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Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Martin4Jay on January 11, 2019, 11:14:30 PM
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Onslaught of storms to soak California with rain, snow
Dry weather will be rare in California in the coming days, with an onslaught of storms expected to keep rain and mountain snow around through at least the middle of next week.
https://bit.ly/2QFeAeu
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Killer storm – At least nine dead … so far.
Snow covered roads and highways Saturday morning stretched across much of southeastern Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri and Kansas, making for treacherous driving conditions.
Many areas from Kansas City to St. Louis to Indianapolis areas were hammered by 6 to 12 inches of snow, with isolated reports of up to 18 inches.
A jet slid off a taxiway in Cincinnati, interstate highways were shut down in several states, and power outages climbed as the deadly winter storm roared east across the nation Sunday.
More than 35 million people from Ohio to the Washington, D.C, remained under winter storm advisories or warnings on Sunday, the National Weather Service reported.
Part of I-65 in northern Indiana was shut down for hours late Saturday about 65 miles northwest of Indianapolis.
By Sunday the storm had shifted toward the Carolinas, Virginia and Washington, D.C., area, which reported 5 inches of snow on the ground on Sunday morning, with another 5 inches expected.
Freezing rain turning to ice is also a concern in parts of the Mid-Atlantic.
The governors of both Virginia and North Carolina declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the storm.
Earlier, St. Louis was blasted, forcing temporary closure of sections of I-44, I-64 and I-70. Snowfall totals of 8-12 inches had been reported across the metro area through Saturday.
In Missouri, more than 60,000 customers lost power as the heavy snow – up to 20 inches of snow in parts of the state – snapped branches and downed power lines.
In North Carolina, more than 130,000 homes and businesses were without power on Sunday morning.
In Virginia, more than 30,000 people were still without power as of noon today.
In Kansas, the storm left about 24,000 in the dark.
Meteorologists expect the storm to subside by early Monday, but not before leaving 2 to 4 inches of snow in parts of Atlantic City.
“Most places have seen the worst of it,” said meteorologist Dan Pydynowski with AccuWeather. “By the time most people are waking up on Monday morning, it will be done.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jet-slides-off-ohio-taxiway-as-winter-storm-roars-east-leaving-at-least-5-dead/ar-BBSb0zU?li=BBnb7Kz
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/major-snowstorm-to-snarl-travel-from-st-louis-to-cincinnati-this-weekend/70007114
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/snow-slams-st-louis-traffic-troubles-remain-more-inches-to/article_9c1e8b32-6c47-5bac-b858-296323dd296d.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
See photos:
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/photos-st-louis-begins-to-dig-out-from-massive-snowstorm/collection_21be0621-c528-5b1f-8108-717976c00255.html
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/deadly-winter-storm-gia
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/13/684926057/winter-storm-reaches-mid-atlantic-after-killing-5-in-the-midwest
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They sure are having a hell time up north.
Thanks Mark for those links above.
Cheers
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California Braces For The Next Big Storm
Another Pacific storm is expected to strike California on Wednesday afternoon, bringing a threat of mudslides to the area of the most destructive wildfire in state history and a blizzard warning in the Sierra Nevada.
The Butte County Sheriff’s Office issued a flood evacuation warning Tuesday for Pulga, a small town northeast of Paradise. The notice read: "if you are in this area, you should evacuate to higher ground."
https://bit.ly/2RvGKhw
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Plane carrying 129 skids off Chicago runway as huge storm hits midwest
One man reported killed on icy roads in Kansas
Storm could bring up to 18in of snow to New England
https://bit.ly/2FMMGvC
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According to YUL Weather Records, the last time Montreal experienced a similar snowstorm took place on January 16th, 1920, when 30.2 cm (just over a foot) of snow fell, and the daytime high – the high, mind you – reached only -19.4 (-2.9F).
Meteorologists and historians believe that this weekend’s snowfall could have been the coldest snowstorm in Montreal in a century.
On Sunday, temperatures dropped below -15 degrees (5 F) and snowfall was expected to exceed 25 cm (almost a foot).
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mobile/experts-say-weekend-snowstorm-could-be-montreal-s-coldest-in-100-years-1.4255343
Winter storm rages in Canada
https://www.gismeteo.ru/news/stihiynye-yavleniya/30426-v-kanade-bushuet-zimniy-shtorm/
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Thousands in Connecticut without power as ice piles up
HARTFORD — Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said Sunday his office was in close contact with utilities as they work to restore power to thousands of customers.
