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.
Kris H
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.
Aug 3, 2014
jorge namour
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.
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2014/08/impressionante-tempesta-sabbia-nello...
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
Aug 13, 2014
Howard
Central North America Temperatures Fluctuating Wildly in 2014 (Aug 16)
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...
Aug 16, 2014
lonne rey
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...
Aug 17, 2014
lonne rey
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”
Aug 20, 2014
KM
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
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.
Aug 21, 2014
Howard
Sudden Dust Storms Sweep Over California and Arizona, Leaving Injuries and Damage (Aug 21)
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...
Aug 22, 2014
Derrick Johnson
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...
Aug 31, 2014
Howard
Summer Snow in Southern Alberta (Sept 3)
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...
Sep 4, 2014
Howard
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.
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
Sep 6, 2014
Howard
Worst Flooding in Decades Across India and Pakistan (Sept 6)
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
Sep 6, 2014
Stra
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
Sep 8, 2014
Howard
Phoenix Hit With Massive Dust Storm, Followed By Record Flooding (Sept 6-8)
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...
Sep 9, 2014
KM
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
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.
Sep 9, 2014
Mark
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...
British winters have become more volatile over the past decade compared to the previous century, with weather extremes becoming particularly pronounced in the month of December, a study has concluded.
A see-saw pattern of fluctuations in the atmospheric pressure over the North Atlantic has in recent years become more varied during the first few weeks of winter, causing the December weather in particular to fluctuate dramatically between mild, wet and stormy, and cold, frosty and snowy, scientists found.
An analysis of a phenomenon known as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), which is a north-south variation in barometric pressure between Iceland and the Azores, has shown that out of 115 years of observations, three out of the five all-time “highs” and two out of five record “lows” for the month of December have occurred in the past 10 years.
When the NAO is in the positive phase, with a marked difference in barometric pressure between Iceland and the Azores, strong westerly winds predominate, sending mild, wet and often stormy winter weather to the British Isles.
When the NAO is in the negative phase, the westerly airflow is weaker, often leading to colder, Arctic air flowing over Britain, bringing frosty or snowy weather from the north and east.
Sep 10, 2014
Howard
Summer Snowstorm Continues for 3rd Straight Day in Calgary (Sept 10)
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...
Sep 11, 2014
K Tonkin
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!!!!
Sep 12, 2014
K Tonkin
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
Sep 12 - Snowfall over the Black Hills on September 11 was the early snowfall of an inch or more at several stations. Some of the measurements are also close to the greatest September monthly totals:
Fort Meade: 1.0", which is the earliest snowfall > 1.0"; previous was 2.5" on Sep 12-14, 1903
Lead: 4.5"; 1.5" fell on Aug 24, 1910
Mount Rushmore: 8.1", which is the earliest snowfall > 1.0"; previous was 4.2" on Sep 16, 1965 & 1.5" on Sep 16, 1980; also the second highest September snowfall behind 8.3" in 1965
Pactola: 5.8", which is the earliest snowfall > 1.0"; previous was 2.0" on Sep 16, 1965; also the second highest September snowfall behind 6.0" in 1955
Rapid City NWS: 1.6", which is the earliest snowfall > 1.0"; previous was 2.8" on Sep 15, 1903; also the second highest September snowfall behind 4.8" in 1927
Spearfish: 2.5",which is the earliest snowfall > 1.0"; previous was 3.0" on Sep 12, 1949
Gillette: 2.0", which is the second earliest snowfall > 1.0"; earliest is 3.0" on Sep 9, 1962
Sep 14, 2014
SongStar101
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.
Sep 14, 2014
jorge namour
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.
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Sep 15, 2014
lonne rey
Victim of thunderstorms, Ales (France)was severely damaged by flooding
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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"
Sep 20, 2014
Howard
Dramatic time-lapse video of a new classification of cloud formation established in 2009 filmed in the skies above Lincoln, Nebraska on July 17, 2014.
Sep 23, 2014
Howard
Dramatic images a rare "roll cloud" that sprawled across Venice, Florida on Tuesday morning, September 23.
Sep 26, 2014
KM
http://www.weather.com/news/canada-north-dakota-montana-record-heat...
Record Heat: 90s Bake Southern Canada, North Dakota, Montana
By Jon Erdman Published: Sep 26, 2014, 10:56 AM EDT weather.com
Actual high temperatures on Sept. 25, 2014.
When you think of 90-degree-plus record heat in late September, I'll bet Canada doesn't pop in your head first.
Contours of actual highs on Sept. 25, 2014 with record heat circled in Montana, North Dakota and southern Canada.
Highs Thursday soared into the 90s as far north as southern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba, smashing daily temperature records.
Estevan, Saskatchewan topped out just under 94 degrees. The provincial capital of Regina had its warmest day of the year (91.6 degrees F or 33.1 degrees C). Eight other Canadian cities soared above 90 degrees in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Record highs were set as far north as Thompson, Manitoba (79.7F or 26.5C), just under 500 miles north of Winnipeg.
