to have come through the wettest and stormiest winter on record and nature had hurtled "helter-skelter" through the seasons since.

Now signs of autumn are already in the hedgerows and woods, National Trust naturalist Matthew Oates said.

"Looking at this year, where does it want to be? It raged its way through winter, then we went into an incredibly early spring, and then it rushed helter-skelter through spring without stopping for breath," he said.

"We're ahead still, remarkably ahead, birds have largely stopped singing, a lot of butterflies are very early and are still coming out early," he said, pointing to early arrivals of high summer butterflies including chalk hill blues and purple emperors.

And he said: "There are really strong signs of autumn already here, like the beech nuts, it's an amazing beech mast year and the nuts are incredibly well developed."

Source

Bad weather in Spain, Madrid violent hailstorm Whitening: blocked traffic [PHOTOS and VIDEO]

Thursday, July 3, 2014,

A strong hailstorm has hit the capital of Spain, Madrid, in the early hours of the afternoon (between 15 and 16). The event was so violent as to whiten the streets causing disruption of some major thoroughfares, such as the M-40 motorway huge town that surrounds the city, and the M-11. Even the flights arriving at and departing from Madrid airport at Barajas, have been delayed. At least 4 planes had to postpone the landing due to adverse weather conditions, while several areas of the airport were flooded. The underground line 7, has had to suspend some races between the stations of Cartagena and Las Musas, always to flooding (the races were re-established after 30 minutes).

The hail struck with violence especially the eastern half of the city, particularly in the districts of San Blas, Barajas (where the international airport), Vicalvaro, but also Hortaleza and Fuencarral. The streets were literally whitewashed, to the bewilderment of Madrid who have immortalized the event with photos and video, promptly loaded on social networks. Below is a gallery of pictures from Twitter under the hashtag # granizada, a term which in Spanish means precisely hailstorm.

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Manitoba Declares Rare Province-wide State of Emergency (Jul 4)

The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a provincial state of emergency amid rising concerns on flooding and has requested military assistance.

Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger said Friday he has asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper to have Canadian Armed Forces soldiers on the ground in Manitoba by Saturday to assist with flood relief efforts.

"We need to be able to take action to protect the safety, health and welfare of Manitobans," said Selinger.

"Declaring a provincial state of emergency will allow us to take steps quickly to protect people and property in the area."

Canadian Forces personnel will work to reinforce the dikes along the Assiniboine River between Portage la Prairie and Winnipeg, where 200 homes are at risk.

They will also help raise the dikes along the Portage Diversion — a 29-kilometre channel that directs some of the flood water from the Assiniboine north to Lake Manitoba.

The regional municipalities of Portage la Prairie, Cartier, St. Francois Xavier and Headingley are the biggest areas of concern. They are being advised to prepare for flood levels more than 30 centimetres (12 inches) higher than those of 2011.

A command centre is being established near Portage la Prairie to assist with liaison efforts between the military and the affected communities, Selinger said.

Floodwaters began washing across a road in Brandon on Friday even though the crest isn't expected to reach the city until this weekend and then Portage la Prairie by July 11.

Steve Topping with Manitoba Water Stewardship​ called the rate at which the water is flowing "unprecedented."

"Things are ramping up very quickly. This is a fast moving event and we have very good hydrometric gauges that are providing us 24/7 information," he said.

Manitoba is bracing for water flow levels between 48,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) and 52,000 cfs on the Assiniboine River downstream of Portage la Prairie.

The high water levels are expected within the next week and are forecast to remain high for a period of at least three weeks.

The flooding is being caused by torrential rains last weekend in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

A total of 43 communities in Manitoba and 75 in Saskatchewan are under states of local emergency. Water from Saskatchewan is now flowing into Manitoba, deepening the problem in that province.

Some 565 people have already been forced from their homes in Manitoba due to flooding.

Selinger said the province will work to produce a half-million sandbags — in addition to the two million it already has in stock — to protect the areas most at risk as the crest moves closer.

Sources

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-flooding-province-d...

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/rare-province-wide-s...

Multiple Tornadoes, Large Hail Reported in Saskatchewan (Jul 5)

Saskatchewan man shares breathtaking video of massive tornado near Outlook, Saskatchewan on July 5. Although at first it appears to be coming straight for him, it rumbles by without causing damage, although it later destroyed a nearby farm. It grows significantly larger just before the end of the video. (Caution: Audio contains multiple F-bombs.)  Source

Residents in parts of Saskatchewan ran for cover, stared in awe or jumped in their trucks to follow what Environment Canada says were several tornadoes that hit Saturday.

The agency issued tornado warnings for numerous areas in southern and central parts of Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba Saturday afternoon, and said there were tornadoes reported near Outlook and Kenaston.

Ray Derdall and his son Carson were working outside their property 20 kilometres north of Outlook Saturday afternoon when a black funnel cloud dropped down. They had almost no time to react.

"Within about 10 seconds, it was right on top of us," Ray said.

"It's so loud and dirty and dusty. You don't know what's going on, you can't see your nose."

Ray ran to the closest shelter - his workshop - while Carson made it to the steel Quonset and crawled under a combine cutter.

"I was just waiting for the whole quonset to lift off and I thought maybe it would suck me out," a visibly shell-shocked Carson recalled. "I thought I was going to die."

Then, less than five minutes after the tornado hit, it was over. Carson emerged unscathed from the battered Quonset to find his father wriggling out from underneath one of the walls that used to hold up the workshop.

Neither was injured, but it became apparent almost immediately that almost everything on their property was destroyed.

"It was just a direct hit. It took a 100-year-old barn that we were fixing up. It took the Quonset and it took the shop. It took the windows out of the house," said Derdall.

"It even sucked the comforters off the beds through the windows and out of the house."

Derdall said miraculously, neither he nor his son were injured.

Shannon Bestland, meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the agency was receiving multiple calls about funnel clouds touching down in south-central Saskatchewan as far south as Regina Beach.

“There are so many, we can’t count them right now,” she said Saturday afternoon.

Baseball-sized hail were also reported in some areas of Saskatchewan, she said.

SaskPower tweeted that tornadoes have caused outages at Davidson, Hanley, Kenaston, Rosedale and surrounding areas.