Connecticut was hit hard Sunday by icy conditions caused by freezing rain and sleet. The National Weather Service said a layer of one-half inch of ice could accumulate in parts of the state as temperatures plummet.
https://bit.ly/2DpQeCh
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It's not over yet! Tens of millions shiver as wind chill temperatures in the Midwest and Northeast plunge as low as minus 40 causing 500 flight cancellations and SEVEN deaths - with another blast of Arctic air due on Friday
Storm killed several people in the Midwest, including a 12-year-old girl who died when a snow fort collapsed
480 flights were cancelled on Monday with 1,600 cancelled on Sunday, Amtrak services were also disrupted
The freezing temperatures broke records in parts of New England - Boston only reached a high of 10 degrees
Parts of New York are also under a wind advisory until early Tuesday with wind gusts reaching 50mph
Parts of New England will remain under a wind chill advisory through Wednesday morning as temperatures could feel like negative 5 to negative 20 degrees
https://dailym.ai/2RFdoNI
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Flash flooding, power outages, school closures hit NB
More than 6,000 NB Power customers without power as of 6:30 a.m. Friday morning
https://bit.ly/2RPfyKV
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On Monday, at least 18 American alligators' snouts were seen exposed and frozen within Shallotte River Swamp Park's waters, causing some to scratch their heads about the creatures' choices.
Though the sight of over a dozen gator noses is a strange spectacle to the average individual, the park, described as "North Carolina's only privately operated licensed and certified alligator and reptile rescue sanctuary," clarified that the reptiles were alive, well and using a survival mechanism known as brumation.
click for PHOTO, VIDEO
https://sputniknews.com/environment/201901251071832260-alligators-brumation-during-cold-weather/
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-cold-weather-20190127-story.html
Temperatures are forecast to inch up to a daytime high of about minus 14 on Wednesday — the first subzero high temperature in five years and the coldest winter high ever recorded in Chicago — before dipping, again, to about minus 21 overnight. The coldest daytime high in Chicago was minus 11 on Christmas Eve 1983.
For younger Chicagoans, the burst of Arctic air set to overtake the city this week could be one of the coldest days of their lives. For Generation Z, this week’s predicted low temperatures have only two rivals: minus 16 on Jan. 6, 2014, and minus 19 on Feb. 3, 1996.
The lows Tuesday and Wednesday could break records set in 1966. They’ll also feel much worse with wind gusts up to 30 mph, which will make it feel as low as negative 50 degrees, according to the weather service.
But there could be as much as a 30-degree disparity from the north to the south end of the state, while lakefront communities could get a small reprieve, said Brian Kerschner, a spokesman for the Illinois State Climatologist Office. But that largely depends on how much ice cover there is on Lake Michigan.
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The Arctic blast ravaging North America continues to tear the cold-record books to shreds. And after a brief weekend reprieve, the deadly cold will make a comeback next week.
In the Midwest alone, more than 680 cold-temperature records were broken or tied this week, according to the Midwestern Regional Climate Center.
Mount Carroll, IL plunged to -38C making it the state’s lowest temperature on record, supplanting the -36C in Congerville on Jan 5, 1999.
Moline, IL dove to a teeth-chattering -34C (-30F) breaking the previous all-time record of – 33C (-28F) set back on Feb 3, 1996 (solar minimum of cycle 22). And that was supplanted just a few hours latest when, early on Jan 31, -37C (-36F) was registered.
Quad City International Airport, IL set a new all-time record with -33.8C (-29F), beating the previous all-time record low of -33.3C (-28F) from 1996 (solar minimum of cycle 22).
Rockford, IL also set a new all-time record low with -34 C (-30F) on Jan 31, breaking the previous record of -32C (-27F) set on Jan 10, 1982.
Chicago’s O’Hare Airport recorded its coldest temp ever when Jan 30’s -30C (-23F) busted the previous record low of -32C (-27F) set in 1985 (solar minimum of cycle 21).
Cedar Rapids, Iowa tumbled to -34.4C (-30F) which busted the previous record low of -33.9C (29F) from Jan 15, 2009 (solar minimum of cycle 23).
January 30 tied as Chicago’s coldest day in almost 150 years of records — the average temperature was -27C (-17F), which matched Dec 23, 1983’s average.
