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Post by sky on Dec 7, 2012 7:42:54 GMT 12
Suresh Sharma, TNN Dec 3, 2012, 05.46AM IST MANALI: With high-altitude mountains in Himachal Pradesh experiencing up to 100 cm fresh snowfall in November month after 10 years, the abundance of snow on mountains has rejuvenated nearly one thousand glaciers and has ensured uninterrupted supply of water for drinking, irrigation and hydel projects. Even after years of research on glaciers and climate of Himalayas, scientists have failed to learn the pattern of the weather here. While scanty snowfall and rising temperature in last decade had sparked the possibilities of fast shrinking of glaciers, good spells of snowfall in last three years have changed the trend with glaciers almost growing to their original size. Some scientists say that despite heavy snowfall in winters, the extreme heat in summers is causing the melting of the glaciers with abnormal speed and others say extreme cold in winters is neutralizing the minor effect of risen temperature in summer. Overall, speed of melting of glaciers has reduced over the past few years only due to good snowfall in winter months. articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-03/india/35569707_1_bara-shigri-glaciers-snowfall |
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Post by sky on Dec 7, 2012 7:51:54 GMT 12
December 6, 2012 – Philippines - Nearly 200,000 people were homeless and 475 confirmed dead after the Philippines’ worst typhoon this year, officials said Thursday, as the government appealed for international help. Typhoon Bopha ploughed across Mindanao island on Tuesday, flattening whole towns in its path as hurricane-force winds brought torrential rain that triggered a deadly combination of floods and landslides. Erinea Cantilla and her family of six walked barefoot for two days in a vain search of food and shelter through a muddy wasteland near the mountainous town of New Bataan after the deluge destroyed their house and banana and cocoa farm. “Everything we had is gone. The only ones left are dead people,” Cantilla told as her husband, three children and a granddaughter reached the outskirts of the town, which itself had been nearly totally obliterated. The army said it was looking for at least 377 missing people while seeking help for more than 179,000 others who sheltered in schools, gyms and other buildings after losing everything. Officials said many victims were poor migrants who flocked to landslide-prone sites like New Bataan and the nearby town of Monkayo to farm the lower slopes of mountains or work at unregulated mines in the gold rush area. Of the dead, 258 were found on the east coast of Mindanao while 191 were recovered in and around New Bataan and Monkayo, said Major-General Ariel Bernardo, head of an army division involved in the search. The civil defense office in Manila said 17 people were killed elsewhere in Mindanao along with nine in the central Visayan Islands. “We still have more than 377 missing and our challenge now is really to try to get to them,” he told. Shell-shocked survivors scrabbled through the rubble of their homes to find anything that could be recovered, as relatives searched for missing family members among mud-caked bodies laid out in rows on tarpaulins. Civil defense chief Benito Ramos refused to give up hope for the missing. –The News
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Post by sky on Dec 13, 2012 15:30:00 GMT 12
Heavy snowfall and icy roads cause chaos for commuters across Germany on Tuesday morning. On highways in eastern Germany, many travelers had to stop for hours in miles-long traffic jams. Police and rescue services were busy helping people to move broken-down or overturned vehicles off the snow-blanketed roads. www.reuters.com/video/2012/12/11/heavy-snowfall-causes-transport-chaos-in?videoId=2 39800120&videoChannel=117760
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Post by sky on Dec 13, 2012 15:32:04 GMT 12
Heavy snowfall extending now to the South of Turkey,” says reader Argiris Diamantis. “Many people from Turkish origin are living in our country, but this is no news in the Netherlands.” Ninety-three village roads in the provinces of Van, Bitlis and Mus were closed due to heavy snowfall on Tuesday. A forecast by the General Directorate of Meteorology, snow will reach a depth of 34 inches (85 cm) in Bitlis. It has also issued an ice and frost warning for the city that will remain in effect for the coming days. Five high-voltage power lines along the Hakkari-Çukurca highway were knocked down in a snow storm in Hakkari on Friday, causing power cuts in many villages. Snowfall continues on the D100 highway, with a cold front expected to move through the Bolu Mountain area. Meanwhile, snow on Bursa’s Mount Uludag, home to one of the most popular ski resorts in the country, had reached a depth of 24 inches (60 cm) as of Tuesday. en.haberler.com/heavy-snow-paralyzes-life-in-southern-provinces-247223/