Derdall said it was his first experience with a tornado, other than seeing them on TV.

"You think it will never happen to you."

Sources

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/photos-and-videos-da...

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/tornadoes-reported-in-parts-of-saskatc...

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Tornadoes+cause+havoc+Saskatchew...

The super-typhoon Neoguri approaches to Okinawa with winds of 250 km / h: "Supervision maximum" ---- JAPAN

Monday, July 7, 2014

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A powerful typhoon, the eighth season of the renamed Neoguri, and 'expected in Okinawa, far south of Japan, between late this evening and tomorrow morning with a load of torrential rains and winds of up to 250km per hour. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) is assessing the level of alert in the evening to announce the imminent arrival of the perturbation, moving from south to north, it might be more 'serious of its kind in decades. The issuance of an alarm of "high level", if agreed, would be for the first time since the new system 'was introduced in August 2013. According to the agency, the typhoon will become' more 'always strong in the move towards north, while at the speed 'wind' of about 75 meters per second, while the displacement of the disruption 'of 25km/ora. During a meeting of the government on the situation, the Minister for Disaster Management, Keiji Furuya, who canceled a trip to the U.S. for an event on disaster prevention on the sidelines of a UN meeting, urged the prefectures and municipalities to take the necessary steps and to advise on time, where necessary, evacuations. The government has set up a unit 'link in the middle of Emergency Management Office of the Prime Minister. "It is one of the most looming 'big typhoons ever had in July," he admitted in a press conference Satoshi Ebihara, Head of Section of the JMA weather forecast: in 1959 the Typhoon Ise-wan I cause' 5,000 victims. "And 'required the utmost vigilance," he added, citing the heavy rains and winds, as well as' high waves up to 14 meters. The rainfall may reach a record number of 200 mm in the 24 hours is Okinawa archipelago. Meanwhile, a front of torrential rain is hitting the southern island of Kyushu, where in some areas were measured more 'than 350 millimeters of water. Extraordinary levels that would drive the JMA, to advise extreme caution due to landslides and floods. Also because 'Neoguri will be' on Kyushu tomorrow afternoon.

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METEOWEB Saturday, April 5, 2014,

Something very big is beginning to move over the

large strip of very hot water, flowing at a depth of about 150 meters along a route east west.

his wave can be observed on the surface by a slight increase in height of the sea surface, about 8 cm, and a significant increase in surface water temperatures over a large area for hundreds of miles
is causing a significant increase in the "thermocline" throughout the Western and Central Pacific, where there is a considerable warming of surface waters, up to 150 meters depth, with values ​​truly exceptional, reaching values ​​of +24 ° C to +25 ° C.

11 Tornadoes Reported As Storms Rake Iowa (Jul 6)

Tornadoes thrashed across Iowa as another bout of severe weather smashed into the state Sunday evening.

While trees and property suffered, there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths in the outbreak of tornadoes.

Trained storm spotters had reported at least 11 tornadoes touching down across the state at press time Sunday evening, according to the National Weather Service bureau in Johnston.

Spotters logged tornadoes in Jewell, Geneva, Reinbeck, Dysart, Traer, Lincoln, Winterset and Newton. More than one tornado was reported for some locations. Weather service meteorologists will investigate storm damage to confirm the reports today.

"We've got a storm survey team that's going to be going out to just to kind of asses what kind of damage occurred," said Brad Fillbach with the National Weather service. Fillbach said the teams would assess in several counties including Jasper, Tama and Grundy.

Sunday's first funnel cloud twisted near Jewell at 5:55 p.m., quickly turning into a tornado by 6 p.m. Small trees were damaged.

Another tornado touched down near Geneva in Franklin County for about three minutes, storm spotters said.

Spotters reported two tornadoes near Reinbeck in Grundy County.

One home about a mile west of Reinbeck sustained major structural damage, and another across the street had damage to its roof, Chief Deputy Tim Wolthoff of the Grundy County Sheriff's Office told the Associated Press. Both of the homes were occupied, but no one was injured.

Four tornado reports came in from Tama County in a 30-minute span. The first twister landed near Dysart at 8:04 p.m. Another reached the ground near Traer three minutes later. At 8:16 p.m., a storm spotter reported a tornado near Lincoln. The fourth twister was reported at 8:35 p.m., again near Traer.

The Lincoln and Traer tornadoes reportedly carried a lot of debris.

Benton County Emergency Management officials reported a tornado near Keystone at 8:56 p.m.

A tornado was spotted in Jasper County near Newton shortly before 9 p.m. Another tornado touched down near Kellogg in Jasper County about 9:10 p.m.

Sources

http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2014/07/07/11-tornadoes-rep...

http://www.kwwl.com/story/25951119/2014/07/06/severe-weather-possib...

http://www.inquisitr.com/1340307/japan-supertyphoon-stronger-than-h...

Japan Supertyphoon Stronger Than Hurricane Katrina, Headed For U.S. Military Base

A supertyphoon taking aim at Japan is seen as the biggest storm in years, and could end up being more powerful than even the destructive Hurricane Katrina.

Supertyphoon Neoguri is expected to reach Okinawa sometime early on Tuesday, generating winds that could reach more than 100 miles per hour. The storm is eventually expected to reach a Category 5, the highest on the scale measuring typhoons.

Directly in the path of the Japan supertyphoon is Kadena Air Base, the largest U.S. military base in the region. Authorities at the base said they are taking every precaution to stay safe.

“I can’t stress enough how dangerous this typhoon may be when it hits Okinawa,” Brig. Gen. James Hecker, the Commander of the 18th Wing, said Sunday on the base’s Facebook page. “This is the most powerful typhoon forecast to hit the island in 15 years.”

The Japanese Meteorological Agency said the supertyphoon may bring a slew of dangers to Okinawa.

“In these regions, there is a chance of the kinds of storms, high seas, storm surges and heavy rains that you’ve never experienced before,” a JMA official told a news conference. “This is an extraordinary situation, where a grave danger is approaching.”

The Japan supertyphoon is expected to hit the mainland with a bit less strength, but forecasters said it still has the potential to do great damage.