The cold took a heavy toll on infrastructure, causing power and drinking-water outages.
https://electroverse.net/north-america-shatters-all-time-cold-records-arctic-blast-set-to-return-next-week/
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Bitterly cold end to January in the Midwest and to a lesser degree in the northeast - but January for the US as a whole was warmer than average:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf
Look at the page showing temperature departures for the 30 days ending Feb 2nd.
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Excess warmth is still the dominant element, even in the US (as a whole) …
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/02/07/southern-hemisphere-is-scorching-all-time-record-heat-set-chile-argentina-australia/?utm_term=.2b0b621905bc
Unfortunately hit a paywall - can someone delete the post?
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I am lost? Does the above link take you to a paywalled site? It worked OK for me, just then.
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Excess warmth is still the dominant element, even in the US (as a whole) …
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/02/07/southern-hemisphere-is-scorching-all-time-record-heat-set-chile-argentina-australia/?utm_term=.2b0b621905bc
Unfortunately hit a paywall - can someone delete the post?
I am lost? Does the above link take you to a paywalled site? It worked OK for me, just then.
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I have been there before - probably exceeded a grace period count or something - but I saw it in an email anyway … :)
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At least one person has died in flash flooding in Tennessee after a storm system brought record-breaking rain to the Nashville area.
National Weather Service Nashville reported around 40 instances of flash flooding in Wilson, Davidson, Dickson and Cheatham County, where one person reportedly died in flood water from the overflowing Pond Creek near Pegram. Roads and schools have been closed in affected areas.
Nashville recorded 4.00 inches / 101.6mm of rain on Wednesday, 06 February, 2019. This breaks the daily rainfall record for 06 February, which was 1.73 inches / 43.94mm set in 1884. It also exceeds the normal monthly rainfall for February, which is 3.94 inches / 100 mm.
NWS Nashville said via Social Media, “Just how rare is a 4″ rain in Nashville? Consider that in 149 years of record keeping, yesterday was just the 21st time Nashville has measured 4″ of rain in a single day. In other words, what happened yesterday occurs on average once every 7 years.”
http://floodlist.com/america/usa/tennessee-floods-february-2019
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120 people trapped by wall of snow finally freed from lodge after five days
More than 120 people who were stranded in a snowbound Sierra Nevada resort for five days by 7ft of snow have been freed. The guest and staff were trapped at Montecito Sequoia Lodge in Sequoia National Forest on Sunday.
https://bit.ly/2UQYyAG
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This is already the city’s snowiest February since 1949 and another two rounds of snow are on the way, according to AccuWeather.
The next storm, with 1-2 inches of snow, is forecast to hit late this afternoon. Another 3-6 inches is expected on Monday afternoon into Tuesday.
The first storm, on Friday night into Saturday, dumped 6-10 inches of snow on the area, emptied grocery story shelves, shuttered schools and made travel treacherous.
Seattle normally averages only 0.7 inch of snow during the entire month of February.
The snow has been accompanied by record cold.
High temperatures were expected in the upper 20s to low 30s (Fahrenheit), with wind chills from 17 to 22 degrees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/10/seattle-snowiest-february-70-years-more-coming/2830164002/
Thanks to Jack Hydrazine for this link
This website calls it “record snowfall.”
https://mashable.com/article/snow-dogs-seattle/#RgotDTEo7iq4
National Weather Service – Seattle put out a couple of tweets about the storm that are interesting to read:
Most snow in February in 70 years:
https://twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1094416828556890121
Coldest February low temperature in 30 years:
https://twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/1094435630757613568
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Hawaii officials said the blanket of snow at Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area is likely the first for any state park. Polipoli is at 1900 metres and is possibly the lowest elevation snow ever recorded in the state.
When Lance Endo's friend camping at a state park on Maui texted him yesterday that there was snow he jumped in his truck and drove more than hour to see it.
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/hawaii-gets-rare-dumping-snow-weather-system-wreaks-havoc-in-us?variant=tb_v_1
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That was interesting to see!
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Skiers can’t reach resorts … 13½ feet (4.1 m) of snow this month alone … to the 15th of Feb … almost a foot a day. “Please stay home,” says sheriff.
