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.
SongStar101
Drought Reaches 5 of Brazil's 10 Largest Metropolitan Areas
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2015/01/158047...
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FROM SÃO PAULO
Rationing, supply problems and reservoirs at high-alert levels are already a reality in five of Brazil's 10 major metropolitan areas: Belo Horizonte, Campinas, Recife, Rio and São Paulo.
Together, they are home to 48 million people, nearly a quarter of the country's population.
In São Paulo and surrounding areas, the main reservoirs will be depleted in about five months if the rain and consumption maintain their pace seen in the first three weeks of the year.
Given the situation, the state imposed a surcharge on those who increase their consumption, and SABESP President Jerson Kelman admitted the possibility of rationing "if rain continues to not fall in the right places and in the necessary quantities."
In Campinas (São Paulo State), five municipalities are already rationing and others have been facing frequent water cuts since 2014. The situation should worsen.
Jan 30, 2015
jorge namour
The polar vortex plunges to France
News - Updated Friday, January 30, 2015 by The Weather Channel- La Chaîne Météo
The polar vortex, the term was widely publicized during cold waves were recorded for the United States, will experience a drop from the Arctic and will plunge towards France.
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-01-30-11h58...
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The weather is changing on Western Europe: a large low pressure system forms over the North Sea, causing winds oriented northwest sector north. Around this immense pressure area, many hearts around, bringing bad weather throughout the Western Europe (wind, rain, thunderstorms and snow).
This is actually a "dropout" of the jet stream, the wind blowing at high altitudes and contains polar air at high latitudes. Sometimes the jet stream is diverted from its usual trajectory (from west to east) and dips to the south: this is what happened during cold spells occurred in North America.
The polar air sinks south
In early January, a jet-stream stall had created a remarkable cold wave on Greece and Turkey. This time, the deflection of the jet stream dips to the British Isles, France and the Benelux
First, the arrival of this maritime polar air will cause a gradual decline and moderate temperatures, while showers and snow showers will multiply. In the mountains, at the low altitude, it will snow a lot.
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Flurry of snow in the USA: the strange phenomenon
News - Updated Thursday, January 29, 2015 by The Weather Channel- La Chaîne Météo
In the heart of Juno winter storm, a strange weather phenomenon occurred in the streets of Boston: a flurry of snow.
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-01-29-10h07... VIDEO
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110 km / h winds and 90 inches of snow, is the weather report Juno winter storm in Boston (Massachusetts) in one day, from Monday night to Tuesday night. But amidst these extreme conditions, an amazing phenomenon was filmed by a bystander who wanted to capture these spectacular snowy conditions on his camera: a flurry of snow, for small tornado gaits, recalling the Dust Devils (dust devils) of American and Arab deserts.
Jan 30, 2015
SongStar101
Warm weather, lack of snow has Alaska sled dog races scrambling
http://www.adn.com/article/20150121/warm-weather-lack-snow-has-alas...
Snow appears to be in Alaska's forecast, but sled dog races are still pondering serious trail re-routes or cancelations due to the lack of winter weather.
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is considering moving its restart to Fairbanks. The Yukon Quest from Whitehorse to Fairbanks is looking at moving its start due to open water on the Yukon River not far from the Whitehorse. Every sprint race in Anchorage has been canceled due to lack of snow. Numerous mid-distance races across the state are hanging on, hoping that weather improves enough to make the races safe.
Take, for example, the Northern Lights 300. Race Manager Sue Allen said the weather was “certainly affecting” the race, scheduled to start Friday. Lack of snow is the biggest concern right now, she said, noting that the course, which starts at Martin Buser’s Happy Trails Kennel outside of Big Lake, has a “ribbon of ice” on it and “some nice hoar frost.”
“It’s really bad when we’re counting hoar frost as accumulation,” Allen said. “At this point, every little bit helps.”
Allen said Tuesday that 20 of the 38 mushers signed up for the race were attempting to qualify for the Iditarod. The Northern Lights race serves as one of the few 300-mile races in Alaska -- a distance any musher hoping to run a 1,000-mile race must first complete. The Northern Lights race does not offer prizes for winning, but many mushers' main goal is finishing.
Allen admitted she was slightly nervous sending all the new mushers out on a lousy trail. The race has already reduced the maximum number of dogs from 14 to 12 in an effort to slow teams down. She said they plan to ask racers to carry blocks of ice with them to melt for water, since there’s not enough snow accumulation to melt for drinking water.
The decision to cancel is a tough call this year. Last year Allen had to cancel the race the day before the start due to rain.
Allen said it’s especially hard to see people working toward their dream of racing in the Iditarod hurt by the difficulty of getting into a qualifying race. Still, safety is a priority.
“We want people to go out and have a really good time,” Allen said. “But it’s really hard to have to a good time when you’ve shaken all your teeth out of your head.”
Knik 200 Race Manager Bob Sexton noted that his race, which traditionally starts on Knik Lake, is considering a move to Willow’s Deshka Landing because of poor trail conditions. There’s concern that even the lake -- a former Iditarod checkpoint -- doesn’t have enough ice to hold all the dog trucks that usually park on the lake ice.
“It’s unbelievable this year,” Sexton said, noting that race officials would make a call Wednesday night on whether to move the race or cancel it.
Sexton said this year’s Knik 200 field of 40 filled up in 38 minutes.
“So many people are trying to qualify for races, and the races get canceled or they can’t get into the others," Sexton said. "It starts compiling.”
The Tustumena 200 on the Kenai Peninsula is hoping it can finally host the 30th running of its race after also canceling in 2014. As of Tuesday, things weren’t looking great.
“As of today, we have no trail,” said Race Director Tami Murray.
The race has already been moved from Feb. 7 to Feb. 21. Murray said the race wouldn’t make a decision about whether or not to go until closer to the start date.
“We’re ready, we're just waiting for the snow to make an appearance,” she said.
So are sprint racers. John Rasmussen, manager for the Alaska Sled Dog and Racing Association said no one in Anchorage has even been able to train their dogs on the icy, tussocky trails of the Tozier Track off Tudor Road, let alone race on them. He said mushers don’t even show up to the weekly meetings anymore; there’s no reason to until more snow falls.
But Jeff Barney, executive director of the Anchorage’s Fur Rendezvous, which hosts the Open World Championship, wasn’t too concerned Wednesday. He said a lack of snow is always a concern for organizers of the sprint race, but with more than a month to go, he wasn’t worried yet.
“We’re definitely just waiting,” Barney said. “It seems to always work out.”
Anna Berington mushes down a snow-starved section of the Iditarod Trail in the middle of the Farewell Burn during the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. This year has seen even less snow, prompting race organizers across the state to consider postponing, moving or canceling races.
Feb 1, 2015
KM
http://floodlist.com/asia/2-dead-5000-homes-damaged-floods-indonesia
2 Dead, 5,000 Homes Damaged after Floods and Landslides in Indonesia
Heavy rainfall across Indonesia has caused flooding and landslides, resulting in the death of at least 2 people and damage to over 5,000 homes.
Bali
Floods and landslides killed two people in Karangasem district, Karangasem, Bali on 31 January 2015. Two others were injured in the landslide which occurred after heavy rainfall in the region.
West Nusa Tenggara
Floods have damaged at least 4,000 houses in the Dompu and Woja districts, West Nusa Tenggara.
The Jakarta Post said:
East Java
Major flooding has hit a number of villages in Bojonegoro, East , over the last several days due to overflow from nearby rivers, including Mekuris and Pancal. Some areas are said to be under 80 cm of water. Around 50 houses and a health centre have been damaged by the floods in Gondang.
Around 7,000 people in Nganjuk regency have been cut off after floods caused a bridge in Sawahan district to collapse.
South and Central Kalimantan
Heavy rain forced the Benawa and Barabai rivers to overflow in South Kalimantan, flooding of Batu Benawa and Barabai districts.
WMO report that 109 mm of rain fell in 24 hours to 02 February 2015 in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan.
Jakarta
Several areas of Jakarta are again underwater after 2 days of heavy rain across the capital. Kampung Pulo in East Jakarta and Duri Kosambi in West Jakarta and Petogogan, Kebayoran Baru in South Jakarta are said to be worst hit.
WMO report that 104 mm of rain fell over a 24 hour period to 02 February 2015 in Tanjung Priok, Jakarta.
Further Heavy Rainfall
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warned there could be worse to come as the peak of the rainy season is to hit.
Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) called on people to exercise caution during the current spate of severe weather.
Provinces with high potential for heavy downpours over the next three days include West Nusa Tenggara, Lampung, West Java, Central Java, East Java, Central Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Bali, East Nusa Tenggara, Maluku and Papua.
Feb 2, 2015
Kris H
http://rt.com/news/228695-saratov-russia-orange-snow/
Orange snow in Russia.
Feb 3, 2015
KM
http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/02/03/saint-john-declares-state-o...
Saint John declares state of emergency after brawny blizzard buries Maritimes
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The city of Saint John, N.B., has declared a state of emergency after a brawny blizzard dumped 29 centimetres of snow on a city that already had almost 100 centimetres of snow on the ground.
With more snow in the forecast, city officials said public safety was at risk as emergency were having a tough time getting around in the city’s southern peninsula. The city has banned all street parking on the peninsula and is warning their vehicles will be towed as of noon today.
“The declaration is a result of the current heavy snow accumulation and anticipated further accumulation and the need to have accessibility for public safety,” the city said in a statement. “The purpose of this declaration is to support more effective snow plowing, push back and removal.”
