Title: World wide cold,snow or weather records thread
Matthew - June 14, 2008 01:40 AM (GMT)
Post all cold and snow records from around the world. In discuse the new and developing ice age.
Matthew - June 14, 2008 02:39 AM (GMT)
Degrees
Fahrenheit
Jun 13 500-Year Flood - Many rivers across the Plains and Midwest are at record flood stages. Officials say the Cedar River in Iowa is at a 500-year flood level. Virtually all of Cedar Falls, Iowa is under water. Widespread evacuations orders are in place and flooding has closed miles of interstates and local roads and highways across the heartland.
A new storm system is forecast to reach the Midwest by Sunday, bringing more heavy rain that will continue into early next week.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...n=midwestusnews
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info
Jun 12 Historic flood event - incredible crop losses - The evacuations in Cedar Rapids, population 120,000, followed a round earlier Thursday when some residents of Iowa City and Cedar Bluffs were also told to head for higher ground.
Storms brought up to 5 inches of rain across west central Iowa early Thursday — primarily in the Raccoon River basin.
This year's spring deluge led some to compare it to the disaster of 1993 when the Mississippi River and its tributaries turned parts of the nation's midsection into a gigantic lake.
"We are in the middle of a historic flood event in the Upper Mississippi Valley,” said meteorologist Bill Karins of NBC's WeatherPlus. Most major Iowa rivers are cresting at all-time record levels and this water will soon raise the Mississippi River to its second highest levels in recorded history north of St. Louis.
"The story along the Mississippi River will be all the mid-sized and small towns without large levees," he added. "On the consumer side, thousands upon thousands of acres of farmland will be flooded for weeks with incredible crop losses."
Corn prices hit a record high again Thursday and the short-term outlook did not look good.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25020185
Jun 11 Snowfall in one day:
Paradise, WA---24”
Gibson Dam, MT---12”
Snoqualmie Pass, WA---7”
Government Camp, OR---5”
Timberline Lodge, OR---5”
Jun 11 Another foot of snow forecast for Montana and Idaho - While eastern states of the US have been reeling under a heat wave the last few days, an unusual “winter” storm has brought June snow across the northwest.
Residents of Eastern Oregon woke Monday morning to a scene more akin to winter, with snow blanketing gardens and with white out conditions on the roads. Heavy snow fell in the Cascades forcing trucks crossing the mountain passes to use tyre chains. It was the first time in 30 years that snowploughs had been used in June to clear Steven’s Pass.
The unusual cold and snowy weather is being attributed to this year’s La Nina, which brought parts of the US their snowiest winter on record. Today the storm has moved on to Montana and Idaho. As much as a foot of snow (12 inches) is forecast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/11062008news.shtml
Fahrenheit
Jun 13 500-Year Flood - Many rivers across the Plains and Midwest are at record flood stages. Officials say the Cedar River in Iowa is at a 500-year flood level. Virtually all of Cedar Falls, Iowa is under water. Widespread evacuations orders are in place and flooding has closed miles of interstates and local roads and highways across the heartland.
A new storm system is forecast to reach the Midwest by Sunday, bringing more heavy rain that will continue into early next week.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...n=midwestusnews
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info
Jun 12 Historic flood event - incredible crop losses - The evacuations in Cedar Rapids, population 120,000, followed a round earlier Thursday when some residents of Iowa City and Cedar Bluffs were also told to head for higher ground.
Storms brought up to 5 inches of rain across west central Iowa early Thursday — primarily in the Raccoon River basin.
This year's spring deluge led some to compare it to the disaster of 1993 when the Mississippi River and its tributaries turned parts of the nation's midsection into a gigantic lake.
"We are in the middle of a historic flood event in the Upper Mississippi Valley,” said meteorologist Bill Karins of NBC's WeatherPlus. Most major Iowa rivers are cresting at all-time record levels and this water will soon raise the Mississippi River to its second highest levels in recorded history north of St. Louis.
"The story along the Mississippi River will be all the mid-sized and small towns without large levees," he added. "On the consumer side, thousands upon thousands of acres of farmland will be flooded for weeks with incredible crop losses."
Corn prices hit a record high again Thursday and the short-term outlook did not look good.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25020185
Jun 11 Snowfall in one day:
Paradise, WA---24”
Gibson Dam, MT---12”
Snoqualmie Pass, WA---7”
Government Camp, OR---5”
Timberline Lodge, OR---5”
Jun 11 Another foot of snow forecast for Montana and Idaho - While eastern states of the US have been reeling under a heat wave the last few days, an unusual “winter” storm has brought June snow across the northwest.
Residents of Eastern Oregon woke Monday morning to a scene more akin to winter, with snow blanketing gardens and with white out conditions on the roads. Heavy snow fell in the Cascades forcing trucks crossing the mountain passes to use tyre chains. It was the first time in 30 years that snowploughs had been used in June to clear Steven’s Pass.
The unusual cold and snowy weather is being attributed to this year’s La Nina, which brought parts of the US their snowiest winter on record. Today the storm has moved on to Montana and Idaho. As much as a foot of snow (12 inches) is forecast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/11062008news.shtml
Matthew - June 15, 2008 12:01 AM (GMT)
Historic floods hit America’s Midwest - Thunderstorms and record flooding drenched America’s Midwest again on Friday, prompting severe storm warnings Oklahoma to Wisconsin.
Over the last month the Midwest has suffered under a constant barrage of storms. Over this time, Iowa has totted up over 450mm (18 inches) of rain and is now buckling under the strain, with 83 of Iowa’s 99 counties declared disaster areas.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/14062008news.shtml
Over the last month the Midwest has suffered under a constant barrage of storms. Over this time, Iowa has totted up over 450mm (18 inches) of rain and is now buckling under the strain, with 83 of Iowa’s 99 counties declared disaster areas.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/14062008news.shtml
rainstorm - June 15, 2008 01:09 AM (GMT)
we must pray for dry weather and support ron
Matthew - June 15, 2008 01:24 AM (GMT)
Global warming predictions challenged
The Daily Times ^ | 6/15/2008 | Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: John Coleman, the founder of American TV’s Weather Channel, has challenged Al Gore’s dire predictions that the planet is in peril because of global warming.
In a speech to the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, Coleman said, “There is no significant man made global warming. There has not been any in the past, there is none now and there is no reason to fear any in the future. The climate of Earth is changing. It has always changed. But mankind’s activities have not overwhelmed or significantly modified the natural forces.”
He said for the past ten thousand years the Earth has been in an interglacial period, which might well be called nature’s global warming because the Earth warms up, the glaciers melt and life flourishes.
“Mr Gore and his crowd would have us believe that the activities of man have overwhelmed nature during this interglacial period and are producing an unprecedented, out of control warming. Well, it is simply not happening,” Coleman added.
Decline: Coleman said there was a significant natural warming trend worldwide in the 1980s and 1990s as a solar cycle peaked with lots of sunspots and solar flares. That ended in 1998 and now the sun has gone quiet with fewer and fewer sunspots, and the global temperatures have gone into decline.
The Earth has cooled for almost 10 straight years. “So, I ask Al Gore, where’s the global warming?” he said. The cooling trend, he claimed, is so strong that recently the head of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had to acknowledge it.
He said he had dug through thousands of pages of research papers, including UN reports and the bottom line was: the entire global warming scientific case is based on the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the use of fossil fuels. There is no other issue.
He said the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s findings are flawed, as is their science. The hypothesis is wrong and the data is manipulated.
The Earth does not have a fever. Carbon dioxide does not cause significant global warming. It is a natural component of the Earth’s atmosphere and has been there since time began, absorbed and emitted by the oceans and used by every living plant to trigger photosynthesis.
“Nothing would be green without it. And we humans, we create it. Every time we breathe out, we emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It is not a pollutant. It is not smog. It is a naturally occurring invisible gas,” Coleman said.
The Daily Times ^ | 6/15/2008 | Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: John Coleman, the founder of American TV’s Weather Channel, has challenged Al Gore’s dire predictions that the planet is in peril because of global warming.
In a speech to the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, Coleman said, “There is no significant man made global warming. There has not been any in the past, there is none now and there is no reason to fear any in the future. The climate of Earth is changing. It has always changed. But mankind’s activities have not overwhelmed or significantly modified the natural forces.”
He said for the past ten thousand years the Earth has been in an interglacial period, which might well be called nature’s global warming because the Earth warms up, the glaciers melt and life flourishes.