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Snow storms hammered California mountains for a fourth straight day, forcing closure of several routes to the Lake Tahoe ski-resort area, including about 70 miles (110 km) of I-80. Some resorts reported 3 feet (1 m) of snow since Thursday.
“Tahoe & Truckee are in whiteout conditions. All roads leading in & out of the basin are closed. S/R 267 is so deep that plows ca no longer plow. They have ordered up a large blower to try and clear the pass. I80 & Mt. Rose Highway are also closed. Please stay home,” warned Placer County sheriff Lt. Andrew Scott.
An additional 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 m) of snow was expected
Meanwhile, California’s Mammoth Mountain, about 140 miles (225 km) southeast of Lake Tahoe, was about to break a more than 30-year record for monthly snowfall, resort spokesman Justin Romano said.
The resort has already received 163 inches (414 cm) of snow this month alone, just 5 inches shy of its snowfall record for the entire month of February, set in 1986.
https://www.apnews.com/9fe443c3777746fe84b40fe6dc057fc8
See video from Placer County y sheriff Lt. Andrew Scott:
https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAwx?src=hash
See tweet from Placer County y sheriff Lt. Andrew Scott:
https://twitter.com/AndrewScottPCSO/status/1096495418341392384
Thanks to Don Wilkening for these links
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https://electroverse.net/palm-springs-record-cold-streak-88-days-without-80-degrees-torrential-rains-to-boot/
Palm Springs is having a record cold streak. The city, famed as a warm-weather winter getaway, has gone 88 days without temperatures hitting 80 degrees, according to the NWS. And no relief is expected soon.
Since record-keeping began in 1922, the longest Palm Springs had gone without thermometers cracking 80 degrees was during the winter of 1969 to 1970, according to weather service meteorologist Adam Roser.
Back then the city went 71 days –Nov 26, 1969, to Feb 6, 1970 — at sub 80 degrees.
“It looks like a record,” Roser said of this season. “It’s going to be over three months of not hitting 80.”
Temperatures next week are expected to remain cool, with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s, Roser said. “It’s definitely been cooler than average, about 10 to 15 degrees below average,” he said.
Since Oct. 1–the beginning of the annual rainy season–Palm Springs has recorded 7.07 inches of rain. That’s more than double the 3.31 inches the city would have seen at this point in the season in an average year.
For the full article from USA Today’s desertsun.com, click here.
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Also, more than a foot (more than 30 cm) additional snowfall is forecast for some of the major mountain ranges in Arizona, southern Utah, and southwestern Colorado through Friday night.
Cold, snow and a wintry mix will be prevalent across the northern Mid-Atlantic, stretching into Northeast and Upper Great Lakes Wednesday evening.
Sleet, and then rain, is expected for areas near and east of I-95. Freezing rain is also likely farther inland across western Virginia, West Virginia, western Maryland, and into Pennsylvania. Significant icing is also possible for some interior valley locations.
Out West, high temperatures will continue to run 10-20 degrees below average along and west of the Continental Divide through the end of the week.
A storm system is forecast to slowly churn across the Southwest and exit into the Southern Plains by Friday evening, bringing heavy snow to the higher elevations of the Southwest and Southern Rockies.
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd
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It snowed in Las Vegas on Sunday night for the third time this winter.
19 Feb 2019 – It is uncommon for snowfall to be as widespread as it was in Las Vegas valley, said National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Outler.
Some parts of Summerlin got 2.5 inches, while Mt Charleston got more than 3.5 inches. The ski resort on Mt Charleston – which is within the Las Vegas city limits – has all 26 of its trails open.
There is a good chance of more snow for Thursday, said Outler.
Multiple snow days in February are rare. Only twice since 1939 has Las Vegas seen more than three February snowfall days – the last time in 1949.
https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2019-02-18-snow-las-vegas-nevada-february
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/it-just-snowed-in-vegas-and-likely-will-again-this-week-that-isnt-normal/ar-BBTMa1l?ocid=spartanntp
Thanks to Jack Hydrazine,l Ian Campbell, Steven W. Little, Ryan and Vance for these links
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Not just for February 21st, but for ANY day of the year in more than a century.
Thursday set the all-time daily record for snowfall in Flagstaff, Arizona, with 35.9 inches (91.2 cm) of snow. The previous record of 31 inches (78.7 cm) was set more than a century ago, on Dec. 30, 1915.