The Trans-Canada Highway between Moncton and Nova Scotia has been closed, as have some roads along the coast in eastern New Brunswick.
“It’s been difficult to keep up with the rate of snowfall,” said Jean-Marc Couturier, a forecaster with Environment Canada in Halifax.
Environment Canada says a low pressure system has tracked northeastward over the Maritimes, bringing heavy snow, strong northeast winds and wind-chill values near -30 C.
Road closures, school cancellations and were reported across the region.
In Charlottetown, the storm dumped 59 centimetres of snow. Moncton reported 44 centimetres.
In northern Nova Scotia, another 20 to 30 centimetres of snow fell on the area with Greenwood, N.S., getting the most at 34 centimetres.
The streets of Halifax were slippery this morning after ice pellets and freezing rain combined to a frozen mess. Both Halifax and Yarmouth reported 24 centimetres of snow.
“There was a mixed bag of precipitation throughout Nova Scotia,” says Couturier.
Meanwhile, winds gusting at more that 100 kilometres per hour have been reported in parts of Cape Breton.
The storm was expected to make its way to Newfoundland and Labrador later today, bringing high winds and heavy snow to some areas.
Couturier says another low-pressure system is expected to hit the Maritime on Thursday, bringing more snow and strong winds.
Feb 3, 2015
SongStar101
Frozen February: As temperatures plunge as low as minus 11, Britain braces for another WEEK of extreme weather with forecasters predicting snow for much of the country
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2935089/Britain-set-freezin...
The county has seen heavy snowfall in the last week and dozens of schools were forced to close.
In Warwickshire on Friday, tons of earth loosened by the snow, ice and rain slid down on to the track between Leamington Spa and Banbury.
This morning, trains were still not able to get through and passengers were being offered a 'limited bus service between the stations.'
Rail workers are battling to clear the landslip so services can resume before tomorrow morning's rush hour.
Despite the recent blast of cold weather, MeteoGroup said January sunshine in England and Wales averaged 75 hours, making it the sunniest since 2003, with only three Januarys in the last 100 years seeing more rays.
It’s bad news for anyone who didn’t pick up a coat in the January sales – last month’s icy spell is expected to continue all week.
The mercury was expected to fall to -11C in some parts of the UK overnight, with subzero temperatures expected every night this week and snow predicted across swathes of the nation.
Southern England is gearing up for its coldest snap of the winter, with forecasters saying it will fall to -4C in the South tonight - as cold as your fridge.
Feb 4, 2015
KM
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/02/02/super-soaker-pineapple-expres...
Super soaker ‘Pineapple Express’ organizing for heavy rain in California this weekend – as much as 20 inches in some areas
Looking at the model output below, I tend to agree, if the pattern holds. It sets up Northern California for the perfect orographic lifting enhancement in the Sierra Nevada mountain range that will not only provide a bounty of liquid precipitation, but a significant boost to the well below normal California snowpack.
Most or northern California will get some benefit from this “super soaker” storm:
We’ll know more as we get closer to the event.
Graphics courtesy of Dr. Ryan Maue and weatherbell.com
Feb 4, 2015
jorge namour
Weather alert, the South is preparing to polar storm will be a sort of "Hurricane" of Snow [MAPS]- ITALY
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/02/allerta-meteo-sud-si-prepara-tempest...
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weather alert snow and frost Direct hit. Southern Italy is the main target of the raid polar coming from the Scandinavian peninsula that reaches the country tonight and tomorrow will unleash the most intense weather events in the southern regions, where there will come a core of cold air with isotherms up to -39 ° C to 500hPa and 850hPa to -13 ° C. Values to record for southern Italy, which result in heavy snowfall since the coasts not only thanks to the "sea effect" caused by strong winds in sliding on the seas, but also from the nearby cyclone positioned around the Ionian Sea between Greece and the Aegean Sea, and instability from the Balkans.
The rainfall will be abundant
Confirmed, as the main feature of quest'irruzione, the mighty wind: will reach 120km / h, as a Hurricane, including lower Adriatic and Ionian Sea, and 110km / h in the Strait of Messina. Gusts up to 100km / h around the center / south, with possible tornadoes in the snow
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/02/allerta-meteo-lunedi-9-febbraio-the-...
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Alert Weather, Monday, February 9 is the "The Day After Tomorrow" South. But this time it is not a movie ... ITALY
Weather alert, very worrying forecasts for Monday, February 9th in the South: frost record, strong winds and heavy snowstorms with accumulations exceptional since the most southern beaches of Italy
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Monday, February 9 is likely to become the "The Day After Tomorrow" Southern Italy: weather forecasts are very worrying and this time, however, this is not a movie
Feb 8, 2015
SongStar101
36 million affected in the region! Can one ever get used to this week after week? More shocking pics at article link.
Boston buried under so much snow there's nowhere to put it! City battered for a THIRD Monday in a row with more than TWO FEET expected today
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2945481/Northeast-snowstorm...
Snow is clobbering New England for the third Monday in a row - threatening to cover Boston with up to two feet by the end of the day and leaving city officials at a loss over where to put it all.
Nearly five feet of snow has been dumped on Boston in just over two weeks and plows have removed enough to fill 90 football stadiums, according to Governor Charlie Baker. The city has already drained its $18 million snow removal budget and it's now struggling to keep up with the newest batch.
'Quite honestly we're running out of space where to put all the snow that we have in the city of Boston,' Mayor Marty Walsh said on Sunday.
The four-day storm that has sat over the region is set to intensify today - making for a hellish morning commute, canceling school across Boston through Tuesday and scuppering hundreds of flights.
The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for central New York, the western Catskills and much of New England as the region gears up for yet another wintry week.
Some areas of Massachusetts had about a foot of snow before dawn on Monday, and the storm was expected to last all day Monday.
The weather service reported an unofficial measurement of almost 14 inches in Norwell as of 5 a.m. Monday. Fitchburg, Leominster, Lunenburg and Ashby in north-central Massachusetts were all at 11 inches or more.
Boston, already reeling from record snowfalls, could get two feet more, while more than eight could also fall on Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and parts of upstate New York.
Logan airport in Boston canceled 60 per cent of all flights Monday. Just before noon on Monday, more than 1,800 fights had been canceled across the country - with those heading to Logan most affected. A total of 280 flights leaving Logan on Monday were canceled, while 334 incoming flights were also scrapped - with many more delayed, according to FlightStats.
It received almost eight inches of fresh snow Sunday and nearly four inches of snow fell on the airport between midnight and 7am on Monday - totaling more than a foot since Saturday.
In New York, accumulations of six to eight inches were predicted in northern New York, five to 10 inches in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes, and four to eight inches in western New York. Buffalo was expected to get two to six inches.
'I'm frustrated. The last thing I want to be talking about is another 24 inches of snow. I want to move on to something else,' Mayor Walsh said at City Hall on Sunday.
'It's unprecedented. ... Maybe up in Alaska or Buffalo, they have this amount of snow and they're used to it.'
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker ordered non-emergency state employees to stay home and most public schools are closed.
Hundreds more flights have been called off in other airports round the region.
While the metropolis will miss the worst conditions, a mixture of freezing rain and snow is still expected to hit on Monday.
The Weather Channel predicted that a light accumulation of snow could amass over Monday night.
Driving delays were predicted from New England to the east of Pennsylvania, with I-95, I-84, I-90, I-91 and I-81 highways are those expected to be hit hardest. The Massachusetts Turnpike was reduced to 40 mph along the entire length of the highway, and in New Hampshire, speeds were reduced to 45 mph on the highways.
Some 36 million people in the region are under a government winter weather advisory, with a more significant winter storm warning for the majority of New Englanders.
The storm is expected to sit over Massachusetts for most of tomorrow, then move north into Maine and leave the region by Tuesday evening.
Schools will be closed across Boston on Monday and Tuesday in anticipation of the coming downfall, and a parking ban is currently in effect.
In addition, court closings Monday meant another weather-related delay in jury selection in the Boston Marathon bombing trial and in the murder trial in Fall River of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez.
Feb 10, 2015
jorge namour
Cairo sky turns yellow as sand storm takes firm hold- EGYPT
Turbulent weather causes ports to close, expected to persist until Thursday
Wednesday 11 Feb 2015
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/122765/Egypt/Politics-...
Cairo sky (Photo : Mai Shaheen)
Cairo's morning sky looked dull yellow on Wednesday as a sand storm kept its grip on the capital for the second day, ushering in the beginning of one of the country's windiest winter months.
Weather forecasters said the turbulent weather is likely to keep a firm grip until Thursday, with low temperatures and rainfall expected in the capital Cairo, the Nile Delta provinces and north coast.
"Gusty sand- and dust-rattling winds are expected to keep on across most parts of the country, obscuring vision on roads and obstructing navigation," Wahid Saudi, spokesperson for the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA)," said.
At least three ports in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea remain closed off on Wednesday for the second day in a row due to the harsh weather, yielding high wind speeds of 75 km per hour and waves up to 5-6 meters high, port officials told state news agency MENA.
Temperatures in Cairo are expected to dip to a low of 7 Celsius (45 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday with a high forecast at 14 C (57 F). The Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Egypt's north coast should see the same low and a high of 13 C (55 F).