South of the border, both Williston, North Dakota, and Miles City, Montana (97), sweated through their record hottest day so late in the season, according to weather historian Christopher Burt and senior meteorologist Stu Ostro.
Rapid City, South Dakota (92), reached the 90s two weeks after their earliest snowfall on record.
Interestingly, parts of Canada were hotter than locations in Texas and Florida.
Laredo, Texas, and Fort Myers, Florida, each topped out at 92 degrees, a tad cooler than Estevan, Saskatchewan, and Brandon, Manitoba (93.2F).
Jet-stream pattern leading to upside-down temperature regime.
This upside-down temperature pattern -- Canada warmer than Texas and Florida -- isn't nearly as uncommon as it sounds.
Quite often in the winter months, after an intrusion of Arctic air settles in the central and eastern U.S., the jet stream will buckle well northward into Alaska and western Canada.
Particularly when winds blow down the slopes of the Rockies, temperatures in the Canadian Prairies and U.S. High Plains can quickly become warmer than still shivering parts of the Gulf Coast and Florida.
Sep 28, 2014
jorge namour
Flooding in the South of France, Montpellier underwater "exceptional phenomena" [PHOTOS]
Monday, September 29, 2014,
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Sep 29, 2014
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Flooding in the south of France
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Some 300 mm of rainfall - or 300 liters per square meter - fell Monday within hours of Montpellier, a record since the earliest records dating back to 1957
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Sep 30, 2014
Mark
DRIEST SEPTEMBER ACROSS THE UK AND ONE OF THE WARMEST
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2775020/Green-pleasant-land...
Britain's green and pleasant lands have been transformed to scorched earth as the country records the driest September since records began in 1910.
This month is also likely to finish in the top five warmest, with UK mean temperatures significantly above the monthly average and today reaching a summery 23C in some areas.
According to figures released today, this September was even warmer than August across parts of the UK. The Central England Temperature of 15.3C was 1.2C above the mean for 1981-2010, making the month - rarely - warmer than August, said weather historian Philip Eden.
It was the warmest September since 2006, and in the last 100 years only three were warmer, two had the same mean temperature, while 95 were cooler.
Parts of the River Wharfe in North Yorkshire have completely dried up due to lack of rainfall, leaving a rocky scar across the arid countryside. And Hollowell Reservoir, in Northamptonshire, is running at just 50 per cent of its normal level, reduced to little more than a trickle of its former glory.
According to Met Office figures some areas of the UK have had less than 20mm of rainfall for the whole of September, just 20 per cent of the normal amount of rainfall for the month.
But forecasters warn 'change is afoot' with a much wetter and windier picture for the beginning of October, although it is likely to remain warmer than normal.
Oct 1, 2014
Derrick Johnson
September 2014 Shatters Temperature, Precipitation Records in Some Places
By Jon Erdman Published: Oct 1, 2014, 2:46 PM EDT weather.com
September 2014 is in the record books for several locations in the U.S. and around the world.
Among the extremes in September 2014 were record-smashing rain, unusually early snow, sweltering late-season heat and a stunning lack of rain.
Perhaps no city embodied the weird extremes of September like Rapid City, South Dakota:
- Sept. 3: High of 93 degrees
- Sept. 11: Record earliest measurable snow (1.6 inches)
- Sept. 18: High of 90 degrees
- Sept. 25-26: Highs in the low 90s
- Sept. 29-30: 3.80 inches of rain (almost three times the average September monthly precipitation)
September 2014 records and notables.
Here are some of the impressive notables from the month:
WET
- Phoenix: Wettest calendar day (3.30 inches on Sept. 8)
- Kirksville, Missouri: Record 24-hour rainfall (9.60 inches from Sept. 9-10)
- Daytona Beach, Florida: Wettest September
- Charleston, South Carolina: Tied for most Sept. days with measurable rain (18 days; 1979)
- Lake J.B. Thomas, Texas: Reached its highest level since 1973 on September 22.
- Montpellier, France: Two-hour France rain record; heaviest rainstorm in city history on September 29.
- Ishinomaki, Japan: All-time 1-hour rainfall record at this location (3.58 inches) on Sept. 11
Other cities which set their wettest September calendar day include Eureka, California (2.59 inches on Sept. 24), Medford, Oregon (2.02 inches on Sept. 24), and Chadron, Nebraska (2.61 inches on Sept. 29).
SNOW
- Rapid City, South Dakota: Earliest measurable snow (1.9 inches on Sept. 11).
- Boulder, Colorado: Earliest measurable snow (0.5 inches on Sept. 12).
- North Platte, Nebraska: Earliest trace of snow (Sept. 11).
While not a record, Calgary, Alberta picked up 28.2 centimeters (just over 11 inches) of snow from September 8-10, on par with its average for September through November.
(RECAPS: Record Early High Plains Snow | Calgary Snow Mess)
HOT
- Los Angeles: Record energy demand Sept. 15 and 16, topping the old record from Sept. 27, 2010
- Hilo, Hawaii: Record September daily high (93 on Sept. 26)
- Seattle: Most 80-degree-plus days in a year: 40 days through September 30.