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Post by Bishopdale Weather on Dec 16, 2012 7:20:14 GMT 12
December 14, 2012 – FIJI - Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Evan is finally done pounding Samoa and American Samoa, after spending two days meandering over the islands. Evan made landfall on the north shore of Samoa near the capital of Apia on Thursday as a Category 1 cyclone with 90 mph winds, and intensified into a Category 3 storm with 115 mph winds after the eye wandered back offshore late Thursday. Media reports indicate that Evan has killed four and brought heavy damage to Samoa. “Power is off for the whole country… Tanugamanono power plant is completely destroyed and we might not have power for at least two weeks,” the Disaster Management Office (DMO) said in a statement. Satellite loops show a well-organized storm with plenty of intense heavy thunderstorm activity. The storm will be a region with light wind shear of 10 – 15 knots and very warm ocean waters that extend to great depth, and could intensify into a Category 4 cyclone by Saturday, as it passes through the Wallis and Futuna Islands. On Sunday, Evan is expected to pass just north of Fiji. The GFS model shows that Fiji should experience heavy rains from Evan, but miss the core eye-wall region with the strongest winds and highest storm surge. The storm will encounter decreasing ocean heat content on Monday, after it passes Fiji, and should weaken to a Category 1 cyclone. Evan is one of Samoa’s most destructive tropical cyclones on record, as discussed by wunderground’s weather historian, Christopher C. Burt. The most famous and deadliest tropical storm to strike Samoa (in modern records) was that of March 1889, which influenced the balance of Western imperial power in the Southern Pacific. –Wunderground
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Post by sky on Dec 16, 2012 7:25:03 GMT 12
Weather officials in Japan say a powerful cold air mass from the arctic is causing heavy snowfall, mainly on the sea side of the country. The snow has disrupted train service and stranded mountain climbers. The Japanese Meteorological Agency says westerly winds have been pushing the mass toward Japan since last week. www.kvue.com/news/Heavy-snow-strands-many-in-Japan-183509801.html |
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Post by sky on Dec 19, 2012 18:23:28 GMT 12
Botosani paralyzed by snow. Darabani city completely isolated due to drifts. More than 60 people stranded on roads. All schools in Botosani County closed today due to weather conditions. The wind blows the snow strongly and people trying hard to cope. Infotrafic announced traffic jams on highways. “It’s the flood! Waited for God,” said the Mayor of Botosani about the snow. Darabani city is completely isolated due to drifts. In Paltinis are at this time about 100 flood victims of snow, and Darabani 20 people slept last night in high school “Dimitrie Cantemir”, where students were housed and homeless. A patient with diabetes Darabani remained isolated from Pãltiniº and Horodistea and Romanescu mayor said at 11:00 am that no dãrãbãneanului of snow removal solutions as finished and oil reserves. (I don’t know what that means.) See video: videonews.antena3.ro/video/romania/judetul-botosani-paralizat-de-ninsoare.html www.realitatea.net/primar-din-boto-ani-despre-ninsori-e-potopul-il-a-teptam-pe-dumnezeu_1074831_foto_1287141.html#galerie |
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Post by sky on Dec 19, 2012 18:24:22 GMT 12
Brings this month’s toll 37. Nineteen people have died of exposure in Ukraine in the past 24 hours amid temperatures of minus 20C, the health ministry says. Some 162 people were hospitalized because of hypothermia and frostbite, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Snowstorms accompanying the “cold snap” left nearly 600 villages without electricity last week. Temperatures fell to minus 16C in the centre and south of the country and to minus 23C in eastern Lugansk region. www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/dead-in-24-hours-in-ukraine-cold-sna p/story-e6frea7u-1226539982381 |