Nile Delta and the Suez Canal towns are forecasted to see temperatures at 1-2 C (34 F) higher or lower, while southern cities are likely to see warmer weather where highs hover around 19-22 C. (66-71 F)
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Egypt-dust-storm-forces-Cairo-Al...
Egypt dust storm forces Cairo, Alexandria airports to suspend landings
Egypt's two main airports have suspended landings due to a dust storm which forced two planes to make emergency landings in Cairo, the head of the state civil aviation company said on Tuesday.
Cairo Airport and Borg al-Arab Airport in Egypt's second city of Alexandria are only allowing departing flights
Egypt's other airports were not affected by the storm, which severely limited visibility at altitudes below 150 metres (yards),
Among other disruptions, one plane was turned back to Jordan and one redirected to Hurghada airport on the Red Sea, he said.
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ISRAEL
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4625310,00.html
Israeli airport closes as sandstorm moves through region
Associated Press
Published: 02.11.15, 09:08
A sandstorm moving through parts of the Middle East has reached Israel, where authorities shut down an airport in a Red Sea resort city.
Israeli airports spokeswoman Liza Dvir says flights to and from the airport in Eilat have been grounded due to the weather Wednesday morning. The sandstorm also moved through Jerusalem and other parts of Israel, though the country's main international airfield, Ben Gurion Airport outside of Tel Aviv, remained open for flights.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4625345,00.html
Weather shuts down Israeli internal flights
All internal flights in Israel were cancelled throughout Wednesday because of weather conditions. 30 flights had been cancelled by 9:30 AM. Most of the flights were to and from Eilat.
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LEBANON- MIDDLE EAST
Yohan Storm: damage, disruption and blocked roads in several Lebanese regions
http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/910760/tempete-yohan-degats-pe...
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Part of the sea route to Dbayeh collapses.
Yohan the storm that struck Lebanon since Tuesday night caused considerable damage in many parts of the country. On Wednesday, the cornice of Ain el-M'reisa was damaged in several places due to high winds that tore chunks of paving stones and ramps, reported the National News Agency (Ani official).
La corniche de Beyrouth.
In Nahr el-Kalb, north of Beirut, traffic jams were recorded, mainly because motorists slowed to take pictures of the raging sea. Part of the sea route to Dbayeh has also collapsed because of the violent waves reached seven meters high, according to a correspondent LBCI on site, prompting authorities to close this axis linking Jounieh to the capital.
In Koura, north, trees and signs ripped off by the gusts landed on the highway, causing several accidents. Several homes were without electricity and internet and greenhouses were damaged. Similar damage was recorded in several regions of the Bekaa because gusts of up to 100km / h speed. Tyre also suffered the same fate, and several fruit trees were damaged due to bad weather.
On the north coast in Batroun, fishermen have suffered the brunt of the storm damage. Their boats and nets were severely affected. Two boats have sunk particular. The electricity network is also disrupted, several power poles were damaged by the storms. Coastal establishments in the city, including the restoration, were also affected by Yohan since Madfoun Bridge area until Shekka further north. CONTINUE...
The waves raged on Seaway Dbayeh-Nahr el-Kalb, February 11, 2015, while Yohan storm struck Lebanon. Photo Michel Sayegh
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Waves MOVED steamer from the port of Beirut to Dhabia 45 people on board
Wind waves led to fling one of the ships anchored in the port of Beirut, after being stranded cords and collided with another Bbachrp at sea. Later waves tossed the ship to Dhabia, carrying 27 sailors and 18 worker
Feb 11, 2015
KM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kitamaat-village-eva...
Kitamaat Village evacuated after 3 days without power due to near record snowfall
Residents had to cut through fallen trees with chainsaws to gain road access
B.C. village evacuated after record snowfall 2:52
B.C.'s Haisla First Nation ordered the evacuation ofKitamaat Village and its 800 residents on Saturday night, three days after the community lost power following a major snowstorm.
Many residents are staying at the Kitimat Riverlodge Leisure Centre, about 15 kilometres north in the town of Kitimat.
Others are staying with family and friends.
The small towns of Kitimat and Terrace were hit with heavy snow earlier this week — nearly two metres of snow from a Pineapple Express weather system was dumped on the region.
The record for a 24-hour snowfall, set on Feb. 5, 1961, was 112 cm. Weather officials say Kitimat came close with 109 cm of snow in a 24-hour period.
Evacuation ordered over Facebook
In a notice posted to Facebook on Saturday, Haisla First Nation chief councillor Ellis Ross warned of a short timeline for the evacuation — the road in and out of the village would be for just three hours.
"If you have the means to get to town or somewhere else besides Kitamaat Village, please be gone before 8 a.m. PT. Anytime after 8 a.m., don't even try. The crews will be working and there will be no traffic allowed," the notice said.
Resident Robin Rowland said the evacuation was complicated by downed trees, power lines and heavy snow.
Residents had to use chainsaws to gain access to the winding road between the village and Kitimat, he said. The road was reported as barely passable due to fallen trees and snow.
Drone video of snow-bound Kitimat
More than 5,000 people in the region were left without power after the record snowfall, though many residents had their power restored within a few days.
Resident Teresa Cline says the aftermath of the snowfall is something to see:
"Just huge snow-covered trees laying on power lines," she said. "It looks like it will be a real mess to clean up. Those B.C. Hydro guys are going to be busy here. I've heard there are crews from other places that have come in to help us."
"Places that haven't been plowed, it must be at least five or six feet deep, and the snow banks are up to 10 to 12 feet tall after they've been plowed."
The District of Kitimat opened its Emergency Centre on Saturday to coordinate a major snow clearing effort involving municipal crews and private contractors.
Residents were being asked to stay off the roads as municipal crews cleared streets. The district warned in a statement that venturing out and getting stuck would hinder snow removal.
Search and rescue personnel in snowmobiles were placed on standby, ready to mobilize if necessary in order to access difficult-to-reach homes.
The district was also asking people to conserve water due to which were having an impact on the town's pumping system.
Feb 11, 2015
KM
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/brazilians-hoard-water-prepare-possible-d...
Brazilians hoard water, prepare for possible drastic rationing
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilians are hoarding water in their apartments, drilling homemade wells and taking other emergency measures to prepare for forced rationing that appears likely and could leave taps dry for up to five days a week because of a drought.
In São Paulo, the country's largest city with a metropolitan area of 20 million people, the main reservoir is at just 6 percent of capacity with the peak of the rainy season now past.
Other cities in Brazil's heavily populated southeast such as Rio de Janeiro face less dire shortages but could also see rationing.
Uncertainty over the drought and its consequences on jobs, public health and overall quality of life have further darkened Brazilians' mood at a time when the economy is struggling and President Dilma Rousseff's popularity is at an all-time low.
After January rains disappointed, and incentives to cut consumption fell short, São Paulo officials warned their next step could be to shut off customers' water supply for as many as five days a week - a measure that would likely last until the next rainy season starts in October, if not longer.
State officials say they have not yet decided whether or when to implement such rationing, in part because they are still hoping for heavy rains in February and March. Indeed, thunderstorms in recent days have caused lakes to rise a bit.
Still, independent projections suggest that São Paulo's main Cantareira reservoir could run out of water as soon as April without drastic cuts to consumption.
As such, the race is on to secure water while it lasts.
Large hospitals in São Paulo are installing in-house water treatment and recycling centers, among other measures, to make sure they can still carry out surgeries and other essential tasks if regular supply stops.
Meanwhile, companies are competing with each other to secure deliveries from large water tanker trucks, which have already become a common sight on São Paulo's gridlocked streets.
"It's like seeing 10 liters in your gas tank and knowing you won't make it to the next station," said Stefan Rohr, environmental director for industry group Ciesp in Campinas, a metropolitan area of more than 3 million people just north of São Paulo.
Many large water-intensive industries, including beverages, cellulose and steel, long ago made contingency plans to truck in water or use underground wells, which may stave off a full-fledged economic disaster.
But smaller ones, ranging from beauty salons and restaurants to car washes and light industry, may have to close or severely restrict activity.
"The economic impact will be job losses," Rohr said.
40 million could be affected
Sabesp, São Paulo's state-controlled water utility, told Reuters it did not yet know when or if rationing would begin. State Governor Geraldo Alckmin, who has also seen his popularity plummet due to the water crisis, declined requests for an interview.
A member of Rousseff's Cabinet told Reuters earlier this month on condition of anonymity that some degree of water rationing is expected in Brazil's three largest metropolitan areas - São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, with a combined population of 40 million people.
Even without rationing, health problems are being felt.
The official number of dengue fever cases in São Paulo tripled in January from the previous year to 120. Officials blamed the rise in part on residents collecting rainwater in open buckets, which attracts mosquitoes.
Many richer Brazilians have large storage tanks built into their apartment buildings or houses which, combined with more conscious water use, may allow them to survive severe rationing without ever seeing their taps go dry.
But most working-class families can't afford such measures. Some unions are planning demonstrations for next month to protest the government's handling of the crisis and demand the poor don't bear the brunt of it.
"We will not accept paying for the government's irresponsibility with our jobs," said Adi dos Santos Lima, president of the São Paulo state branch of Brazil's largest umbrella union, the CUT.
Brazil's economy is already expected to post zero growth this year. Worse yet, since Brazil depends on hydroelectric dams for about three quarters of its electricity, power shortages are also possible due to the drought, federal officials have said.
Combined water and electricity rationing could lop an additional 0.5 percent or more off of economic growth in 2015, according to Ilan Goldfajn, chief economist at Itaú Unibanco.
