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Post by sky on Apr 1, 2013 10:14:41 GMT 12
Many parts of the U.S. will soon plunge back into winter-like temperatures as a cold front moving through the Northern USA today heads south to the Gulf of Mexico. Temperatures will drop into the 20s in many parts of the Midwest, Great Lake Region and some states in the Plains. The mercury will drop even further – into the teens – in parts of the Upper Midwest, Dakotas, and Upper New England regions, challenging cold records across the Eastern United States. As the cold front sinks southward, lows across Texas will also drop into the 30s. www.theweatherspace.com/2013/03/31/april-arctic-air-blast-will-challenge-records-across-eastern-u-s/
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Post by sky on Apr 2, 2013 16:29:07 GMT 12
Consequences of heavy and wet snowfall. “After heavy wet snow (20-30 cm) yesterday, about 100,000 households in central and north-eastern Poland must cope without electricity,” says reader Anna Pogonowska. “Today’s forecast promises another heavy snowfall for these regions, at least 10-20 cm. “Truly a Global Warming Fools’ Day!” www.tvn24.pl/mazowsze-i-podlasie-zasypane-ponad-100-tys-odbiorcow-bez-pradu,315621,s.html
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Post by sky on Apr 2, 2013 16:35:26 GMT 12
The weather played an April Fool’s Day prank on Moscow residents Monday, bringing fresh snow to the Russian capital instead of long-awaited sunshine. The new snowfall brought the depth of accumulated snow to 65 centimetres (26 inches), setting an all-time record for April. The previous record of 61 centimetres was set in April 1994, meteorologist Mikhail Leus told AFP. The snow measured 69 centimetres on Sunday, the last day of March, he said. The snowfall came as a major test of patience for Muscovites, who have endured an unusually long and cold winter. english.ruvr.ru/2013_04_01/Moscow-struggles-with-record-snowfall/
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Post by sky on Apr 2, 2013 16:44:16 GMT 12
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Post by sky on Apr 6, 2013 8:20:51 GMT 12
Almost two weeks after snow engulfed thousands of livestock, desperate farmers are still battling snowdrifts up to 30 feet (9m) deep in search of their animals.
The grim realisation had set in for many that any animals they did come across would most likely be added to the mounds of dead sheep and lambs building up on farmyards across counties Antrim and Down.
Rather than tending to newborn livestock on her farm in Glenarm, Elaine McGarel was stacking carcasses.
Prior to the heavy snowfall she had a flock of 200. She has accounted for just 50 since.
In her farmyard there was a pile of dead animals, around 40 dead sheep and lambs which she had retrieved.
She knows there are many more in the snow-covered fields surrounding her property.
“It is heartbreaking, devastating for farmers,” she said.
Yesterday was the first day the carcasses of the thousands of animals that perished in the snow were being collected.
Farmers, many of whom face financial ruin, were told to pile dead livestock on their properties, cover them in tarpaulin and book a collection of the fallen animals.
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Post by sky on Apr 6, 2013 16:20:41 GMT 12
April 5, 2013 – ARGENTINA – The number of deaths from record rains and flooding in Argentina climbed to 59, officials said as they searched Thursday for about 20 people still missing. Most of the bodies were found Wednesday after a second day of record rainfall deluged Buenos Aires and nearby La Plata, where flooding submerged cars and sent people scrambling to rooftops for safety. President Cristina Kirchner declared three days of national mourning starting Thursday in honor of the victims. Kirchner surveyed the devastation by helicopter the day before, flying over La Plata, a bustling university town of about one million inhabitants where she grew up, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) south of the capital. Several people perished in Buenos Aires and its suburbs, while various others were missing and feared dead. “There are still about 20 people who have not been found,” said Argentine Deputy Security Minister Sergio Berni. Lorena Bermet, 36, recounted how she sought refuge on the roof of her house with her husband and two young children until rescuers were able to rescue them by boat. The building now is uninhabitable, she said, on the verge of collapsing and filled with snakes and rats that invaded after the flood. “I’ve lost everything,” she told AFP at a relief center where she sought assistance. “I’m here to get clothes and shoes for my children,” she said, adding that her family had escaped with little more than the clothes on their backs. Residents of the most heavily flooded neighborhoods trickled back home after a staggering 40 centimeters (16 inches) of rain fell on La Plata during a two-hour period late Tuesday into Wednesday, knocking out phone and power lines and leaving about half the city in the dark. Flood waters reached two meters (seven feet) in some places, turning city roadways into raging rivers. “I heard piercing screams, I saw bodies float by. Nobody came to help, not a firefighter, or a policeman or a soldier,” an outraged La Plata resident told local television. In Buenos Aires, more than 15 centimeters of rain — an April record — fell between late Monday and early Tuesday, according to the local weather service. –SD
