Heaviest Snowfall - Ever - Hits Moscow - January 31, 2005 - Pedestrians waded through meter-high snowdrifts on Friday as the heaviest one-day snowfall on record raged through Moscow. Indeed, January may turn out to be the snowiest since city weather records began in the 19th century, second only to January 1970. This January's snowfall is twice the January average, and more snow is expected throughout the week. It took a total of 25,000 workers and 5,000 snowplows labored to clean up the main highways.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/01/31/003.html


Japan battered by winter storm - Jan 31 - Honshu hardest hit, but Kyushu and Hokkaido also saw snow. Toyana and Tottori airports were both reporting blizzard conditions. Up to 90cm (3 feet) of snow was predicted for the mountainous areas in the north. Snow also fell on the southern Japanese island of Shikoku, which hardly ever sees snow, while the city of Kochi received the first snow in nearly 20 years.
In the United Stares, another winter storm left up to two feet of snow in southern Colorado before heading south towards Texas. To the east, Georgia is slowly recovering from its weekend ice storm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/01022005news.shtml



Snowiest month on record in Boston – Jan 27, 2005 – With 42.4” of snow, this has been the snowiest January on record in Boston . In fact, this has been the snowiest month on record in Boston . This is “global warming?”


Eight degrees below normal in Casablanca - Jan 30 - Morocco's largest city can usually expect daytime highs of around 17.5 C (64 F) in > January. On Saturday, temperatures plummeted to -1 C (30 F), 8 degrees below the January average minimum for Casablanca.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/30012005news.shtml


Intense cold and snow in many European countries – Jan 27, 2005 - In the Balearic Islands, which received the first snow in decades, temperatures on Menorca plunged to 0.4C, as opposed to the average January average temperature of 13C. Meanwhile, snow forced the closure of mountain roads on the island of Mallorca ; two-meter (6-foot) snowdrifts closed two motorways in central Croatia ; some central and southern areas in Italy received up to 5 cm (2 inches) of snow, and Vesuvius displayed its snow-capped peak.
In Granada , Spain , temperatures fell to minus 9C, more than 10 degrees below average. Vitoria, Spain, received several inches of snow; mountain passes were closed in the northern Cantabria region, and heavy snow (30cm, or 12 inches) fell in Vienna, Austria.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/27012005news.shtml



Temperatures plummet across eastern US -. Jan 16 - Temperatures in Embarrass, Minnesota plummeted to -48 C (-54 F), close to the state’s record low of -51 C (-60 F) set in 1996 in Tower, MN. The cold weather also affected many other places in the US , including Columbia Gorge in Oregon , Cape Cod , Massachusetts , and Buffalo , New York . Nearly eight inches (12 to 20 cm) of snow had fallen by Monday morning on Cape Cod , Massachusetts . Meanwhile in Buffalo , New York , 5 inches (13 centimetres) of snow led to slick roads and white-out conditions on a local highway.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/18012005news.shtml


Up to 56 cm (22 inches) of snow in South Korea - Jan 16, 2005 - At one point Kimhae International Airport, the gateway to South Korea ’s second largest city of Pusan , was closed to all flights due to the conditions. Japan was also hard hit.
Around 50 cm (20 inches) of snow fell in The Japanese regions of Kanto and Tohoku.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/16012005news.shtml

Well this certainly looks like my theory has some validity to it. Looks like we just might be heading into a mini Ice Age, let's see how cool this summer is around the globe. :blink:

Here's another to add to Matthew's list,

100 times normal snowfall in Texas ? 25 Dec 04 ? Victoria, Texas woke up to almost a foot of snow,
the first white Christmas in 86 years. Victoria last saw a measurable amount of snow (1/10th of an inch) 1973,
which was the same amount that fell on Christmas 1918.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,142539,00.html
Might be neat to track this link too,, :rolleyes:

http://iceagenow.com/Ocean_Warming.htm

Now if the World Environmentalists don't have a response to this, I might just have to buy an Arctic Parka for my location. :blink:

More than three feet of snow in Austria in one day - Feb 5 - Some parts of Austria have seen a meter or more of snow. Waidring received more than a meter (three feet) of snow in one day. In Graz, the army evacuated hundreds of guests from the alpine resort of Planneralm, which was isolated by avalanches. Blizzards have also lashed eastern Romania leaving roads and schools closed. In the county of Constanta, snow piled up in drifts more than two meters (6.6 feet) deep. Kabul, Afghanistan has also seen fresh snowfalls.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/05022005news.shtml