Inflation, which is running above 7 percent a year, could also rise as companies face increased costs.
São Paulo's shopping centers are standing by for potential rationing and have signed contracts to truck in water as soon as needed, said Glauco Humai, who heads Brazil's mall association Abrasce.
"Our plan is not to close the malls. Obviously this will raise costs," he said.
Some local chicken processors and pasta makers will also likely raise prices for those products as a result of trucking in water, a local food workers' union said.
Even Carnival cancelled
Sírio Libanês, one of São Paulo's premier private hospitals, said it cut reliance on Sabesp from 65 percent of its water needs to 25 percent by recycling and installing its own treatment system. Another large upscale hospital, Albert Einstein, said it had increased storage capacity to last four days and would rely on trucks for emergencies.
Many neighborhoods have already experienced daily water outages as Sabesp turns down pressure in pipes to save consumption. Some residents of the Brasilândia slum said this week they were often without water 13 hours a day.
At least two towns in Minas Gerais, a massive coffee producing state adjacent to São Paulo, even canceled Carnival celebrations this month because of the lack of water.
In an upper-class neighborhood of São Paulo, a grocery delivery boy reported bringing 170 two-liter bottles of water to a single apartment over the weekend.
Ronaldo Guellen, who runs a small construction store, recently ordered 70 200-liter tanks that can be used to store water. They sold out in three days, he said, and he hasn't been able to order any more because supplies are running short.
"People are really getting scared," Guellen said.news.yaho
Feb 12, 2015
Mark
In the eye of a mega-drought: Researchers warn US should prepare for 'unprecedented drought conditions' unlike anything in past 1,000 years
A great swathe of the United States is gripped by the driest spell for 400 years. Now scientists have warned that much worse is to come
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/in-the-eye-of-a-me...
Since the turn of this century, the US south-west has spent more than a decade in drought. Last year was the warmest on record in California, which is in the middle of its driest spell for more than 400 years. But according to a new scientific study, that’s nothing compared to what comes next.
In the paper, published by the journal Science Advances, researchers from Nasa and Columbia and Cornell universities warn that a vast swathe of the US, including the south-west states and the central plains, should prepare for “unprecedented drought conditions” unlike anything in the past 1,000 years.
Within 35 years, the region’s millennia-long natural cycle of droughts and occasional rainfall is likely to bring an end to the relative dampness of the last century. The effects of that drying, the scientists warn, would be exacerbated by man-made climate change.
“Nearly every year is going to be dry toward the end of the 21st century, compared with what we think of as normal conditions now,” said Ben Cook from Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the lead author of the study. “We’re going to have to think about a much drier future in western North America.”
The long-term dry conditions could devastate the region’s agricultural capability, decimating both crops and cattle herds, and sending some food prices sky-rocketing. It would directly affect more than 60 million people from San Diego to San Antonio and from Oakland to Omaha, who depend on increasingly scant water resources and on infrastructure designed during an abnormally moist 20th century.
Feb 14, 2015
jorge namour
Snow in Turkey: amazing lake effect
News - Published Wednesday, February 18, 2015 by The Weather Channel- LA CHAINE METEO
The Istanbul region has experienced heavy snowfall in recent hours due to "lake effect".
http://actualite.lachainemeteo.com/actualite-meteo/2015-02-18-15h04...
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Just like what is happening regularly in the United States, the coasts of Turkey were affected by a lake effect. This weather phenomenon, recurring in winter in the Great Lakes region of the United States, is triggered when very cold arctic air arrives home and passes on the lakes, where temperatures are much milder. This causes a process of strong evaporation of water, resulting in a significant condensation above the lake. This strong condensation results in the formation of convective clouds (sometimes stormy), which, carried by sustained winds, release of heavy snowfall in the wind convergence zone, while significantly impacting the region. For this to be possible, it is nevertheless necessary that the air mass is much colder than the water, and that it is not frozen. It also requires that this air mass travels a large distance above the water for condensation to occur, about 100km. In the case of Turkey, it is no of course not a lake, but the Black Sea.
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Bad weather Turkey: plane slide and stops against a pile of snow
Turkish Airlines announced it had canceled 369 flights between today and tomorrow
Wednesday, February 18, 2015,
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Blizzard paralyzes Istanbul: 800 accidents, closed the Bosphorus
The snow reached 60 centimeters in height and the poor conditions of the roads caused more than 800 accidents
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Extraordinary snowfall in Istanbul: over 50cm of accumulation in the center!
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Blizzard paralyzes Istanbul: 800 accidents, closed the Bosphorus
The snow reached 60 centimeters in height and the poor conditions of the roads caused more than 800 accidents
Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 15:04 to FF
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Snow Istanbul8 Serious trouble in Istanbul, Turkey, because of heavy snowfall started last night. The thick blanket of snow has forced the closure for several hours Ataturk airport and drove the company Turkish Airlines, the fourth largest in the world, to cancel over 300 flights scheduled for today and tomorrow. Inconvenience for maritime traffic, as the storm caused the closure in both directions of the Bosphorus Strait. There are currently 13 ships still on the two sides of the strait waiting to transit. In some areas of the city the snow reached 60 centimeters in height and many people went to work on foot because of the poor condition of the roads, which have caused more than 800 accidents.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUksZqFmp3U
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LEBANON STORM" WINDY " PATH -
FROM SIBERIA TO BLACK SEA TO TURKEY TO LEBANON FEBRUARY 18 2015
Feb 18, 2015
casey a
São Paulo Is Running So Low on Water People Might Be "Warned to Flee"
São Paulo is Brazil's largest and wealthiest city, a bustling concrete jungle of 11 million people. Now imagine the city going for days without water for drinking, bathing, or cleaning—it's a dystopian scenario not far from São Paulo's reality thanks to a water crisis made worse by drought.
The terrible irony is that Brazil is actually rich in freshwater, with the Amazon and other rivers adding up to one-eight of the world's freshwater. But nearby pollution, deforestation, and a recent drought are putting strain on São Paulo's notoriously leaky municipal water system.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/02/10/384971276/a-historic-... Some estimates say that 40 percent of water in Brazil is lost to leaky pipes and old infrastructure.
http://www.businessinsider.com/so-paulo-drought-might-leave-million... More than 30% of all the city's water is lost in leaks or stolen away.
(Do you think the drought is also exacerbated because of pipes breaking from the South American roll? But they cant report that in its entirety..)
Feb 19, 2015
casey a
Hell (Florida, just kidding) is freezing over (pictures): http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Dato=20150220&...
Feb 20, 2015
Mark
An Alaskan village is facing a $100m relocation as climate change robs it of its sea ice and even threatens to wash it away in just 10 years
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/climate-change-thr...
The thinning of sea ice has meant it is not possible for the Iñupiat people of the region to hunt the bowhead whales, while the US government has warned that with less and less sea ice every year to protect the island, it could be washed away by powerful waves. Some have predicted Kivalina could be under water just 10 years from now.
“Global warming has caused us so much problems,” Joseph Swan, a Kivalina elder, told the Washington Post. “The ice does not freeze like it used to. It used to be like ten to eight feet thick, way out in the ocean.”
The issue has taken on the shape of an existential proportions, not just for the 400 or so residents Kivalina but for other similar communities in Alaska. And in the years ahead more and more coastal locations are likely to face the threat.
Feb 26, 2015
KM
http://www.menafn.com/1094110617/Saudi--Authorities-on-high-alert-a...
Saudi- Authorities on high alert after blizzard
The Saudi Red Crescent has reinforced its teams with extra officials to take care of the large numbers of people who are enjoying the snow. The Civil Defense has issued early warnings to alert people to take care and follow safety measures in such extreme weather conditions.
Khaled AlEnaizi spokesman of the Saudi Red Crescent in Tabuk said 11 teams had been assigned to parks and locations of heavy snowfalls where citizens and residents are out around the clock.
Auda AlAtawi spokesman for the health affairs in Tabuk said they were ready with rescue teams to deal with current weather conditions according to directions from the Civil Defense. He said four mobile units were ready to offer field support at any location.
He said the authorities are coordinating with the Civil Defense and the Red Crescent through the crisis and emergency center which is affiliated with the Health Ministry. Medical support is readily available if needed.
The General Traffic Directorate in Tabuk prepared field teams under the leadership of a number of officers in Alakan AlZaita and the AlLawz Mountain according to Gen. Mohammad AlBugami the traffic director. He said his directorate had implemented a traffic plan to deal with the rain and snowfall and the resulting traffic congestion.
He said the plan included assigning a number of officers and individuals and dividing them into groups to carry out traffic security tasks around the clock. He said that all necessary procedures to guarantee traffic safety for people in these areas are being taken.
Feb 26, 2015
lonne rey
Thousands Displaced by Floods in Northern Bolivia
http://floodlist.com/america/thousands-displaced-by-floods-in-north...
Flooding has forced more thousands from their homes in the department of Pando in the far north of Bolivia. Authorities say that 1,069 families have been affected.
Heavy rainfall over the last few days has forced the river Acre to overflow. In some areas it is 14 metres above normal levels. Some residents living close to the river Acre have been evacuated. Levels of the river Tahuamanu are also said to be extremely high.
Further heavy rainfall has been forecast for the next 24 hours and the situation is expected to worsen. Heavy rain is also expected in southern areas of the country.