Thursday’s storm also shattered February’s all-time daily snowfall record of 24 inches set on Feb. 2, 1901
The storm unloaded feet of snow, creating blizzard conditions and shutting down travel over the mountains of Arizona and New Mexico.
https://twitter.com/NWSFlagstaff/status/1098854375471136769
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/flagstaff-arizona-sets-all-time-snow-record-as-major-snowstorm-slams-southwestern-us/70007498
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Heavy rain, floods, even a tornado as storms smack the South
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - A tornado smashed into a commercial district in the small Mississippi city of Columbus, shattering businesses as severe storms raked the South on a weekend of drenching rains and a rising flood threat.
https://dailym.ai/2SmNrOD
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Tornado Kills 1 in Mississippi; Flooding Threatens Southeast
Weekend storms raked parts of the Southeast, leaving deaths and injuries in their wake as a tornado smashed into a commercial district in a small Mississippi city and drenching rains fed a rising flood threat.
A woman was killed when a tornado hit Columbus, Mississippi, and a man died when he drove into floodwaters in Tennessee, officials said.
https://bit.ly/2VqJBG9
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'ICE TSUNAMI' HITS NEW YORK PROMPTING EVACUATIONS
As parts of the UK hit record high temperatures for February, an “ice tsunami” has been ravaging the US.
The phenomenon, officially called an ice shove or ice surge, occurs when ocean currents, strong winds or temperature differences push ice blocks from the water onto the shore – in this case winds of 119kph.
https://ind.pn/2EeaQN7
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A one-day snow total of 12.5 inches set a new record in Bend as the highest February total since the agency started tracking it in 1901. The previous record of 12 inches was set on Feb. 18, 1953.
Some residents reported snow depths of up to 20 inches by the end of the day Monday.
Schools, government offices and the Redmond Airport all closed Monday.
A new storm forecast to hit on Wednesday could bring an additional 3 to 6 inches of snow.
Meanwhile, nearby Mt. Bachelor ski area got a whopping 42 inches of snow in 48 hours, bringing the base to 125 inches by 4:30 p.m. Monday.
https://www.bendbulletin.com/home/6961296-151/record-snowfall-hammers-central-oregon
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Thousands ordered to leave as California river rises
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Thousands of people along a flooded river were under evacuation orders Wednesday as a relentless storm pounded Northern California, drenching the San Francisco Bay Area and pummeling the Sierra Nevada with snow.
https://dailym.ai/2BWPe7x
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Perhaps it’s a dubious accomplishment, but most cities in Montana just endured one of the top 5 coldest Februaries: Coldest on record in Havre, Glasgow, Miles City, Dillon and Great Falls. Second coldest on record in Kalispell, Cut Bank, Billings, Helena and Lewiston.
Not only cold, most reporting stations in Montana (not all) had their top five snowiest Februaries on record, from 6.5″ in Dillon to an impressive 33.2″ in Kalispell. In SW Montana, Bozeman MSU and Belgrade had their snowiest February on record. West Yellowstone reported up to 55.1″ of total snow, which ranked as the 3rd highest.
https://kpax.com/weather-features/2019/03/01/a-look-at-february-weather-stats-for-montana/
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55 below zero wind chills – blowing snow – early March!
Frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 5 minutes.
National Weather Service Rapid City SD Mar 3 2019
…DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS…
Breezy northwest winds and very cold temperatures will bring dangerously cold wind chills through Monday morning. Most of the area will experience will chills lower than 25 below zero this morning, and northwest South Dakota will see readings near 50 below. Wind chills will warm some this afternoon, before falling back to dangerous levels tonight into Monday morning. The breezy northwest winds will also create areas of blowing snow and reduced visibility, especially across northwest South Dakota.
Harding-Perkins-Butte-Northern Meade Co Plains-Ziebach-Northeastern Crook-
Including the cities of Buffalo, Lemmon, Bison, Belle Fourche, Faith, Dupree, and Colony
* WHAT…Wind chills as low as 55 below zero. Areas of blowing snow with significantly reduced visibility at times.
* WHERE…In Wyoming, Northeastern Crook County. In South Dakota, Harding County, Perkins County, Butte County, the Northern Meade County Plains and Ziebach County.
The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 5 minutes. Blowing snow will create significantly reduced visibility at times, especially this afternoon and again Monday afternoon.
https://www.weather.gov/ggw/
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I am seriously glad that we don't experience this sort of stuff in our daily lives!