- Sept. 25 hottest day so late in the season in: Williston, North Dakota and Miles City, Montana (97 degrees)
- Sept. 26 hottest day so late in the season in: Swan River, Manitoba (95.2 degrees) and Sheridan, Wyoming (94 degrees)
- Sept. 28 hottest day so late in the season in: Caribou and Millinockeet, Maine (84 degrees), as well as Houlton, Maine (85 degrees)
- Medford, Oregon: Second hottest September (2011 was hottest); Also, second wettest September day (2.02 inches on Sept. 24).
(RECAP: 90s Bake Southern Canada)
DRY
- Dallas/Ft. Worth: Driest September (0.06 inches of rain)
- Milton, Massachusetts (Blue Hill Observatory): Driest September (0.36 inches of rain)
- Providence, Rhode Island: Second driest September (0.74 inches); Driest in 100 years (Record: 0.48 inches in 1914)
- Springfield, Massachusetts: Second driest September (1.09 inches).
- United Kingdom: Driest September in records dating to 1910.
COLD
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Coldest daily high temperature so early in the season (51 on Sept. 11, 50 on Sept. 12)
- Madison, Wisconsin: Coldest daily high temperature so early in the season (54 on Sept. 11, 47 on Sept. 12)
Interestingly, a climate station near Ivotuk, Alaska (in the Brooks Range) measured a low temperature of 6 degrees on the morning of September 5. According to to the Alaska Climate Info Facebook page, this may have been one of the coldest temperatures measured in the Alaska so early in the season.
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Oct 2, 2014
J Ph
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This Chaotic New Cloud Could Be The Coolest Thing Since Cumulus
This raging airmass seems likely to become the first cloud formation the World Meteorological Organization will recognize in more than 60 years.
Oct 2, 2014
SongStar101
U.S. Drought Monitor: California Drought covers 100% of state
Oct 3, 2014
Mark
UK'S INDIAN SUMMER SUDDENLY ENDS WITH FIERCE STORMS
Taxi driver killed by falling masonry after 122mph winds leave 10,000 without power and flooded roads and leaves on the line mean misery for commuters
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A taxi driver has died after being hit by falling masonry in a seaside town during windy conditions that wreaked havoc in Britain yesterday.
Police were called to Bridlington, East Yorkshire, at about 1pm after the masonry fell from a building and struck the 61-year-old man’s vehicle.
Hurricane-force winds of up to 122mph and driving rain caused chaos on the roads and railways, ruining journeys for thousands of commuters.
Separately, a motorcyclist was also killed near Reading, Berkshire, when he collided with a tractor on the leaf-strewn A4074 country lane.
Heavy rain and strong winds across parts of the UK made it a miserable Monday as the first storm of the autumn swept across the country.
Forecasters warned last night that there was more bad weather on its way as an area of low pressure sat off Ireland.
This replaced the high pressure area which had brought unseasonal warm and dry conditions for much of September.
Oct 7, 2014
jorge namour
Here's how "Vongfong" in a few hours has become one of the most destructive typhoons in history, warm waters and warm and very humid air drawn in by the South China Sea - Super Typhoon Vongfong Headed for Japan it is a monster right now
Category 5 equivalent ( From a link )
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
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As the super-typhoon "Haiyan", went down in history for its violent winds average sustained up to 195 mile / per hour, about 314 km / h, even "Vongfong," at this time is showing how much of the typhoons that develop the stretch of the Pacific Ocean north of the atolls of Micronesia and Papua New Guinea, can turn into real monsters, capable of bringing serious devastation in coastal areas adjacent to the "landfall".
The great similarity that binds the super-typhoon "Vongfong" currently in action over the Western Pacific in the stretch to the north-west of the archipelago of Marianne, to "Haiyan," is to have a huge vortex structure, extending for more than 800 km, which is able to reverse the natural circulation of winds in the lower and middle layers, including Taiwan, Daito Islands and the Philippines, where sustained winds blowing from the N-NE and NE, linked to the most peripheral part of the western edge of the impressive storm. With this immense vortex structure, able to unleash a formidable centrifugal force, "Vongfong" was able to suck from her extended southern edge, very moist air masses and warm even in the eastern section of the South China Sea and the seas in front of the Philippines. All through the lure of a breeze from SW ventilation which pushed towards the core of the super-typhoon, air umidissima and warm, sub-equatorial sea, coming from the hot surface of the Sea of Sulu and Celebes Sea.
This remarkable contribution of hot air and very humid, from sub-equatorial latitudes, within the very broad cyclonic system, through the activation of a sustained ventilation by SO, between the Sea of Celebes, the island of Mindanao and the Sea west of the Philippines (also very hot on the surface), has helped to strengthen the already deep convective activity on all sides of the storm, leading to a significant deepening of the process of "self-powering" that within a few hours has significantly boosted "Vongfong ".
