"We warned at the start of ZetaTalk, in 1995, thatunpredictable 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."
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-alaskaJim 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.
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+spec... 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=iot... 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.
Comment by Stanislav on February 22, 2017 at 10:06pm
America is set for one of the warmest February days in 30 YEARS: Temperature records smashed across the country as the US basks in an early spring
Forecasters predicted the average temperature for the Lower 48 states would reach a balmy 59 degrees on Wednesday
A meteorologist say you would have to go back three decades to find a February day as warm
There have been over 2,800 record highs recorded throughout US this month
Change most extreme in Midwest, where Chicago is seeing 70-degree days
Record highs or near-record highs also recorded in Wisconsin and Detroit
Cities and towns across the continental US have recorded 2,805 record high temperatures so far in February, continuing a trend of higher-than-normal temperatures that began in January
22 Feburary, 2017. Wednesday is set to be one of the warmest February days in the United States in 30 years. Forecasters predicted the average temperature across the country on Wednesday would soar to 59 degrees in the Lower 48 states, well above the average for this time of year.
Cities and towns across the continental US have recorded 2,805 record high temperatures so far in February. And the warmth is set to continue throughout the remainder of the week and into the weekend, with more records expected to fall.
Chicagoans walk in the Windy City, where record-busting temperatures have taken hold this week. Source: dailymail.co.uk
The areas where the change is most surprising is the Midwest, where cities like Chicago are experiencing balmy 70-degree days.
Between Friday and Monday, the Windy City recorded record highs on consecutive days. On Sunday, the barometer read 70 degrees in Chicago – making it just the fourth time the city has been that warm at this time of year since 1871.
The warm days are threatening the all-time high temperature Chicago in February – 75 degrees, which was recorded on February 27, 1976. Record or near-record warmth has also been recorded in other towns in the Midwest, including Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Omaha, Minneapolis, and Detroit.
Minneapolis, which is normally in the grip of Arctic chills at this time of the year, could see temperatures rise to as much as 59 degrees. Even St. Louis is expected to reach the mid-70s several times this week, according to The Weather Channel. The warmer-than-usual February is also being felt in places like Denver, Colorado, and Lincoln, Nebraska. Source: dailymail.co.uk
Comment by Stanislav on February 21, 2017 at 10:09pm
Is it summer yet? Balmy temperatures in Edmonton break 100-year-old record (Canada)
It's the hottest it's been on Feb. 15 in more than 100 years. (Sam Martin/CBC)
15 February, 2017. It sure didn't feel like winter at all in Edmonton on Wednesday. In fact, temperatures climbed high enough to break a 100-year-old record. As of 4 p.m., the temperature at Edmonton Blatchford hit 15.4 C. That's 1.5 C higher than the previous record for this day, set in 1916. Edmonton wasn't the only city to experience unusually balmy winter weather on Wednesday — Environment Canada said temperature records were also broken in Banff, Calgary, Grande Prairie and High Level. Source: cbc.ca
Chicago's Unseasonable Warmth Continues to Break Records (US)
19 February, 2017. For the third consecutive day, Chicago’s unseasonably high temperatures broke records on Sunday. At 1:02 p.m., the temperature at O’Hare International Airport hit 66 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. That balmy number just beat the record of 65 degrees set in 1930 – though temperatures on Sunday continued to climb, meaning the final record could be even higher. About an hour before that, Rockford saw a temperature of 64 degrees, eclipsing the previous record that was also set in 1930. Source: nbcchicago.com
Snow in Australia's hottest ever summer? It’s happening
Snow in FEBRUARY! A touch of frost snaps record heatwave as snow falls on the mountains in Victoria (Australia)
20 February, 2017. The Victorian Alpine region was unexpectedly covered in snow over the weekend. Social media pictures showed wintry landscapes at Mount Hotham, Mount Buller, and Falls Creek.
'The weather in this country is nuts,' a woman commented on a video showing snowfall in Mount Buller.
The Victorian Alpine region was unexpectedly covered in snow over the weekend
Skiers should think twice before rushing over to the High Country, however. The snow is likely to melt away before Monday ends, according to forecasts. Meteorologists said it's not uncommon to see snow in the summer - but the fact that it happens in February is 'a bit rare.' 'We can get cold outbreaks in Victoria any time of the year, but now it happens to be in the middle of summer,' said Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Dean Stewart. Source: dailymail.co.uk
Record-breaking rainfall recorded for the month (Australia) 20 February, 2017. Wet weather has belted Western Australia over the last two weeks with record-breaking rainfall recorded in many parts of the State.