This week, astronaut Reid Wiseman helped capture the scale of the Japan supertyphoon. He took a shot from high above the earth’s surface, showing the swirling storm system taking up the entire view.

'Snow' in July! Hailstorm blankets suburban street as torrential downpour brings flash floods to the south - but relax, it's going to be dry and sunny today

Heavy downpours and hail caused flash flooding in Bournemouth today as summer storms affected parts of Britain.

The Met Office has issued a yellow 'be aware' warning for heavy rain for large parts of eastern England, eastern Scotland and Northern Ireland with the rain set to continue into tonight before easing off.

But not everywhere has been experiencing a deluge with Brighton remaining warm and sunny today as sunbathers took to a sunbasked Brighton beach.

More on yesterday's destructive tornado in upstate New York...

Powerful Tornado in Upstate New York is State's Second-Deadliest (Jul 8)

A woman walks through debris of a destroyed house after Tuesday night's storm, on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Smithfield, N.Y. The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado destroyed the homes in upstate New York where four people were killed.

The tornado that carved a destructive path in upstate New York on Tuesday night was the second-deadliest in the state since at least 1950 — and may be among the most powerful locally recorded, meteorologists say. Four people were killed, including a mother and her 4-month-old baby, when the tornado touched down around 7:15 p.m. in Smithfield, east of Syracuse. Officials said homes were ripped from their foundations, debris was scattered across several surrounding counties and about 40,000 were still without power Wednesday afternoon.

While New York might see four or five tornadoes a year, they aren’t often classified as an EF-2 or higher on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which ranks a twister’s strength. The National Weather Service was continuing to assess the damage, but said the latest tornado could be at least an EF-2 — categorized by winds of 113 mph to 157 mph. Madison County last saw a tornado, an EF-2, in 2009. The deadliest in the state occurred in 1989 in Orange County, where nine elementary schoolchildren were crushed by a falling cafeteria wall. Tuesday’s tornado pulled one home from the ground and dropped it hundreds of feet away on another house, police said. “This is one for the books,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Evans.

Source

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/powerful-tornado-upstate-new-yo...

Extremely Rare Summer Typhoon Hits Japan and is One of the Largest Ever

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Typhoon Neoguri sweeps through Japan leaving three people dead including 12-year-old boy killed by landslide

• Storm swept through eastern Japan after 500,000 told to evacuate
  
• It is one of the strongest storms ever to hit the country during summer
  
• It has been downgraded to tropical storm but still left trail of devastation
• Nagiso, central Japan, saw a landslide which left a 12-year-old boy dead
• It is heading for capital Tokyo and other major cities including Osaka

Three people have now died in a powerful storm which is sweeping through Japan, forcing rivers to burst their banks and triggering a landslide which killed a 12-year-old boy.

Half a million people were told to evacuate on Monday under the threat of Typhoon Neoguri, which had winds of up to 155mph and waves almost 50ft high.

First feared to be a 'super typhoon', Neoguri was downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it made landfall but has left a trail of devastation in its wake.

A spokesman for the island's government said it had experienced its heaviest rainfall in half a century.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said 'violent winds' had dissipated but 'rain is still a concern in many places'.

The official said: 'There are some places that may get as much as a month's worth of rain over the next 24 hours.'

Two to four typhoons make landfall in Japan each year, but this storm is one of the largest ever to hit Japan during the summer, when they are extremely rare.

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Not since July 28 1911 has Brisbane felt this cold, getting down to a brisk 2.6C at 6.41am.

At 7am, it inched up to 3.3C.

Matt Bass, meteorologist from BOM, said the region was well below our average temperatures.

“If it felt cold, that’s because it was, breaking that record is pretty phenomenal for Brisbane,” Bass said.

“The average for this time of year is 12C, so Brisbane was about 9C below average, it is pretty impressive really, to have the coldest morning in 103 years is a big record.”

The coldest place across the state was Oakey which got down to -6.1C, which was the coldest temperature for the town since 2011.

Brisbane wasn’t the only town hitting landmark temperatures with Clermont breaking its coldest record two days in a row.

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Alps get summer snow as wet weather to stay

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Holidaymakers in the Alps in recent days would have been forgiven for thinking they had come in the wrong season after the region was hit by some very unseasonal snowfalls. There was bad news for sunseekers too with the sun set to stay away for much of July.

Coldest Antarctic june ever redorded

07/09/2014

Original link in French

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The austral winter is installed in the Antarctic. June there was even unusually cold. At the station Météo-France base Dumont d'Urville, there was an average temperature of -22.4 ° C, 6.6 ° C lower than normal *.
June 2014 is the month of June and the coldest since records began in 1956, and the second coldest month all together months (after September 1958 with -23.5 ° C). The daily minimum temperature record for June was also beaten with -34.9 ° C recorded 3 (previous record: -33.4 ° C).

Other elements make an unusual month in June 2014 in the Antarctic. Accustomed to strong winds even if the station is not located in a corridor of katabatic winds (see below), the wind there was particularly low: the average is less than 36% of normal (22.2 km / h against 35.3 km / h). June 2014 and is the second least windy month since the beginning of the measurements (21 km / h in 1978). Gusts have exceeded 120 km / h on only one occasion (127 km / h 17) against 6 usually. The 100 km / h was reached on 5 occasions, against just over 11 times usually.

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The great paradox of the summer 2014 while the Mediterranean and Italy came the cold air, extreme heat wave invests Norway

Friday, July 11, 2014

The configuration baric that these days dominates the scenery weather / climate on the old continent has features that have little to do with the summer season. Thus, while over central and west-central basin of the Mediterranean air masses circulate relatively cold extraction sub-polar sea, which are leading to a sharp drop in thermal values, especially between France and Italy, more north on Northland Norwegian inflow of very hot air from the sub-tropical latitudes of the Atlantic, is causing an exceptional heat wave, with the fall of dozens of record heat. It really seems a paradox to see temperatures of +34 ° C on the north of Norway, as in many Italian cities the thermometer struggles to exceed +22 ° C in the daytime. On all the while stand +34.0 ° C recorded in Møre og Romsdal. But the highest temperature ever touched on Norwegian territory are registered Hjeltnes +34.4 ° C, where the heat has become unbearable due to the high latitude. Remarkable well established +32.5 ° C in Narvik, where he seems to have been destroyed even the previous record of heat. This exceptional heat wave that is hitting hard the territories of north-central Norway is originated by the influx of air very warm and relatively humid, sub-tropical ocean to die, that the sub-tropical latitudes of the Atlantic, and more specifically from tract overlooking the Azores, back in the direction of the Norwegian Sea and Scandinavia, leading to a dramatic heated.