“Mr Gore and his crowd would have us believe that the activities of man have overwhelmed nature during this interglacial period and are producing an unprecedented, out of control warming. Well, it is simply not happening,” Coleman added.
Decline: Coleman said there was a significant natural warming trend worldwide in the 1980s and 1990s as a solar cycle peaked with lots of sunspots and solar flares. That ended in 1998 and now the sun has gone quiet with fewer and fewer sunspots, and the global temperatures have gone into decline.
The Earth has cooled for almost 10 straight years. “So, I ask Al Gore, where’s the global warming?” he said. The cooling trend, he claimed, is so strong that recently the head of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had to acknowledge it.
He said he had dug through thousands of pages of research papers, including UN reports and the bottom line was: the entire global warming scientific case is based on the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the use of fossil fuels. There is no other issue.
He said the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s findings are flawed, as is their science. The hypothesis is wrong and the data is manipulated.
The Earth does not have a fever. Carbon dioxide does not cause significant global warming. It is a natural component of the Earth’s atmosphere and has been there since time began, absorbed and emitted by the oceans and used by every living plant to trigger photosynthesis.
“Nothing would be green without it. And we humans, we create it. Every time we breathe out, we emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It is not a pollutant. It is not smog. It is a naturally occurring invisible gas,” Coleman said.
Matthew - June 15, 2008 01:30 AM (GMT)
Cedar Rapids ; Underwater.
New York Daily News ^ | Saturday, June 14th 2008, | LARRY McSHANE
The streets in Cedar Rapids, Iowa - all 400 blocks of them - were filled with floodwaters and other strange sights: floating Dumpsters and utility poles and sandbags piled in vain.
The cresting Cedar River wreaked widespread havoc Friday on Iowa's second-largest city, forcing the evacuation of 3,000 homes and a downtown hospital while collapsing a railroad bridge.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
New York Daily News ^ | Saturday, June 14th 2008, | LARRY McSHANE
The streets in Cedar Rapids, Iowa - all 400 blocks of them - were filled with floodwaters and other strange sights: floating Dumpsters and utility poles and sandbags piled in vain.
The cresting Cedar River wreaked widespread havoc Friday on Iowa's second-largest city, forcing the evacuation of 3,000 homes and a downtown hospital while collapsing a railroad bridge.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
kenl01 - August 31, 2008 08:10 PM (GMT)
Since we have to transfer all data from the WWII board over to this one, I recommend to click on http://iceagenow.com for additional strories on the upcoming ice age cycle, including ice/snow updates worldwide and record lows across the United States.
Also you can log onto http://www.tropicalweatherwatchers2.com/fo...?topic=1415.750
It will take awhile to transfer all the updates.
Thanks, ken
Also you can log onto http://www.tropicalweatherwatchers2.com/fo...?topic=1415.750
It will take awhile to transfer all the updates.
Thanks, ken
kenl01 - August 31, 2008 08:12 PM (GMT)
Latest important updates today:
India floods - thousands missing - 30 Aug 08 -
The death toll from this year's monsoon season across India has climbed past 800. Some 1.2 million people have been marooned and about 2 million more affected in Bihar, where the Kosi river has burst its banks and submerged all roads leading to the region.
Aid agencies claim the Indian government is playing down the scale of the disaster and not taking into account thousands of people who they say are missing after the Bihar floods.
India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, has described the situation as a national calamity.
Authorities have rescued nearly 140,000 people and put most of them in state-run relief camps, said Prataya Amrit, secretary of the state's disaster management department.
Officials in Bihar have warned that the real danger is still ahead. When the swollen Kosi river burst its banks in Nepal just north of the Indian border, it changed course, flowing through a fresh channel 75 miles to the east that has no protective embankments. The river traditionally swells to a flood peak in October.
All this, after the UN called last year's floods the worst in living memory.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/3...ed=networkfront
Snow levels to drop to 4,000 feet in the Cascades - Aug 30,2008
Snow levels in the Washington Cascades and Olympics are expected to drop to 4,000 - 5,000 feet this Labor Day weekend, says National Weather Service.
http://www.weather.gov/alerts/wa.html#WAZ5...EWNOWSEW.190600
Rainfall in three days,Aug.27th:
Waco, TX---7.37”
McKinney, TX---5.38”
San Antonio, TX---2.91”
Austin, TX---2.01”
India floods - thousands missing - 30 Aug 08 -
The death toll from this year's monsoon season across India has climbed past 800. Some 1.2 million people have been marooned and about 2 million more affected in Bihar, where the Kosi river has burst its banks and submerged all roads leading to the region.
Aid agencies claim the Indian government is playing down the scale of the disaster and not taking into account thousands of people who they say are missing after the Bihar floods.
India's prime minister, Manmohan Singh, has described the situation as a national calamity.
Authorities have rescued nearly 140,000 people and put most of them in state-run relief camps, said Prataya Amrit, secretary of the state's disaster management department.
Officials in Bihar have warned that the real danger is still ahead. When the swollen Kosi river burst its banks in Nepal just north of the Indian border, it changed course, flowing through a fresh channel 75 miles to the east that has no protective embankments. The river traditionally swells to a flood peak in October.
All this, after the UN called last year's floods the worst in living memory.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/3...ed=networkfront
Snow levels to drop to 4,000 feet in the Cascades - Aug 30,2008
Snow levels in the Washington Cascades and Olympics are expected to drop to 4,000 - 5,000 feet this Labor Day weekend, says National Weather Service.
http://www.weather.gov/alerts/wa.html#WAZ5...EWNOWSEW.190600
Rainfall in three days,Aug.27th:
Waco, TX---7.37”
McKinney, TX---5.38”
San Antonio, TX---2.91”
Austin, TX---2.01”
kenl01 - August 31, 2008 08:18 PM (GMT)
Probability 94% for imminent global cooling
20 Aug 07 - Australian engineer Dr. Peter Harris authored a paper entitled "Probability of Sudden Global Cooling." The data clearly shows, said Harris, that the nominal 100KY cycle for glaciation and the interglacial phases have reached the end of the typical interglacial cycle and are due for a sudden cooling climate change.
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/Probabilit...bal_Cooling.pdf
& http://icecap.us/images/uploads/ANURGENTSI...OMINGICEAGE.pdf
August frost hits Minnesota and Wisconsin - 24 Aug 08 –
You probably hoped you wouldn't hear this kind of news for another four months.
The National Weather Service says areas of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin could see patchy frost this weekend. - patchy frost in August. Temperatures could dip into the low to mid-30s late tonight into early Monday.
In the Milwaukee area, today's forecast calls for a high of 75 today and a low tonight of 54.
http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&dat...4/2008&id=45208
Snow in the summer in Austria 23 August 08 -
This article, “Sneeuw in de zomer in Oostenrijk,” came from a Dutch news site. Translated it says:
“Many tourists in Austria were surprised on Saturday by wintry snowshowers.
The snow came exceptionally early this year, according to the Austrian press agency APA.
“On the mountain road from Salzburg to Kärnten over the Grossglockner-mountain, snowfall was so heavy that only cars with snow tyres could continue.
Several cars got stuck in the snow.”
http://www.nu.nl/news/1713656/21/Sneeuw_in...Oostenrijk.html
Toronto's rainiest summer in 70 years 11 Aug 08 -
“Around 3 p.m. Saturday, the record for June 1-Aug. 31
rainfall – 335.9 mm set in 1986 – was broken. But it didn't stop there.
11 Aug 08 - "We'll remember this summer not as the summer from hell, but of disappointment," said David Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment Canada.
"People are feeling that it doesn't matter if they save money on air conditioning or that they're healthier because there's no smog. It's just too wet and stormy."
“As of midnight on Saturday, 354.2 mm of rain had been recorded at Pearson International Airport from June 1 to Aug. 9.
"Every day we get rain we're just going to continue to break the previous record until Aug. 31," Phillips said.
“It's also already the wettest January-to-August period recorded at Pearson in 70 years, with 705 mm of precipitation. The next closest is 679.3 mm in 1945.”
http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/toron...summer-70-years
“Meteorologists believe the colder than normal winter last year and this years record cold summer in Alaska and other parts of the world has a lot to do with La Nina,” says Thomas. “I am more convinced that solar activity has a much greater impact on the earth's climate. Since January sunspot activity has dwindled to levels far less than over the same time period last year. July had a total of 23 and on Aug, 21 there were 11, which was the first time in over a month! It will be interesting to see how the global temps will react over the coming months. Any further cooling will surely have a dramatic impact. I anticipate the coming months and winter in the northern hemisphere will set all kinds of new records for temps and precipitation !” (Thomas)
Plus the fact that the interglacial period is coming to an end along with the possible entry into another ice age makes more sense as for the reasons for many of the records of snow and temperatures seen last winter across the world. (Ken)
Heavy Rain in Texas Thursday, August 21, 2008
The storm system that brought days of heavy rain to Texas finally lifted north Thursday; however, portions of eastern Texas may see more heavy rain Friday.