Biting cold and heavy snow causing chaos across the northern hemisphere - Feb 10 - Heaviest snowfal in India in 25 years. The town of Manali in Himachal Pradesh is covered by one-and-a- half meters of snow (more than 4 feet) and is expecting more. Temperatures have hovered as low as -12C (10F).
In Sevlievo, Bulgaria, temperatures fell to -34C (-29F) on Wednesday, as opposed to the average low of about -5C (23F). Temperatures have hovered around -20C (-4F) in the rest of the country, and 40% of the Danube is frozen. Bosnia-Hercegovina has endured similar low temperatures. Heavy snow has also been falling across the northern and western mountains in Pakistan, with some areas now blanketed by nearly 4m (11 foot).

Meanwhile, the northeastern United States is bracing itself for yet another massive winter storm. Some areas of New Hampshire and Maine may see up to 45cm (18 inches) of snow.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/10022005news.shtml

thanks for the info. weather is boring here

I don't think I have ever seen such a Topsie Turvie winter season as that which is present this year. First there is so much rain and then it snows like crazy and then rain again/snow/rain. Pretty strange if ya ask me. :blink:

Record snows in Iran - Feb 10 - Parts northern Iran and Tehran were paralyzed after being hit by record snowfall up to 1.5 meters (more than 4 feet), and many key roads were closed. In Israel, the northern Golan Heights, snow closed many roads and schools. High-lying areas in the northern and center of the country also saw snow. Snow also fell in Jerusalem. Snow in Galilee led to the closure of the road between Misgav Am and Manara, and 1.7 meters (about 5 feet) of snow fell on Mount Hermon. Snow also fell in the Jordanian capital of Amman, and most other regions of the desert kingdom.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/537838.html


Europe enduring one of the coldest winters of this century - Feb 11, 2005 - Minus 13.3 degrees in Kosice, Slovakia, minus 16.1 degrees in Szolnak, Hungary, and minus 28.6 in Erzurum, Turkey ... all around 10 degrees below average. It was even colder in Romania and Yugoslavia: Sjenica, Yugoslavia dropped to minus 28.8C, 22 degrees below average, while Sibiu, Romania dipped to minus 26.4, 20 degrees below average.
www.metoffice.com


Villagers Chase off Wolves in Deadly Balkan Freeze - Feb 11, 2005 - Snowbound villagers fought off starving wolves (at least one person was devoured by wolves) as a Siberian frost gripped much of the Balkans for the second week in a row, killing at least a dozen people. Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania and Albania all registered record or near-record low temperatures. In Karajukica Bunari on the Serbia-Montenegro border the temperature fell to -34C (-29F), almost breaking the record of -38.4 set in January 1954. Temperatures in Sevlievo, Bulgaria fell to -34C, breaking a 50-year record, and the River Danube was iced up in dozens of places from Hungary to Romania.

"We expect the lower Danube to be completely iced by tomorrow," said the Bulgarian state news agency BTA. Temperatures dropped to minus 36C in eastern Romania. The Black Sea coast reported frozen snowdrifts more than 2 meters (6 feet) deep, and many roads were closed. In Macedonia, where temperatures dipped below minus 25C, an army captain was found frozen solid just 300 meters (yards) from his border post in the Sar mountains on the Kosovo border. The Bosnian Serb capital Banja Luka, recorded its lowest temperatures in 20 years.

In Albania and western Kosovo, villagers in remote areas had to drive off wolves and wild boar searching for food. Villages lie two metres (six feet) deep in snow in the mountains near Elbasan. In Kosovo, temperatures hovered below minus 20C. A state of emergency was in force in the Serbian town of Sjenica, near the Montenegro border, after six days of minus 30 degree frost.
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cf...29465/story.htm

Heavy snowfall crushes buildings -Feb 21, 2005 - More than two meters (almost seven feet) of heavy snow in the mountains has devastated Afghanistan , Pakistan , and Tajikstan, literally crushing houses and buildings and burying communities in avalanches. It has been the heaviest snowfall in northern Pakistan in 30 years. Some 270 have died in the snowfall and avalanches, with nearly as many injured. In Kashmir to the south, 400 trucks are stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar highway because of landslides. Most roads in Srinagar are buried under one and a half feet of snow with more in the forecast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/20022005news.shtml


