Wild Weather, the Wobble Effect

[Sevan Makaracı]

Giant waves crash over seawalls during a storm

in the suburbs of Taipei, Taiwan. 21.10.2025

"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 Arctic regions, with the violence of storms increasing in number and ferocity."

ZETATALK

Wild Weather, the Wobble Effect - Earth Changes and the Pole Shift

[Howard]

Monster Tornadoes Hit Kansas and Oklahoma (May 19)

A gigantic tornado touched down near Wellston, Oklahoma estimated to be about a half-mile wide.

"It's tearing up everything," the pilot said. "Just ripping everything up in its sight."

Tornadoes touched down in three states on Sunday, ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region.

Another large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, the National Weather Service said.

A confirmed tornado was also seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, said the weather service. Another tornado was spotted in nearby Luther, Oklahoma, but it was not immediately clear whether that was the same twister.

Aerial video from KFOR and CNN affiliate KOCO showed severe damage near Wellston and near Carney, Oklahoma. Roofs were ripped from homes, branches stripped from trees and roads were filled with debris.

Tornadoes were also reported east of Dale, west of Paden, and near Prague in Oklahoma.

Part of Interstate 40 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, was shut down in both directions Sunday night after a tornado touched down, overturning multiple tractor-trailers.

Still more tornadoes were spotted in Iowa, near Earlham, Huxley and east of Dallas Center, according to the weather service.

It did not mince words, telling people to take cover there, as elsewhere.

"You could be killed if not underground or in a tornado shelter. Complete destruction of neighborhoods, businesses and vehicles will occur. Flying debris will be deadly to people and animals," it said in its Kansas advisory.

Sources

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/19/us/severe-weather/index.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327172/Massive-tornadoes-h...

[Derrick Johnson]

Record heat after record cold in Wyoming

 

CHEYENNE — Less than two weeks after seeing heavy snow and record cold, Wyoming is now seeing record heat.

The temperature in Cheyenne reached 84 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the record of 83 degrees set in 1976.

On Monday, record highs were set in Casper, Lander, Riverton and Rock Springs.

It wasn't too long ago that the state was experiencing heavy snowfall and below-normal temperatures. On May 2, Cheyenne set a record low temperature of 9 degrees and was digging out from more than a foot of snow.

The National Weather Service says the hot weather has quickened the snowmelt, causing rivers and streams to rise to near flood stage in some areas.

 

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/record-h...

[Kojima]

Texas Tornadoes (See also; Comment by ann s.  yesterday)

* NWS: Estimated 16 North Texas Tornadoes, Some EF-3 & EF-4 [CBS DFW; 16 May 2013]

The tornado that touched down in Granbury has been given a preliminary EF-4 rating. That means the twister that touched down could have had winds up to 200 miles an hour. “One-hundred-sixty-six miles an hour to 200 miles an hour is the estimated wind speed of that tornado,” NWS meteorologist Dan Shoemaker explained. “And we don’t measure the winds, we look at the damage and then extrapolate that from the damage back to a wind speed.”

In Johnson County the tornado that touched down in Cleburne has been given a preliminary EF-3 rating. Weather investigators say the most significant damage was just east of Lake Pat Cleburne.

While the only deaths being reported are in Hood County and there was significant damage in Cleburne, those weren’t the only tornadoes that touched down on Wednesday. As of Thursday afternoon NWS officials estimate that 15 tornadoes touched down across North Texas.

Shoemaker said, “Until we can get all the team reports back and we hear from emergency managers in the other counties then we’ll have an actual number, but that could take a few days.”

Of the damage from the tornado estimated to have been a mile wide, Cleburne Mayor Scott Cain said, “We will respond. We will unite as a community. We will rebuild, and we will remain very close and we will make certain that everybody’s taken care of.”

The Cleburne Independent School District was closed on Thursday and Community Relations spokesperson Lisa Magers issued a statement  saying, “With power outages and road conditions from Wednesday’s storms still a concern, all CISD campuses will remain closed through Friday, May 17.”