Collin County, north of Dallas, reported up to nine inches of rain since heavy thunderstorms started nearly a week ago. Many cities Thursday continued to report substantial rain; however, the heavy rainfall was not as widespread.
Most of Texas will stay dry Friday, but areas along the coast and eastern areas could see thunderstorms that produce a couple of inches of rain. Daytime heating and a good flow of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will be the ingredients needed for these thunderstorms to develop.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...southwestusnews
20 Aug 07 - Australian engineer Dr. Peter Harris authored a paper entitled "Probability of Sudden Global Cooling." The data clearly shows, said Harris, that the nominal 100KY cycle for glaciation and the interglacial phases have reached the end of the typical interglacial cycle and are due for a sudden cooling climate change.
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/Probabilit...bal_Cooling.pdf
& http://icecap.us/images/uploads/ANURGENTSI...OMINGICEAGE.pdf
August frost hits Minnesota and Wisconsin - 24 Aug 08 –
You probably hoped you wouldn't hear this kind of news for another four months.
The National Weather Service says areas of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin could see patchy frost this weekend. - patchy frost in August. Temperatures could dip into the low to mid-30s late tonight into early Monday.
In the Milwaukee area, today's forecast calls for a high of 75 today and a low tonight of 54.
http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&dat...4/2008&id=45208
Snow in the summer in Austria 23 August 08 -
This article, “Sneeuw in de zomer in Oostenrijk,” came from a Dutch news site. Translated it says:
“Many tourists in Austria were surprised on Saturday by wintry snowshowers.
The snow came exceptionally early this year, according to the Austrian press agency APA.
“On the mountain road from Salzburg to Kärnten over the Grossglockner-mountain, snowfall was so heavy that only cars with snow tyres could continue.
Several cars got stuck in the snow.”
http://www.nu.nl/news/1713656/21/Sneeuw_in...Oostenrijk.html
Toronto's rainiest summer in 70 years 11 Aug 08 -
“Around 3 p.m. Saturday, the record for June 1-Aug. 31
rainfall – 335.9 mm set in 1986 – was broken. But it didn't stop there.
11 Aug 08 - "We'll remember this summer not as the summer from hell, but of disappointment," said David Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment Canada.
"People are feeling that it doesn't matter if they save money on air conditioning or that they're healthier because there's no smog. It's just too wet and stormy."
“As of midnight on Saturday, 354.2 mm of rain had been recorded at Pearson International Airport from June 1 to Aug. 9.
"Every day we get rain we're just going to continue to break the previous record until Aug. 31," Phillips said.
“It's also already the wettest January-to-August period recorded at Pearson in 70 years, with 705 mm of precipitation. The next closest is 679.3 mm in 1945.”
http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/toron...summer-70-years
“Meteorologists believe the colder than normal winter last year and this years record cold summer in Alaska and other parts of the world has a lot to do with La Nina,” says Thomas. “I am more convinced that solar activity has a much greater impact on the earth's climate. Since January sunspot activity has dwindled to levels far less than over the same time period last year. July had a total of 23 and on Aug, 21 there were 11, which was the first time in over a month! It will be interesting to see how the global temps will react over the coming months. Any further cooling will surely have a dramatic impact. I anticipate the coming months and winter in the northern hemisphere will set all kinds of new records for temps and precipitation !” (Thomas)
Plus the fact that the interglacial period is coming to an end along with the possible entry into another ice age makes more sense as for the reasons for many of the records of snow and temperatures seen last winter across the world. (Ken)
Heavy Rain in Texas Thursday, August 21, 2008
The storm system that brought days of heavy rain to Texas finally lifted north Thursday; however, portions of eastern Texas may see more heavy rain Friday.
Collin County, north of Dallas, reported up to nine inches of rain since heavy thunderstorms started nearly a week ago. Many cities Thursday continued to report substantial rain; however, the heavy rainfall was not as widespread.
Most of Texas will stay dry Friday, but areas along the coast and eastern areas could see thunderstorms that produce a couple of inches of rain. Daytime heating and a good flow of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will be the ingredients needed for these thunderstorms to develop.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...southwestusnews
kenl01 - August 31, 2008 08:25 PM (GMT)
Arctic ice INCREASES by nearly a half million square miles
over same time period in 2007 18 Jul 08 -
Excerpt: the latest information on Arctic ice conditions is just in from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Arctic sea ice extent on July 16 stood at 8.91 million square kilometers (3.44 square miles). While extent was below the 1979 to 2000 average of 9.91 square kilometers (3.83 million square miles), it was 1.05 million square kilometers (0.41 million square miles) above the value for July 16, 2007...
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/...ic-ice-increase
over same time period in 2007 18 Jul 08 -
Excerpt: the latest information on Arctic ice conditions is just in from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Arctic sea ice extent on July 16 stood at 8.91 million square kilometers (3.44 square miles). While extent was below the 1979 to 2000 average of 9.91 square kilometers (3.83 million square miles), it was 1.05 million square kilometers (0.41 million square miles) above the value for July 16, 2007...
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/...ic-ice-increase
Matthew - August 31, 2008 08:32 PM (GMT)
Interesting stuff Kenl, thank you for coming to twwI.
I believe a ice age is very near and the sun spot cycle is behind it.
I believe a ice age is very near and the sun spot cycle is behind it.
kenl01 - August 31, 2008 08:49 PM (GMT)
Thanks Matthew. Plus I also think increased precip and snowfall is also behind the ice age cycle, as most glaciers are growing due to increasing snowfall accumulation in most areas. Plus underwater volcanoes, lower solar activity (as you mentioned) and reversals in the earth's magnetic field in the past all brought on ice ages, some in a very short time. All this activity appears to be on the increase.
Ken
Ken
kenl01 - September 1, 2008 08:07 PM (GMT)
Oregon Freeze Warning, 31 Aug 08 -
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...
GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER
California Frost Advisory
EUREKA - UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TODAY AND WILL AFFECT LARGE PORTIONS OF TRINITY COUNTY TONIGHT.
Nevada Freeze Watch
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY. BEHIND THIS FRONT...THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON SO FAR WILL MOVE IN AND DROP TEMPERATURES 15 TO 20 DEGREES ON MONDAY.
INCLUDES NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT ...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS... LEE...RUBY LAKE
NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...
GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER
California Frost Advisory
EUREKA - UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TODAY AND WILL AFFECT LARGE PORTIONS OF TRINITY COUNTY TONIGHT.
Nevada Freeze Watch
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY. BEHIND THIS FRONT...THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON SO FAR WILL MOVE IN AND DROP TEMPERATURES 15 TO 20 DEGREES ON MONDAY.
INCLUDES NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT ...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS... LEE...RUBY LAKE
kenl01 - September 1, 2008 08:09 PM (GMT)
Fresh snow brings August skiing in Europe
20 Aug 08 - Remarkably, ski areas in Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland have all reported fresh snow falling at times over the past fortnight.
The Tux glacier in Austria was amongst those recording fresh snowfall in the past week, topping up snow depths on the glacier to 105cm
In Italy, Passo Stelvio has the most skiing available in the country at present. Sitting up at 2760 metres, the bottom lift station is the highest lift base in Europe, with trails up to 3450 metres, giving a near 700 metre vertical. The current snow depth varies between one and three metres with fresh snow a few weeks ago.
Recent snowfalls bring glacier snow depths to around 190cm at Matterhorn Ski Paradise in Switzerland
See entire article by Mike Styles
http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/1765
20 Aug 08 - Remarkably, ski areas in Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland have all reported fresh snow falling at times over the past fortnight.
The Tux glacier in Austria was amongst those recording fresh snowfall in the past week, topping up snow depths on the glacier to 105cm
In Italy, Passo Stelvio has the most skiing available in the country at present. Sitting up at 2760 metres, the bottom lift station is the highest lift base in Europe, with trails up to 3450 metres, giving a near 700 metre vertical. The current snow depth varies between one and three metres with fresh snow a few weeks ago.