Torrential rain kills three in California - Feb. 21, 2005 - The deaths came as another wintry mix of rain, snow and hail pummeled Southern California . As much as three inches of rain was expected along the coast, five inches in the foothills, and another two feet of snow in the mountains. Farther north, the Bay area braced for an inch of rain, with up to 18 inches of snow expected in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Some 5.27 inches of rain has fallen on downtown Los Angeles in the past three days, pushing its total rainfall to 30 inches since July 1st. The record, 38.18 inches, was set in 1883-1884. A landslide advisory was issued for San Diego , Riverside , Orange , San Bernardino , Ventura , Los Angeles , Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6998659/

Twenty degrees below normal in eastern Turkey - 12 Feb 05 - In Erzurum, the temperature dropped to -29.9C overnight, nearly 20C colder than the average February low of -10.5C.
www.metoffice.com

Record cold and snow across Europe – March 1, 2005 - Europe is in the midst of a bitter cold snap, with temperatures plunging to record lows in Germany, Portugal , and Switzerland . Stuttgart airport recorded its lowest March temperature in 105 years (-18.6 C, or -1.5 F). Bern , Switzerland recorded its coldest March night since records began in 1901 (-15.6C, or 4F, and temperatures plunged to -43.6 C (-50.6 F) in the Berchtesgaden region near Germany. As to snow, the Czech Republic has the most snow in 40 years. - See what's happening in other parts of the world.

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Heavy snow and ice bring large sections of the East Coast to a standstill - with more to come. – Mar 1, 2005 - North Carolina , Virgina and Pennsylvania were the hardest hit. Ten inches of snow has already fallen at North Carolinas Mount Mitchell, and eight inches covers much of western Virginia. Another six to ten inches of snow is likely for New York , with 14" possible in northwestern New Jersey and up to 24" in the West Virgina mountains.

Heavy snow and ice bring large sections of the East Coast to a standstill - with more to come. North Carolina , Virgina and Pennsylvania were the hardest hit. Ten inches of snow has already fallen at North Carolinas Mount Mitchell, and eight inches covers much of western Virginia.
Another six to ten inches of snow is likely for New York , with 14" possible in northwestern New Jersey and up to 24" in the West Virgina mountains.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/01032005news.shtml

"Big Chill" Hits Europe


Snow-covered palm trees in the Mediterranean, travel chaos on the continent and a rise in heating costs are the results of an unusual European cold snap.

Airports in Paris and Amsterdam, where cancellations stranded thousands of passengers overnight, struggled with icy runways and heavy delays on Thursday as a result of the heavy late winter conditions.

Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has limited the number of incoming European flights due to snowfall but is going ahead with departures to help the stranded.

"As long as there are problems with dealing with incoming flights, we are giving priority to ensuring smooth departures. We are working on this flat out," an air traffic control spokeswoman for Schiphol said on Thursday.

In some parts of The Netherlands snowfall was up to 50 centimetres, the highest levels recorded for March in the past 20 to 25 years, the Dutch meteorological institute said.

Airport operators in France also said flights from Paris's two main airports Roissy and Orly were delayed by up to two hours due to snow on the runways and that bad weather conditions in other parts of Europe had caused delays.

Automotive travel and remote areas of Europe also groaned under the weight of heavy snow.

Villages Cut Off

Italy's port city of Genoa was paralysed by a blanket of rare late winter white stuff that caused traffic chaos as far away as Milan, in one of the coldest starts to March on record, meteorologists said.

Authorities closed Genoa airport, shut city schools and ordered buses off the roads as a blizzard blanketed the Liguria coastline. Milan also got a rare covering during the morning, as did the nearby cities of Turin and Parma.

Police advised people not to travel across much of the north unless their journeys were essential.

In Turin, the thermometer fell to -8 C overnight, 1.5 C lower than the previous record low for March set in 1971, while Rome suffered its coldest March for 18 years.

Heavy snowfall and below-freezing temperatures across most of northern and central Greece this week have cut off dozens of mountain villages, blocked roads and led authorities to close some schools.

The river Evros along the northeastern border with Turkey has swelled in the past weeks and authorities have evacuated one village and gone ahead with controlled flooding of thousands of hectares of farmland to reduce the high water level.