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Post by sky on Dec 19, 2012 18:25:08 GMT 12
Chicago could end up being buried by snow if the storm tracks through central Illinois, a path that cannot be ruled out, says Accuweather.com Beginning today, the snow will spread from the Sierra to the southern Rockies, reaching Denver Wednesday. Snow will also streak eastward to the central Plains, potentially dropping as far south as the northern Texas panhandle. Blizzard conditions are possible across eastern Colorado and western portions of Kansas and Nebraska on Wednesday, moving into Northeastern Kansas to Iowa by Wednesday night with the harshest conditions spreading from Iowa to Wisconsin on Thursday. Snow amounts will steadily increase northeastward from Kansas and eastern Nebraska to Michigan with the highest amounts likely to be in the 6-to-12 inch range. Winds on the storm’s backside could fuel severe weather across the South Wednesday night into Thursday. www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/denver-to-chicago-green-bay-sn/2816377 |
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Post by sky on Dec 20, 2012 16:28:31 GMT 12
“Russia is enduring its harshest winter in over 70 years, with temperatures plunging as low as -50 degrees Celsius,” reports Russia Today. Dozens of people have already died, and almost 150 hospitalized. The country has not witnessed such a long cold spell since 1938, meteorologists said, with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees lower than the seasonal norm all over Russia. The Moscow region saw temperatures of -17 to -18 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, and the record cold temperatures are expected to linger for at least three more days. Thermometers in Siberia touched -50 degrees Celsius, which is also abnormal for December. Over the weekend, meteorologists predict temperatures will plunge even lower in the Moscow region, hitting -25. The Russian capital is also expected to be swept with snow, RIA Novosti reported. rt.com/news/russia-freeze-cold-temperature-379/ |
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Post by sky on Dec 23, 2012 7:34:54 GMT 12
Freezing temperatures have even affected typically warm regions. Since temperatures plunged below minus 18 degrees Celsius in Moscow and minus 50 degrees in Siberia, more than 50 people have died from weather-related illnesses, says this article in The Moscow Times. During the cold snap that started over a week ago, 722 people have been injured, 371 have been hospitalized and 56 have died, RIA-Novosti reported, citing hypothermia and frostbite as among the most common weather-related illnesses. The Emergency Situations Ministry has issued warnings to residents of 15 Russian regions, including Kamchatka, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Irkutsk and the Khanty-Mansiisk autonomous district, where the cold has also disrupted energy supplies. Freezing temperatures have even affected typically warm regions, the report said. In Makhachkala, the capital of the Dagestan republic in the North Caucasus, the airport was closed due to heavy snowfalls, which delayed 3,000 travelers. Elsewhere in southern Russia, authorities declared a state of emergency in the Karachayevo-Cherkessia republic and the Stavropol region due to thick snowdrifts, while in the Krasnodar region wind speeds reached 25 meters per second. www.themoscowtimes.com/mobile/article/death-toll-from-cold-keeps-rising/473429.html |
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Post by sky on Dec 23, 2012 12:25:18 GMT 12
Heavy snowfalls and wind have disrupted energy supplies in 260 settlements in eastern Bulgaria, local media reports. Road traffic has been stopped in the Shumen region Firemen and rescuers are evacuating people from the dangerous areas in the north-east and east of the country. Voice of Russia, TASS english.ruvr.ru/2012_12_20/Emergency-situation-over-heavy-snow-in-Bulgaria/ |
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Post by sky on Dec 23, 2012 20:21:22 GMT 12
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Post by sky on Dec 24, 2012 11:28:41 GMT 12
Extreme cold prompts regionwide state of emergency. Temperatures dropped to minus 36 degrees in the region’s administrative center Gorno-Altaisk on Wednesday night. Temperatures of up to minus 45 degrees Celsius in the Altai region in southeast Siberia have prompted authorities to declare a regionwide state of emergency. “This is Altai’s coldest December on record.” Voice of Russia, RIA I’m thinking that the “coldest December on record” in Siberia could be significant. Not just one day, mind you, but the entire month so far. english.ruvr.ru/2012_12_20/Extreme-cold-prompts-state-of-emergency-in-Altai/ |