Towns became isolated, roads and bridges were washed away, fences damaged, dams were overflowing, one man was swept away in Esperance floodwaters, and at the time of going to press, the search continued for another man who was missing after an attempted water crossing. Source: esperanceexpress.com.au
Friday breaks Pueblo's all-time high temperature record for February (US)
10 February, 2017. Summer is months away, but Puebloans got a little bit of a taste of it on Friday with an all-time record-breaking temperature for the month.
Temperatures on Friday reached above 80, topping out at 82 degrees just before 2 p.m., making it the hottest February day in recorded history in Pueblo, according to the National Weather Service's Pueblo office.
Previously, the hottest February day ever occurred just last year on Feb. 18 when the temperature got up to 81 degrees. Source: chieftain.com
Mangaluru records all time high temperature for February month (India)
16 February, 2017. The west coast has been witnessing an abnormal increase in day temperature since past few days. On Wednesday, the evening temperature was 38.7 degree C for Mangaluru city, recorded at Panambur Weather Observatory, which is a seven degree C rise in the normal maximum. This, incidentally, is an all-time high record for the February month since Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) started recording temperatures for this region. Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Detroit broke a 133-year high temperature record Sunday
In this May 27, 2012 photo, people take in the warm weather on the Detroit River and Belle Isle in Detroit. A gem to some and wreck to others, Detroit's Belle Isle has become the latest bone of contention between state officials offering to operate the poorly managed park and what some in the city see as too much outside interference. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)
Waterloo's weekend warmth melts a 137-year record (Canada)
There will be spring-like temperatures this week, including a forecasted high of 16 C on Wednesday which could "shatter" records across southern Ontario. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
21 February, 2017. The warm temperatures over the weekend broke one weather record and Wednesday's high of 16 C is set to break another.
Saturday's temperature reached 11.9 C, which broke the record for Feb. 18 of 9.4 C set in 1880, making it the warmest Feb. 18 in Waterloo Region since record keeping began. Source: cbc.ca
Qatar records coldest February since 1962
21 February, 2017. This month is turning out to be the coldest February on record in Qatar since 1962.
The Met department informed in a tweet that the temperatures recorded this month have been lower than the normal range for February by 2-3C, based on a comparison of climate records since 1962. It has been a month of cold spells in the country, marked by temperatures well below 10C at a number of places with strong winds adding to the chill factor.
Early in February, the country was affected by a “cold wave” for a few days due to the extension of a Siberian high-pressure system, accompanied by fresh to strong northwesterly winds. It was during this period (February 5) that the lowest ever temperature – 1.5C – in Qatar’s history was recorded in Abu Samra. The previous record was set in 1964, when the temperature had dropped to 3.8C in Mesaieed. Source: gulf-times.com
Chicago has most 70-degree days in February since 1871
20 February, 2017. The mercury soared to 70 degrees Monday for the second time in three days making it the fourth straight day for rewriting Chicago’s record book. The NORMAL high in Chicago does not reach 70 degrees until May 15th, which underscores how unusual this warmth truly is.
Never before in 146 Februarys dating back to 1871 have there been two 70 degree or warmer days. And, while clouds and light rain Tuesday morning are likely to keep readings a bit cooler than Monday, it appears a third 70 degree or warmer temperature is likely on Wednesday, which would not only break the day’s 95 year old record high of 68 degrees set in 1922, but equal the TOTAL February 70s previously observed here in 146 years! A bit of a reality check arrives this weekend as more typical late February returns to the area. Source: wgntv.com
Comment by Stanislav on February 21, 2017 at 10:07pm
NOAA Global Analysis - January 2017
The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for January 2017 was 0.88°C (1.58°F) above the 20th century average of 12.0°C (53.6°F). This was the third highest January temperature in the 1880–2017 record, behind 2016 (highest) and 2007 (second highest). Separately, the global land surface temperature was also third highest for the month of January at 1.54°C (2.77°F) above the 20th century average of 2.8°C (37.0°F). The first month of the year was characterized by warmer to much-warmer-than-average conditions across much of the world's land surface, with the largest positive temperature departures from average across the eastern half of the contiguous U.S., eastern Asia, and much of Canada where temperature departures were 3.0°C (5.4°F) or greater.