The river is expected to swell further following renewed heavy snowfall this week and warmer temperatures expected in the coming days. Authorities have warned more villages could be evacuated.

In Spain, renowned for its warm winter sunshine in parts, palm trees in the Mediterranean city of Barcelona have been topped with snow and Madrid has seen its heaviest snowfall for about 15 years.

Weather experts said the country has experienced its lowest temperatures in decades this month and the government has been warning people about driving in dangerous conditions.

"The cold snap of the last three days has been one of three or four of the most significant in the last 30 to 40 years," Angel Ribera, head of forecasting at the National Meteorological Institute, said.

The cold weather has also caused discomfort for those staying at home and hit the wallets of many Europeans.

In central France, some 6000 households were without electricity and a gas energy company in Britain has calculated that Britons are expected to fork out an extra 23 million pounds a day on top of normal bills to keep warm in the "big chill".

Ironically, Portugal was worried about one of its worst droughts in a century. About 75 percent of the Iberian nation is suffering from "extreme and severe" drought during what should be its rainy season, Meteorology Institute President Aderito Serrao told TSF radio

Temperatures in Rome plunge to their lowest level in 200 years – Mar 3, 2005 – In fact, much of Europe shivered under near record lows. Temperatures in Bucharest, Romania fell to their lowest since 1932. In Switzerland, temperatures near the French border sank to minus 34.4C. In Guarda, Portugal, the main hospital had to cancel all non-emergency surgery when water pipes frozeTemperatures fell to -21C in Oslo, Norway, with a day-time high of -11C, some 7C below normal.

Record snow in Moscow … and the mayor is furious – Mar 1, 2005 - Moscow's mayor Yuri Luzhkov was furious when the Moscow Weather Bureau failed to forecast the city’s heaviest snowfall since record-keeping began in the 19th century. Public services were unable to cope with the blizzard, which occurred on Jan 28. The storm snarled traffic, closed airports and forced pedestrians to wade through high drifts.
( Washington Post Foreign Service - March 1, 2005; Page A10)

Paris awoke to a thin carpet of snow, and icy roads covered much of northern France . Heavy snow fell on Berlin , and thick ice hampered ship traffic on the canal linking Berlin with the Polish port of Szczecin . Britain called in the army to help deal with disruption caused by heavy snow, and Bulgarian ski resorts enjoyed their heaviest snowfalls in 20 years.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/st...55E1702,00.html

Record snowfall in Kamchatka - March 3, 2005 – The blanket of snow in the Kamchatka region (283 cm) is now double its normal depth, breaking records from the past 70 years. The last time Kamchatka had this much snow was in 1938. Continued heavy snowfall is expected until the beginning of May.
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?N...95681&PageNum=0

Heavy snowfall and near-record low temperatures across Europe . Mar 4, 2005 - A rare snowstorm blanketed the Netherlands , disrupting flights at Amsterdam ’s Schiphol airport. In the province of Friesland , 20 inches (50 cm) of snow fell in 24 hours, the biggest March snowstorm in 25 years.

Heavy snowfall in Greece cut off dozens of mountain villages; Madrid , Spain recorded its heaviest snowfall in 15 years; almost all of Germany was covered by snow, and Italy too experienced extensive snow. In the United Kingdom Kent received six inches of snow, and Londoners were greeted by the rare sight of snow on Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.

Japan also saw unusually heavy snowfalls, as nearly an inch of snow accumulated in downtown Tokyo.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/04032005news.shtml



Current warming simply a natural variation, says advisor to President Putin – Feb 3, 2005 - "President Putin was under great pressure to sign the Kyoto protocol,” said Dr Andrei Illarionov, economic adviser to the Russian president, “and Russia did so because we like to be friends with Europe , not because we believe in the science of climate change. (Interestingly, this statement was buried in an article warning of the dangers of global warming.)
"I tell you in any case that people like to be warm,” Illarionov told the Guardian, “which is why Europeans go south for their holidays. Anyone who is frightened about the prospect of global warming is welcome to come and live in Siberia ."
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sci...1404455,00.html

Ten degrees below normal in Helsinki – Mar 9, 2005 – At minus 17C, temperatures last night in Helsinki, Finland were far below the average March low of -7C.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/10032005news.shtml