Recent snowfalls bring glacier snow depths to around 190cm at Matterhorn Ski Paradise in Switzerland
See entire article by Mike Styles
http://www.skirebel.com/magazine/archives/1765
kenl01 - September 2, 2008 01:52 PM (GMT)
Coldest August in 64 years 31 Aug 08
Sydney, Australia has shivered through its coldest August in 64 years. The harbour city had an average maximum temperature during the month of 17C, slightly below the long-term normal of 18.The average overnight temperature also was down one degree to eight degrees, according to the Weatherzone.com.au figures.
With the average minimum and maximum temperatures combined, Sydney's average temperature during the month came in at 12.7 degrees.
Weatherzone.com.au meteorologist Matt Pearce said it was the coldest August since 1944. "This has resulted in one of the best snow seasons in recent years in the Snowy Mountains, but has also kept Sydneysiders shivering," said Pearce.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/coldes...0121034021.html
Record cold in Australia 18 Aug 08 –
It has been the coldest start to August in 13 years, bringing heavy snowfalls in the ski fields and record low temperatures elsewhere.
Temperatures in July and August have been colder than average, setting records across NSW.
"Between August 7 and 12, places like Glen Innes have broken temperature records that had stood for more than 40 years," a spokeswoman from the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Perisher Blue's general manager, Gary Grant, said it was the best snow season in years. "People out there have been saying they just don't see snow like this in Australia," Mr Grant said.
He said the natural snow depth was 175 cm and more than 280 cm had fallen since the season began in June.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/record...8911460353.html
Melbourne shivers on cold August night - 22 Aug 08 -
A record-breaking cold snap has brought cold temperatures and snow to Victoria just days before spring is set to begin. Temperatures yesterday fell as much as six degrees below average, with the temperature in Melbourne staying in single figures for the first time in 13 months.
At only 9.9 degrees, it was Melbourne's coldest August day in four years and second coldest in 30 years. Melbourne Airport reached only eight degrees, their coldest day in over 10 years and coldest in August for 38 years.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourn...80822-3zy0.html
Heavy Rain Damage Grain Crops in China August 30, 2008
A slow-moving front triggered heavy rainfall over portions of China. Rainfall in Zhongxiang, Hubei Province, totaled more than 10 inches between Thursday and Friday, while the city of Jiangling recorded more than six inches of rainfall during this time. Sangzhi, Hunan Province, picked up 6.52 inches of rainfall on Friday alone. The heavy rain will cause further damage to the already beleaguered grain crop. According to China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, 4.65 million hectares of cropland have been spoiled by floods.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...egion=worldnews
Sydney, Australia has shivered through its coldest August in 64 years. The harbour city had an average maximum temperature during the month of 17C, slightly below the long-term normal of 18.The average overnight temperature also was down one degree to eight degrees, according to the Weatherzone.com.au figures.
With the average minimum and maximum temperatures combined, Sydney's average temperature during the month came in at 12.7 degrees.
Weatherzone.com.au meteorologist Matt Pearce said it was the coldest August since 1944. "This has resulted in one of the best snow seasons in recent years in the Snowy Mountains, but has also kept Sydneysiders shivering," said Pearce.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/coldes...0121034021.html
Record cold in Australia 18 Aug 08 –
It has been the coldest start to August in 13 years, bringing heavy snowfalls in the ski fields and record low temperatures elsewhere.
Temperatures in July and August have been colder than average, setting records across NSW.
"Between August 7 and 12, places like Glen Innes have broken temperature records that had stood for more than 40 years," a spokeswoman from the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Perisher Blue's general manager, Gary Grant, said it was the best snow season in years. "People out there have been saying they just don't see snow like this in Australia," Mr Grant said.
He said the natural snow depth was 175 cm and more than 280 cm had fallen since the season began in June.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/record...8911460353.html
Melbourne shivers on cold August night - 22 Aug 08 -
A record-breaking cold snap has brought cold temperatures and snow to Victoria just days before spring is set to begin. Temperatures yesterday fell as much as six degrees below average, with the temperature in Melbourne staying in single figures for the first time in 13 months.
At only 9.9 degrees, it was Melbourne's coldest August day in four years and second coldest in 30 years. Melbourne Airport reached only eight degrees, their coldest day in over 10 years and coldest in August for 38 years.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourn...80822-3zy0.html
Heavy Rain Damage Grain Crops in China August 30, 2008
A slow-moving front triggered heavy rainfall over portions of China. Rainfall in Zhongxiang, Hubei Province, totaled more than 10 inches between Thursday and Friday, while the city of Jiangling recorded more than six inches of rainfall during this time. Sangzhi, Hunan Province, picked up 6.52 inches of rainfall on Friday alone. The heavy rain will cause further damage to the already beleaguered grain crop. According to China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, 4.65 million hectares of cropland have been spoiled by floods.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...egion=worldnews
kenl01 - September 3, 2008 01:31 PM (GMT)
Cool, wet weather delays Washington wheat harvest
31 Aug 08 - “Eastern Washington's wheat harvest is about two weeks behind schedule after cool and rainy weather, the latest in a string of frustrations and disappointments for once-optimistic farmers.
“The first blow this year was a snowy winter that delayed much of the spring planting. When much of the 600,000 acres of spring wheat did emerge, the delicate shoots were assailed by unsettled weather with scorching heat one week and frost the next.
“Now the combines can't get into the fields because of the unusual late summer wet and cold.”
See entire article:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WA_...EMPLATE=DEFAULT
August Snow In Colorado
31 Aug 08 - I live in Summit County, CO near Breckenridge. Last winter lasted until early June with massive snowfalls in May (some of the best powder skiing of my life!). We haven't had much of a summer up here this year, and we had a snowstorm on Aug. 16. We also have a fair amount of snow left over from last winter that hasn't melted, and we're going into the snow months again already. Last winter much of Colorado had record snowfalls with many resorts breaking records.
Cheers,
Josh Cooley
31 Aug 08 - “Eastern Washington's wheat harvest is about two weeks behind schedule after cool and rainy weather, the latest in a string of frustrations and disappointments for once-optimistic farmers.
“The first blow this year was a snowy winter that delayed much of the spring planting. When much of the 600,000 acres of spring wheat did emerge, the delicate shoots were assailed by unsettled weather with scorching heat one week and frost the next.
“Now the combines can't get into the fields because of the unusual late summer wet and cold.”
See entire article:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WA_...EMPLATE=DEFAULT
August Snow In Colorado
31 Aug 08 - I live in Summit County, CO near Breckenridge. Last winter lasted until early June with massive snowfalls in May (some of the best powder skiing of my life!). We haven't had much of a summer up here this year, and we had a snowstorm on Aug. 16. We also have a fair amount of snow left over from last winter that hasn't melted, and we're going into the snow months again already. Last winter much of Colorado had record snowfalls with many resorts breaking records.
Cheers,
Josh Cooley
kenl01 - September 4, 2008 03:43 PM (GMT)
Freak hailstorm in tropical Kenya 3 Sep 08 -
A huge hailstorm turned parts of central Kenya white, thrilling residents most of whom had never experienced such conditions, officials said on Wednesday.
Hailstorms are usual in some parts of Kenya, which straddles the equator, but the ferocity of the storm in Busara, 255 km (158 miles) northwest of the capital was unprecedented.
Excited villagers pelted each other with snowballs while some ate pieces of the icy sheet that formed over an entire hillside.
"I have not seen such a thing ever since I was born," said one resident of Nyahururu.
"The hailstones falling on the ground joined together to form expansive sheets of ice or snow flakes occupying a large area, 30 acres," a statement by Kenya's Meteorological Department said.
More than 12 hours after the storm, the forested hillside was still white despite the hot tropical sun.
The only snow to be seen in normally sunny Kenya is on top of the country's highest mountain, 5,199-metre (17,057 ft) Mount Kenya.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080903/tod...er-d673334.html
Or see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7596134.stm
A huge hailstorm turned parts of central Kenya white, thrilling residents most of whom had never experienced such conditions, officials said on Wednesday.
Hailstorms are usual in some parts of Kenya, which straddles the equator, but the ferocity of the storm in Busara, 255 km (158 miles) northwest of the capital was unprecedented.
Excited villagers pelted each other with snowballs while some ate pieces of the icy sheet that formed over an entire hillside.