The Latin Post reports that the mayor of San Pedro de Bolpebra said that his town had been almost completely swept away by flood waters. Quoted in The Latin Post, Mayor Romulo Terrazas said.
Feb 26, 2015
jorge namour
NEWS:
BAD WEATHER, AND 'EMERGENCY: ITALY is crumbling
Bad weather, Italy is crumbling: unprecedented rains from north to south, two dead and it is not over ...
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/02/maltempo-litalia-si-sta-sgretolando-...
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Extreme bad weather throughout Italy: landslides, mudslides, floods, flooding and winds of more than 100km / h are causing death and destruction in many regions
Wednesday, February 25, 2015,
there was a danger of landslides. The tragedy and 'took place this afternoon in the place' Olmitello-Maronti in Barano d'Ischia.
For over two days the weather does not permit truce in the Centre-South. The inconveniences are considerable: tens intervention of firefighters.
Today the island of Ischia and 'cut in two by the closure of the road linking the towns of Barano and Serrara Fontana (Naples). The traffic and 'been disqualified because of falling rocks on the roadway and the landslide risk
"Eight out of 10 municipalities in Italy are at risk" reiterated Coldiretti. The tragedy of Ischia is just the latest disaster to bad weather in recent days is flailing Italy.
Last night another person died in Trapani due to the strong wind .
They are therefore already two victims of this wave of bad weather, which is not over.
Water infiltration in recent days and heavy rains today have caused the collapse in the Marche region of a part of the walls of the historic town of Belforte del Chienti (Macerata). A Fabriano firefighters rescued some people remained trapped inside their car in the railway underpass, covered by a meter of water for the heavy rains of the last hours. The wind, however, damaged the roof of the fruit and vegetable market in Pistoia. E 'was plucked up a portion of coverage. By a landslide, in the evening, and 'was closed to the transit State Road 188 to 31,200 km, in the territory of Salemi (Trapani).
The situation is especially heavy in Emilia Romagna, Marche, Campania and Sicily, but the next two days other heavy rains hit Sicily, Calabria, Puglia, Basilicata and Campania with other heavy rainfall there where this is already a record in February.
The rainfall data are impressive, from north to south, with partial annual unprecedented in the history for the first two months of the year. And the country is crumbling under the blows of hurricanes that continue to invest in the boot, even now that we are in the middle of winter and there is a lot of snow on the mountains, waiting for the spring with its rains and its warm bring other events hydrogeological when snow - exceptionally abundant this year - will melt going to swell further the waterways of the country. And fueling other hazardous events.
Alert Weather, spectacular swirl of clouds in the Sicilian Channel is the cyclone that is battering the South [VIDEO]- ITALY
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/02/allerta-meteo-spettacolare-vortice-n...
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E 'deep 1004hPa cyclone positioned in the Sicilian Channel that is fueling strong storm on all the regions of the South: the images from satellites are truly spectacular and show a swirl of clouds in the Channel of Sicily,
Feb 26, 2015
Derrick Johnson
Slurpee waves! The moment semi-frozen breakers rolled ashore in New England amid record cold
But in New England, it has gotten so cold even the waves are starting to freeze.
These incredible photos of so-called 'slurpee waves' were taken by surfer Jonathan Nimerfroh in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
He took his camera out when he noticed the horizon looked strange - and then spotted the surf had turn slushy.
The stunning images were taken as snow and icy rain continues to cause chaos across the country - with states of emergency being declared in the South.
And even though March begins on Sunday - forecasters have warned that the arctic conditions are set to continue.
Mr Nimerfroh, who posted the pictures on his Instagram account on Wednesday, told the Daily Mail Online: 'When I pulled up to the beach I could see the horizon just look strange. When I got to the top off the dunes I see that about 300 yards out from the shoreline the ocean was starting to freeze.
'The high temp that day was around 19 degrees. The wind was howling from south west which would typically make rough or choppy conditions not so good for surfing but since the surface of the sea was frozen slush the wind did not chance the shape. They were perfect dreamy slush waves.
'Most waves were around two feet with some larger sets slushing through around three foot or waist high. What an experience to be absolutely freezing on the beach watching these roll in while I mind surfed them.
'The next day I drive up to see if things melted but that same 300 yards out of water froze solid on the surface. No waves at all. I've been asking all the fishermen and surfers if they have ever seen such a thing. This is a first they all said.'
Feb 27, 2015
lonne rey
The Pyrenees paralyzed by snow
Article in French
The orange alert was lifted yesterday by Météo France for avalanches in the Pyrenean departments, but that level of vigilance was maintained for floods in five southwestern departments.
Yesterday the majority of the Pyrenean stations remained closed. Only four of them were partially open (La Pierre Saint Martin, Saint-Lary Peyragudes, and only one lift in operation at Gourette). Especially, roads for access were still blocked. Snow removal services are hoping to identify this morning ...
Emergency landing aircraft Ryanair
The turbulence over the Pyrenees have forced a plane that was flying RyanAir Reus-Charleroi to divert to Bordeaux-Merignac Wednesday night.
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Feb 27, 2015
KM
http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Record-low-temperature-in-...
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The Cuban Institute of Meteorology reported that early Friday morning it registered a temperature of one degree Celsius (33.8oF) in the town of Union Reyes, in western Matanzas province, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Cuba for the month of February.
This temperature was due to the strong influence of a very dry mass of cold air of arctic origin, in combination with low clouds in the interior of the western and central regions, which favoured heat radiation at night and caused again another remarkably cold dawn in parts of the interior of much of the country
There were several areas with less than 10 degrees Celsius (50oF) in Cuba’s western provinces. In the rest of the country the minimum temperatures were between 11 and 15 degrees Celsius, higher in coastal areas.
The previous record in Union de Reyes was set on February 18, 1996, at 2.5 degrees. The absolute record in the town for any month of the year was also one degree, and happened on January 21, 1971.
Mar 1, 2015
Mark
Sun is on its way - but not yet: Forecasters say it's going to be a snowy March first before we hit warm Easter
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2974268/Forecasters-say-s-g...
Forecasters predict a colder-than-average March, with parts of north-west England and Wales expected to wake up to at least 2in of snow tomorrow.
According to long range forecasts, the cold snap is expected to last throughout March and will see Britain covered in more snow and frost.
Then April will bring in a long-awaited warm and sunny Easter, where temperatures could peak at an above-average 21C (70F).
However despite it being the first official day of Spring today and much of the UK enjoying fine weather, this is not expected to last past the evening.
Mar 2, 2015
jorge namour
Major thunderstorms lead to flooded South Florida streets
02/28/2015
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article11488391.html
Locals help a motorist by pushing his car through the flooded street. Several inches of rain fell in S. Florida causing massive flooding through the streets of Little Haiti near the Little Haiti Cultural Complex on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015
Howling winds and pouring rain Saturday afternoon soaked swaths of South Florida, flooding streets and keeping drivers indoors
Heavy thunderstorms and winds whipping up to 50 mph began shortly after 10 a.m. and continued through the afternoon in Broward and Northeast Miami-Dade.
Downtown Miami, Liberty City, Midtown Miami, Miami Beach, Opa-locka, North Miami Beach and Hallandale communities saw up to 6 inches of rain.
In the afternoon, the National Weather Service declared a flood advisory for both Broward and Miami-Dade until 1:30 p.m. It was later extended to 6:15, warning of an excess of 8 inches of rain.
Sunday is expected to be less severe: partly cloudy with a chance of rain in the afternoon
On Biscayne Boulevard, nearly a foot of water from Northeast 22nd Street to 36th Street stalled cars in the middle of the road, a National Weather Service employee reported.
Most of far Northeast Miami-Dade County was flooded in by Saturday afternoon, with entire neighborhoods under water...
In Palm Beach Gardens, strong winds swept through the Honda Classic golf tournament and sent players and fans scrambling for safety.
The winds, estimated up to 60 mph, were strong enough to topple tents and even knock over the iconic manual scoreboard, located on a platform on the lake near the 18th hole.
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Brazil: waterspout reaches the beach, panic among bathers [VIDEO]
Landfall of a waterspout that formed off the coast of Praia da Piedade
Monday, March 2, 2015,
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/03/brasile-tromba-marina-raggiunge-spia...
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Spectacular landfall of a waterspout in Praia da Piedade (Recife, Brazil).
The waterspout made landfall on the Brazilian beach, sweeping away everything in its path and disseminating panic among those present.
Mar 3, 2015
Khan
Evidence of the Wobble
28 February 2015
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2973559/Shoot...
http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc/
Mar 4, 2015
jorge namour
ITALY - Bad weather, total destruction at the center / north: wind to over 200km / h, "do not leave home" [PHOTOS]
Dramatic situation for the strong wind in Liguria and Tuscany: serious damage, the authorities closed schools and give formal notice to citizens "do not go out of the house absolutely"
Thursday, March 5, 2015
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/03/maltempo-distruzione-totale-al-centr...
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Dramatic situation because of the strong wind blowing over Italy, especially in the center / north and Sardinia. Many places of Liguria and Tuscany have exceeded 130km / h, with peaks of over sensational 200km / h as if Italy was crossed by a hurricane in the third category on the Saffir-Simpson scale . The damage is very serious: thousands of trees felled, even total destruction to many homes and structures of various kinds. Firefighters are at work and have received hundreds of requests for help. Many mayors have decided in the morning to close schools, alerting the population with finality: "do not leave home for no reason."