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Earlier in the season, forecasters predicted little more than 50% ice coverage this winter on Lake Superior. But as of Friday, the lake was more than 85% covered, far exceeding both the prediction and the lake’s long-term average of 55%, according to NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL).
This year’s frigid conditions triggered the rapid ice expansion, said Jia Wang, a research ice climatologist and physical oceanographer at GLERL.
Winds, waves and temperature are the major factors contributing to the widespread ice coverage this year, said Joe Phillips, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service.
Thursday’s peak of 86% is nearly 10% higher than last year’s max coverage, and far exceeds the 2017 and 2018 levels of 1% and 56%, respectively.
With cold temperatures in the forecast, Wang expects 90% coverage could be reached this week.
Wang and Phillips emphasize that this would not necessarily be an historic event because ice coverage of 90% and above also occurred in 2015, 2014, 2009 and 2003.
Lake Superior ice coverage nears 90 percent, exceeding predictions | News, Sports, Jobs - The Daily news (http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/news/local-news/2019/03/lake-superior-ice-coverage-nears-90-percent-exceeding-predictions/)
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Summary
An Arctic outbreak in late January 2019 led to widespread bitterly cold temperatures across much of the
Upper Midwest. The following observation was examined by the State Climate Extremes Committee
(SCEC) to determine its validity and potential status of the lowest temperature directly observed at a
weather station in Illinois:
• Location: Mt. Carroll, Illinois
• Date: 31 January 2019
• Value: -38°F
After considering the observation and various surrounding factors, the SCEC determined the Mt. Carroll
observation to be valid, and it now stands as the record minimum temperature for Illinois. This value
supersedes the previous record of -36°F occurring 5 January 1999 near Congerville.
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/reports
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/southern-states-hit-tornadoes-lesser-190310104631050.html
Marble-sized hail, up to about 30mm in diameter, fell in the Dallas suburbs and winds gusting regularly to 130 kilometres per hour swept across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
At least one tornado, EF1 on the strength scale that goes up to 5, touched down in northern Louisiana with one damage track over 10km long, north of the town of Vivian. Trees were snapped and weak buildings were damaged as winds of 170km/h were measured.
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Young livestock could be in high danger during the heart of calving season.
Some models show the storm’s pressure dropping as low as 970 millibars, potentially beating the state’s lowest barometric pressure in state history, which is believed to be around 972 millibars.
Winds could push 80 mph in Colorado’s eastern plains, according to the National Weather Service, and could inflict serious damage, major travel disruptions and power outages.
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/03/12/colorado-weather-blizzard-bomb-cyclone/
Blizzard warning now in effect for Denver and entire Front Range, mountains could get 20 inches of snow
Airlines canceling flights out of Denver on Wednesday ahead of expected blizzard
Denver metro area school closures, March 13, 2019
Thanks to Bill Sellers for this link
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Highest total for any month since records began. (For ANY month, not just February.)
A record-breaking 38.1 inches (97 cm) of snow fell during February at Lick Observatory atop Mount Hamilton (4,200-feet elevation).
This was the greatest monthly snowfall total on the San Jose mountain since records began there in 1948, according to the National Weather Service.
Mount Hamilton stands about 25 miles due east of San Jose, California.
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February 2019 was a wet and cool month - ideal conditions for lots of snow on #BayArea peaks. The highest peak, Mount Hamilton, set a monthly snowfall record. #CAwx #CAsnow
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Most one-day rainfall on record. Not just for the date, but for all dates.
In southern Arizona, Bisbee set an all-time record of 1.06 inches of rain on Tuesday, beating a 1952 record for the wettest one-day rainfall, according to the Weather Service.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-weather/2019/03/13/storm-causes-slick-r oads-northern-arizona-record-rainfall-bisbee/3151535002/
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https://www.sott.net/article/409777-US-Government-warns-of-historic-widespread-flooding-Through-May-Food-prices-to-skyrocket-as-1000s-of-farms-are-destroyed
We have never seen catastrophic flooding like this, and the NOAA is now telling us that there will be more major flooding for at least two more months. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned that "historic, widespread flooding" would "continue through May". More than 90 percent of the upper Midwest and Great Plains is currently covered by an average of 10.7 inches of snow, and all of that snow is starting to melt. That means that we are going to transition from one of the worst winters in modern history to a flood season that has already taken an apocalyptic turn for farmers all across America. At this moment, millions of acres of farmland are already underwater. Thousands of farmers are not going to be able to plant crops this year, and thousands of other farmers that have been financially ruined by the floods will never return to farming again. This is already the worst agricultural disaster in modern American history, and it is going to get a whole lot worse.