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Post by sky on Apr 6, 2013 16:25:16 GMT 12
Note the last paragraph: “A large part of the harvest has fallen victim to the frost.” After days of snowfall in Moscow, experts announced new records, said this article on Mar 26. About 80 inches of snow – more than twice as much as usual – had fallen in the metropolis since early March. In Russia, the death toll is now at least 311. In the Ukrainian capital Kiev, thousands of workers and soldiers fought with the worst snowfalls in more than 100 years. Thousands of schools and kindergartens were closed in Romania due to heavy snowfall. Drifts disabled in the Czech market. In Britain, the situation was tense. In some parts of Scotland, it was the fifth consecutive day of no electricity. The long winter is a harbinger of the next ice age? No, says solar system researcher Werner Curdt. Currently, there is indeed relatively low solar activity, which could in principle lead to a cooling of the Earth’s climate. “The current weather situation in this country, however, is not a consequence of low solar activity, but rather an escapade,” said Curdt of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Katlenburg-Lindau. In other regions of the northern hemisphere, such as Siberia, it is currently warmer than usual for this time of year. Because of the cold, vegetable prices could rise in some areas in the spring. In Belgium, a large part of the harvest has fallen victim to the frost. Potatoes, radishes and cauliflower could be up to 30 percent more expensive than in the past season, told the Flemish newspaper “Het Laatste Nieuws” an agricultural expert. www.mt-online.de/start/top_news_rotation_item/8181448_Russland_Mehs_als_300_Kaeltetote.html Thanks to Steave for this link
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Post by sky on Apr 7, 2013 8:08:06 GMT 12
Ice breakers navigating the Gulf of Bothnia have been astounded at the record spread of ice on the Baltic Sea, while scientists say they have never seen anything like it. "Since record keeping began in the sixties, we've never encountered anything like this before," ice breaker Ulf Gulldne told the local newspaper Örnsköldsviks Allehanda. On March 29th, 176,000 square kilometers of the Baltic Sea was covered in ice, a record for the time of year. On a map, it means about half of the central and northern parts are frozen over. Far north, the ice is both thick and difficult to break through. The date on which the ice reaches its maximum spread usually falls much earlier in the year. The previously latest date record was March 25th, 2008. That year, only 49,000 square kilometeres of the Baltic was covered in ice, which was the smallest maximum spread of ice in the previous 100 years. "I've never seen this much ice this late in the season," said Karl Herlin, captain of the icebreaker Atle, currently working off the coast of Luleå in northern Sweden. www.thelocal.se/47154/20130405/#.UWB_pSCN201
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Post by sky on Apr 9, 2013 16:29:53 GMT 12
With potatoes in short supply as big freeze hits crops, the price of potatoes has risen by half. “The rain, snow and ice this year has led to the lowest yielding and poorest quality crops since the drought of 1976,” says this article in the Telegraph. One of the wettest winters and coldest springs on record has meant that crops of many vegetables are in short supply, and imports are replacing a lot of products normally home grown. A 2.5kg (5½lb) bag of white potatoes has gone up an average of 43 per cent, from £1.35 this time last year to £1.93, and is likely to rise even further because of waterlogged ground. Customers have also been told to expect higher prices on asparagus, broccoli, carrots, peas, tomatoes, seasonal British fruit – just about everything – because much of the planned crop was not planted or is being stunted by the lack of light. For the first time in a decade, Britain is to become a net importer of wheat after 12 months of poor yields and poor planting conditions. “Nothing grows in these temperatures — it’s the beginning of April and I cannot see a single leaf, which is incredibly rare,” said Graeme Beattie, managing director of Branston Potatoes. “We were hoping to be able to catch up from the terrible season just gone, but with the snow and rain we’re having to delay planting for two weeks.” Will Brits be fighting in the streets for food? www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/9976641/Potatoes-in-short-supply-as-big-freez e-hits-crops.html
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Post by sky on Apr 9, 2013 16:35:17 GMT 12