Turning it into a dangerous super-typhoon 5th category on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with sustained winds average very violent, who have reached the fateful threshold of 250-260 km / h, but with extreme bursts lapping the 320-330 km / h in the area around the central eye.
expiring at great speed around the deep minimum baric mind-boggling, below 900 hPa,
Within the perturbed, where there are hidden wind storms more violent, it is estimated the development of large waves of "living sea", able to reach 10-12 meters in height, but with "Run-Up "locally higher in the central area close to the eye, even beyond 14 meters.
Like all tropical depressions and tropical storms that form in the vast stretch of ocean between Papua New Guinea and the atolls of Micronesia, also "Vongfong" from the beginning, after crossing the Northern Marianas, began to follow a trajectory very dangerous, pushing over a large pool of warm water, with values close to + 30 ° C, which extend to great depth, in
This is leading to a significant deepening of the process of "self-powering" which strengthened the super-typhoon from the 4th to the 5th category Saffir-Simpson in a few hours.
in a very wet environment in the lower layers, in low latitudes, the typhoon could easily acquire a tremendous amount of energy that has turned him into the monster that now threatens to close the 'Japanese Ryukyu archipelago
Going through this type of trajectory "Vongfong," just as "Haiyan" a year ago, has thus become one of the most powerful typhoons to the recent climatic history.
The storm will reach the southern islands of Japan over the weekend and then up around the country the Japanese between Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 October, causing strong winds and torrential rains. Wednesday, October 15 will reach the Russian island of Sakhalin and then take in the sea of Okhotsk.
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Oct 8, 2014
SongStar101
Cold Temps Set Record as Snow Arrives in Chicago
Saturday’s snowflakes mark the third earliest snow sighting since the city began recording
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Looks like Mother Nature isn’t going to let Chicago forget that winter is coming.
The city saw light snow Saturday morning, marking one of the earliest snow sightings on record.
The earliest snow spotting in Chicago is Sept. 25, which occurred in 1928 and again in 1944, according to the National Weather Service.
Saturday’s snowflakes mark the third earliest snow sighting since the city began recording.
The Rockford area also spotted snow Saturday morning, marking their second earliest sighting. The record was set in 1951 when the area saw snow on Oct. 3.
But the snow wasn't the only weather element the Chicago area made the record books with this weekend.
The city set a temperature record with O'Hare Airport recording a high of 47 degrees, marking the lowest maximum high temperature in 79 years, the NWS reported. The previous record, set on October 4, 1935, was 48 degrees.
The average high temperature in Chicago for the month of October is 62 degrees. The average low temperature is about 43 degrees.
Blame Saturday's cold snap on winds from the west-north-west brought in by a system that dropped significant rain on the Chicago area early Friday morning.
We're in the range of calendar days when we could see our first fall freeze.
Winds Saturday morning kept frost away from the area despite the snow, but with temps dipping into the 30s overnight and very little wind forecast, the area could see pieces of patchy frost. Temperatures could dip below 32 degrees in some areas.
A Frost Advisory was issued Saturday night for several Illinois counties and parts of Northwest Indiana.
The earliest a fall freeze ever happened in Chicago was on Sept. 22, 1995. The latest that's ever happened was the 30 degrees reached on Nov. 24, 1931, according to records provided by the National Weather Service.
Sunday looks to recover slightly with partly sunny skies and a high of 56 degrees.
The city will return to near-normal temperatures at the start of the work week with highs forecast in the low- to mid-60s for much of the week.
Oct 8, 2014
KM
http://floodlist.com/africa/10-killed-south-sudan-floods-october-2014
At Least 10 Killed in South Sudan Floods
Local media in Sudan are reporting that at least 10 people have been killed in 2 separate incidents of flooding in South Sudan over the last 7 days.
The Sudan Tribune reports that heavy rain in Eastern Equatoria state between 04 and 05 October 2014 caused severe floods in the county of Magwi. Roads and bridges have been damaged as a result of the flooding. The heavy rain has also caused landslides in the area.
At least 6 people died in the flooding in the village of Owinykibul. The heavy rain caused the Atebi River to overflow and one person died after being swept away while he attempted to cross.
File photo – floods in South Sudan
In Unity state at least 3 people drowned in floods after heavy rain in Mankien, Mayom county on 05 October. The flooding has also caused damage to homes and property in several areas of the county.
Local media are also reporting that heavy rains and floods have been seen in Maban County, Upper Nile state. No damage to property has been reported, although the flooding caused disruption to transport after major roads were blocked or made impassable.
File photo: Floods in Upper Nile state, 2011. Photo: UN Photo / Flickr
Over 60,000 people were displaced by flooding in Sudan and South Sudan in August this year.
One of the worst affected areas has been Bentiu, Unity state, South Sudan, the location of the refugee camp housing around 50,000 people. The camp has suffered badly from flooding since July this year. A recent report by IRIN said that flooding had wiped out much of the camp’s infrastructure and the property of camp residents, including beds.
The camp is located in a low lying area prone to flooding. The recent heavy rainfall in Unity state is likley to affect camp conditions once again.