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Impressive hailstorm devastated the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, causing deaths and injuries

Sunday, July 13, 2014,

Yesterday afternoon an impressive hailstorm, with large grains, as large as oranges, was struck at the gates of the city of Novosibirsk, the capital of the region of Novosibirsk in the Russian Federation and the Western Siberian Federal District, and the third largest city of Russia .

Already in recent days, with a specific article, we had talked about the intense heat wave that was taking place in several areas of central and western Siberia, where did you deal with daily temperatures well above the average for the period, with peaks reach the wall of the first +35 ° C +36 ° C in the shade, even approaching the threshold of +38 ° C +39 ° C in the south of Asiatic Russia.

The storm system, between 07:15 and 07:30 PM (local time), going back to nord-nord/est struck at Novosibirsk, bringing heavy rain and hail, with grains of medium and large size, which were preceded by the advent of strong and turbulent winds,

The super hailstorm has also taken aback dozens of swimmers who had decided to spend Saturday evening along the banks of the river Ob ', take the opportunity for a refreshing swim against the heat and the heat which has become oppressive.

The arrival of the storm and hail, with grains as large as oranges,

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2014/07/eccezionale-e-violenta-grandinata-a-...

VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYBCVtfmKvQ#t=49

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MAP; http://ds-lands.com/photo/cities/novosibirsk/03/

Courtesy of Khan.

Burrard Inlet And English Bay Turn Blood Red (Jul 12)

Although highly irregular if not unprecedented, this phenomena is likely the result of unusually high waters temperatures in Burrard Inlet and English Bay and not red dust from the Planet X complex.

ZetaTalk Newsletter: September 25, 2010

"Per the Zetas, there will be no confusion, as when the red dust from the tail of Planet X starts to arrive in earnest, it will be during the last weeks and will be unmistakable."

ZetaTalk Prediction 1/15/1996: A second countdown sign is a fine red dust, unmistakable as it cannot be confused with any other natural occurrence. Ponds and rivers turn red, the blood color mentioned in the Bible's book of Revelations, with this iron ore dust giving the water a brackish taste. This countdown sign comes almost in step with the rapid slowing in rotation, This occurs a day or so before rotation stops.

Sources

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/heat-wave-hits-metro-vancouver-1.1910070

http://globalnews.ca/news/1444861/algae-bloom-turns-burrard-inlet-b...

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/11/red-algae-burrard-inlet-eng... 

Polar Invasion Spawns Colorado Storms, Turning Lawns White With Hail (Jul 14)

It's not supposed to snow in the middle of July, is it?

While the storm that whitened lawns in parts of Colorado on Monday was the result of the polar air shoving its way south into a typically warm and moist July air mass, it wasn't a snowstorm.

Instead, it was hail that blanketed the ground in Berthoud, Colorado, on Monday. Several other Colorado communities also found themselves caked in accumulating hail as thunderstorms raked the state.

The thunderstorms formed along a front separating the unseasonably chilly polar air over the Upper Midwest from monsoonal moisture over the Southwest and the typical heat and humidity normally present over the South in mid-summer. Disturbances in the upper atmosphere and lift from winds blowing westward into the Rocky Mountains have further enhanced the thunderstorm activity over Colorado.

Berthoud is a city in Larimer and Weld counties of north-central Colorado. The two counties have had a combined 54 severe thunderstorm warnings issued by the National Weather Service so far in 2014, according to data compiled by Iowa State University. Of those 54 warnings, 53 have been issued since the beginning of May.

Source

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-severe/polar-invasion-colorado-...

From twitter

Unique! The netherlands is the warmest place in Europe pic.twitter.com/V6v8XGMbIc
source: https://twitter.com/weermanrobert/status/490503015313727488/photo/1

Bad weather, violent storms in France: Huge hail, and it's coming on Italy ... [PHOTOS]

Saturday, July 19, 2014

As widely expected, the weather in the afternoon today hath been dogged with particular violence of England and France, where even now you are experiencing severe thunderstorms. Particularly violent hailstorms in France, where the grains than 5-6cm in diameter in the inland areas of the country (see photo accompanying this article). They are the same storms that will come in the next few hours on the north of Italy, therefore utmost attention to possible extreme events tomorrow - Sunday 20 - to the north.

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Iran will rewrite a new page in history climate: the smashed +53 ° C to Gotvand, set a new world in 2014 max

Saturday, July 19, 2014

The high temperatures reached in recent days southern Iran

As we had budgeted in recent days, the heat has really made ​​"fierce" in various places and cities of the Middle East, where the thermometer has crossed the fateful threshold of +50 ° C in the shade, with several peaks up to +51 ° C +52 ° C reached in the south of Iran.

Right on Iranian territory were reached, in recent days, the highest temperatures recorded on the Asian continent since the beginning of 2013. Iran has managed to overcome even extreme temperatures over 50 ° C, usually between May and the first days of June, you can reach in southern Pakistan, in the region of Baluchistan. Among the higher temperatures, above all, the incredible stand +53.0 ° C Gotvand, which represent nothing less than the highest temperature reached and extreme outside of the note "Death Valley" (the famous depression in the heart of the California desert Eastern Europe), which is still the world record holder for heat, with its undefeated +53.9 ° C, the highest temperature ever reached the highest on Earth since the beginning of 2014.Ma is not over here. Because in addition to the new record hot world of 2014, with net Gotvand +53.0 ° C, always yesterday was touched upon the record of the higher minimum, with +40.6 ° C marked in Hoeyniyeh, which also touches the the average daily temperature higher than ever archived on Earth, with an average estimated at +45.5 ° C.