Late Thursday, the NWS confirmed an EF-1 tornado, measuring six miles wide and with winds of 90 miles per hour, touched down in Ellis county.  Most of the destruction is centered in the City of Ennis. Leaders say the storm ripped a path of destruction a few miles long.

A total of 25 residences and 40 commercial buildings were seriously damaged in Ennis, including a number of locations in the historic downtown area. The Mayor of Ennis has already sent a request to Governor Perry asking that the city be declared a disaster area.

City Manager Steve Howerton said in the grand scheme of things are pretty good. “We’ve only had one very minor injury, it was a laceration to an arm and to a head resulting from broken glass. So we are blessed in that respect,” he said. “All of the critical infrastructure of the city is in place. Our hospital is in good condition. Our schools will all be open and observing their regular schedule today, so in that respect again, we’ve been spared.”

Thursday afternoon officials did confirm that damage caused in Parker County, in and around the Town of Millsap, was from a tornado. The twister that touched down in Millsap has been given a preliminary rating of EF-1. Winds from an EF-1 twister register between 86 and 110 miles an hour.

As of Thursday afternoon, the death toll from Wednesday night’s storms stood at six, with all of those deaths in the Rancho Brazos subdivision in Granbury. The identities of those killed, two women and four men, have not been released.

Storm and tornado damage left dozens of other people with injuries, and hundreds homeless. Officials with Oncor report some 8,500 people, across five counties remain without power.

* EF-4 Tornadoes Are Rare For North Texas [CBS DFW; 17 May 2013]

GRANBURY (CBSDFW.COM) - It was the deadliest tornado outbreak in North Texas in over 30 years, and Granbury was the hardest-hit area in all of DFW. The National Weather Service estimated that 16 twisters landed across North Texas, and some of them were EF-4 tornadoes.

What does that mean?

Storms of that strength are extremely rare. In the last 50 years, North Texas has only seen six EF-4 tornadoes, about one each decade. And even the total number of twisters was rare. In the last 50 years, there have only been seven days with 10 or more tornadoes.

The six fatalities on Wednesday made it the deadliest North Texas tornado day since April 1982, when a storm ripped through Paris.

A survey team from the National Weather Service walked through the damage on Thursday to determine the classification information. They look at several factors when trying to determine the strength of any particular storm. An EF-4 tornado has winds over 200 mph, and there can be signs that such a strong storm has passed through a neighborhood.

The survey team looked for the total loss of well-built homes and business structures, and large trucks that were either flipped repeatedly or moved short distances. They also looked for trees that were debarked and snapped close to the ground, or uprooted altogether.

An EF-4 tornado levels homes and practically requires a storm shelter in order to survive. And when you look at some of the damage done by these powerful twisters on Wednesday, it is almost unbelievable that there were not more deaths.

[Kojima]

US: Snowiest April and Coolest April

For a printable version of the climate summary which includes more figures, data tables, and state summaries, click here. 

Region Breakdown

The cooler conditions of March continued into April across the High Plains Region. Average temperatures were well below normal for the majority of the Region and in stark contrast to last year when many locations were in the top ten warmest on record. A rough southwest to northeast temperature gradient was apparent with average temperatures which were near normal across southwest portions of Colorado and Wyoming and up to 15.0 degrees F (8.3 degrees C) below normal in North Dakota and northeastern South Dakota.

Even with a late month warm-up, these cooler conditions caused locations in each state to be ranked in the top ten coolest Aprils on record. These cooler conditions were also accompanied by wintry weather and some locations ranked in both the top ten coolest and snowiest Aprils on record. Aberdeen, South Dakota had its coolest and 2nd snowiest April on record. The average temperature in Aberdeen was 34.9 degrees F (1.6 degrees C) which was 9.5 degrees F (5.3 degrees C) below normal (period of record 1893-2013). The old record occurred in 1950 with an average temperature of 36.0 degrees F (2.2 degrees C). More records occurred in Rapid City, South Dakota which had both the coolest and snowiest April. The average temperature was only 36.7 degrees F (2.6 degrees C) in Rapid City, and at 8.3 degrees F (4.6 degrees C) below normal, this temperature was able to easily beat the old record of 38.0 degrees F (3.3 degrees C) also set in 1950 (period of record 1942-2013).