Bentiu camp, South Sudan. Photo: UN Photo / Flickr
Floods in refugee camp at Bentiu, August 2014. Photo: UN Photo / Flickr
Oct 9, 2014
KM
http://floodlist.com/america/378-mm-rain-floods-nicaragua
Floods in Nicaragua After 378 mm of Rain in 24 Hours
A slow moving low pressure system moving from the Caribbean dumped record amounts of heavy rain on north and south-western Nicaragua on 9 October 2014, causing floods and landslides in the departments of Rivas, Granada, Chinandega and Rio San Juan.
As many as 6,000 people (800 families) have been affected. More than 500 people had to be evacuated and are now being houses in temporary accommodation. SINAPRED (Sistema Nacional para la Prevención, Mitigación y Atención de Desastres) reports that 24 houses have been completely destroyed in the floods, with a further 890 damaged. There are unconfirmed reports that over 20 families have been completey cut off by flooding near the Ochomogo River.
A young girl, aged 5 years old, died when she was swept away in flood waters in the village of Santa Teresa, Ometepe Island.
Record Rainfall
According to a report by SINAPRED, the accumulated rainfall figures over 24 hours were above 60 mm in Masatepe, Masaya, Granada, and over 100 mm in Nandaime, Rivas Tola.
Yesterday Nicaragua’s Meteorology departmert, INETER, said that the heavy rain is expected to cintinue for 36 hours.
Heavy rain in Nicaragua / SINAPRED
Heavy rain was also falling elsewhere in the region over the last 24 hours according to WMO. Over 77 mm fell in Belize, 101.6 mm in Puerto Lempra, Honduras, and 73 mm in Pereira, north Colombia..
Oct 11, 2014
lonne rey
Torrential rain causes deadly flash flooding in Genoa, Italy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/10...
Over 17 inches of rain in 24 hours fell near Genoa, Italy on Thursday and Friday, causing the Bisagno river to swell past its banks, leaving at least one person dead according to Reuters.
CNN International meteorologist Brandon Miller reports that this amount of rain is two and a half times the monthly average for the area.
Oct 11, 2014
jorge namour
Bad weather, ghostly clouds "mammatus" on the sky at sunset Parma [PHOTOS] - ITALY
Saturday, October 11th 2014,
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It has not rained in a particularly intense way to Parma this afternoon, as opposed to other places in Emilia Romagna, but at sunset they were formed in the sky spectacular mammatus clouds that gave glimpses at times dark, but still extraordinarily fascinating and suggestive.
Oct 12, 2014
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2794053/blizzard-conditions...
Blizzard conditions kill 27 in Nepal with another 70 missing as officials warn it will take days to dig out bodies from deep snow
By TED THORNHILL FOR MAILONLINE and PRESS ASSOCIATION and ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 13:26 GMT, 15 October 2014 | UPDATED: 14:22 GMT, 16 October 2014
Dozens of stranded foreign trekkers have been rescued and more bodies have been found following a blizzard and avalanches in northern Nepal, taking the death toll to 27.
About 70 people are still missing along or near the popular Annapurna trail, according to the Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal, and the death toll is expected to rise.
The route, 100 miles north-west of the capital, Kathmandu, was filled with international hikers during the peak October trekking season, when the air is generally clear and cool.
Members of the army pulling dead bodies of trekkers from the Thorung La mountain pass on the Annapurna Circuit, near Muktinath, in Mustang district
Dozens of stranded foreign trekkers have been rescued and more bodies have been found (pictured) following a blizzard and avalanches in northern Nepal, taking the death toll to 27
HOW DID CYCLONE HUDHUD BECOME SUCH A DEVASTATING FORCE?
Pictured is Cyclone Hudhud on October 9th in the Bay of Bengal. The storms that form in this region have a reputation for being unusually destructive
India's east coast has been in the path of a powerful cyclone, Hudhud, that has engulfed the area in winds of up to 135mph (217 km per hour).
Weather experts claim it is the strongest tropical cyclone of this year within the North Indian Ocean.
The cyclone, named after the Arabic Hoopoe, formed in the Northern Indian Ocean with satellite pictures now showing it moving away from Nepal towards China.
While tropical cyclones are less likely to form in this region than in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean basins, the storms that do form have a reputation for being unusually destructive.
Eight of the ten deadliest tropical cyclones in history are believed to be Bay of Bengal storms, with all of these storms causing well over 100,000 deaths.
A number of factors contribute to the destructiveness of Indian Ocean storms, including simple geography.
For instance, the Bay of Bengal is semi-enclosed, which means storms that form there are quite likely to strike land where much of the coastline is densely populated and low-lying.
The storm went through a period of rapid intensification as it approached the India coast, with Nasa suggesting this may be due to increasing sea surface temperatures.
Hudhud intensified into a cyclonic storm on October 8 and as a Severe Cyclonic Storm on October 9. It then gathered pace and was classified as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm.
Shortly before landfall near Visakhapatnam, Hudhud reached its peak strength with three minute wind speeds of 109mph (175 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 960 mbar (28.35 inHg).