Cooler-than-average conditions were observed across New Zealand, the western half of the contiguous U.S., central and western Australia, northern and southern parts of Africa, western and southern Asia, and much of Europe. The most notable below-average temperature departures from average were observed across the northwestern contiguous U.S. and central Europe (-3.0 °C [-5.4°F] or colder). According to NCEI's Regional analysis, three of the six continents had at least a top six warm January, with South America having its second warmest January since continental records began in 1910, behind 2016. Meanwhile, Europe had its coldest January since 2010.
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The January 2017 mean temperature for Hong Kong, China was 18.5°C (65.3°F) or 2.2°C (4.0°F) above average—the warmest January on record.
Cold temperatures engulfed much of Europe during January 2017. Austria had one of the coldest Januarys since 1987, while the Netherlands had the coldest January since 2010.
Above-average temperatures were present across much of eastern Australia, while the western part of Australia had cooler-than-average conditions during January 2017. Averaged as a whole, the Australian mean temperature for January was 0.77°C (1.39°F) above the 1961–1990 average and the 17th highest January temperature in the 108-year record. Regionally, New South Wales had its third warmest January, while Queensland had its sixth warmest on record. Minimum temperatures were also above average. The nation had its third highest January minimum temperature at 1.29°C (2.32°F) above average. Queensland had its second highest minimum temperature, behind 2006, while New South Wales had its fourth highest January minimum temperature on record.
New Zealand experienced the coldest January temperature since 2014 at 16.4°C (61.5°F), which is 0.7°C (1.3°F) below the 1981–2010 average.
For the oceans, the globally-averaged temperature departure of +0.65°C (+1.17°F) from the 20thcentury average was the second highest on record for January, behind 2016. Much-warmer-than-average temperatures were present across most of the ocean surfaces, with near- to cooler-than-average conditions across the northern, central, and southern parts of the Pacific Ocean, central Indian Ocean and along the western coast of Australia, and the northern and southern Atlantic Ocean.
According to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, ENSO-neutral conditions were present during January 2017 and are favored to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring (March–May) 2017.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State of the Climate: Global Analysis for January 2017, published online February 2017, retrieved on February 21, 2017 from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201701. Link: ncdc.noaa.gov
Snow cover duration is declining in northern hemisphere since 1981
Spatial distributions of the (a) 30-year average (1982–2013, excluding 1994 and 1995) of snow cover duration (SCD, in month), (b) 30-year trend of SCD (day/year) in the Northern Hemisphere derived from the long-term satellite-derived SCE, (c) the same as (b) except that only the areas with statistically significant SCD trends (Kendall-Mankind test a > 0.05) are shown, and (d) SCD trend derived from in-situ snow data measured at the ground stations that have complete annual snow depth observation records during the 32-year analysis period.
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Hori, Masahiro, Konosuke Sugiura, Kazufumi Kobayashi, Teruo Aoki, Tomonori Tanikawa, Katsuyuki Kuchiki, Masashi Niwano, and Hiroyuki Enomoto. "A 38-year (1978–2015) Northern Hemisphere daily snow cover extent product derived using consistent objective criteria from satellite-borne optical sensors." Remote Sensing of Environment 191 (2017): 402-18. Web. Link
Comment by SongStar101 on February 21, 2017 at 10:54am
Harsh weather in Afghanistan kills dozens in blizzard, rainstorms
KABUL Feb 20 (Reuters) - As many as 50 people have died in storms over the past three days in Afghanistan, including 25 shepherds lost in a blizzard, a government disaster management official said on Monday.
Also among the dead were 11 people killed in separate incidents in roof collapses in heavy rain in Kabul province, said Omar Mohammadi, a spokesman for the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Agency.
Another 44 people were hurt in weather-related accidents.
On Sunday, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the bad weather had forced him to scrap a visit to Afghanistan.
Amid a war that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, the United Nations estimates that more than 9 million Afghans are in need of humanitarian aid, including basic food and housing.
The deprivation has been exacerbated by bad weather that has taken a heavy toll, especially in remote areas.
"At least 239 people have been killed and 214 wounded during the past two months of heavy snow and rain in 22 provinces of Afghanistan," Mohammadi said.