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Exceptional thermal contrasts in Kazakhstan, from 40 ° C in the south-west to +0 ° C in the north-east

Saturday, July 19, 2014,

These days, Kazakhstan, great giant of Central Asia, is a country literally split in two, in terms of weather / climate. In fact, while the western sector of Kazakhstan is under the effects of an intense heat wave of Mobile, to the east colder air that slips from central Siberia is causing a dramatic drop in temperatures, with values ​​close to 0 ° C even. These days we find maximum temperatures up to +39 ° C +40 ° C in the south-west of Kazakhstan, while further east, in Balaskin in the north-east, this morning there was an unusually cold summer. These strong thermal contrasts should persist in the coming days, between the west and the east Asian country.

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Rare Tornado, Violent Storms Kill 2 in France, Hundreds Evacuated (Jul 20)

Violent storms wreaked havoc across France on Sunday leaving two people dead, including one person who was killed when a mini-tornado ripped through a campsite in the Ardeche department of south-central France.

The tornado hit a campsite in the town of Saint-Just-d’Ardeche, pulling down trees and destroying caravans and tents on Sunday afternoon.

A 42-year-old Frenchman died when a tree fell on him as the tornado hit. Five others were left injured although their conditions are not believed to be life-threatening.

Captain François Degrange, from the local police told AFP that trees had been brought down over a three to four kilometer radius.

“I have never seen that in my career before,” he said.

In a separate incident a woman was also killed by a falling tree at a campsite at Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson in the neighbouring Gard department.

According to Midi-Libre newspaper a baby was also injured as the storms hit and had to be rushed to hospital.

Hundreds of campers in the region have had to be evacuated.

Nine departments in eastern France remained on alert for storms on Sunday evening, while other areas of north eastern France were on alert for heavy rain and floods.

Source

http://www.thelocal.fr/20140720/storms-and-mini-tornados-leave-two-...

Emmental floods reaches historic high

http://origin.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/emmental-flood-reaches-hi...

Torrential rains in the Emmental region caused the Emme river to overflow its banks on Thursday, causing massive flooding in the area. Statistically, this level of flooding takes place just once in 300 years, the environment ministry reported.

The rain began early Thursday morning, with more than 100 litres per square metre falling within hours

First Tornado in Suffolk County in Over 64 Years Rips Through Revere

http://www.nobomagazine.com/2014/07/28/first-tornado-in-suffolk-cou...

REVERE – Extreme weather rolled into the North of Boston region on Monday morning, spawning a tornado that ripped off roofs, uprooted trees, and shattered windows in the coastal community.

“It’s really a miracle that no one sustained more serious injuries,” said Revere Mayor Dan Rizzo. “This clearly was an unexpected incident that took all of us by surprise.”

“This was the first tornado on record not only in Suffolk County but in Revere,” said City Councilor and lifelong resident Ira Noveletsky. “The City and all agencies who responded did so in an extraordinary effort. We are cleaning up and we will prevail.”

http://adguk.com/spiral-or-wormhole-appears-over-mexico/

I'm not sure if this video is recently recorded or not, but is supposedly another spiral like the Norway spiral. It says this was filmed in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Impressive sand storm in Washington State [PHOTOS]

Wednesday, August 13, 2014,

An imposing, impressive sand storm occurred in the western area of the State of Washington and north Idaho Tuesday evening local time, an event which heralded extreme storms, lightning and heavy rain.

According to authorities, the sandstorm or "haboob" has reduced visibility to zero in the counties of Adams and Whitman, which has caused many accidents. About 10,000 households were left without electricity in Idaho.

The winds reached 80 km / h, pushing a wall of sand and dust while before advancing behind a strong storm.

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Central North America Temperatures Fluctuating Wildly in 2014 (Aug 16)

Temperature anomalies from July 2014

Northern Ohio is experiencing a distinctive oscillation pattern in temperatures this year.

The jet stream that controls the flow of air across North America has seen periods of fluctuation not normally seen in summer.

Instead of a zonal flow of air from west to east off the Pacific Ocean that keeps temperatures more consistent this time of year, the jet stream is seeing more of a wavy pattern that has allowed cooler Canadian air to sink south and stymie any chance of a hot summer in northeast Ohio.

In January, February and March, the temperature averaged a significant 6.8 degrees colder than normal during the three month period.

In April, May and June, the temperatures returned to more normal conditions, but were only one degree warmer than usual.

Now as we head into the latter part of summer, we have seen more disruptions to the jet stream over North America.

Thus, monthly temperatures have fallen below normal averages for July and for the first half of August.

Chatham-Kent and Windsor-Essex Ontario both shattered records early this morning for the coldest August 15 ever recorded.

In Windsor, the record low reached 9.6 C (49 F), the coldest it has ever been on this day since records began in 1866. In Chatham-Kent, the temperature dropped to 6 C (43 F), breaking the record of 8.3C (47 F) set in 1962.

“We had a very cold airmass. The cold air mass radiated under clear skies and we got down to very cold temperatures,” says Environment Canada Warning Preparedness Meteorologist Peter Kimball.

“Now We are rebounding now with temperatures up to 24 C (75 F) and then tomorrow, 26 C (79 F).

It’s also been cooler than normal for the past few weeks in Toronto.

On August 13, the city seemed to be under a chill: People across the city donned fall coats or sweaters as temperatures peaked at 18.4 C. With a low of 11.5 C, the mean temperature for the day was a measly 15 C.

In fact, Toronto broke a record for coldest daytime high: the previous record was 19.4 set in 1963 and 1979 (records from Pearson only go back to 1940).

After near-normal temperatures for the months of May and June, July did indeed prove to be cooler than normal for the city.

In Toronto, preliminary data from Environment Canada shows that the average temperature – taking in account both the highs and lows – for July was 20.2 C, which is below the normal median temperature of 21.5.

Sources

http://www.wkyc.com/story/weather/2014/08/13/2014-temperature-to-no...

http://blackburnnews.com/chatham/chatham-news/2014/08/15/summer-pol...

http://globalnews.ca/news/1506354/toronto-breaks-temperature-record...