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Post by sky on Dec 24, 2012 11:33:06 GMT 12
Will spread from the southern Plains to the eastern Great Lakes and Northeast. Travelers beware! Beginning Tuesday, snow will intensify as it spreads from the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles to the Red River and western Arkansas, then move northeastward into the Ohio Valley, the eastern Great Lakes (perhaps even the central Great Lakes ) and the Northeast, says Accuweather.com. Some snow could even press as far south as the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Tuesday and northern Louisiana Tuesday night. The storm has the potential to unleash more than a half of foot of snow in Arkansas. Totals may even top a foot, especially farther north across the eastern Great Lakes and interior Northeast. The snowstorm is sure to create a nightmare for travelers. All residents and visitors from the southern Plains to the central Great Lakes and East should closely monitor this impending storm for updates by AccuWeather.com. local.msn.com/WeatherArticle.aspx?cp-documentid=255296118 |
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Post by sky on Dec 25, 2012 9:56:54 GMT 12
The third largest city in Northern Ontario set a new snowfall record Friday with 15¼ inches (38.7 cm). Meanwhile, Sudbury was blanketed in more than 4½ inches (12 cm) of snow and North Bay received 9.6 cm. A city of Sudbury official said the city would likely send out 59 snow plows Friday and an additional 20 sidewalk snow plows. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/story/2012/12/21/sby-buses-cancelled.html |
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Post by sky on Dec 25, 2012 9:57:42 GMT 12
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Post by sky on Dec 26, 2012 8:41:25 GMT 12
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Post by sky on Dec 27, 2012 7:50:50 GMT 12
For the third Christmas holiday in the past four years, we have a major winter storm to track in the U.S. Winter Storm Euclid, by the time it departs New England Friday, will have deposited snow from California's Sierra to New England. Unfortunately, this occurs not only during the Christmas holiday, but also in the peak travel period after Christmas Day in the South, Midwest, and East. After leaving behind up to six feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada on Saturday and Sunday, Euclid brought the Rockies a fresh blanket of snow on Christmas Eve. Amounts of 1 to 3 inches fell around Denver and Salt Lake City with higher amounts in the mountains. Then, Euclid brought heavy snow to the South on Christmas Day, with up to a foot of snow in Arkansas and blizzard conditions reported in parts of Oklahoma and north Texas. Now, Euclid is spreading its tentacles into the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Let's step through the next phases of Winter Storm Euclid, starting with the mess in the Midwest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-euclid-forecast |
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Post by sky on Dec 28, 2012 7:11:20 GMT 12
A wicked winter storm swept east across the United States Wednesday, dumping more than a foot of snow in places, knocking out power to tens of thousands, and leaving hundreds of planes grounded. “Blizzard warnings stretch for 730 continuous miles,” The Weather Channel’s Tom Niziol reported. The storm socked Albion, Illinois, about 300 miles south of Chicago, with 18 inches of snow. In Indianapolis, seven inches of snow fell in three hours Wednesday morning, the Indianapolis Star reported. Snowiest day EVER in Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas, had its snowiest day ever, with nine inches on the ground. The storm is now headed northeast, where more than a foot of snow is forecast for parts of New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and up to a foot for New England. By the time it leaves the New England coast on Friday, the storm will have left snow from coast to coast – with still more on the way. Weather Channel meteorologist Guy Walton said another winter storm is poised to enter the West Coast on Wednesday, move through the Rockies on Thursday, then head for the lower Mississippi Valley, then the Southeast, and hit the Northeast on Sunday. See entire article: usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/26/16162773-holiday-travelers-stranded-as-snow-and-wild-weather-head-east?lite |