Just as Anchorage is digging out from Saturday’s record snowfall, another big storm has begun. This storm is expected to deposit 9 to 15 inches of fresh snow on top of the 6 to 10 inches that accumulated Saturday in Anchorage, according to the National Weather Service. The snow is predicted to get heavy by afternoon, said meteorologist Jason Ahsenmacher. The 6.2 inches of snowfall measured Saturday at the National Weather Service office on Sand Lake Road topped the prior record of 4.6 inches for April 6, set back in 1949. The Hilltop ski area got an estimated 10 inches. As of Sunday afternoon, the official Anchorage snowfall this winter measured 84.1 inches, more than a foot above average, Ahsenmacher said. This storm is expected to center on Anchorage but reach north as far as Talkeetna and south onto the Kenai Peninsula. www.adn.com/2013/04/07/2856184/another-spring-storm-expected.html
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Post by sky on Apr 10, 2013 19:56:55 GMT 12
Residents are calling it ‘Springter,’ a mix of spring weather and stubborn winter conditions in what seems to be like a never ending winter. On Monday, temperatures in Saskatoon plunged to minus 15.4C, breaking the previous record of minus 15.0C set in 1893. Edmonton also dropped to -15.4C, breaking the previous record of minus 13.4C set in 2002. The bitterly cold air over central Saskatchewan resulted in several low temperature records, including Regina and Assinibola, which both broke records set in 1948. Meanwhile, Kindersley broke a record set in 1942. Putting a hold on spring planting “I’m ready to get on with spring and do my spring planting, so this colder weather is putting a hold on everything,” said one Calgarian. “In some places, daytime highs will remain far below seasonal,” says Brian Dillon, a meteorologist at The Weather Network. www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3&stormfile= Record_cold_grips_the_Prairies_09_04_2013?ref=ccbox_homepage_topstories
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Post by sky on Apr 11, 2013 16:38:51 GMT 12
An April snowstorm stretching from Utah into Minnesota could dump as much as 16 inches of snow by the end of Tuesday in parts of Wyoming and South Dakota, says CNN. The Denver area braced for frigid temperatures and another wintry blast – as much as 5 inches of snow – as the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning in Arapahoe and Adams counties, where temperatures could fall into the single digits Tuesday night. Meanwhile, as much as an inch of ice brought down trees and power lines in Sioux Falls, Slouth Dakota, said Accuweather.com. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/04/09/Wintery-weather-hits-the-US-Plains/UPI-899913655 04772/
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Post by sky on Apr 11, 2013 16:42:18 GMT 12
Record snowfall in Rapid City, South Dakota. The winter storm battering much of South Dakota dumped 20 inches of snow on Rapid City yesterday, which makes it the single snowiest day since record-keeping began in 1942. “The previous record for the airport was 18 inches on April 22nd in 2001. So yesterday was the snowiest 24 hour period ever at the Rapid City airport. And it’s going to keep snowing for another hour or two. At this rate so this is going to turn out to be an epic storm,” says Eric Helgeson, a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service. In downtown Rapid City, the National Weather Service recorded 15 inches of snowfall, making it the fifth snowiest day on the record and the snowiest April 9 on record. Snowstorm totals Deadwood: 30 inches Downtown Hot Springs: 28.2 inches Rapid City airport: 25 inches Saint Onge: 24 inches Kyle: 24 inches Downtown Rapid City: 23.5 inches Box Elder: 22 inches Martin: 21 inches Ellsworth AFB: 21 inches Downtown Spearfish: 19.1 inches Whitewood: 17.3 inches rapidcityjournal.com/news/heavy-snow-breaks-records-in-rapid-city-see-updated-snow/article_f36efb1a-2ba4-5f0d-9bfe-ca57411dacbe.html
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Post by sky on Apr 13, 2013 13:15:13 GMT 12
Just when Swedes were getting their hopes up for some spring sunshine – after all, it is April 12 – they’ve been warned that more fresh snow is on the way. Sweden’s weather agency (SMHI) issued a class 1 weather warning saying that the west-central regions of Värmland and Dalarna can expect 20cm (8 inches) of wet snow between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. The rest of the country will see stormy weather over the weekend, too. The snow clouds heading towards the mountain region of Dalarna on Friday morning came in from Denmark and look set to move south on Friday afternoon. The stormy weather is expected to reach central and northern parts of Sweden on Saturday. www.thelocal.se/47298/20130412/#.UWhQB30gg8o
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Post by sky on Apr 13, 2013 13:17:49 GMT 12