[Kojima]

[HPRCC News; 15 May 2013]

Here are some of daily high temperature records from May 14, 2013. Most locations had temperatures 20-30 degrees above their normal high temperature for the day. Furthermore, the locations of Omaha, Lincoln, and Grand Island all reached the 100 degree mark the earliest in their respective periods of record. The average time those cities hit the century mark is around the first week of July. These record high temperatures come just two days after some locations set daily low temperature records. During the morning hours of May 12, 2013 Omaha, Lincoln, and Norfolk had low temperature records of 32, 31, and 29, respectively. That is roughly a 70 degree temperature swing in approximately 60 hours(12th at 4am - 14th at 4pm). 

[SongStar101]

This is a huge sign of Wobble! 

Omaha experiences record high and low temperatures in less than 72 hours

On Sunday, it was 32 degrees in Omaha, Nebraska. On Tuesday, it was 100 degrees.

The Omaha World-Herald reports that May 14 is the earliest day on record that the temperature in Omaha has reached triple digits, according to data from the National Weather Service. The temperature hasn’t been in that range in Omaha so early in the year since 1871.

In fact, Barbara Mayes of the National Weather Service says the official number could get even hotter before the day is over.

Amazingly, on Sunday there was still snow on the ground while on Tuesday, most residents were wearing shorts and sunscreen.

The largest temperature change on record within a 24 hour period occurred in Loma, Montana in 1972 when the temperature changed from -54 to 49 °F.

So, why was there such a dramatic shift in temperatures?

Dry air heading up from the Gulf of Mexico is to blame for both the extreme high and low temperatures, Mayes said that and a mixing of weather in the upper and lower levels of the atmosphere have led to a spike in temperatures across the region. On Tuesday, it was 103 degrees in Sioux City, Iowa and 100 degrees in Columbus, Ohio.

Adding to the weather drama, temperatures were already beginning to plummet in Omaha, with weather expected to be significantly cooler on Wednesday.

[Heather]

Happening right now. Mile wide tornado near Dallas TX with grapefruit sized hail

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/15/tornadoes-large-hail-keeps-north...

The tornado, north of Evant, North Texas. Picture: Bruce Hansen via KWTX

PEOPLE have been killed by "grapefruit"-size hailstones as a tornado brings down buildings in Texas.

Hood County sheriff confirms fatalities, multiple injuries and extensive damage following the tornado, NewsBreaker reported.

The tornado, reported to  be a mile-long is reported to be heading towards Cleburne, Texas.

"LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! Mile-wide tornado heading straight north now toward Cleburne, TX! TAKE COVER NOW! " reported Reed Timmer, of TVN.

Ryan Sloane of CNN reported that at least 10 people were injured in Hood County, Texas, with people trapped in homes.

The tornado slammed into the North Texas lakefront town of Granbury, demolishing homes and injuring an undetermined number of people, Houston Chronicle reported.

The tornado - part of a system of severe thunderstorms that spawned several tornadoes across North Texas - dropped large hail.

Police reported the hardest hit area was the Rancho Brazos subdivision and adjoining areas along Lake Granbury.

Another tornado hit the small town of Millsap, about 65km west of Fort Worth. Parker County Judge Mark Kelley said roof damage was reported to several houses and a barn was destroyed.http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/world/fatalities-in-hood-county-tex...

[Carlos]

The official hurricane season in the Pacific east, starts on: June 1 and ends November 30, today is: 05/15/13, we have the first tropical storm, named: ALVIN.