The city most affected is Florence, with winds from the record: 172km / h at the weather station of Terzolina, 154km / h in Rifredi, but the flurry stronger until the time was even 209km / h in Gigliana, village of Filattiera, common the province of Massa Carrara and the Apuan Alps.
The strongest winds are in fact those of the north / east in areas downwind of the findings with respect to the cyclone positioned in the central Tyrrhenian. Despite the minimum baric is not very deep (1001hPa), the pressure gradient is scary, with almost 1030hPa Alps and the resultant cyclonic winds raging. And 'frightening picture that comes from Pistoia, with Piazza del Carmine unrecognizable
The strong wind will continue to blow impetuous until Saturday, although attenuated compared to these crazy speeds. But watch out for the whole day today in Sardinia and Sicily, and in the Adriatic between Marche and Abruzzo. To monitor the situation live, here are the pages of the nowcasting of MeteoWeb:
Mar 5, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2981123/ANOTHER-winter-stor...
Hundreds of stranded drivers forced to FORAGE for food after being stuck in thick snow on Kentucky highway for more than 12 HOURS in 2,000 mile wide winter storm
A treacherous winter storm reaching from Texas to New England closed schools, canceled more than 4,000 flights and stranded hundreds of drivers overnight in Kentucky, where as much as 23 inches of snow fell.
The snow has caused traffic to come to a standstill and a huge section of the freeway between Elizabethtown and Louisville has become a virtual parking lot - leaving cars and trucks littered across the roads since 10pm last night.
Desperate for food, some of those stuck in the 50 mile jam have taken to foraging on the side of the road for food and Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has declared a state of emergency.
'Help is on the way,' Kentucky National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Kirk Hilbrecht, interviewed on CNN, told drivers stuck overnight in their cars on I-65 and I-24.
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Clear on one side only: A vehicle sits in the median of Interstate 24 as drivers wait after being stranded between Eddyville and Cadiz in Kentucky
The National Guard was deployed to rescue the motorists, taking them to warm shelters and giving diabetic travelers insulin, Hilbrecht said.
Besides the cars, at least 200 tractor trailers were stuck on the impassable roadway, said Kentucky State Police Trooper Jeff Gregory.
Kaleigh Birman said she was headed from Michigan to Florida for a spring break holiday with her family when her carload of six people and two dogs got stuck overnight on I-65.
'We swerved in and out of parked cars,' Birman told Reuters in a Twitter post, noting that the accumulation became so heavy it forced her car to a standstill, too. 'I'm pretty sure everyone is running out of gas.'
National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Orrison said Kentucky was buried under snow, with 23 inches reported in Baizetown and more than a foot falling elsewhere in the state.
Backlog: Traffic backs up as more than 50 miles of Interstate 65 southbound is shut down from the weather on Thursday in Kentucky as huge a huge snow storm hit 30 states
Mar 6, 2015
KM
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/03/03/cold-weather-snow-on-the-beac...
Cold weather: Snow on the beach, plus waterspouts near Los Angeles
Yes you read that headline correctly. Yesterday in Huntington Beach there was snow. And, in Redondo Beach, waterspouts were reported. I’m sure it won’t be long before somebody tries to blame these weather events on “global warming” which is fast becoming the “universal bogeyman” for any weather event.
Observers indicated the snow might be very fine hail, possibly from a cold core thunderstorm. Whatever it is, it has nothing to do with “global warming”.
Mar 6, 2015
KM
http://iceagenow.info/2015/03/italy-10-feet-3-meters-snow-passolanc...
Italy – 10 feet (3 meters) of snow on Passolanciano, Majella
So much snow that chairlifts are buried.
6 Mar 2015 – Bad weather in Abruzzo has brought exceptional accumulations of snow to the Apennines, with the Majella the most affected.
It snowed nearly three meters on Majella, on the 1,350 meters Passolanciano-Maielletta side. Accumulations are even more significant at high altitude.
In one of the photos, you can see the chairlift submerged in an exceptional white blanket.
With so much snow, all ski resorts in the region plan to remain open long.
Mar 7, 2015
Derrick Johnson
California Drought Just Broke A 120-Year Record
The Huffington Post | By Lydia O'Connor
Drought-stricken California, which just had its driest January ever recorded, smashed another dismal record last month: the hottest February.
Peter Gleick, a climate, water and sustainability scientist and member of the U.S. National Academy of Science, tweeted a graph from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Friday, pointing out the shocking data point. February's heat topped all previous Februaries since the agency began collecting weather information in 1895.
The chart comes from a NOAA tool that allows users to plot weather over time and compare the temperatures from the same months in different years. According to the data, California's average temperature last month was 53.3 degrees, one degree higher than the second-warmest February on record in 1963, and 1.5 degrees higher than the third-warmest in 1991.
The causes of the California drought remain hotly contested and impossible to prove for now. NASA explains that two main contributors to any drought generally are changes in land and sea surface temperatures, and soil moisture content. When soil is dry, it leads to higher temperatures, making drought self-sustaining.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/06/california-drought-februar...
Mar 9, 2015
Derrick Johnson
Sierra snowpack approaches record low
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. — Despite a weekend storm, the snowpack at Phillips Station remains near record lows.
Snow depths were near the levels recorded by the Department of Water Resources during the drought of 1991.
“We’re kind of hovering … nudging up against the lowest snowpack on record,” said California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program Chief Frank Gehrke on Tuesday. “In general, conditions are very grim. We’re just not going to get significant storm activity to bring us out of the drought.”
Readings were near where they were in March 1991, the last drought resembling this one. It was the second lowest reading since 1950, according to the department.
March 1, 1991, saw a blizzard hit the Sierra Nevada, which continued the next two days, bringing 50 inches of powder to Tahoe’s ski resorts. From then on that month came to be known as “Miracle March.”
“In ’91 we had a very good March,” Gehrke said. “But it doesn’t seem as though that’s going to happen this year,”
Last weekend’s snowfall, roughly 13 inches accumulated below 7,000 feet, and as much as 15 inches above that, did not save the day. Phillips station recorded 0.9 inches of water content in the snow, which represents 5 percent of the March 3 historical average for the site. None of the other three stations included in the report recorded more than 1.5 inches of water content or 6 percent of the long-term average.
The impact of the snowstorm the region saw last weekend will likely be, for the most part, insignificant. Most of the water content that came from the storm will likely soak into the ground and will yield little runoff, Gehrke said.
“The best we can hope for is some storm activity to at least give us a little bit of an increase in runoff from what were seeing with this extremely shallow snowpack that we have right now.”
The winter started well, with a relatively wet December that allowed the department to transport some water, but climate returned to the dry pattern that has been developing during the past four years.
In South Lake Tahoe, January was virtually dry, with only 0.1 inches of precipitation, and February only yielded 4.25 inches.
The weekend’s storm recorded 0.8 inches of precipitation.
Warm temperatures, which cause snow to melt faster, have also not helped. In February, 13 days set the record for high temperatures. January had four record-setting days. Additionally, both months also recorded their warmest days on record, 66 degrees on Jan. 25 and 65 degrees on Feb. 13.
In other parts of the Sierra, the readings were not as dismal. The central and southern Sierra readings were 5.5 inches (20 percent of average) and 5 inches (22 percent) respectively.
Statewide, 103 electronic sensors found Tuesday’s snow water equivalent to be 5 inches, 19 percent of the March 3 multi-decade average. When department conducted the season’s first two manual surveys on Dec. 30 and Jan. 29, the statewide water content was 50 percent and 25 percent respectively of the historical averages for those dates.
Weeks of spring-like weather then produced more rain than snow when storms did arrive during California’s warmest winter on record, the press release read. California’s historically wettest winter months have already passed, and it’s almost certain the state will be in drought throughout 2015, for the fourth consecutive year.
“Unless this month approximates the 1991 “Miracle March” with significantly more precipitation than normal, the traditional wet season will end on April 1 with an alarmingly low amount of water stored in the mountains as snow,” according to the department.
Source: http://www.recordcourier.com/news/15333203-113/sierra-snowpack-appr...
Mar 9, 2015
Jorge Mejia
ITALY captures the WORLD one-day snowfall record
“It’s official,” says meteoweb.eu. “Capracotta and Pescocostanzo, Italy, are the snowiest places in the world! The data is scary.”
256cm (8.34 ft) of snow Capracotta (which lies at 1,421 meters in the province of Isernia),
240cm (7.84 ft) in Pescocostanzo (which lies at 1,395 meters in the province of L’Aquila):
These are the two new records for snowfall in a span of only 24 hours, that is, in one day, although in reality all this snow fell in about 18 hours on Thursday, March 5, 2015.
And at higher altitudes, accumulations are much more significant. The previous world record snowfall most snow in 24 hours was set in Silver Lake, Colorado, where between 20 and April 21, 1921 fell 193cm (6.33 ft) of snow in 24 hours. But surely between Abruzzo and Molise it has snowed more than this many times. The great meteorologist Edmondo Bernacca wrote in the Italian Meteorological Magazine of December 1961 that in Roccacaramanico, in the municipality of Sant’Eufemia, just 878 meters above sea level in the province of Pescara, fell 365cm (11.92 ft) of snow in 24 hours.
In two areas in the Apennines between Abruzzo and Molise men and equipment are still working to clear the roads between the houses, which were inundated with piles of snow that reached three meters (10 ft) because of the wind, which blew impetuous during the storm. In Pescocostanzo during the storm it was virtually impossible to get out of the house!