The bad weather hit a resting place 4,500m (14,800ft) above sea level, not far below popular Annapurna trek's highest point, the Thong La pass.
After bringing damaging winds and flooding to parts of eastern and northern India, the tail end of Tropical Cyclone Hudhud hit the Himalayas resulting in an intense blizzard.
Pictured is the rainfall analysis of Cyclone Hudhud from October 7-14 showed heavy rainfall in many areas. Up to 550 mm (~22 inches, dark red) over ocean and over land, the highest totals are 200 to 250 mm (~8 to 12 inches, green) and 50 to 100 mm (~2 to 4 inches, blue)
Oct 16, 2014
Mark
Summer Returns to the UK:
Britain to be hotter than Greece tomorrow - but Hurricane Gonzalo will bring 50mph winds and heavy rains when it hits on Monday
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2797050/come-rain-shine-bri...
Forecasters say Hurricane Gonzalo - the strongest Atlantic storm in three years - is heading for the UK and will unleash heavy rain and 50mph gales when it hits on Monday night.
Gonzalo has already battered islands across the West Indies, with images revealing destroyed boats, down trees and debris strewn across beaches in Guadeloupe, Saint Barthelemy and Saint-Martin. It is also expected to hit Bermuda tonight, leaving devastation in its wake.
Oct 18, 2014
KM
http://floodlist.com/europe/deadly-flash-floods-tenerife
Deadly Flash Floods in Tenerife
At least one person has died in flash flooding that struck on the tourist island of Tenerife. Some local media reports claim that at as many as 5 people have died in flooding in the Canary Islands between 19 and 20 October 2014.
Streets were turned to rivers as the eye of a storm passed over Tenerife and La Gomera islands, dumping 140 mm of rain on the Santa Cruz area of Tenerife in just 24 hours. Cars were submerged and tarmac ripped up from roads as raging flood water swept through the streets. Over 4,000 homes were left without power during the peak of the storm.
A 56 year old woman died from a heart attack after being dragged away by flood water while crossing a flooded street in Santa Cruz.
The islands are hugely popular with tourists, especially those from northern Europe. A state of emergency has been declared in 4 of the islands – Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro.
Oct 22, 2014
SongStar101
Significant temperature drop in northern areas in China
http://english.jschina.com.cn/20728/201410/t1729675.shtml
A cold front has brought dramatic temperature drops to the northern regions of China.
North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin are seeing falls of up to 20 degrees Celsius. In Harbin, the highest temperature is just 5 degrees Celsius. And the lowest in many cities is below zero. Heilongjiang’s Mohe has seen some heavy snowfall this season already.
The cold front is however a bringer of good news as it’s driving away the smog that’s been lingering in the north for several days. Air pollution has been easing gradually since Monday afternoon.
The cold will also creep down into the southern and eastern regions, with temperature falls of up to 10 degrees Celsius, along with bouts of rain.
Oct 23, 2014
jorge namour
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Oct 24, 2014
SongStar101
China's largest freshwater lake shrinks by one third in 3 days
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/1022/c90882-8798502.html
NANCHANG, Oct. 22 -- China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang, has shrunk by one third in the past three days due to reduced water supply from the Yangtze River and little rainfall.
At 8 a.m. Wednesday, the lake's surface area was 1,490 sq km, a reduction of 679 sq km compared with 2,169 sq km on Monday, said the Jiangxi Provincial Hydrological Bureau.
The water level at Xingzi hydrological station was 11.99 meters at 4 p.m. Wednesday, 2.13 meters lower than the levels in normal years. The water level is falling by 30 cm per day.
Reduced water supply from the upper Yangtze River due to dams and little rainfall in the past month in Jiangxi were two major causes for the shrinking, said the bureau.
The average precipitation was less than 5 mm since Sept. 20 in Jiangxi Province.
The lake's flood season began on April 30 and lasted until Oct. 18. The flood period was 33 days longer than that of last year.
The sharp fall of water levels in the lake will affect shipping and fishing as well as the water supply for nearby residents.
Oct 25, 2014
KM
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“Winter” arrives in Greece with rain storms, early snow and tempera...
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Winter arrived in Greece with heavy rain, strong winds, early snow in the mountains and sharp temperature drop. Sudden rain storms turned streets into rivers. the island of Zakynthos (Zante) was hit by a mini-tornado that uprooted trees, swept away stables roofs and destroyed balconies.
Snow felt not only in some mountain areas in the north of the country (Samarina, Kastoria) but also in Mount Parnassus in Central Greece.
The sky above Athens and the whole of Attica Prefecture is covered by heavy rain clouds, thunder and lightning predict the heavy rain that falls now and then.
huh? where is the Acropolis?
While temperature in Athens is currently at 20° Celsius, it is expected to drop down to 15°-16° over the weekend. The wind currently coming form South-East, it is expected to turn North-North-East and blow with 6 to 7 Beaufort.
Central Greece: Snow in the mountains 1000m above the sea level.
Locally in the Aegean Sea the wind will blow with intensity of up to 9B.