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https://www.sott.net/article/410402-April-snow-falls-in-Charlotte-North-Carolina-for-only-2nd-time-in-over-100-years
Charlotte, North Carolina, was one of the bigger cities to see some snow accumulate. Tuesday was only the second time since 1915 that the city saw measurable snowfall during the month of April, according to AccuWeather Social Media Manager Jesse Ferrell. The other occurrence took place in 1982.
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This past March will go down in the record books for Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Breckenridge Ski Resort, Copper Mountain Resort and Keystone Resort, which all received more March snowfall than ever before.
At Breckenridge, spokeswoman Sara Lococo said March's 111 total inches surpassed the previous high of 98 inches that Breckenridge received in March 2001. That's 13.3 percent more snow than March 2001. The 111 inches also makes March 2019 the third snowiest month on record at Breckenridge and the snowiest month outside of a pair of Januarys. The highest monthly snowfall total on record for the resort was 120 inches in January 2014, followed by 112 inches in January 1996.
At Copper Mountain, spokeswoman Taylor Prather said March 2019's 98 inches of snow was just about 14 percent more snowfall than Copper's previous March high, the 86 inches the resort received in March 2001. This past month also ranks as the fourth snowiest month on record since the resort opened in 1972. It's also the second snowiest month of this past decade.
At Keystone, March's 94 inches of snow was just under 19 percent more snow than the previous record March: March 2011's 79 inches of snow. March 2019 comes in as the third snowiest month on record at Keystone, only behind the 128 inches received in December 1983 and the 127 inches that fell in January 1996.
https://www.sott.net/article/410600-Colorado-ski-resorts-smash-March-records-for-snowfall
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https://www.sott.net/article/410761-Hail-up-to-softball-size-smashes-cars-in-Texas
Hail the size of softballs and suspected tornadoes caused extensive damage in parts of Texas.
Spring severe weather season is well underway across the U.S. South, with 125 tornadoes already reported this year across the country. In addition to generating some possible tornado sightings, Saturday's storms across Texas also produced some massive hail. Hailstones up to softball size resulted in some dramatic images of both the storms themselves and the damage they caused, including the battered car featured in the video.
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https://cnn.it/2GqYRNj
At least 5 dead after days of powerful storms in parts of the US
The powerful storms that ripped through parts of the United States last week killed at least five people in Mississippi, Florida and Alabama, officials said.
Mississippi reported an additional death Saturday, bringing the total number to three in that state, the emergency management agency said. It said 16 confirmed tornadoes hit the state Thursday.
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23 Apr 2019 – Anchorage boasted another record daily snowfall yesterday, April 22, with 2.7 inches of snow.
The previous record of 1.7 inches was set on April 22, 2010. The snow total for April 2019 so far is 6.9 inches.
https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Another-record-snowfall-sunshine-returns-soon-508928101.html
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link
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Second record-breaking snowstorm in less than two weeks.
Winter storm watches or warnings have been issued for Boone, De Kalb, Ogle, Winnebago, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Lake and McHenry counties in Illinois, and for Kenosha, Racine and Walworth counties in Wisconsin.
Within the Winter Storm Watch area, there will be a swath of heavy snow with accumulations of 4 to 8 inches.
If O’Hare Airport sees more than 2.2 inches of snow from this system, says abcchicago.com, it will be the greatest snowfall on record this late in the season.
This follows the historic mid-April storm that dropped up to 8 inches of snow on parts of the Chicago area on April 14, when 5.4 inches of snow fell at O’Hare.
That was the area’s second biggest snow storm so late in the season, and the snowiest April 14 on record.
https://abc7chicago.com/weather/winter-storm-watch-issued-for-much-of-chicago-area-saturday/5272472/
https://abc7chicago.com/weather/chicago-weather-historic-mid-april-snow-storm-dumps-up-to-7-inches-cancels-1000-flights/5249289/
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This year's long and record-breaking winter has left many fields of Northwest America either frozen or flooded much later than normal and, as a result, farmers are struggling to get their seeds sown on time.