"I have not seen such a thing ever since I was born," said one resident of Nyahururu.
"The hailstones falling on the ground joined together to form expansive sheets of ice or snow flakes occupying a large area, 30 acres," a statement by Kenya's Meteorological Department said.
More than 12 hours after the storm, the forested hillside was still white despite the hot tropical sun.
The only snow to be seen in normally sunny Kenya is on top of the country's highest mountain, 5,199-metre (17,057 ft) Mount Kenya.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080903/tod...er-d673334.html
Or see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7596134.stm
kenl01 - September 4, 2008 03:46 PM (GMT)
Arctic Sees Massive Gain in Ice Coverage
Increase twice the size of Germany 3 Sep 08 -
Data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center shows a dramatic increase in sea ice extent in the Arctic regions covering an area of 700,000 square kilometers: twice the size of Germany. "Colder weather" to blame.
http://www.dailytech.com/Arctic+Sees+Massi...rticle12851.htm
Recent research indicates that Antarctica is also
on a long-term cooling trend.
See http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/cold-...tic-cooling.htm
Increase twice the size of Germany 3 Sep 08 -
Data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center shows a dramatic increase in sea ice extent in the Arctic regions covering an area of 700,000 square kilometers: twice the size of Germany. "Colder weather" to blame.
http://www.dailytech.com/Arctic+Sees+Massi...rticle12851.htm
Recent research indicates that Antarctica is also
on a long-term cooling trend.
See http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/cold-...tic-cooling.htm
kenl01 - September 4, 2008 03:53 PM (GMT)
Record Lows Sept 2, 2008
Davenport, WA Records kept since 1893 34
Montague, CA Breaks old record set in 1975 38
Eureka, CA 29
La Grande, OR 33
Mitchell, OR 35
Pendleton, OR 40
The Dalles, OR 43
Unon Es, OR 33
Goldendale, WA 34
Sunnyside, WA 40
Hanford, WA 44
Pasco, WA 40
Davenport, WA Records kept since 1893 34
Montague, CA Breaks old record set in 1975 38
Eureka, CA 29
La Grande, OR 33
Mitchell, OR 35
Pendleton, OR 40
The Dalles, OR 43
Unon Es, OR 33
Goldendale, WA 34
Sunnyside, WA 40
Hanford, WA 44
Pasco, WA 40
kenl01 - September 4, 2008 03:55 PM (GMT)
Anchorage: 24 consecutive days with below normal temperatures - 3 Sept 08 -
June, July, and August will easily be remembered by everyone for how cool it seemed and for how wet July was. In Anchorage...the average high temperature was 60.9 degrees (3 degrees below normal). The average low temperature was 47.7 degrees (1.9 degrees below normal). The average temperature for the season was 54.3 degrees (2.4 degrees below normal). For the season... 4.80 inches of precipitation were recorded (0.86 inches below normal).
An astonishing 77% of the days were cooler than normal. Anchorage set three records during those cool three weeks as well.
...............Summer Climate Records...............
Record Type Date Value Old Record & Year
Low Maximum Temperature July 23 53°F 55°F / 1954
Low Maximum Temperature July 17 56°F TIE / 1991..1959..1945..1917
24 Hour Precipitation July 17 1.00" 0.74" / 1928
http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/stories/summer2008.php
June, July, and August will easily be remembered by everyone for how cool it seemed and for how wet July was. In Anchorage...the average high temperature was 60.9 degrees (3 degrees below normal). The average low temperature was 47.7 degrees (1.9 degrees below normal). The average temperature for the season was 54.3 degrees (2.4 degrees below normal). For the season... 4.80 inches of precipitation were recorded (0.86 inches below normal).
An astonishing 77% of the days were cooler than normal. Anchorage set three records during those cool three weeks as well.
...............Summer Climate Records...............
Record Type Date Value Old Record & Year
Low Maximum Temperature July 23 53°F 55°F / 1954
Low Maximum Temperature July 17 56°F TIE / 1991..1959..1945..1917
24 Hour Precipitation July 17 1.00" 0.74" / 1928
http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/stories/summer2008.php
kenl01 - September 5, 2008 04:07 PM (GMT)
Big Soaking in Eastern Australia September 05, 2008
Early Saturday morning, local time, a strengthening late-winter storm swept off the northern New South Wales, Australia coast. In its wake, it left widespread rainfall of 2-6 inches between Sydney, New South Wales and Brisbane, Queensland. Earlier, the storm poured 1, 2 and locally 3 inches of rain on inland southern Queensland; much of that area has a rather dry climate. One of the higher rain amounts was registered at Dorrigo, New South Wales: 10.1 inches since Tuesday, local time. Saturday, the storm was set to strengthen further off shore, bringing strong winds and lingering rain to the mid-New South Wales coast. Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...egion=worldnews
Extreme Cold in Vostok September 04, 2008
Late August, temperatures fell to the inconceivable 110s below zero on three straight days at Vostok Station, Antarctica, climaxing with 119.4 degrees below zero being reached on Aug. 26. This week, the first week of September, extreme cold beset Vostok again. Early Tuesday and Wednesday, low temperatures were 108 degrees below zero, then 109 degrees below zero was reached early Thursday morning. Normal low temperature in early September is near 100 degrees below zero. Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...2008-09-04_1721
Early Saturday morning, local time, a strengthening late-winter storm swept off the northern New South Wales, Australia coast. In its wake, it left widespread rainfall of 2-6 inches between Sydney, New South Wales and Brisbane, Queensland. Earlier, the storm poured 1, 2 and locally 3 inches of rain on inland southern Queensland; much of that area has a rather dry climate. One of the higher rain amounts was registered at Dorrigo, New South Wales: 10.1 inches since Tuesday, local time. Saturday, the storm was set to strengthen further off shore, bringing strong winds and lingering rain to the mid-New South Wales coast. Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...egion=worldnews
Extreme Cold in Vostok September 04, 2008
Late August, temperatures fell to the inconceivable 110s below zero on three straight days at Vostok Station, Antarctica, climaxing with 119.4 degrees below zero being reached on Aug. 26. This week, the first week of September, extreme cold beset Vostok again. Early Tuesday and Wednesday, low temperatures were 108 degrees below zero, then 109 degrees below zero was reached early Thursday morning. Normal low temperature in early September is near 100 degrees below zero. Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...2008-09-04_1721
kenl01 - September 5, 2008 04:40 PM (GMT)
Has Autumn come early to Britain? - 31 Aug 08 -
On the rolling moors of Scotland and Yorkshire, dramatic blooms of heather have come out far earlier than normal while wild berries, normally the harbingers of autumn, have appeared nearly two weeks ahead of schedule.
Fungi has also enjoyed a bumper year and has been spotted sprouting on lawns and meadows in huge numbers for this time of the season.
The early berry season has worried some wildlife experts who fear that the crops, which provide vital food for animals and birds in the lead up to the cold winter months, may disappear too early.
In England the maximum temperature this August has been more than a degree cooler than the average reading of 19.6C.
See entire article by Richard Gray
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/265...to-Britain.html
On the rolling moors of Scotland and Yorkshire, dramatic blooms of heather have come out far earlier than normal while wild berries, normally the harbingers of autumn, have appeared nearly two weeks ahead of schedule.
Fungi has also enjoyed a bumper year and has been spotted sprouting on lawns and meadows in huge numbers for this time of the season.
The early berry season has worried some wildlife experts who fear that the crops, which provide vital food for animals and birds in the lead up to the cold winter months, may disappear too early.
In England the maximum temperature this August has been more than a degree cooler than the average reading of 19.6C.
See entire article by Richard Gray
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/265...to-Britain.html
kenl01 - September 6, 2008 02:26 PM (GMT)
Ice age beginning in the Cascades?
5 Sep 08 – Here’s an email from a reader in Washington State:
“I live in the Cascade Mountains near Seattle, Washington – at a place called Lake Wenatchee to be precise – at an elevation of 1900’ ASL.
“This past weekend we had noticeably lower temperatures. It was near 40F every morning. With the wind chill it felt like the 30s.
“I heard that in Tumwater Canyon, which is a few miles away, it was in the 30s – and it is at a lower elevation than the lake!
“This kind of weather is quite out of the ordinary for us. A few years ago we’d be swimming in the lake and wearing shorts and a T-shirt as late as 7pm in the evening on these dates.
“This past winter brought more snow than locals have seen in 25 years. It was as much as 4 feet deep and the lake froze over for the second year in a row, which is also unusual given its depth and thermal mass.”