August frost across parts of Wisconsin

The first frost of...summer?  Thursday started frosty across parts of Wisconsin.  In today's blog we look at unseasonably cold temperatures

Typically we talk about the first frost occurring in September, or even October.  Not the case this year.  Temperatures dipped to the low 30s across parts of northern Wisconsin Thursday morning.  The surface temperature and dew point map below is from just after 6am Thursday morning.  Land o' Lakes near the Wisconsin-Michigan border dipped to 32 degrees!

http://www.wisn.com/weather/weather-blog-august-frost-and-next-rain...

Two to three feet of hail crippled parts of Mexico City Sunday

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/08...

A hailstorm of mammoth proportions hammered sections of Mexico City Sunday. Several feet of hail piled up, making some city roads impassable.

“Roads such as the North Loop [el Periférico Norte] were flooded by hail and flooding, so municipal and Federal District workers labored for hours to clear them, Notimex reported,” wrote CNN Mexico.

Mexico news organization Azteca Noticias called it a “historical hailstorm”

http://www.thelocal.it/20140820/day-of-fear-as-five-tornadoes-hit-i...

'Day of fear' as five tornadoes hit Italy

Published: 20 Aug 2014 09:41 GMT+02:00
Updated: 20 Aug 2014 09:41 GMT+02:00

The tornadoes hit around the port city of Genoa. Screenshot: YouReporterNEWS

A series of five tornadoes swept through northern Italy on Tuesday, prompting flights to be diverted and causing millions of euros worth of damage.

The tornadoes hit around the port city of Genoa, with some eyewitnesses stating they came close to hitting the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship.

Flights to the city’s airport were diverted and those leaving delayed, while trains were also interrupted and roads closed, La Repubblica reported.

Damage is said to amount to millions of euros, with roofs ripped off buildings in the Prà neighbourhood and the seafront strewn with sun loungers hit by the stormy weather.

In Genoa’s Pegli neighbourhood 100mm of rain fell in just an hour, while footage shot by witnesses shows raging streams.

Locals can be heard responding to the “day of fear”, asdescribed by YouReporter, as they watch the tornadoes from afar. “It’s incredible” one person can be heard saying, while others remark on the huge size of one of the tornadoes and another on its impressive nature.

Sudden Dust Storms Sweep Over California and Arizona, Leaving Injuries and Damage (Aug 21)

Parts of southern California and western Arizona were plagued by damaging dust storms that rolled through the area Thursday evening.

Strong winds brought down trees, one of which fell on a man inside a car in Palm Springs, California, and he was rushed to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Desert Sun.

"All of a sudden the wind just kind of picked up. There was a whole bunch of dust everywhere and the tree came down on the guy," Jhorel French, a neighbor who helped the injured man, told the Sun. "It was a crazy loud noise from the tree hitting the truck. It was nuts."

The haboobs were the product of a gust front that kicked up dust in the dry terrain, leading to an overturned semi near Imperial, California, and multiple reports of downed trees and power lines along the way, said weather.com senior meteorologist Jon Erdman.

Visible satellite imagery showed an upper-level low in the shape of a pronounced comma over the Lower Colorado River Valley, coupled with deep moisture, triggered a massive blow-up of thunderstorms from the mountains of San Diego County and the northern Baja Peninsula into the Mojave Desert.

Wind gusts peaked at 40 mph in Palm Springs and 48 mph in the Coachella Valley during the event, according to National Weather Service data.

Sources

http://www.weather.com/news/haboobs-dust-storms-southwest-20140822?...

http://www.desertsun.com/story/weather/2014/08/21/blowing-dust-stro...

Wild Weather: U.S. Hit by 'Most Unusual Year' for Temperatures

By Miguel Llanos

If you haven't seen anything like this year's weather, well, neither has anyone else.

This year is on track to set a temperature record that climate researchers say is unique since the first time stats were taken in 1900.

A typical year in the U.S. would see near-average temperatures or a spike in either extremely cold or extremely warm temperatures. But this is the first year in which both cold and warm temperatures have ranged far outside the norms, according to the National Climatic Data Center.

Through July, at least, "this is the most unusual year on record" when it comes to that data, Deke Arndt, the NCDC's chief of climate monitoring, told NBC News. "We haven't seen this much extreme warmth entrenched alongside this much extreme cold for this long since at least 1900."

These abnormal temperatures aren't necessarily records for heat or cold. What's unusual is the persistence of temperatures above or below average. It's a trend that goes back to the start of the year and is tied to the now infamous "polar vortex" that started with cold winter Arctic air coming in as the jet stream dipped south.

"It's indicative of how 'stuck' the pattern has been this year — consistently cool in the East and consistently warm in the West," said Nick Wiltgen, a forecaster at The Weather Channel.

What Arndt calls "bipolar" conditions even led to July temperatures that for the U.S. overall were near average. "So the very cool conditions in the Midwest and warm conditions in the West really canceled each other out," he said

Cooler air from Canada is pushing against the jet stream, causing it to dip farther down, creating a U-shaped path across the U.S. "That ridge out West keeps it warm and that trough in the East keeps it cool," NBC meteorologist Dylan Dreyer explained in a recent report about the odd conditions.

Arndt agrees. "The big cold-air outbreaks in the Great Lakes and Midwest early in the year started the pattern" of cooler temperatures east of the Rockies, he said. "And those were reinforced several times during the spring, and dramatically in July."

"The western warmth has been persistent all year," he said, and California is heading for a record warm year as it suffers in a decade-long drought.

The "bipolar" conditions have had at least one major contribution to the U.S. economy.

"In the northern plains, it's unusual for very cool conditions and very dry to exist simultaneously in the summer," said South Dakota state climatologist Dennis Todey. And that combo has helped push U.S. corn production to record levels.

"We've had more outbreaks of Canadian air," he said, "which tends to be dry and less humid."

The conditions might not last much longer — at least for the Atlantic states.

The Climate Prediction Center, like the NCDC part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, expects above-average temperatures to settle in along the Atlantic coast this fall.

California, on the other hand, should continue to wither in its drought.

A weak El Nino, a periodic cycle that can trigger rains, is predicted by late fall, notes CPC forecaster Anthony Artusa.