More than 520 houses were destroyed and about 420 damaged over the same period, he added. (Writing by Josh Smith; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
Scores of people have been killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan by heavy snow and avalanches that hit mountainous areas in the region, officials said.
More than 100 people have been killed across Afghanistan, including 50 in Nuristan province, officials said Sunday, warning the death toll could rise still further.
At least 54 people were killed in northern and central Afghan provinces, officials told AFP news agency, with massive avalanches destroying 168 houses and killing hundreds of cattle.
Dozens more remain missing, the provincial governor, Hafiz Abdul Qayum, told Al Jazeera on Sunday.
"Most affected are women and children," he said, adding that many houses collapsed, killing at least five people and leaving many families without shelter.
"The area is completely blocked because of snow so it is very difficult for us to send support, but we are trying our best."
Qayum said local rescue operations continued at the site, adding the death toll might increase.
The government declared Sunday, a normal working day in Afghanistan, to be a public holiday to deter non-essential travel and ensure schools were closed.
Avalanches in Pakistan's Chitral
In neighbouring Pakistan, at least 13 people, including three children, were killed early on Sunday morning when an avalanche in the northwestern Chitral district destroyed 22 houses, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in a statement.
"Rescue operations at the site have finished for now," Gul Hammad Farooqi, a local journalist in Chitral, told Al Jazeera.
"They were carried out by the local population, because no one was able to reach the site, even by helicopter."
Roads to the remote Shershal village, where the avalanche occurred, remained blocked due to the snowfall, and rescue crews were forced to rush to the surrounding areas by helicopter, the NDMA said.
In a separate incident in the Chitral region, a paramilitary soldier was killed and six others were injured when their post collapsed under an avalanche in the Pisotan area, Pakistan's military said in a statement.
The surviving soldiers had been rescued, it added.
Parts of the Chitral valley received more than five feet of snow in the previous 24 hours, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said in a statement on Sunday, with scattered snowfall forecast for Monday.
Comment by lonne rey on February 20, 2017 at 9:49pm
LIVE STORM BLOG: Damage Reported in Multiple Areas of Central Texas as Storms Move Out
The squall line of storms swept into the Interstate 35 corridor just prior to midnight, then a secondary round of storms blew into the area around 2 a.m.
- Tornado Touchdown Causes Damage in Bexar County --
Storms tore through San Antonio overnight causing significant damage.
A tornado damaged homes in Alamo Heights.
-- Storm Damage in Williamson County --
Williamson County emergency responders are trying to figure out if a possible tornado tore through the southeastern part of the county from Coupland to Thrall overnight.
-- Damage in Travis County --
Clifford Power, a generator equipment and service provider, lost its entire roof on Burleson Road due to storms overnight.
- Water Levels Rising --
ATXFloods reports over 50 low water crossing closures due to last night’s severe weather.
-- Train Derailment in Williamson County --
A train derailed between Thrall and Thronedale in Williamson County at around 1 a.m. Monday morning, reports say.
'Atmospheric river' drives ANOTHER catastrophic rain storm towards stricken California dam as the state braces for MORE flooding and officials warn residents they could have just 15 minutes to evacuate
Rain and wind picked up in Northern California on Saturday renewing flood fears
Sections of Interstate-5 in Williams, CA overflowed, blocking traffic for hours
A Pacific storm is expected to hit the area again on Sunday
Rain is expected to continue through Tuesday prompting evacuations
Engineers at the stricken Oroville Dam in Northern California have increased the rate at which they are draining water from the reservoir as a powerful rain storm driven by the phenomenon known as an 'atmospheric river' hits the state.
In anticipation of the storm which threatens widespread flooding in many areas, supervisors increased the amount of water being channeled out of the dam to accommodate incoming rain.
The amount of water flowing down the spillway was increased from 55,000 cubic feet a second (cfs) to 60,000 cfs Sunday afternoon. Earlier this week, outflows were at nearly 100,000 cfs.
However, an evacuation warning is still being issued as residents immediately below the dam could be at a major risk if the dam were to abruptly fail - as they would not be able to receive warning quickly enough to evacuate.