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Post by sky on Dec 28, 2012 7:13:29 GMT 12
Christmas Day brought record low temperatures to as many as 44 locations, mostly in the northern region and on the island of Hokkaido. Setting a record low for the entire month of December – perhaps ever – temperatures in Hokkaido’s city of Furano plunged to minus 28.4 degrees, the coldest ever recorded since monitoring began. Record lows were also set in Tokyo (6 degrees) and the prefectures of Tottori and Saitama (minus 8 degrees). Homes and offices in Japan very rarely have central heating systems, and windows are poorly insulated. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned that cold temperatures would last throughout the week, with more heavy snowfall in the north and areas that face the Sea of Japan. japandailypress.com/numerous-japanese-cities-reach-record-lows-as-freezing-temperat ure-persist-2620432 |
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Post by sky on Dec 28, 2012 7:18:27 GMT 12
December 2012
Bishopdale Chch
Maximum Temperature c:
Minimum Temperature c:
Suns input to Air temps* 62.30 High
Day Rainfall Total:mm
Rainfall todate for Month mm= 25.60
Year Todate Rainfall mm 685.5
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Number Air frosts this month=0
Number Air frosts this Year=60
1970s norm=35 Frosts
Snow Days This Year=2
Snow Fall This Year Sofar CM=10.4
*only days with more than 6 hours sunshine can be used)
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Post by sky on Dec 30, 2012 14:08:57 GMT 12
“Last year it wasn’t like this at all, now it’s catching up to us,” said Eric Cruz of Rochester. Thursday’s snowfall caught up in a record breaking way. Some parts of the city saw more than 10 inches (25 cm) of snow and some parts of the county up to 14 inches. “We saw it last night but I wasn’t expecting it to be quite this bad this morning when I got out here,” said Sara Granger of Rochester. When the snow hits, it’s business as usual at the City’s Operations Center. Norman Jones, the director, says this time with the record breaking snowfall, they had to use additional resources. The city’s snow removal efforts started Wednesday night and will continue until all roads are clear and safe for everyone. rochester.ynn.com/content/top_stories/625321/rochestarians-dig-out-after-record-sno wfall/ |
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Post by sky on Dec 30, 2012 19:34:18 GMT 12
Yesterday’s snowfall in South Gyeongsang set a new record for December, said the KMA. Heavy snowfall is rarely seen in the southern port city. Soldiers were mobilized yesterday morning to remove snow from roads in front of tollgates near the Baekyang Tunnel in Sasang District, Busan. As snow was not cleared in time, dangerous roads caused traffic jams during rush hour. [NEWSIS] The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said yesterday the Chungcheong and southern regions of the country, including Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang, had heavy snow from 1 to 3 a.m.: 31 centimeters (12 inches) on Ulleung Island; 20 centimeters in Geoje, South Gyeongsang; 16 centimeters in Hapcheon; 14.6 centimeters in Jinju; 15.5 centimeters in Daegwanryeong; 12.4 centimeters in Daegu and 8.5 centimeters in Gumi as of press time. Residents in the southern and Chungcheong regions had to deal with snow and icy roads all day long as local governments in the area poorly managed the situation. About 20 roads in Busan, 24 roads in South Gyeongsang, 11 roads in Daegu and North Gyeongsang, and eight roads in Ulsan as well as roads in mountain regions were closed. Busan Police said it took more than two hours to travel the two-kilometer (1.2-mile) Gaya Boulevard that connects the Seomyeon and Dongseo overpasses. “Media reported heavy snow last night, but I don’t see any civil servants removing the snow,” a Busan citizen said. Most flights at the Daegu, Gimhae and Ulsan airports were canceled. In areas around Changwon Tunnel and Bulmosan Tunnel, where there are steep roads, vehicles without snow chains were stuck on the icy roads for three to four hours. koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2964653 |
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Post by sky on Dec 31, 2012 7:35:11 GMT 12
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