Duluth could see snow every day for the next 7 days, says the National Weather Service. 7-DAY FORECAST •This Afternoon Snow with areas of blowing snow before 5pm, then snow likely after 5pm. High near 33. Breezy, with a northeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. •Tonight Snow likely, mainly before 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 22. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible. •Saturday A 20 percent chance of snow before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. •Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. •Sunday Snow, mainly after 1pm. High near 33. East wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. •Sunday Night Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 1am, then a chance of snow. Low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 80%. •Monday A chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 38. •Monday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. •Tuesday A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 38. •Tuesday Night A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. •Wednesday A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 36. •Wednesday Night A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 28. •Thursday A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 35. forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=46.78667189999999&lon=-92.10048519999998&site=all&smap= 1&searchresult=Duluth%2C%20MN%2C%20USA
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Post by sky on Apr 13, 2013 13:20:07 GMT 12
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Post by sky on Apr 15, 2013 16:55:02 GMT 12
Snow will spread from east central Minnesota and west central Wisconsin into northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin through the rest of this afternoon and into this evening. The precipitation will mainly remain a wet and heavy snow across northeast Minnesota, but there will be a transition to a wintry mixture of precipitation across northwest Wisconsin. Much of northwest Wisconsin could see a mixture of snow, sleet, and rain this afternoon and this evening. The highest snowfall amounts will be across northeast Minnesota where much of the region will see about 4 to 9 inches. Lesser snowfall amounts will fall across northwest Wisconsin. Very gusty winds will occur by late afternoon around the twin ports…and expand along the north shore this evening. The combination of locally heavy snow and gusty winds will cause rapidly deteriorating travel conditions from Duluth to Grand Marais. www.crh.noaa.gov/wxstory.php?site=dlh
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Post by sky on Apr 15, 2013 16:57:22 GMT 12
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Post by sky on Apr 16, 2013 17:11:01 GMT 12
Snow is blanketing several parts of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, where the northern-most county, Mohe, is witnessing its largest snowfall in three years. The county has suffered heavy wind and snow since Friday, blocking several roads. Snow has also been falling since Friday in Heihe. The city has been hit by record snowfall since the winter. Heavy wind and snowstorm also hit Hulun Buir in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Saturday. Over 200 vehicles and 600 people were trapped there. english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20130414/104914.shtml
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Post by sky on Apr 22, 2013 17:54:19 GMT 12
Snowiest EVER April (as of April 19th) with 41.7 inches. Snowiest EVER Feb, March, April with 86.6 inches. 5th snowiest year on record so far with 120.3 inches. www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=dlh&storyid=93989&source=0At Duluth, Minnesota: •There has been at least 1″ of snow on the ground since December 9th, 2012. (133 days as of April 20th) •There has been at least 5″ of snow on the ground for 91 consecutive days (as of April 20th). •There has been at least 10″ of snow on the ground for 59 consecutive days (as of April 20th). •The morning low temperature of 11 degrees on April 20th, 2013 broke the old daily low record of 14 degrees set in 1928 •The morning low temperature of 8 degrees on April 14th, 2013 tied the old daily low record set in 1926 •As of April 20th, there was 27 inches of snow on the ground. •The previous record for the latest observed snow depth of at least 20″ was April 15th, 1950 & 1975. •The previous record for the latest observed snow depth of at least 12″ was April 18th, 1975. At International Falls, MN: •There has been at least 1″ of snow on the ground since December 9th, 2012. (133 days as of April 20th) •There has been at least 5″ of snow on the ground for 126 consecutive days (as of April 20th). •There has been at least 10″ of snow on the ground for 99 consecutive days (as of April 20th). •The morning low temperature of 4 degrees on April 20th, 2013 broke the old daily low record of 18 degrees set in 1966 www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=dlh&storyid=93989&source=0Snow reports www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/?n=snowtotalsForecast (best chance for snows now will be at night which is much more normal for April) forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=46.78667189999999&lon=-92.10048519999998&site= all&smap=1&searchresult=Duluth%2C%20MN%2C%20USA Here’s a map of the snow totals from this last storm. www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=dlh&storyid=94132&source=0
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