It should be stressed that the Apennine area between Abruzzo and Molise is not new to this type of snowfall, as over the years there have been several accumulations similar to this event. It has been handed down in the annals of meteorology and manuals from generation to generation, that this is the snowiest area in the world in terms of abundance of snowfall in a short time because of the proximity to the sea, exposure north / east and the topography of the area.
Google translation Link
Original Link (Italian)
Mar 9, 2015
Jorge Mejia
Arctic Sea Ice Maximum For 2015
Unless something weird happens, the Arctic may have set its maximum way back on day 53.
It would be the lowest maximum in the satellite era.
It is not the earliest day of maximum.
1987, 1994 and 1996 set their maximums on day 52.
https://sunshinehours.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/arctic-sea-ice-maxim...
while:
Giant Chunks Of Ice Wash Ashore On Cape Cod (a previous post by Joyce Paski)
*note how the title and the url are different, "Giant Icebergs" against "Giant Chunks Of Ice"
Mar 11, 2015
jorge namour
On the South Pacific bakes "Pam", in the week is likely to evolve into a dangerous tropical cyclone of the 4th category
E 'born the storm "Pam", can become a dangerous tropical cyclone
Tuesday, March 10, 2015,
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/03/pacifico-meridionale-mjo-sforna-pam-...
https://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
In the south-western Pacific Ocean revives the season of storms and tropical cyclones. In fact, just recently, in the stretch of ocean to the east of the Solomon Islands, we have witnessed the formation of tropical storm "Pam",
In a few hours, "Pam", passing over a stretch of ocean very hot, with low values of "Wind Shear" at higher altitudes (ideal environmental conditions for the deepening of a tropical cyclone) is likely to intensify significantly, transforming by the end of the day in a tropical cyclone 1st category of the Saffir-Simpson, with moderate winds sustained at over 120-130 km / h and gusts spike over the 140-150 km / h.
Hence the storm will follow a very dangerous path, since moving over a vast stretch of sea very warm, and able to provide huge amounts of latent heat that will test the agreement on all sides of the cyclonic circulation, will be further explored, with a significant thickening the "horizontal pressure gradient" that will make more and more intense and stormy winds around the area disturbed. It will be well known to activate the process of "self-supply" characteristic of tropical cyclones, with constant suction of air masses very hot and humid, maritime, from the nearby suburbs, which in addition to detonate the Convention in the central part of the system , will help develop impressive bands cloudy spiral that will be fueled by the huge amount of water vapor sucked from the warm surface waters of the southwest Pacific, whose temperatures are around + 28 ° C + 29 ° C.
The storm should also take the size really considerable, given the aspiration of large amounts of latent heat from the Southwest Pacific.
Typically, in these conditions, with a very damp in the lower layers and a "Wind Shear" very weak at higher altitudes of the troposphere, the process of "self-supply", not finding obstacles, intensified so as to deepen the cyclone, which in all probability by tomorrow and Thursday will reach the 2nd or even 3rd category of the Saffir-Simpson, with moderate winds incurred that exceed the threshold of 150-160 km / h around the deep minimum baric ground . Many models, including GFS, prognosticano the storm, because of the process of "self-supply", may even evolve into a dangerous tropical cyclone of the 4th category Saffir-Simpson, that between Thursday and Friday will pass just east of Vanuatu and the Loyalty Islands.
Given the considerable intensity only flyby of the central core of "Pam" threatens to expose the Loyalty Islands
The cyclonic winds that blow stormy so furious around the eye of the tropical cyclone, however, raise an intense waves up to more than 6-7 meters , locally even more central in the area around the eye, which can trigger intense storms on the southern and eastern coasts of the islands of Loyalty.
The evolution of "Pam" from tropical storm to tropical cyclone 1st category Saffir-Simpson
Mar 11, 2015
KM
http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-city-puebla-closed-snowfall/
Mexico City-Puebla closed by snowfall
Snow closed some roads yesterday in Michoacán, but today the wintry conditions have moved to the State of Mexico and Puebla, closing the Mexico City-Puebla freeway early this morning.
Officials closed the highway about 4:30am between the San Marcos toll booth, on the outskirts of the Federal District, to Río Frío in the State of Mexico, near the Puebla border.
The Federal Highways and Bridges Agency, Capufe, issued a warning via Twitter at 7:51 to urge drivers to use alternate routes. The 5 de Mayo freeway has also been closed, according to another report.
As many as 18,000 residents of the communities of Río Frío, Llano Grande and Avila Camacho are reported to have been cut off by the closure of the highway.
Yesterday, Civil Protection officials in Michoacán described as very rare the sight of snow on various hills in the municipalities of Paracho, Nahuatzén, Cherán and Zacapu.
The Zacapu-Zamora highway was closed for a while due to a heavy hailstorm at about 1:00pm, blanketing the road with four centimeters of ice and causing at least four accidents.
Officials said that with the exception of the Pico de Tancítaro, with an altitude of 3,485 meters, the sight of snow on five hills in the region was uncommon.
The National Meteorological Service said the center of the country is being affected by cold front #41, and the combination of cold air and Pacific moisture are bringing about colder temperatures, rain and snow.
Snowy section of the Mexico-Puebla freeway this morning.
Mar 13, 2015
KM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2993912/Powerful-cyclone-sm...
'We've seen villages blown away': Six people confirmed dead in catastrophic storm that hit Vanuatu... with fears DOZENS MORE have been killed
Six people have been confirmed dead in the wake of the devastating storm that struck Vanuatu.
Cyclone Pam caused widespread havoc across the island nation, with entire towns and villages reportedly blown away in the storm.
In addition to the six confirmed deaths, it is feared dozens more have been killed.
The archipelago, which consists of 80 islands, was left in the path of the category five storm when it unexpected changed directions.
World Vision Vanuatu emergency response officer Chloe Morrison described the damage caused by the storm, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
'We've seen villages that have just literally been blown away,' Ms Morrison said.
Gale-forces winds of up to 250km/h also cut off power and communications to more than 260,000 people across the Pacific island country.
'There were no official reports of deaths or injuries, however according to an unconfirmed report 44 people died in Penama Province (northeast of Vanuatu),' according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop told reporters on Saturday morning that Australia has a crisis response team ready to go and assist the Pacific Islands.
While an estimated 3,000 Australians are in Vanuatu, Ms Bishops says there are no reports of concerns about their welfare.
Australian Red Cross has made an appeal on Twitter, saying that Cyclone Pam caused 'unbelievable destruction'.
'Humanitarian needs will be enormous. Many people have lost their homes. Shelter, food and water urgent priorities,' Australian Red Cross tweeted.
'Tens of thousands of people seeking safety in safe buildings and caves across Vanuatu.'
Sune Gudnitz of the UNOCHA told AFP: 'We could see some loss of life, potentially serious loss but we don't know yet.'
Unicef spokeswoman Alice Clements told Radio New Zealand the cyclone was '15-30 minutes of absolute terror' for 'everybody in this country' as it passed over.
Mar 14, 2015
Derrick Johnson
Boston snowfall tops 9 feet, breaking city's all-time record
Boston’s brutal winter officially became its snowiest on Sunday.
The beleaguered city had received a seasonal total of 108.6 inches by evening, the National Weather Service said, breaking Boston’s old record of 107.6 inches set during the winter of 1995-96.
Sunday’s 2.9 inches didn’t stop Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, although according to local media, the buildup of snow on side streets did cause parade organizers to shorten the route. In the lighthearted spirit of parade day, Mayor Marty Walsh announced that a yeti character would serve as interim mayor. Incidentally, the parade itself made history too: After decades of exclusion, gay groups marched in it this year.
This record-breaking winter came as quite a shock for Michael Moreno, 21, who moved to Boston from Dallas last June.
At the house he rents, the season’s first big snowstorm posed a problem. “I had to shovel it all by hand and it took me eight hours straight,” said Moreno, who works at the front desk of the Copley Square Hotel. But things are better now: A neighbor felt sorry for him and offered to lend him a snowblower.
Moreno described experiencing winter as a revelation.
“When the blizzards hit, it’s like a whiteout,” he said. “You’re pretty much just hibernating until it’s over, and when you can see out — you can see everything — you’re kind of just in awe. If you’re not used it, it can leave you breathless.”
Boston is far from the snowiest spot in the U.S. Copenhagen, N.Y., appears to have that distinction, with more than 20 feet since mid-November.
But this winter made an impression even on lifelong Bostonians.
“You know, it was crazy,” said Joseph Thomas, 55. “Every other day, every other weekend, it was blizzards. You couldn’t walk. Cabs wouldn’t stop. The MBTA [transit system] was shut down.”
Thomas said Eddie C’s bar, where he works as a bartender, managed to open daily, but customers didn’t always show up. “For the month of February, it was dead.”
How would he like next winter to be? “Not like this.”
And this winter isn’t over yet. Friday’s forecast includes a chance of snow.
With such intense snowfall this year, the city often hasn’t been able to just plow streets and call it a day. Workers must also remove the excess snow, liquefying it with snow-melting machines or dumping truckload after truckload into lots called snow farms.
In a video posted by the city last month, a worker identified only as Kevin stands in one such snow farm, near a white mound that dwarfs the industrial vehicles adding to it.
“Three days ago there was nothing here,” he explains. “Now we’re at 25,000 cubic yards that we trucked in here two nights ago. And we’re continuing the operation daily, basically 16 to 18 hours a day, sometimes 24.”