Snow is considered as ‘premature” for this time of the year, considering the fact that temperature was above 25° C over the last weekend.
Oct 26, 2014
jorge namour
Dramatic situation in Norway: floods, houses and bridges engulfed by the waters [PHOTOS and VIDEO]
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
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A house on the River Opo, Odda, during the recent floods. Photo: Marit Hommedal / NTB scanpix
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Incessant rains crippled traffic, closed roads, blackouts, landslides, houses and bridges collapsed and swallowed up by the waters: this happened in the last hours in western Norway.
The towns most affected were Flåm, Voss and Odda, where the authorities have closed the main roads and many buildings were damaged. This morning Flam attended two helicopters to rescue 22 people cut off causes the level reached by the waters of the local river, which overflows.
The flood began yesterday, Tuesday, and the mayor of Flåm Noralv Distad, said: "The evacuation was difficult. The water level continued to rise rapidly. At first, we issued a voluntary evacuation alert, if someone did not feel safe, but the police decided to evacuate the night itself, "which is made difficult by blocked roads, at least two bridges all underwater tunnels closed.
The authorities claim that the population of the affected area not to venture out to the streets and to stay informed on the state road network, as the river Opo has broken its banks and caused the collapse of a bridge. For Hordaland, police spokesman Morten Kronen, said: "The volume of water was so great that he dug from the ground under the houses
Have evacuated more than 30 people, and thankfully nobody was hurt. "Over 200 people have been evacuated due to heavy rains that hit mercilessly area west of the country. Many homes and vehicles are irreparably damaged in the city of Odda, where it is feared the damage to the fuel storage underground. As for the area of Voss, speaking of the worst flooding in 200 years. "It's raining for three days straight. Especially in the area of Voss, the volume of water broke the record reached in 1892, "says Elin Langsholt, idrologa Norwegian. It 'was in fact the branched' alert level 4, the highest in Norway. In many areas there have been over 100 mm of rain in just 24 hours, and the violence of the water esondate was such as to dig the foundations of the houses and make them collapse.
Oct 29, 2014
Mark
Blaze of Autumn colour as UK prepares for warmest Halloween on record
http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/529125/Blaze-of-Autumn-colour-...
The mercury is expected to start rising today before reaching 71F (21C) on Friday in the south making it the hottest October 31 on record.
Supermarkets say instead of stocking up with soups and hot drinks they are gearing up for a run on barbecue foods this weekend instead.
Tesco is expecting to shift 80,000 packs of barbecue pork ribs, 450,000 packs of party food snacks and six million bottles of beer.
Tesco Halloween manager Serena Fleming said: "This could well be the biggest Halloween party event the UK has ever seen.
Despite spectacular autumn displays yesterday morning around the UK including at Stourhead National Trust gardens, Wilts., and a blazing red sky over Buttermere, the Lake District, it is about to feel more like summer.
The Met Office said temperatures could hit 21C in parts of the south tomorrow before turning cooler and wetter at the weekend.
Oct 31, 2014
SongStar101
Poor rains followed by floods likely to worsen Somalia food crisis, experts warn
http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/254145/icode/
FAO urgently appeals for $49 million to stave off disaster in Horn of Africa country
31 October 2014, Nairobi/Rome - After a poor rainy season, parts of southern Somalia are now being hit by severe bouts of floods, further aggravating the already alarming food security situation in the Horn of Africa nation, experts at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have warned.
With the devastation of the 2011 famine still fresh in the minds of many, Somalia once again finds itself in a humanitarian crisis.
More than one million people are now in urgent need of assistance- a rise of 20 percent in just six months - while another two million people are experiencing threats to their food security.
Much of Somalia's agriculture takes place along the Juba and Shebelle rivers, the only perennial streams in Somalia. They originate in Ethiopia, where over 90 percent of the stream flow is generated and experts fear that swells of floodwaters will ruin the crops.
Latest reports indicate that the worst affected area along the Shebelle River is Belet Weyne town. Along the Juba River, floods have been reported in Dollow, Jilib and Jamame in Lower Juba, where large areas with crops have been inundated.
"We have a small and critical window of opportunity - we must seize it now if we want to avoid going the same way as four years ago," said Luca Alinovi, acting Head of Office, FAO Somalia.
Close to 260 000 people died in the 2010-2012 famine in Eastern Africa - more than half of those were children under the age of five - which was the result of a severe drought exacerbated by inadequate humanitarian assistance and poor humanitarian access.
Many current food security indicators across Somalia resemble or are worse than those seen in the pre-famine period in 2010.
"If we've learned anything from the devastation of the 2011 famine, it's that early warning signs must lead to immediate action," said Bukar Tijani, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa.
"We know from experience that quick responses to early warnings are crucial to prevent disaster and are less costly than emergency responses to full-blown humanitarian crisis," he added.
With resources currently available, FAO will be able to assist 35 000 families (some 210 000 people) throughout the current Deyr - the country's second annual rainy season - which is being used to support livestock redistribution, expand livestock vaccination drives, provide fishing and agricultural inputs and extend cash-for-work programs. As part of its current activities, FAO is distributing vouchers to close to 22 500 families for the purchase of some 4 000 tonnes of locally-sourced seeds to help farmers produce a better January harvest.