Thomas Shafer
http://www.iceagenow.com/Ice_age_beginning...he_Cascades.htm
5 Sep 08 – Here’s an email from a reader in Washington State:
“I live in the Cascade Mountains near Seattle, Washington – at a place called Lake Wenatchee to be precise – at an elevation of 1900’ ASL.
“This past weekend we had noticeably lower temperatures. It was near 40F every morning. With the wind chill it felt like the 30s.
“I heard that in Tumwater Canyon, which is a few miles away, it was in the 30s – and it is at a lower elevation than the lake!
“This kind of weather is quite out of the ordinary for us. A few years ago we’d be swimming in the lake and wearing shorts and a T-shirt as late as 7pm in the evening on these dates.
“This past winter brought more snow than locals have seen in 25 years. It was as much as 4 feet deep and the lake froze over for the second year in a row, which is also unusual given its depth and thermal mass.”
Thomas Shafer
http://www.iceagenow.com/Ice_age_beginning...he_Cascades.htm
kenl01 - September 7, 2008 06:57 PM (GMT)
Snow in Brasil and Uraguay 5 Sep 08 –
Here’s an email from a Brazilian reader
My name´s Dimitri, I´m sending a photo of snow in plains of south of Brasil. Not on mountains but IN PLAINS! This does not happen in MORE THAN ONE DECADE!.
Dimitri Ramos da Silva
Clique no link para ler a notícia completa no UOL
Imagens do dia (photos of the day) Notícias - 05/09/2008
http://noticias.uol.com.br/album/080905_al...htm?abrefoto=24
Rare late winter snowfall in Southern Brazil Friday, September 5th 2008.
This day will go in our climatic history of the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul as one of the coldest ever witnessed in September. It was an amazing day. Temperatures below 5 degrees Celsius during afternoon hours are quite rare even in the coldest months of calendar from June to August, but today temperature dropped to 2 degrees in several cities after midday with the lows occurring during the afternoon. What began in the morning as granular snow and sleet quickly became moderate to heavy snow in the afternoon. The city of Pinheiro Machado (450 meters) never could expect to be whitened, despite the snow forecast from MetSul Weather Center, the only public or private weather institution in Brazil to warn on the snow..
See entire article, with photos
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/Rarelatewi...allinBrazil.pdf
Thanks to Bonnie First and Ron de Haan for this link
Snow also observed in Northern Uruguay.
In the southern areas of Rio Grande do Sul, temperature dropped in the afternoon to 2,5ºC in Bagé, 2,7ºC in Santana do Livramento, 2,2ºC in Canguçu and 3,1ºC em Caçapava do Sul. MetSul’s chief meteorologist Eugenio Hackbart notes that it was for sure one of the coldest ever recorded afternoons in September in a century. Hackbart explained that the synoptic pattern that favored this Friday snowfall in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) was very similar to the one that produced the first snow in Buenos Aires since 1918 last year.
By Alexandre Aguiar
MetSul Meteorologia Weather Center / Porto Alegre – Brazil
Pictures from Zero Hora newspaper and from MetSul.com readers.
More on the snow in Southern Brazil at www.metsul.com/blog (Portuguese only)
Here’s an email from a Brazilian reader
My name´s Dimitri, I´m sending a photo of snow in plains of south of Brasil. Not on mountains but IN PLAINS! This does not happen in MORE THAN ONE DECADE!.
Dimitri Ramos da Silva
Clique no link para ler a notícia completa no UOL
Imagens do dia (photos of the day) Notícias - 05/09/2008
http://noticias.uol.com.br/album/080905_al...htm?abrefoto=24
Rare late winter snowfall in Southern Brazil Friday, September 5th 2008.
This day will go in our climatic history of the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul as one of the coldest ever witnessed in September. It was an amazing day. Temperatures below 5 degrees Celsius during afternoon hours are quite rare even in the coldest months of calendar from June to August, but today temperature dropped to 2 degrees in several cities after midday with the lows occurring during the afternoon. What began in the morning as granular snow and sleet quickly became moderate to heavy snow in the afternoon. The city of Pinheiro Machado (450 meters) never could expect to be whitened, despite the snow forecast from MetSul Weather Center, the only public or private weather institution in Brazil to warn on the snow..
See entire article, with photos
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/Rarelatewi...allinBrazil.pdf
Thanks to Bonnie First and Ron de Haan for this link
Snow also observed in Northern Uruguay.
In the southern areas of Rio Grande do Sul, temperature dropped in the afternoon to 2,5ºC in Bagé, 2,7ºC in Santana do Livramento, 2,2ºC in Canguçu and 3,1ºC em Caçapava do Sul. MetSul’s chief meteorologist Eugenio Hackbart notes that it was for sure one of the coldest ever recorded afternoons in September in a century. Hackbart explained that the synoptic pattern that favored this Friday snowfall in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) was very similar to the one that produced the first snow in Buenos Aires since 1918 last year.
By Alexandre Aguiar
MetSul Meteorologia Weather Center / Porto Alegre – Brazil
Pictures from Zero Hora newspaper and from MetSul.com readers.
More on the snow in Southern Brazil at www.metsul.com/blog (Portuguese only)
kenl01 - September 8, 2008 04:16 PM (GMT)
Summer one of Alaska's coldest
High temperatures 3rd coldest on record
Gardens didn't grow. Salmon returned late. Bees didn't make honey. Swallows didn't breed. 7 Sep 08 -
There were just two July days when temperature at the offices of the National Weather Service in Anchorage hit 70 degrees or better.
Those temperatures occurred at the beginning of July and were immediately followed by a long stretch of cool and wet weather. “With only two days above 70 degrees this year, that sets a new record for the fewest days to reach 70,'' the weather-watching agency reported Friday.
Add to the lack of heat and sunshine what the agency calls "an astonishing 77%" of days colder than normal, and you get the picture.
Gardens didn't grow. Salmon returned late. Bees didn't make honey. Swallows didn't breed. And the sunbathing, well, what sunbathing?
See entire article by Craig Medred
http://www.adn.com/news/environment/story/518517.html
High temperatures 3rd coldest on record
Gardens didn't grow. Salmon returned late. Bees didn't make honey. Swallows didn't breed. 7 Sep 08 -
There were just two July days when temperature at the offices of the National Weather Service in Anchorage hit 70 degrees or better.
Those temperatures occurred at the beginning of July and were immediately followed by a long stretch of cool and wet weather. “With only two days above 70 degrees this year, that sets a new record for the fewest days to reach 70,'' the weather-watching agency reported Friday.
Add to the lack of heat and sunshine what the agency calls "an astonishing 77%" of days colder than normal, and you get the picture.
Gardens didn't grow. Salmon returned late. Bees didn't make honey. Swallows didn't breed. And the sunbathing, well, what sunbathing?
See entire article by Craig Medred
http://www.adn.com/news/environment/story/518517.html
kenl01 - September 8, 2008 04:21 PM (GMT)
Record low, Sept.7th 33
Boundary Dam, WA Breaks old record of 34 set in 2005
Frost Advisory
..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT SUNDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DICKINSON, MARMARTH, MOTT, BOWMAN, HETTINGER
Boundary Dam, WA Breaks old record of 34 set in 2005
Frost Advisory
..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT SUNDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DICKINSON, MARMARTH, MOTT, BOWMAN, HETTINGER
kenl01 - September 8, 2008 04:23 PM (GMT)
Coldest September day in 33 years in Sydney - 6 Sep 08 –
Sydney, Australia, struggled to just 13 degrees today, making it the coldest September day since 1975. Some suburbs did not even reach 13, including Terry Hills, which remained below 12 degrees all day.
The cold comes only 2 weeks after the city recorded its coldest maximum in 12 years, when it reached just 12 degrees on August 22.
http://www.eldersweather.com.au/breakingweather.jsp
Sydney, Australia, struggled to just 13 degrees today, making it the coldest September day since 1975. Some suburbs did not even reach 13, including Terry Hills, which remained below 12 degrees all day.
The cold comes only 2 weeks after the city recorded its coldest maximum in 12 years, when it reached just 12 degrees on August 22.
http://www.eldersweather.com.au/breakingweather.jsp
kenl01 - September 11, 2008 11:04 AM (GMT)
Britain on course for wettest September on record If this precipitation continues into the winter months....................?
9 Sep 08 – Britain is on course for its wettest September on record – after just nine rain-soaked days. Some parts of Wales and the North of England could have had their wettest Septembers by the end of today.