As rainstorms return to Northern California, engineers at the Oroville Dam are working on overdrive to ensure that the troubled barrier doesn't overflow
The first outer rain bands from a powerful Pacific storm headed to Northern California on Sunday brought light rain and wind and renewed warnings of possibly dangerous flooding in the already soggy region
In this view looking north, flood water crosses over Interstate 5 at Williams backing up traffic in both north and southbound lanes for hours on Saturday
The National Weather Service has reportedly urged California residents to be ready to leave their homes on a moment's notice
The first outer rain bands from the powerful Pacific storm headed to Northern California brought light rain and wind and renewed warnings of possibly dangerous flooding in the already soggy region on Sunday.
More wet weather is expected on Monday and Tuesday, and officials are preparing for the worst after Southern California was devastated by the strongest storm in decades earlier this week.
The National Weather Service has reportedly urged California residents to be ready to leave their homes on a moment's notice.
Flood water crosses over Interstate 5 at Williams backing up traffic in both north and southbound lanes for hours on Saturday in Williams, Calif. Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area were facing a weekend return of heavy rain and winds that lashed them earlier in the week before the storm moves out
A discussion post said: 'If you were given less than 15 minutes to evacuate your home would you have everything you need and gas in your vehicle?'
It continued: 'Northern California has become very vulnerable since being hit continuously with storms since early January and we want all residents in our region to plan ahead and be prepared.'
The San Joaquin River at a measuring station near Vernalis remained at 'danger stage,' meaning it keeps approaching the top of levees, said Tim Daly, a spokesman with San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services.
Northwest of Sacramento, several hundred people were evacuated Saturday as overflowing creeks turned the town of Maxwell into a brown pond, with some homes getting 2 feet of water
Comment by Stanislav on February 19, 2017 at 9:56pm
Spring is sprung! Fair weather arrives early for much of the US as Chicago temperatures break 137-year record and Washington experiences highs in the 70s
Chicago recorded temperatures as high as 67 degrees on Saturday
The previous record high was 62 degrees, which was set 137 years ago
Temperatures in frigid Minnesota were 34 degrees above normal
Mild air to remain throughout eastern two-thirds of US until at least next month
Washington, DC saw highs above 70 degrees
A pair of anglers navigate the channel that connects the north and south pools of the lake at Shadyside Park in Anderson, Indiana on Saturday. The weather throughout the Midwest was unseasonably warm, and it will remain so through the holiday weekend. Source: dailymail.co.uk
18 February, 2016. The calendar says we are in the middle of February, but unseasonably high temperatures in the Midwest and along the eastern seaboard on Saturday made it feel like spring.
Chicago recorded temperatures as high as 67 degrees on Saturday, shattering a 137-year record of 62, according to The Chicago Tribune. Temperatures were even higher throughout Illinois and neighboring Iowa, where residents saw the barometer easily surpass 70 degrees.
In Minnesota, one of the coldest states in the country, temperatures reached as high as 57 degrees, which is 34 degrees above normal. Even the Dakotas, which saw temperatures dip to the single digs and below double-digit wind chills during the winter, are enjoying 50- and 60-degree highs. The milder temperatures are expected to last well into the President’s Day holiday weekend, according to The Weather Channel.
The pocket of warmer air stretches from just east of the Rocky Mountains all the way to the East Coast and New England. Detroit was expecting to see temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s, well within range of the 40-year record set in 1976, according to WWJ-TV. <...> Source: dailymail.co.uk
Record-breaking warmth disrupts typical Chicago winter
The warm weather has been the impetus for the restart of architecture tours. Shoreline Sightseeing is beginning its architecture river boat tour Feb. 17, 2017.
17 February, 2017. The unseasonably warm weather broke a century-old record on Friday, drawing Chicago area residents and tourists outdoors — many ditching their coats — as other typical winter activities like ice skating rinks closed shop.
Friday's temperature climbed up to 67 degrees, breaking the 60-degree record for the date set in 1880, said National Weather Service meteorologist Charles Mott.
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"The river is not frozen so we're taking advantage," said Amy Hartnett, Shoreline's director of sales and marketing. "We're certainly hoping for a great crowd."
16 February, 2017. The mercury here dropped to 7.3 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, from 8 degrees on Valentine’s Day, making it the coldest day so far this year. It almost matched the 7.1 degrees recorded on Jan. 9, 1971, and qualified as one of the lowest temperatures yet in the city in 46 years. <...> Source: newsinfo.inquirer.net
Denver Smashes 47 Year Old Record High Reaching 75 Degrees!