Record snow in Korea – March 3, 2005 - Busan saw the biggest snowfall in the city in a century. After 37.5 centimeters of snow fell in just 15 hours, officials closed more than 100 roads and cancelled all airline flights cancelled as tens of thousands of public employees and police officials were mobilized to cope with the chaos. Other cities such as Pohang and Ulsan also reported record accumulations of snow (around 20 cm).
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/htm...00503070005.asp

Record snowfall in Michigan - March 13, 2005 - Ann Arbor has received 75.9 inches of snow
so far this season, breaking the old record of 75.1 inches set in 1981-82 – and the season isn’t over.
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf...110712342273170

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Cleveland approaches snowfall record - March 12, 2005 - As of Friday night,
96.1 inches of snow had fallen at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in 2004-05 –
the third-highest total on record – and the season isn’t over. With chances of snow in the
forecast, Cleveland could set its new record within days. This came after two straight years
of heavy snowfall, making these the snowiest three straight winters on record.

Cleveland set another record in December, receiving so much snow (35.1 inches in 15 days)
that it became the snowiest December on record.
http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?...county_cuyahoga

Heavy snow in China – Mar 14, 2005 - Mountainous parts of Yunnan Province , China , have received more than a meter of snow in places. To the south, in northern Thailand , Chiang Rai received 21mm of rain in just one day, as much as they normally receive during the entire month of March. Meanwhile, in far northern Australia , Cyclone Ingrid dumped 97mm of rain – twice the monthly average – on Bathurst Island just north of Darwin .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/14032005news.shtml

TOLEDO, OHIO:
Thru today 51.5"....11th snowiest winter on record (since 1880s)

DETROIT, MICHIGAN:
Thru today 57.2"....15th snowiest winter on record (since 1880)

FLINT, MICHIGAN:
Thru today 61.6"....8th snowiest winter on record (since 1941)

SAGINAW, MICHIGAN:
Thru today 68.1"....7th snowiest winter on record (since 1900)

Snow Storms Kill 36 in Yunnan

The heaviest rain and snow storms in a century have hit southwest China's Yunnan Province over the past two weeks.

According to the local government, 36 people had been killed, 190,000 snowed in and 21,229 houses collapsed up to March 12.

The bad weather has affected 8.64 million people in all and damaged local communications, transportation, education and sanitation infrastructures.

It has also destroyed about 524,900 hectares of farmland. Economic losses have been estimated at 2.54 billion yuan (US$300 million).

Yunnan's provincial government is currently busy dispatching relief materials and relocating homeless people.

(China.org.cn March 17, 2005)

Severe blizzards in southwest China leave 36 dead

BEIJING (AFP) - Severe and unseasonal snow storms have left at least 36 people dead in southwest China, with about 190,000 people snowed in and 21,000 collapsed houses, a news report said.

More than eight million people have been affected by the blizzards in Yunnan province, which normally enjoys a mild climate but had a metre (three feet) of snow in some areas between March 3-12, the semi-official China News Service said.


The province's economic losses due to the bad weather conditions were estimated at 2.5 billion yuan (300 million dollars).

21,000 houses collapse in China during killer blizzards - Mar 16, 2005 – Severe and unseasonal blizzards have left at least 36 people dead in southwest China. About 190,000 people are snowed in, and 21,000 houses have collapsed.
More than eight million people have been affected by the blizzards in Yunnan province, which normally enjoys a mild climate but has been buried benearth a meter (three feet) of snow in some areas. The damage is estimated at 2.5 billion yuan (300 million dollars).
http://www.terradaily.com/2005/050316132552.avkc6g86.html
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Temperatures 9C below normal in Norway – March 17, 2005 - The temperature in Svalbard, an island to the north of Norway, dropped to -24C last night, 9C below the seasonal average

Record cold on Okinawa –Mar 16, 2005 - According to the Okinawa Meteorological Observatory, it reached only 41.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday in Kunigami Village , in far northern Okinawa , the lowest temperature ever recorded for March. http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?sectio...6745&archive=tr ue


New Mexico Pummeled; Nearly 3 Feet of Snow in One Town - March 15, 2005 A late-winter storm dumped 2 to 3 feet of snow on parts of New Mexico, closing several major highways. Sections of Interstate 40 and Interstate 25 were closed east and north of Albuquerque . Rows of tractor-trailer rigs queued up at Las Vegas , while other motorists scrambled to find hotel rooms. The Red Cross opened a shelter in Las Vegas for travelers who couldn't find a vacancy late Monday. Snow also fell across much of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles.
http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=150870