It has been a season of extremes across the nation.
Even as Boston broke its snow record, Southern California experienced unseasonably hot weather.
On Sunday, downtown Los Angeles reached 90 degrees, a record high for the date. The heat wave caused organizers of the Los Angeles Marathon to move the starting time up 30 minutes.
Source: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-boston-snow-record...
Mar 16, 2015
Shaun Kazuck
This NOAA map of the average temperatures for the US in February definitely shows the wobble in action!
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imager...
Mar 18, 2015
Poli
ZetaTalk for June 25, 2011: How to salvage the Global Warming excuse? This has been the darling of the cover-up crowd, the reason for the erratic weather, the high tides and rising seas, even the reason the world's populace should shift to a more vegetarian diet and less reliance on fossil fuels. Poorly managed, this ultimately was revealed for the hoax it is, data manipulated at the highest levels. Now those who have been hurt by legislated demands that they adjust their carbon footprint are furious and demanding blood. Should Al Gore apologize? The Global Warming hoax marched past the revelation of their fraudulent data and they will march past lack of cooperation from Obama, holding firm as the alternative is unthinkable. The alternative is humiliation, but more than that it would raise the question of why such a fraud was considered necessary. However, apologies will not be forthcoming due to the humiliation factor, even when the presence of Planet X is obvious.
Mar 20, 2015
Mark
Britain battered by extreme high tides as at least seven flood warnings are issued across the country following solar eclipse... but at least it's good news for surfers
Mar 22, 2015
Howard
Massive Hail 'out of nowhere' Pummels Eastern Australia (Mar 21)
Hailstones up to 12 centimetres in diameter hit businesses along the Warrego Highway, and the region received more than 75 millimetres of rain in less than two hours.
Chinchilla resident Mark Kurtz said the hail cut power to parts of the town, broke windows and damaged cars.
"A tree landed on top of the house next door to us and on the other side they had a hailstone go through their window and there's quiet a few people around town who've had that problem," he said.
"I've been in Chinchilla for 30 years, I've never seen hail like that come through here anyway."
Local watermelon farmer and cattle breeder Terry O'Leary said his car was a write-off.
"Both the front and rear windscreen have been completely smashed in, all the windows on one side have been smashed in, the hail was even that strong it knocked the front bumper bar off," he said.
"And then the whole bodyworks of the car copped a real pizzling as well."
Chinchilla resident Diane Tong said she and her son fled from their backyard when the storm hit.
"It seemed to come out of nowhere - we where out the back at one stage and Matt actually commented on the swirling clouds and then all of a sudden the big bangs hit the roof and they were the massive big hailstones which were average size tennis ball [or] cricket ball, but we did actually have some that were the size of softballs," she said.
Source
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-22/massive-hailstones-out-of-now...
Mar 22, 2015
Howard
Source
Mar 25, 2015
jorge namour
The fury of the tornado strikes Oklahoma and Arkansas, a dead [VIDEO]
The warning sirens have sounded bringing back the fear of 2013
Thursday, March 26, 2015
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/03/furia-dei-tornado-colpisce-oklahoma-...
https://translate.google.com.ar/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
http://newsok.com/tornadoes-touch-down-across-the-state-1-dead-in-s...
Oklahoma tornado It 'a dead and several injured in the fury of tornadoes that are hitting at this time the center of the United States. In the area of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a caravan park and 'was almost destroyed, one person was killed and several wounded, they know the authorities' premises. Even Moore, in the same State, the warning sirens have sounded bringing back the fear in the same area where in 2013 a violent tornado provoke 'the death of 24 people, while another returned and' was reported in western Oklahoma City . The same kind of phenomenon and 'registered in more' points in the mountains in northwest Arkansas.
Mar 26, 2015
Howard
Extremely Rare Rain Floods Northern Chile, Kills Two (Mar 25)
Rainfall is extremely hard to come by in northern Chile. In Antofagasta, virtually no rain falls this time year and the port city averages just 1.7 mm (0.07 of an inch) annually.
However, Wednesday was anything but normal across northern Chile as a storm system tracked unusually far to the north and unleashed torrential rain.
At least 11.9 mm (0.47 of an inch) poured down on Wednesday. Photos and videos from the region show that runoff from the rain inundated streets in Antofagasta, while the Copiapo River to the south was brought out of its banks.
The torrential rain is being blamed for two deaths, the BBC stated. One person was electrocuted on the street. The second died in a mudslide.
40,000 people are without electricity and as many or more are without drinking water. Chile's government declared a state of emergency for the Atacama desert region and rushed in the army, urging people to flee.
Impacts from the downpours forced several companies to suspend operations at several of the major mines in northern Chile, according to Reuters. That put an estimated 1.6 million tons of capacity of copper on hold. Chile produces a third of the world's copper.
AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Anthony Sagliani warned of the unusual rain coming to northern Chile last weekend.
"The computer models had been showing a very strong upper-level storm system off the coast of Chile for several days. I looked at how anomalous it was and knew that an extremely rare event was going to happen," stated Sagliani.
"Northern Chile is a very cloudy place, but it never rains," according to Sagliani. "It is estimated that it has not rained in some places in the Atacama Desert in hundreds, even thousands of years."
Sagliani added that northern Chile is normally a stable place with a constant marine influence that limits showers and thunderstorms.
"No moisture makes it over the Andes [Mountain Range]," continued Sagliani.
The same storm responsible for Wednesday's deluge will bring additional showers and thunderstorms to the area from Antofagasta to La Serena on Thursday. While Sagliani does not expect the downpours to be as intense, any additional rain could worsen or trigger new flooding issues.
Sources
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/extremely-rare-rain-floo...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-32062039
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/chile-declares-state-...
http://news.yahoo.com/chile-sends-army-flood-hit-region-212231026.html
Mar 26, 2015
Howard
Formidable shelf cloud over Lancaster, Pennsylvania today.
https://storify.com/weatherchannel/awesome-shelf-cloud-photos
Mar 27, 2015
Khan
Snow in Saudi Arabia
Mar 17, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDzCjVWP06A
Mar 28, 2015
Howard
Dramatic time-lapse video and images of undulating clouds over Georgia and South Carolina today.
Critically, an elevated layer of warm air over top a layer of cooler air (aka an inversion) is required for the wave action at cloud level. But the specifics on how the clouds develop and evolve are still unknown.
Sources
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/03...
http://www.wjbf.com/story/28646996/photos-shelf-clouds-appear-over-...
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/photos-asperatus-clouds-...
Mar 31, 2015
jorge namour
Weather alert: Europe lashed by a hurricane of category 3 ^, winds up to 205km / h. Even in Italy in the coming hours will storm
Weather alert for strong winds in Europe caused by a pressure gradient between the Atlantic Ocean scary at the Scandinavian peninsula.
Repercussions on Italy
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/03/allerta-meteo-leuropa-sferzata-uraga...
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
pressure gradient There is a pressure gradient really scary at the base of the raging winds north / western that in these hours are lashing Europe: the Azores anticyclone located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain and Portugal has a maximum high pressure of 1039hPa , and moves to the north / east. At the same time around the Scandinavian peninsula there are three groups of deep low pressure up to 975hPa: over 60hPa of difference in a few hundred kilometers are generating strong winds not only on the British Isles, but also in all countries, central Europe, from France to Belgium and the Netherlands, from Germany to Switzerland, from Poland to Hungary and the Czech Republic, the Baltic countries to those Scandinavians up even to Russia.
The winds that are blowing in Europe are as strong as those of a hurricane of category 3 ^ on the Saffir-Simpson scale with peaks of 205km / h in Norway, 165km / h in Sweden, 156km / h in the British Isles and in Austria, 146km / h in France, 144km / h in Slovakia, 135km / h in the Netherlands, 122km / h in the Czech Republic, 115km / h in Poland.
This remarkable pressure gradient is causing strong winds also in Italy In addition to strong winds, in Central / Eastern Europe and Northern raging bad weather and cold weather with just + 2 ° C in Warsaw, Bergen and Copenhagen, + 4 ° C to Oslo and Trondheim, + 6 ° C in Leeds, Stockholm and Dublin, while the Azores anticyclone raises temperatures in the western Mediterranean with + 24 ° C in Algiers and Madrid, even + 28 ° C to + 27 ° C and Valencia in Seville.
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The storm Niklas flagella Germany: winds 150 km / h, three deaths [PHOTOS]
According to Lars Kirchhuebel German Weather Service 'DWD', this is one of the most powerful storms in recent years
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2015/03/tempesta-niklas-flagella-germania-ve...
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...
LaPresse/Reuters
Are already 'three deaths caused by the storm in Germany Niklas, that since yesterday is flailing the country with serious disruption to road, rail and air. Gusts up to 150 km / h, rail links disrupted, delayed departures at Frankfurt International Airport after the closure of one of the tracks. All regional trains were canceled in North Rhine-Westphalia, where the railways Deutsche Bahn have stopped all local connections waiting for the storm to diminish its strength. In addition, the line connecting Paris to Budapest remained interrupted at two different points in Southern Bavaria, between Monaco and Augusta, due to some fallen trees that have hit the power lines. According to Lars Kirchhuebel German Weather Service 'DWD', this is one of the most powerful storms in recent years, although - fortunately - not as powerful as the one in October 2013 caused severe damage throughout Europe.
Mar 31, 2015