16 Ferbuary, 2017. After setting a record high temperature in Denver of 67° on Wednesday, the high soared to 75 degrees on Thursday setting yet another record high – breaking the 1970 record of 70 degrees. Source: denver.cbslocal.com
Oklahoma hits 100° in the dead of winter, because climate change is real <...> 15 Feburary, 2017. Oklahoma just endured a spell of exceptionally hot weather. Mangum, Oklahoma saw temperatures close to 100º F, setting a state record. The average February high in Mangum is 56º F.
It is extremely unusual to see such sweltering temperatures in the dead of winter, but climate change is loading the dice for record-breaking heat. Source: thinkprogress.org
18 February, 2017. The National Weather Service reports Friday's high temperature of 63 degree in the Twin Cities broke a record for the date and fell just one degree short of the all-time record for the month of February. <...> Last year on February 17th, the Minneapolis-St. Paul high temperature was 29 degrees. There have only been four days on record previously when the temperature has reached 60 in February -- in 1896, 1921, 1981 and 2000. The southern part of the state may not have a temperature reading under freezing before next Friday. Source: voiceofalexandria.com
Australia’s new normal … as city temperatures hit 47C people shelter from the deadly heat
19 February, 2017. <...> Australians are no strangers to hot weather. But for the past week large parts of the continent have suffered a heatwave of unusual length and intensity. Temperature records were beaten in cities and rural towns around the country. Shops across Sydney ran out of fans, and New South Wales energy minister Don Harwin urged people to beat the heat by going to the movies. More than 40,000 homes in South Australia experienced blackouts as electricity networks struggled to cope with the increased demand placed on the grid by air conditioners. <...> But in the far-western Sydney suburb of Penrith – 60km from the coast – options for getting out of the heat are few. Penrith has the dubious honour of being Sydney’s hottest suburb, with summer daytime temperatures four or five degrees higher than in the inner city. During last week’s heatwave, the suburb sweltered through an unheard-of 46.9°C – a record for the city. “Penrith has had about 12 days above 40 degrees this summer, which is clearly unusual,” says Karl Braganza, climate monitoring manager at the Bureau of Meteorology.
Bathers cool off at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images. Source: theguardian.com
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The heatwave is officially over, but the reality of Australian summers getting hotter is much more serious and far-reaching than a few more hot days each year. Almost every Australian capital city experienced higher-than-average temperatures in January; in Sydney and Brisbane, it was the hottest month on record. That scorching January came after 2016 was the country’s fourth-hottest year on record – a year that, in turn, followed on from 2013, the hottest year the country has ever recorded.
That increasing heat has made an already dry continent even more prone to devastating bushfires. NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons describes fire conditions during the heatwave as “the worst possible... they are catastrophic. We haven’t seen this in NSW to this extent, ever.” Fire conditions were even worse than on “black Saturday”, Australia’s worst-ever bushfire disaster, in 2009, in which 173 people died. Less dramatic, but just as worrying, is the rising number of deaths from heat stress, which already kills more Australians than all other natural disasters combined. <...> “There’s a clear trend where those extreme hot days across the continent are increasing, and quite dramatically over the past 20 years,” Braganza says. “Regarding fire weather – which includes things like wind speed, humidity, the drought factor – we’ve seen a shift in most of Australia’s fire-prone regions towards a longer fire season and an increase in the frequency and extremity of fire events, as well as fire danger days.” Source: theguardian.com
Comment by Gerard Zwaan on February 17, 2017 at 10:27am
Nearly a half of one months rainfall in just one hour causes chaos in Sydney after thunderstorms dumped more than two month's worth of rain on the city.
Photo The Australian
Records tumble as nearly half of a months rain was dumped on Sydney in just one hour this week
Sydney has experienced a week of extreme rainfall and flooding after thunderstorms dumped more than two month's worth of rain on the city.
In just one hour on Tuesday morning, 48mm of rain fell in Marrickville, 45mm in Canterbury, and 35mm in Sydney's CBD.
This equalled the 48mm total that fell in January, with 32mm between 10.30 and 11am today and more than 50mm has fallen since 9am, making it the wettest day in Sydney since August 4 last year. Flooding was reported in Penrith, Parramatta, Wollongong, Campbelltown and Port Kembla, Marrickville, Zetland, Woollahra and Sydney's CBD. The State Emergency Service had to rescue 13 people trapped by floodwaters, mostly in Marrickville and Zetland.