But "for California to see much relief, that would almost require a pretty strong El Nino," he said, "and we just don't see that happening right now.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/wild-weather-u-s-hit-mos...

Summer Snow in Southern Alberta (Sept 3)

With nearly 3 weeks of summer remaining, old man winter has apparently gotten ahead of himself in southwestern Alberta.

Snow was falling at a moderate to heavy pace this morning over the foothills as a small, but potent mid-level storm system tracked along the U.S./Canada border just to the south.

Steady snow fell along Highway 22 about 200 km south-southwest of Calgary at an elevation around 5,000 feet.

Sunshine Village Ski area in Banff also received snow.

Sources

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/anderson/snow-into-the-...

http://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/weather/news/Weather/14/09/03...

Dramatic images of the monstrous storm clouds that produced powerful winds, hail, flooding and over a million lightning strikes in one hour in southern Ontario on September 5.

Heat and humidity combined with a cold front caused severe thunderstorms to fire up across a wide swath of southern Ontario and parts of northern Ontario Friday.

Severe thunderstorm watches and warnings -- as well as heat warnings --were put in place by Environment Canada.

About 46,000 hydro customers in Ottawa and the Outaouais were left without power and numerous trees and power lines were down throughout the city as severe thunderstorms moved through the region on Friday.

The fire department said crews responded to multiple storm-related calls, including fallen trees, snapped hydro lines, house fire and a water rescue.  A number of residential streets were also flooded.

Environment Canada warned that damaging wind gusts, large hail and torrential rainfall and isolated tornadoes are also a risk into Saturday.​

New record for southern Ontario - over 1 million lightning sources in an hour!

Sources

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/streets-flooded-trees-downed-a...

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/heavy-rain-dark-clou...\

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pictures-of-storm-clouds-downe...

http://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/1146546/thunderstorm-floods-downs-t...

https://twitter.com/dave_sills/status/508235235285561344/photo/1\

https://twitter.com/teedot/status/508106012029878272/photo/1

Worst Flooding in Decades Across India and Pakistan (Sept 6)

More than 200 people have been killed in flooding caused by heavy rain across large swathes of India and Pakistan.

At least 110 people were killed by downpours in Pakistani-administered Kashmir and Punjab.

About 100 people also died in Indian-administered Kashmir, as the floodwaters washed away houses and triggered landslides, officials said.

The region is suffering from its worst flooding in two decades.

On Thursday, a bus carrying about 50 members of a wedding party in Indian-administered Kashmir was swept into a gorge, killing dozens. The bride and groom were among those feared dead.

The full extent of the region's death toll is not clear.

On Saturday, Omar Abdullah, chief minister of the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir, told local media that "close to 100 lives" had been lost.

However, local media reported that up to 120 people in the state had been killed in the floods, including at least 14 killed by landslides.

Mr Abdullah said that the army had been requisitioned to help in rescue efforts.

"Now that the rain has eased, we hope that water levels will start going down," he said.

More than 2,000 people have been marooned by the floods and required rescue in the past five days, the Times of India newspaper reported.

Meanwhile, Ahmad Kamal, a spokesman for Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority, said that 100 people had died in Pakistani-administered Kashmir when the roofs of their homes collapsed.

Forty people were killed by the floods in Pakistan's Punjab province alone, Dawn newspaper reported.

Much of the city of Lahore was submerged by floods, with houses levelled by the rain, the newspaper added.

Source

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29093254

Flooding in south Italy: Puglia devastated by the floods

There is talk of rain accumulations of awesome, awesome, scary, almost 1000 mm 5 in just 5 days. The data detection Falcare located in the hinterland, he recorded 840 mm! The data are to be confirmed, but it gives an idea of ​​the scale of the disaster that is affecting the area. Even this morning, for example, of Vico del Gargano fell 114 mm of rain.

Some sources mention record rain that hasn't been seen in 80 years. A thousand tourists evacuated; since monday the amount of rain was the same that it usually falls in an entire year! Millions of damage; one person died.

Source: bit.ly/1lPX6Mz

Phoenix Hit With Massive Dust Storm, Followed By Record Flooding (Sept 6-8)

It’s been an interesting few days in Phoenix, Arizona. A huge dust storm blanketed the area on Saturday, blowing thick sand on wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour.

And today was the wettest day in the city’s recorded history, breaking a 75-year-old record for rainfall.

It was only 9:30 a.m. on Monday when the rainfall record was broken, with Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport reporting 3.29 inches of rain since midnight, according to Phoenix’s local CBS affiliate. That surpassed the previous daily record of 2.91 inches, the most rain since Phoenix began record-keeping in 1895. As of publication, more than 4 inches of rain had fallen so far in Phoenix.

The rare heavy rainfall led to flooding that inundated freeways and stranded drivers on the side of the road. Portions of the I-10 were completely inundated as drivers attempted to cross flooded roadways. Law enforcement in La Paz, Arizona, reported multiple cars were stuck in the high water. Roadways around the Phoenix area were closed as waters proved too high for cars to safely pass through.

Sources

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/09/08/3564434/phoenix-wacky-w...

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/flood-arizona-phoenix-no...

https://www.azpm.org/p/home-featured/2014/9/8/43706-brewer-declares...

UPDATE: 2 Deaths Reported in Tucson Floods; State Emergency

Story by AZPM Staff

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

PHOTO: MACKENZIE GREER

Flooding underneath La Cholla bridge at the Cañada Del Oro Wash.

Two women have died in separate incidents because of heavy floods in the Tucson area.

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office said this afternoon a 76-year-old woman drowned after trying to cross a wash near Oracle Junction, north of Tucson.

The department got a call from the woman's husband reporting their vehicle had been trapped in a wash. The woman was swept by the current. Her husband made it out.

Earlier Monday, a woman's car was swept away by floods on the east side of town. Tucson Fire Department spokesman Barrett Baker said rescue units responded to a residential area near 22nd Street and Kolb Road at around 9:30 a.m. When they arrived, the car was submerged and couldn't be reached. The water was 10 to 15 feet high, Baker said.