Winter storm warming in the Texas panhandle – Five to ten inches of snow has already fallen across portions of the south-central and western Texas Panhandle. A total of 10 to 12 inches of snow is expected in the cities of Amarillo , Borger , Canadian, Canyon, Clarendon, Claude, Dalhart, Dumas, Hartley, Hereford , Miami , Pampa , Panhandle, Perryton, Shamrock, Spearman, Stratford , and Vega by late tonight. http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=27067

Hail the size of golf balls in the eastern United States - – Tornado season has begun with a bang, bringing intense storms and golf-sized hail from eastern Oklahoma to southern Georgia .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/23032005news.shtml

Harsh Afghanistan winter kills nearly 600 – Mar 20 - Nearly 600 people have died this winter from disease, landslides and accidents, and there could be many more casualties in remote parts of the country. The western provinces of Farah and Herat have been hit hard, with more than 10,000 homes destroyed. The harsh winter has also caused 400 deaths in Pakistan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/19032005news.shtml

Snow over Northern Africa - Feb 4 - Winter descended with a vengeance on Northern Africa, covering parts of Algeria and Morocco with a blanket of fresh snow. The snow extended from the Mediterranean Coast in the north to the Sahara Desert in the south. The worst storm in more than 50 years, it brought chaos to the normally arid region.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHa...p3?img_id=12699

Second wettest rainy season in Los Angeles on record – L.A. has received 900 mm. (35.89 inches) of rain this season, as opposed to about 375 mm. (15 inches) in the average year.

Yesterday, Bishop, California . received 20mm (0.8 inches) of rain in only six hours. Average rainfall for the entire month of March is only 21mm (0.84 inches).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/24032005news.shtml

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
410 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005

THE SNOWFALL AT CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 4 PM
IS 4.2 INCHES. THIS WILL BRING THE SEASONAL TOTAL UP TO 103.1 INCHES
WHICH BREAKS THE ALL TIME SNOWIEST SEASON AT CLEVELAND HOPKINS
AIRPORT WHICH WAS 101.1 INCHES IN 1995-1996.

SINCE IT IS STILL SNOWING...ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
MIDNIGHT FOR THE DAY AND ON SUNDAY WHEN THE SNOW ENDS.

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
(INCHES) MEASUREMENT


NEW YORK

...ALLEGANY COUNTY...
BELMONT 5.0 350 PM 4/3

...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...
PERRYSBURG 20.0 433 PM 4/3 NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
ELLICOTTVILLE 20.0 400 PM 4/3

...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
RIPLEY 13.0 1000 AM 4/3

...ERIE COUNTY...
EDEN 18.0 400 PM 4/3
ORCHARD PARK 9.5 430 PM 4/3
GRAND ISLAND 8.5 445 PM 4/3
BUFFALO AIRPORT 7.6 444 PM 4/3
TONAWANDA 7.5 445 PM 4/3

...NIAGARA COUNTY...
LEWISTON 5.0 400 PM 4/3

Incredible amount of snow portends massive spring floods in Moscow - Mar 23, 2005 - The Russian Emergency Ministry has plans to evacuate the capital in the event that a sudden rise in temperature thaws the incredible amount of snow that has accumulated in Moscow this past winter (about 250 million cubic meters). The anticipated flood could inundate about 89 percent of Moscow's eastern district.
http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/3...5159_flood.html
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Five feet of snow in one week – Mar 31 – The Mount Baker ski area in Washington State is reopening this weekend after receiving five feet of snow in just one week. Washington’s Stevens Pass ski area was also considering reopening, having received three feet of new snow … 20 inches of that snow fell in just 24hrs. Silver Mountain ski area in Northern Idaho was considering the same action.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/31032005news.shtml

One of the wettest seasons on record in California – Mar 24 - Spring flowers that have not been seen in decades have been bursting into full bloom in the Joshua Tree National Park, near Palm Springs. Normally a desert area, the regions rainfall total now stands at 91.2cm (35.9 inches), just shy of the all-time record 96.9cm (38.18 inches) set in 1883-1884

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
200 PM PST MON MAR 28 2005


.SYNOPSIS...A VERY MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM DUMPED HEAVY AMOUNTS
OF RAINFALL ON NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON OVER THE
WEEKEND. THE FOLLOWING ARE STORM-TOTAL RAINFALL REPORTS FROM ACROSS
THE AREA. THE WEEKEND PRECIPITATION BROUGHT MARCH TOTALS FOR NW
OREGON REPORTING SITES TO NEAR NORMAL AND IMPROVED WATER YEAR
PERCENT OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION BY 5 TO 8 PERCENT.