An apartment building on Ewart Street in Marrickville was in danger of collapsing after a waterhole next to it filled up with water.
Seventeen residents have been evacuated but the threat has since eased and the building will be monitored overnight. http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/02/nearly-half-of-one-months-rainf...
Red Cross respond as Mongolian herders struggle to survive winter Dzud amidst rising livestock deaths
Mongolian herder Munkhbat Bazarragchaa dragging two recently perished sheeps to a pile of dead animals behind his Ger in northern Mongolia. Mr. Bazarragchaa has already lost ten of his animals due to starvation and cold.
Severe winter conditions in Mongolia, known as Dzud, are threatening the livelihoods of thousands of Mongolian herders in eastern and northern parts of the country. Dzud is caused by the twin impacts of drought in the summer, resulting in insufficient grass in pastures and low production of hay, and harsh conditions in the winter, including heavy snowfall and extremely low temperatures.
More than 157,000 people are affected across 17 of Mongolia’s 21 provinces. Livestock deaths have risen in recent weeks and according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), by 7 February over 46,000 animals had perished from starvation and cold.
Today the IFRC launched an International Emergency Appeal to support the Mongolian Red Cross who are responding to the crisis in four of the worst-affected provinces - Uvs, Zavkhan, Khuvsgul and Selenge. The IFRC appeal aims to raise 655,500 Swiss francs (Euros 614,000 Euros, USD 654,000) to target assistance at more than 11,000 people considered to be most at risk.
Herder Uranchimeg Terbish, from Khuvsgul province has already lost dozens of her animals due to starvation and cold.
"Dzud is impacting almost all the herders in this region. Winter started early and we had heavy snowfall already in November. Since January, I've lost 22 cattle and around 30 goats and sheep”, she says.
Uranchimeg Terbish is afraid she will lose even more animals if the cold weather persists in the coming months.
“Most of my livestock are already weak and exhausted. In the spring, when the animals start to give birth, they become even more vulnerable. I don’t have enough hay and fodder to feed them and keep them alive”, she explains.
Under the IFRC appeal, each family will receive an unconditional cash grant of 245,000 Mongolian Tugrik (100 Swiss francs) to be used to purchase food, clothing, fodder for their livestock, or for any other priority they see fit. The appeal will also support a range of health interventions and initiatives designed to prepare herder communities against future Dzuds.
“Livestock is the only source of food, transport and income for almost half of the Mongolian population and we have to act now to help herders survive over the coming months”, explains Madame Nordov Bolormaa, Secretary General of the Mongolian Red Cross.
This is the second successive year in a row that Mongolia is experiencing Dzud. Last year’s disaster caused the death of over one million animals.
“We are concerned that we will see a repeat of last yearwhen many herders sold their animals while they were still alive and oversupply of livestock resulted in very low market prices”, explains Gwendolyn Pang, Head of the IFRC’s Country Cluster Support Team in Beijing.
“Families with fewer animals to sell are particularly vulnerable. Many will lose their livelihoods and will have no choice but to migrate to slum areas on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar and other urban centres where they will face great social and economic hardship”.
At least one killed, 10 injured after Saudi’s Asir region hit by floods
The Saudi Civil Defense said it rescued over 280 people from the region
At least one person has been killed and 10 injured after severe floods hit Saudi's Asir region on Wednesday, according to local reports. The Saudi Civil Defense said the agency rescued over 280 people from the region, reported local daily Arab News.
The agency also said it received more than 900 emergency calls in the southern cities of Abha and Khamis Mushayt. Social media was filled with pictures of flooded roads, with several cars completely submerged in water.
A report by Al Arabiya claimed that at least 45 students were safely pulled out of a school bus which drowned in the floods. Many schools were closed and warning sirens were also reportedly launched in the Abha dam area.
Asir governor Prince Faisal bin Khalid has directed the Emergency and Civil Defense Committee to follow up on rescue efforts, Arab News reported. Saad bin Abdullah Al-Thabet, spokesman of the governor's office, urged people in the area to be cautious and avoid going near valleys.
According to weather reports, Saudi capital Riyadh was also hit by rain with thunderstorms on Wednesday.
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