Source:  http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_ep1.shtml?5-daynl#contents

[KM]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22536139

Snow and winds of 65mph hit Devon and Cornwall

Mark Shackleton took this photo of his back garden in Princetown

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Snow has fallen in parts of Devon in what has been described as "fairly unusual" weather for May.

Winds of up to 65mph also struck the South West coast overnight with a number of trees coming down, some blocking roads.

Western Power Distribution said homes in Cornwall were still without power after thousands were cut off overnight.

Two inches of snow also fell in Shropshire overnight and people have been warned to prepare for flooding.

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I went to walk the dog and opened the front door to a blizzard of snow”

Gavin Fabiani-Layman Princetown resident

Fourteen flood alerts are still in place in Devon and Cornwall following heavy rain on Monday.

Sheila Coates, from Princetown, told BBC Radio Devon: "It's crazy. When I went to bed last night I couldn't see out of my front window for the snow.

"I've lived here all my life and I've never known weather like it at this time of year."

'It was mad'

Gavin Fabiani-Laymon, who also lives in Princetown, took a photo of the snow and said it lasted "about an hour".

"I went to walk the dog and opened the front door to a blizzard of snow.

"It was mad, it took me by surprise," he said.

The MET office said the snow which fell in Devon was "a transient feature".

Forecaster Philip Avery said: "May snowfall is unusual but not unheard of, even in southern England.

"Snow has even managed to fall into June… but that really is a rarity.

"The last really widespread snowfall in May was 17th May 1955 when much of England and Wales was affected by several hours of snow.

"Coincidently, Devon also saw significant snow on 17th May 1935."

He said the snow was caused by very wet and windy weather across the region on Tuesday combined with falling temperatures after sunset.

The winds are expected to ease during Wednesday with the weather getting drier and brighter.

[Howard]

Massive Ice Bank Demolishes Homes on Manitoba Lake (May 10)
One minute, cottage owners on the southern shore of Manitoba’s Dauphin Lake were cooking on their barbecues, admiring the views across the still-frozen ice.

The next minute, that ice was rumbling up the shore like a giant nine-metre-high bulldozer, tearing apart their decks, then slicing through some homes and tipping others on their sides.

“The whole thing happened in about ten minutes,” said Clayton Watts, the deputy reeve of the Rural Municipality of Ochre River.

“We had people barbecueing on their decks. They turned around to go inside to get something, they came back out and their decks were ripping apart,” he added.

“It was like a freight train coming through, they say.”

A state of emergency has been declared in this rural municipality near Winnipeg after the giant wall of ice destroyed 12 homes on Friday. About 20 homes on three streets were damaged, and many were destroyed.

Strong winds pushed ice on Dauphin Lake onto homes and cottages on Ochre Beach, a summer community about 200 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.

“Fortunately, nobody was hurt,” Deputy Reeve Clayton Watts said. “There was extensive damage, though.”

Some homes were completely destroyed. Others, like the one belonging to Donna Billows, were filled up when the charging ice flow pushed though doors and windows.

“I happened to look out the window and saw the ice just coming, just moving so quickly,” Billows told CTV News.

Billows, who was sitting down for dinner with her husband at the time, said she had little time to react.

“He said ‘Grab your purse, grab whatever you can. Get the keys. We’ve got to get out of here,’” Billows said.

Her home was packed with ice.

The community has rallied around Billows and others affected by the disaster.

“There were people working here that I didn’t even know who they were,” Billows said. “They just came in and said “What can we do?”

But just two years after dealing with floods that caused extensive damage in the community, Billows has had enough.

“Really, I don’t think I want to live here anymore,” she said.

Dennis Stykalo’s vacation home, which his family has owned for 38 years, was completely destroyed.

“Ice has come on this property historically over the years but never this close or of this magnitude,” he said.

Sources

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/huge-wall-of-ice-on-manitoba-lake-demo...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/11/owners-pick-through-remains...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/05/10/mb-ochre-ri...