Morpeth, near Newcastle upon Tyne, suffered a month’s rain in 12 hours on Saturday and the river Wansbeck burst its banks. The forecast is for yet more storms.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/60545/...ptember-already
9 Sep 08 – Britain is on course for its wettest September on record – after just nine rain-soaked days. Some parts of Wales and the North of England could have had their wettest Septembers by the end of today.
Morpeth, near Newcastle upon Tyne, suffered a month’s rain in 12 hours on Saturday and the river Wansbeck burst its banks. The forecast is for yet more storms.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/60545/...ptember-already
kenl01 - September 11, 2008 11:08 AM (GMT)
Cool Temperatures to Wreak Havoc on Agriculture
8 Sep 08 - Cooling temperatures are going to wreak havoc on agriculture for the remainder of the growing season with the threat of an early frost greater than in years past, according to the latest research from Storm Exchange.
“For the season ahead, we see agriculture still struggling to gain traction with an increased risk of frost threatening an already unstable corn crop while that same cool weather pattern is going to drive consumers into the mall for seasonal apparel," Paul Walsh, Storm Exchange Chief Strategy Officer, said in a press release.
The Storm Exchange corn yield estimate stands at 144 bushels/acre. This number represents a 6% cut below trend and a sharp reduction from the USDA’s August monthly prediction of 155 bushels per acre.
The drop is attributed to delayed planting across the Corn Belt caused by the severe flooding that occurred in the Spring 2008, according to the Storm Exchange report. The flooding permanently impacted 10-12% of US corn, meaning that bumper crop yields would be needed to make up the difference, Storm Exchange analysts say.
It also means that the corn will require an extended warm growing season to mature safely before the first fall freeze. In Iowa, the likelihood of a severe freeze is 30% higher than historical average, according to Storm Exchange research. Across the corn-growing region of the U.S., approximately 15-25 percent of the U.S. corn crop is at risk of frost damage.
"With the crop going in the ground so late and not maturing quickly enough, we now have the double jeopardy situation of immature corn and cold weather on the horizon,” Gail Martell, Storm Exchange Senior Agriculture Analyst, said in a Storm Exchange statement.
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=145454
8 Sep 08 - Cooling temperatures are going to wreak havoc on agriculture for the remainder of the growing season with the threat of an early frost greater than in years past, according to the latest research from Storm Exchange.
“For the season ahead, we see agriculture still struggling to gain traction with an increased risk of frost threatening an already unstable corn crop while that same cool weather pattern is going to drive consumers into the mall for seasonal apparel," Paul Walsh, Storm Exchange Chief Strategy Officer, said in a press release.
The Storm Exchange corn yield estimate stands at 144 bushels/acre. This number represents a 6% cut below trend and a sharp reduction from the USDA’s August monthly prediction of 155 bushels per acre.
The drop is attributed to delayed planting across the Corn Belt caused by the severe flooding that occurred in the Spring 2008, according to the Storm Exchange report. The flooding permanently impacted 10-12% of US corn, meaning that bumper crop yields would be needed to make up the difference, Storm Exchange analysts say.
It also means that the corn will require an extended warm growing season to mature safely before the first fall freeze. In Iowa, the likelihood of a severe freeze is 30% higher than historical average, according to Storm Exchange research. Across the corn-growing region of the U.S., approximately 15-25 percent of the U.S. corn crop is at risk of frost damage.
"With the crop going in the ground so late and not maturing quickly enough, we now have the double jeopardy situation of immature corn and cold weather on the horizon,” Gail Martell, Storm Exchange Senior Agriculture Analyst, said in a Storm Exchange statement.
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=145454
kenl01 - September 13, 2008 02:46 PM (GMT)
Sea level falling around Australia
16 Aug 08 - Sea level rose about 130m between 17,000 and 7,000 years ago. It has subsequently fallen in steps as the planet has cooled to our present level.
This is in the published science literature and much can be readily "Googled".
I contend that those professional scientists and advisors that are knowingly complicit in climate science fraud and all that is derived from it, will continue to be exposed by the science itself.”
Dr. G. LeBlanc Smith is a retired CSIRO Principal Research Scientist (geosciences – sedimentology)
http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads...g-delusions.pdf
I wonder how much longer people will listen to these communist bastards in the media ?? I was out the other night at the beach at 3AM. It was low tide and I can tell you, it was extremely low. In the past years tides at low tide have been getting very low. Almost a quarter mile between the dunes and water level. I don't remember ever seeing this 28 years ago here.
16 Aug 08 - Sea level rose about 130m between 17,000 and 7,000 years ago. It has subsequently fallen in steps as the planet has cooled to our present level.
This is in the published science literature and much can be readily "Googled".
I contend that those professional scientists and advisors that are knowingly complicit in climate science fraud and all that is derived from it, will continue to be exposed by the science itself.”
Dr. G. LeBlanc Smith is a retired CSIRO Principal Research Scientist (geosciences – sedimentology)
http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads...g-delusions.pdf
I wonder how much longer people will listen to these communist bastards in the media ?? I was out the other night at the beach at 3AM. It was low tide and I can tell you, it was extremely low. In the past years tides at low tide have been getting very low. Almost a quarter mile between the dunes and water level. I don't remember ever seeing this 28 years ago here.
kenl01 - September 16, 2008 04:18 PM (GMT)
Border towns report record lows 13 Sept 08 -
"It seemed ominously like winter near the Canadian border this week as two towns recorded record low temperatures. In Washington, the temperature fell to 31 degrees in Boundary Dam overnight Wednesday, breaking the previous record of 34 degrees set in 1986, according to the National Weather Service. Porthill, Idaho, set a record low that same night at 27 degrees, 3 degrees colder that the previous record set in 1964. But the coldest was yet to come: Porthill broke the 1949 record of 27 degrees the following night with an overnight low of 23 degrees going into Friday."
"It seemed ominously like winter near the Canadian border this week as two towns recorded record low temperatures. In Washington, the temperature fell to 31 degrees in Boundary Dam overnight Wednesday, breaking the previous record of 34 degrees set in 1986, according to the National Weather Service. Porthill, Idaho, set a record low that same night at 27 degrees, 3 degrees colder that the previous record set in 1964. But the coldest was yet to come: Porthill broke the 1949 record of 27 degrees the following night with an overnight low of 23 degrees going into Friday."
kenl01 - September 16, 2008 04:22 PM (GMT)
Some high Alpine villages snowed in most of summer
A scary email from a reader in Germany:
15 Sep 08 - Here in southern Germany we experienced what seemed like a very short wet and cool summer ! For the first time in nearly 50 years mountain passes did not open at all this year because the massive snow from winter and spring failed to melt.
http://www.iceagenow.com/Some_high_Alpine_...t_of_summer.htm
A scary email from a reader in Germany:
15 Sep 08 - Here in southern Germany we experienced what seemed like a very short wet and cool summer ! For the first time in nearly 50 years mountain passes did not open at all this year because the massive snow from winter and spring failed to melt.
http://www.iceagenow.com/Some_high_Alpine_...t_of_summer.htm
kenl01 - September 16, 2008 04:27 PM (GMT)
Coldest in 14 years in southeastern Australia 9 Sep 08 -
Last night one of the coldest spots was Cooma, where it dipped to minus nine degrees at the airport, 11 below average and its lowest September temperature in 14 years. Canberra chilled to minus 3.7 degrees, seven below average and a six year low for September.
http://www.eldersweather.com.au/breakingweather.jsp
Last night one of the coldest spots was Cooma, where it dipped to minus nine degrees at the airport, 11 below average and its lowest September temperature in 14 years. Canberra chilled to minus 3.7 degrees, seven below average and a six year low for September.
http://www.eldersweather.com.au/breakingweather.jsp
kenl01 - September 17, 2008 03:32 PM (GMT)
Coldest string of five days in 70 years in California, grape production down 20 percent
15 Sep 08 - Many California grape growers are reporting lower quantities due to frosting.
The drop in production is shared across California with many winemaking and vintner organizations reporting the same trend. Some state estimates indicate a 20 percent decrease from last year and one-third fewer grapes than in 2005.
"In San Benito County, we had the same problem as everywhere else in California - terrible weather during the flowering season," said Steve Pessagno, owner of Pessagno Winery.
He noted that from April to May, cold weather and overcast skies created perfect conditions for frost.