But another $49 million is needed to extend assistance to a total of 58 000 at-risk households (some 350 000 people) and continue to support those families throughout the first half of 2015. This is done through Cash-for-Work opportunities, improved agricultural inputs for farming households, redistribution of livestock for destitute pastoralists and agropastoralists and distribution of basic supplies for inland fishing in riverine areas. There is also a need to expand livestock treatment and vaccination campaigns to another 8 million animals (from the current 2 million) to ensure herds can better withstand diseases associated with poor body conditions following periods of prolonged drought.
Roots of the crisis
Poor rains and floods have affected cereal and livestock production across Somalia, while ongoing conflicts continue to disrupt trade routes, thus driving up food prices. As a result, cereal production has fallen 30 percent below the five-year average and cereal prices quadrupled in parts of the country between January and July 2014.
FAO's efforts focus on rural areas in South-central Somalia that are facing food crisis and humanitarian emergency conditions.
"The time is now for the international community to step up and prevent another catastrophe in Somalia," urged Tijani.
Nov 1, 2014
KM
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65 mph winds creating freak waves that slam cars in Chicago and an early snowfall in the Sierra Nevada: Wacky weather greets a change of season as clocks go back this weekend
By JAMES GORDON
PUBLISHED: 15:09 GMT, 1 November 2014 | UPDATED: 15:57 GMT, 1 November 2014
Winds gusting up to 65 mph caused Lake Michigan waves to slam into the Chicago shoreline, sending water onto part of Lake Shore Drive.
The waves which were up to 23-feet high slowed traffic and prompted the cancellation of a Halloween attraction.
Parts of the scenic highway were flooded on Friday, leading to some lane closures and traffic was backed up for miles.
Splish: Huge Lake Michigan waves raised by gale force winds forced the closing of northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive on the right at right
Splash: Gale force winds produced waves of over 20 feet as measured at a NOAA weather buoy far out on the big lake
Splosh: A snow squall during today's gale obscures the buildings of downtown Chicago as a large wave crashes into the seawall
Cars moved slowly through the area. At one point cars were in a single-file line as waves crashed across the three lanes closest to the water.
Emergency crews and trucks blocked the lanes to traffic while they worked to remove water off the road, city officials said.
At one point, waves reached the southbound side, causing traffic in both directions to stop.
Nov 1, 2014
SongStar101
COLUMBIA, SC - November snow earliest in recorded history
http://www.wistv.com/story/27182016/november-snow-in-the-midlands-yes
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -
The snow that fell in the Midlands on Saturday morning is the earliest in recorded history.
Since 1880, there has never been a snowfall in Columbia before this date, according to the National Weather Service. How rare is this event? The first freeze doesn't normally happen until November 10.
Some areas reported 2-3 inches of the white stuff. The snow stayed mostly to the north and to the west of Columbia. Areas in Lexington county experienced the largest accumulations.
Gilbert reported the highest total at 3.5 inches and Pelion got about 2 inches, according to preliminary numbers from the National Weathers Service.
Interstate 20 in western Lexington County was closed for a time because icy conditions prohibited truckers from driving on a hill near Calks Ferry Road.
Thousands were without power in Lexington County due to high winds and downed tree limbs.
Nov 2, 2014
jorge namour
Heavy hail hits Krayot area- Haifa - ISRAEL
Published: 11.03.14, 09:23
Golf ball-sized hailstones plummet down cities in Haifa bay area, causing damage to cars, roofs and shutters; rain expected from north to Negev area, accompanied by thunderstorms.
Residents of the Krayot region, near the Haifa bay, were woken at 6 am on Monday by a heavy hailstorm that hit the area, as the large ice crystals caused damage to cars, tin roofs and shutters.
Shiran Ohayon (24) from Kiryat Motzkin said: "We were startled awake when we heard heavy knocking sounds outside. It was scary, and the scariest was how it just it just got stronger. We heard something huge falling from the sky like stones about to break the window. It's unbelievable that the weather went crazy like that."
Hailstones in Kiryat Motzkin
In some cases, damage was caused to roofs of cars and in others to windows," said the Spokesman of Hof District Fire and Rescue authority, Reshef Uri Chobotaro. In Kiryat Bialik, a tree collapsed but no injuries or damages were reported.
Damage caused to car in Kiryat Ata
Northern residents reported that the giant hailstones had reached the size of ping-pong balls. "We woke up at around 6 am by a loud noise," said Yair Geva from Kiryat Motzkin. "It was amazing to see the size of the hailstones. They caused damage to the street. One of the trees collapsed on a building, and damage was caused to planters on the porch."
"I've been living in the Krayot my entire life and this if the first time I've seen hailstones this size," Yair added. "What is also interesting is that the temperature remained high, at about 21 degrees."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4587310,00.html
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Five-stormy-minutes-as-hail-storm-...
Nov 3, 2014