LOCATION RAINFALL

...COAST AND COAST RANGE...
ASTORIA 3.4 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
LEES CAMP 9.1 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
LAUREL MOUNTAIN 8.5 INCHES THROUGH 8 AM MONDAY
HASKINS DAM 5.0 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
GRANDE RONDE 4.3 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
FALLS CITY 4.6 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
NEWPORT 2.0 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
MAPLETON 3.4 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY

...WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND LOWER COLUMBIA...
PORTLAND AIRPORT 2.5 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
PORTLAND NWS 2.6 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
SCAPPOOSE 3.3 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
VANCOUVER WA 2.7 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
HILLSBORO 2.4 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
TROUTDALE 2.5 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
AURORA 2.5 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
MCMINNVILLE 2.3 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
SALEM 2.4 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
CORVALLIS 1.4 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
EUGENE 1.1 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY

...CASCADES AND CASCADE FOOTHILLS...
COUGAR WA 6.8 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
BONNEVILLE 5.2 INCHES THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY
MARION FORKS FH 4.2 INCHES THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY
GOVERNMENT CAMP 3.6 INCHES THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY
PARKDALE 2.6 INCHES THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY
DETROIT 5.0 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY
COUGAR DAM OR 3.3 INCHES THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY

Yippieeeeeeeeeeeeeee,,, It's about Time!!!! :silly: ;)

You should post some of those good news items in the Local Obs,,, B)

Magnetic Reversal Due? – The strength of Earth's magnetic field - the force that protects us from deadly radiation from outer space - has been weakening dramatically. Although scientists have been tracking this decline for more than 100 years, they’ve disagreed about what it means. Some say it’s a precursor to reversal, others argue that it’s a temporary phenomenon.

But Gauthier Hulot of the Paris Geophysical Institute has discovered Earth's magnetic field seems to be disappearing most alarmingly near the poles, a clear sign that a flip may soon take place.

'Earth's magnetic field has disappeared many times before - as a prelude to our magnetic poles flipping over, when north becomes south and vice versa,' said Dr Alan Thomson of the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh. 'Reversals happen every 250,000 years or so, and as there has not been one for almost a million years, we are due one soon.'
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/internation...,837058,00.html
(This confirms my belief that the next magnetic reversal is due.)
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Snowiest winter on record in Cleveland – Apr 5, 2005 – With 105.5" of snow, this was the snowiest winter on record in Cleveland, OH since the 1880s.

In fact, pretty much all of southern Michigan and northern Ohio also go into in the record books this winter.

Toledo, OH: 52.0"....9th snowiest winter since 1880
Detroit, MI: 59.4"....13th snowiest winter since 1880
Flint, MI: 65.0"....7th snowiest winter since 1941
Saginaw, MI: 69.4"...6th snowiest winter since 1900
Youngstown, OH: 74.7"...7th snowiest winter since the 1940s
Mansfield, OH: 76.5"...3rd snowiest winter since the 1960s
Erie, PA: 122.3"....7th snowiest winter since the 1890s

Blizzard warning – Apr 6 - The Met Office issued a warning today for heavy snow, blizzards and icy roads in Northern Scotland and Northern Ireland, said that it could extend further south by the weekend. This could affect many events, including the Royal wedding and the 2005 Grand National.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/06042005news.shtml

Apr 22 Wyoming buried beneath a foot of snow - Interstate 80 was closed along a 45 mile stretch because of the blizzard, which is now moving into Colorado and then into the Plains. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/22042005news.shtml

Apr 20 Above average snowpack in New Mexico - Many New Mexico rivers are flowing at twice their normal spring levels due to above average snowpack Flows in the Rio Grande river are expected to double again in the next two weeks, leading to flooding. And the snow keeps coming. Up to nine inches (23cm) of snow fell along the eastern side of the range on Tuesday, closing roads in Nevada for a time.