"My notebook reads, 'April 12 to 16, coldest string of five days in the last 70 years.'"
Josh Jensen, owner and winemaker at Calera Winery, had vineyards yielding as little as half a ton per acre where they usually produce around twelve times that in a good year.
"We are seeing a very small harvest because we were absolutely slammed disastrously by the frosts during April," he said.
http://www.freelancenews.com/news/248490-g...ling-the-freeze
Many farmers worried about unusually cool weather 16 Sep 08 -
Farmers from Michigan to California to Wisconsin to
North Dakota to Kansas are concerned about the colder weather.
North Dakota farmers fear killing frost
The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that the harvest made good progress until rain and cool temperatures hit the state late last week. The agency says corn farmers are worried about their crops reaching maturity before a killing frost.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/09/16/ap5432142.html
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Weekend's heavy rain leaves farmers' fall crops to rot underwater - Michigan
His harvest, which had promised to be a bumper crop, was just getting under way, starting about three weeks late because of the cool, wet weather earlier in the season.
http://www.mlive.com/kzgazette/news/index....leaves_far.html
Record lows
Traverse City, Michigan reported 46F on Drummond Island ( Upper Peninsula ) yesterday at noon time,Sept.15th.
(From Channel 10 News)
Farmers in northern Wis. report light frost
State farmers are hoping for more heat and more time before a killing frost arrives this fall after some light frost was reported in northern Wisconsin early last week, according to the latest crop report issued Monday from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/305105
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Kansas: Brisk Late Summer Temperatures Draw Concerns For Early Freeze
Unusually cool weather through much of August and early September in the central High Plains is sparking concern that crops may not reach maturity before the first freeze.
"Most fields will probably reach maturity before the first freeze, but dry-down could be a problem," said Kansas State University agronomist Kraig Roozeboom, adding that the first freeze would be when temperatures across a region drop to a growth-halting 28 degrees F rather than when the mercury dips to 32 F in scattered areas.
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=252914
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15 Sep 08 - Many California grape growers are reporting lower quantities due to frosting.
The drop in production is shared across California with many winemaking and vintner organizations reporting the same trend. Some state estimates indicate a 20 percent decrease from last year and one-third fewer grapes than in 2005.
"In San Benito County, we had the same problem as everywhere else in California - terrible weather during the flowering season," said Steve Pessagno, owner of Pessagno Winery.
He noted that from April to May, cold weather and overcast skies created perfect conditions for frost.
"My notebook reads, 'April 12 to 16, coldest string of five days in the last 70 years.'"
Josh Jensen, owner and winemaker at Calera Winery, had vineyards yielding as little as half a ton per acre where they usually produce around twelve times that in a good year.
"We are seeing a very small harvest because we were absolutely slammed disastrously by the frosts during April," he said.
http://www.freelancenews.com/news/248490-g...ling-the-freeze
Many farmers worried about unusually cool weather 16 Sep 08 -
Farmers from Michigan to California to Wisconsin to
North Dakota to Kansas are concerned about the colder weather.
North Dakota farmers fear killing frost
The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that the harvest made good progress until rain and cool temperatures hit the state late last week. The agency says corn farmers are worried about their crops reaching maturity before a killing frost.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/09/16/ap5432142.html
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Weekend's heavy rain leaves farmers' fall crops to rot underwater - Michigan
His harvest, which had promised to be a bumper crop, was just getting under way, starting about three weeks late because of the cool, wet weather earlier in the season.
http://www.mlive.com/kzgazette/news/index....leaves_far.html
Record lows
Traverse City, Michigan reported 46F on Drummond Island ( Upper Peninsula ) yesterday at noon time,Sept.15th.
(From Channel 10 News)
Farmers in northern Wis. report light frost
State farmers are hoping for more heat and more time before a killing frost arrives this fall after some light frost was reported in northern Wisconsin early last week, according to the latest crop report issued Monday from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/305105
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Kansas: Brisk Late Summer Temperatures Draw Concerns For Early Freeze
Unusually cool weather through much of August and early September in the central High Plains is sparking concern that crops may not reach maturity before the first freeze.
"Most fields will probably reach maturity before the first freeze, but dry-down could be a problem," said Kansas State University agronomist Kraig Roozeboom, adding that the first freeze would be when temperatures across a region drop to a growth-halting 28 degrees F rather than when the mercury dips to 32 F in scattered areas.
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=252914
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kenl01 - September 17, 2008 03:33 PM (GMT)
Temperatures plummet in Hungary - 16 Sep 08 -
A cold weather record set in 1925 went by the books on Monday, as temperatures in Hungary plummeted to their lowest level in 83 years.
http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archiv...Hash=8c66cff209
A cold weather record set in 1925 went by the books on Monday, as temperatures in Hungary plummeted to their lowest level in 83 years.
http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archiv...Hash=8c66cff209
kenl01 - September 18, 2008 04:13 PM (GMT)
Frost One Month ahead of Schedule 18 Sept 08 -
An advancing cold front combined with a polar high pressure will bring on the first frost and freeze of the season for a significant part of the Northeast.
"A widespread frost like this one is coming about a week early in some areas." Autumn officially arrives next Monday. In parts of northern Pennsylvania and central New England this magnitude of frost may be nearly a month earlier than average.
Sub-freezing temperatures across upstate New York and northern New England will produce a widespread hard freeze. The Adirondacks in New York state could be the coldest spot in the Northeast. The overnight low in Saranac Lake, N.Y., could plunge to 18 degrees.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...op-headline.asp
An advancing cold front combined with a polar high pressure will bring on the first frost and freeze of the season for a significant part of the Northeast.
"A widespread frost like this one is coming about a week early in some areas." Autumn officially arrives next Monday. In parts of northern Pennsylvania and central New England this magnitude of frost may be nearly a month earlier than average.
Sub-freezing temperatures across upstate New York and northern New England will produce a widespread hard freeze. The Adirondacks in New York state could be the coldest spot in the Northeast. The overnight low in Saranac Lake, N.Y., could plunge to 18 degrees.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/pre...op-headline.asp
kenl01 - September 18, 2008 04:16 PM (GMT)
Scotland's barley crop in trouble?18 Sep 08 -
Email from a reader in Scotland: " I can’t recall a year when by mid September almost none of the barley crop has been harvested. The crop has been flattened by the constant rain we have had all summer and now grass has begun to grow up through it.
http://www.iceagenow.com/Scotlands_barley_..._in_trouble.htm
Climate change chicanery
Less ice in the Arctic in 1893 than today
14 Sep 08 – Lewis Gordon Pugh tried to paddle a kayak to the Pole to demonstrate the vanishing Arctic ice. While still 600 miles short of his goal, he met with ice so thick that he had to turn back. Conveniently forgotten, is that in 1893 the Arctic was so ice-free that a Norwegian explorer was able to kayak above 82 degrees north, 100 miles nearer the Pole.
See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jh...9/14/do1402.xml
Email from a reader in Scotland: " I can’t recall a year when by mid September almost none of the barley crop has been harvested. The crop has been flattened by the constant rain we have had all summer and now grass has begun to grow up through it.
http://www.iceagenow.com/Scotlands_barley_..._in_trouble.htm
Climate change chicanery
Less ice in the Arctic in 1893 than today
14 Sep 08 – Lewis Gordon Pugh tried to paddle a kayak to the Pole to demonstrate the vanishing Arctic ice. While still 600 miles short of his goal, he met with ice so thick that he had to turn back. Conveniently forgotten, is that in 1893 the Arctic was so ice-free that a Norwegian explorer was able to kayak above 82 degrees north, 100 miles nearer the Pole.
See http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jh...9/14/do1402.xml
kenl01 - September 20, 2008 11:57 AM (GMT)
Cold August on Long Island 19 Sep 08 - Email from reader
August has always been the hottest month around here. The month when you lie awake at night wishing for air conditioning if you didn't have it. This year August was cold. The days were perfect mild weather like we normally would get in May or June. The nights were cold. I know there are variations in weather and it is possible to get an occasional cool summer, but my strong intuition during those cold August nights was that this is the beginning of the big change.
Sincerely,
Tom Z.
August has always been the hottest month around here. The month when you lie awake at night wishing for air conditioning if you didn't have it. This year August was cold. The days were perfect mild weather like we normally would get in May or June. The nights were cold. I know there are variations in weather and it is possible to get an occasional cool summer, but my strong intuition during those cold August nights was that this is the beginning of the big change.
Sincerely,
Tom Z.