Several roads were closed throughout Tucson because of heavy flooding, including Overton Road at the Canada Del Oro Wash, Limberlost at the Agua Caliente Wash, Wentworth Road at Tanque Verde Creek, Avra Valley Road at the Brawley Wash, Tanque Verde Road at Conestoga Avenue, and Silverbell Road between Avra Valley Road to Sasco Road.

County officials said people should proceed with caution in other roads around town, including Sahuarita Road between Houghton Road and Wentworth Road, Old Spanish Trail at the Rincon Creek, and Valencia Road between Camino Verde to Viviana Avenue.

Pima County said in a media release earlier today it would dismiss county employees on a staggered schedule starting at 3:15 p.m. Monday. Employees were divided in groups, releasing those who live the furthest from work first.

County libraries in Tucson also announced they would all be closing at 5 p.m.

Rain storms also hit the Phoenix area early Monday, flooding major freeways, and causing many water rescues in the area. Mayor Greg Stanton declared a state of emergency for the city.

Sections of Interstate 10 and 17 in west Phoenix were closed.

The National Weather Service recorded 2.99 inches of rain in the city by about 7 a.m., breaking the old record of 2.91 inches set in 1933.

PHOTO: MACKENZIE GREER

Flooding at La Cholla Bridge.

British winters have been 'more volatile' in the last 10 years than in the last 100

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/british-winters-have-been...

Summer Snowstorm Continues for 3rd Straight Day in Calgary (Sept 10)

Calgary endured its third consecutive day of freak summer snowfall with nearly a foot of snow in Beauvais Lake Provincial Park.

The snowstorm began on September 8 when temperatures dropped by 25°C over a 24 hour period.

Emergency responders and utility workers have been scrambling to deal with power lines downed by snow-laden tree branches. They expect work to continue into Thursday, and the cleanup could take days or even weeks.

Approximately 30,000 homes and businesses have already lost power from the snowfall over the last two days. Nearly a hundred traffic lights are also out, adding to the city’s congestion with road conditions remaining icy.

Heavy snow has caused power lines to fall and branches or even entire trees to snap.

The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) said many schools were open to students despite the power outages, but some parents say their children were turned away upon arrival.

"We had approximately 60 facilities without power for at least a portion of the day," said the CBE in a release. "As of 3:45 p.m. there were still 19 schools without power.

The snowstorm that has blanketed southern Alberta over the last few days has also flattened grain crops just as farmers were getting ready to harvest them.

Ken Friesz, who farms about 2,000 hectares near Indus east of Calgary, says his wheat and barley are flat on the ground and the canola isn't much better.

A travel alert has been placed on the city as flights are being delayed or canceled entirely.

Wind chill values in northern Alberta are expected to drop to minus 12 degrees C on Wednesday night, but temperatures are expected to warm up well above freezing levels beginning Thursday, reaching 20°C by the end of the weekend.

Sources

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/09/meanwhile-calgary-summer-snowsto...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-snow-knocks-out-power...

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/chilly-temperatures-...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-snow-bad-news-for-far...

Record earliest snowfall in Rapid City, South Dakota.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=unr&story...

The photos at the bottom are of my own yard and garden area, which got >10 inches (>25 cm) in 24 hrs. Overnight last night it was 22 degrees F (-5 C).

Just a reminder, for us there is still one week of summer left!!!!

Followup to previous post with official info:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=unr&story...

Black Hills snow is earliest on record

Here is the overview of the chill!

The big chill comes early – record winter blast hits Northern Plains

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/09/12/the-big-chill-comes-early-rec...

Massive early cold wave –  Nearly an inch of snow at Rapid City. This is the earliest recorded snowfall going back to 1888.

Hurricane Odile has descended on northwestern Mexico: winds of 205 km / h

Monday, September 15, 2014,

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2014/09/luragano-odile-minaccia-baja-califor...

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Odile The hurricane made landfall on the Mexican peninsula of Baja California with winds reaching 205 km piecewise times. This was reported by the National Hurricane Center in Miami Usa, specifying the center of the hurricane touched land at around 21:45 local time on Sunday (6:45 this morning in Italy) near Cabo San Lucas. A meteorological station located in the area has experienced sustained winds of 144 kilometers per hour and gusts to 187 kilometers per hour. Currently Odile is moving north-northwest at 28 kilometers per hour. On the night residents and tourists have traveled as a precaution in shelters and in the conference rooms of the hotel. According to forecasts, the storm will bring heavy rain and high waves, which could cause landslides and flooding. Luis Felipe Puente, the national coordinator of the Mexican civil protection agency, said that the authorities have set up 164 shelters for 30 thousand people in the State of Baja California Sur. "We will be affected, do not put your lives at risk," he warned the population of the State Governor Marcos Covarrubias. After reaching the last category 4 hurricane on the scale of dangerousness, Odile has weakened and been downgraded to category 3 At least 22 flights were canceled due to bad weather and some tourists camped in the international airport of Los Cabos, which suspended all links yesterday afternoon. A hurricane warning is in effect from Punta Abreojos to Loreto and the Mexican authorities have declared the highest alert for all areas that are on the road to Odile. All the ports of Lower California were closed.
Meanwhile, in the central Atlantic Ocean, 1,345 km to the northeast of the Leeward Islands, Hurricane Edouard is moving toward the northwest at 24 kilometers per hour. The hurricane brings with sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour, but it should remain confined in the sea and there are no risks to the mainland.

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2014/09/luragano-odile-si-abbatte-nordovest-...

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Victim of thunderstorms, Ales (France)was severely damaged by flooding

http://www.midilibre.fr/2014/09/20/gard-orages-et-inondations-des-s...

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Firefighters with the help of helicopters, conducted on the night of Friday 19 to Saturday, September 20, two saved and twenty eight rescued in Ales (Gard), where heavy rains caused floods causing no casualties.

In the city and surrounding streets were flooded, cut roads and landslides occurred, said the CODIS, referring to people in need in their homes or their vehicles. According ERDF, quoted by the Prefecture, about 6,000 homes were without power Saturday morning.

And, according to Mayor Max Ales Roustan, "600 cars finished in the water." Reached by telephone, he added: "It is catastrophic".

"The intensities that night exceeded 50 mm per hour. Around Ales, the totals reached 150 to 170 mm in less than six hours"