There’s so much snow that many ski areas are extending their season. Squaw Valley ski area, near Lake Tahoe in California , still has 10 feet of snow on the upper slopes and is expected to stay open until Memorial Day, May 30.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/20042005news.shtml

Apr 19 Snowfall in one day:
Lewiston , MT ---18”
Clancy , MT ---12”
Crystal Lake , MT ---12”
Rogers Pass , MT---12”
Boseman, MT---11"
Half Moon Pass, MT---10"
Big Sky, MT---9"
Billings , MT ---10.3”

Apr 19 Snowfall this season (2004-2005)
Perrysburg , NY ---219”
Redfield , NY ---196”
Syracuse , NY ---138”
Rochester , NY ---114”
Buffalo , NY ---108”

Apr 18 In the Utah mountains, snow levels now stand at 370% of normal (around 13 feet, or four meters). Local authorities are trying a number of ways to cope with the vast volumes of water expected during the coming spring floods, including raising the bed of a state highway and fortifying or re-channelling rivers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/18042005news.shtml
Apr 18 Salisbury , MD
Islip , NY
28 tie
30

Apr 11 Early spring blizzard hammers Colorado - April 11, 2005 - More than 200 miles of Interstate 70 was shut down between Aurora and Colby , Kansas , after a howling blizzard dumped almost a foot of wet, heavy snow on Denver . Two feet of snow fell in Greenland, about 20 miles north of Colorado Springs , then began moving east into Kansas and the Nebraska Panhandle.

Most airlines delayed or canceled flights, including United Airlines, the biggest carrier at Denver International Airport. Flights also were canceled out of Colorado Springs .
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7452631

Heavy snow and torrential rain in France, Switzerland and Italy – 18 April 2005 - The sheer amount of snow took many by surprise, and left as many as 145,000 homes without power in France.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1717810.htm
Meanwhile in the Utah mountains, snow levels now stand at 370% of normal (around 13 feet, or four meters). Local authorities are trying a number of ways to cope with the vast volumes of water expected during the coming spring floods, including raising the bed of a state highway and fortifying or re-channelling rivers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/18042005news.shtml



Heavy snow in Europe – April 16, 2005 – More than 40cm of snow fell in some parts
of France yesterday, causing serious traffic disruption in the Ain region in the Jura mountains,
where a major highway was shut down completely. The high-speed rail link between Grenoble
and Paris was also cut off by the snow.

In northern England , heavy snow blocked some of the higher routes across the Pennines .
Train and road traffic were also disrupted by heavy snow in Switzerland ’s Jura mountains .
Snow is forecast over the next few days for many parts of the Alps.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/17042005news.shtml


One month's rain in two days – Apr 12, 2005v-More than 3 inches of rain fell on the island of Corsica in two days, well in excess of the April average of 65mm (2.5 inches).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/12042005news.shtml

Nearly 5 inches of snow in Amarillo – May 2, 2005 - An early May storm dumped
nearly 5 inches of snow on Amarillo, Texas early today. It was the most snow on record for
this date, and just one day shy of setting a record for the longest snow season since record-
keeping began in 1948. The longest snow season, 183 days, was during the winter of 1984-85.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/m...politan/3164069

Half-a-month’s rain in 12 hours in central China – May 5 – Some 93mm of rain fell in just twelve hours
in Changsha, Hunan province. This was almost half the May average rainfall.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/05052005news.shtml



Massive flooding in southeastern Ethiopia – May 4 - The worst flooding occurred as the Wabe Shebell river
burst its banks on April 23. Just days before the area had been so badly drought-stricken that the river bed lay dry
and cracked. Now the river is flooded along almost its entire length, stretching across the border into Somalia .
Neighbouring Kenya is also awash with rain, leaving thousands homeless in the northeast.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/04052005news.shtml




Devastating floods in Ethiopia and Somalia , Georgia , Kazakhstan , and Vietnam – Apr 26 -
It was the worst reported flood since 1953 in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland in Somalia .
In west Georgia , overflowing rivers have left residents from dozens of villages stranded, their houses
flooded and streets turned into fast and wide streams and lakes. Landslides have also led to many
villages being cut off from the outside world. In Kutaisi , Georgia , residents do not remember water
levels ever having been so high.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/26042005news.shtml