"We've had the longest winter ever," said Chris Voight, director of the Washington State Potato Commission. "Normally we start planting potatoes the end of February, but this year we weren't able to start planting until April 1."
After looking at the GFS Total Snowfall 10-Day Forecast, further delays appear to be on the cards.
As much as 24 inches of snow could fall in southern Montana early next week, with Wyoming and Idaho also badly affected. The totals appear even higher in northern Colorado.
https://www.sott.net/article/411900-The-longest-winter-ever-Farmers-in-Americas-Northwest-face-2-month-planting-delays
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Key Survey Shows Sierra Snowpack Measures 162%
At the beginning of April, the snowpack at Phillips Station measured 106.5 inches — roughly 200 percent of average for the date at the location
Overall, the Sierra snowpack measured approximately 162 percent of average, more than triple the number one year ago.
California’s reservoirs were also in great shape, with most at or above their historical averages. Some were already filled 80 to 90 percent of capacity.
“With full reservoirs and a dense snowpack, this year is practically a California water supply dream,” DWR Director Karla Nemeth said in a news release.
This is from an April 2nd article by Tracy Bloom
https://ktla.com/2019/04/02/california-water-supply-dream-key-survey-shows-sierra-snowpack-measures-162/
Top Snowiest Sierra Snowpacks (in snow water equivalent):
1. 2016-17 (94.7 inches)
2. 2005-06 (78.3 inches)
3. 2010-11 (72.7 inches)
4. 2018-19 (61.3 inches)
https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1120040440403775488
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Snowiest month of May ever.
Most snow on a single day in the month of May ever.
Snowiest May 8 ever.
Through Thursday morning, Duluth was blanketed with 10.9 inches of snow, leading to a number of broken snowfall records, according to the National Weather Service. One spot just southwest of Duluth reported 12 inches of snow as of Thursday afternoon.
The 8.3 inches shattered the record for most snow on a single day in the month of May, breaking the old record of 5.5 inches set on May 10, 1902.
It also made it the snowiest month of May ever in Duluth, beating the old record of 8.1 total inches set in May of 1954.
And it made it the snowiest May 8 in Duluth history, far surpassing the old record for the day of 5 inches set in 1924.
Record-keeping in Duluth began in 1884.
The winter-like storm unleashed historic snow amounts along a band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Duluth, Minnesota.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/photos-may-storm-brings-heavy-snow-slippery-travel-to-minnesota/70008224
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https://dailym.ai/2vSBl73
Heavy rains in South leave some trapped, others afloat
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mississippi authorities rescued a man clinging to a tree and another man and his 4-year-old child from the roof of a submerged pickup truck as heavy rains caused flooding in the state and in neighboring Louisiana.
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“The excessive rains in many parts of the U.S. this week come just as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released data showing the last 12 months have been the wettest in recorded history for the Lower 48 states.”
“This is probably the most hellacious rain I’ve ever heard in my life,” tweeted Matt Lanza, meteorologist for the Houston weather website SpaceCityWeather.com.
The storms left “nearly 90,000 residents without power and dozens reportedly trapped for a time in floodwater on Interstate 10,” The Washington Post’s Timothy Bella reported.
This was Houston’s second stormy night of the week. “As much as six to ten inches (15 to 28 cm) of rain fell Tuesday in the region.”
“Flooding this week has affected not only southeast Texas but also parts of the southern Plains, the South, and Great Lakes.”
Parts of Houston also reported hail the size of tennis balls, in some cases the size of grapefruit. (Imagine what that would do to your car.)
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Genuinely-scary-Torrential-rain-in-Houston-13834973.php
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Could have serious effect on agriculture.
Portions of Washington and Oregon saw the latest spring start on record, while parts of Kansas and Oklahom saw the latest arrival of spring in 38 years, says weather.com.
In other parts of the Plains, such as South Dakota and Nebraska, a late spring like this year’s only happens once every 10 or more years.
In Michigan, Marquette was hit by above-average snowfall (227.5 inches) and is experiencing its second-longest streak of temperatures below 70 F. The last time temperatures reached at least 70 F was 238 days ago on September, 17, 2018. The current record longest streak is 252 days.
“The record will be tied if the temperature does not climb to at least 70 degrees by May 28. Based on the current forecast for Marquette, it is possible that a new record could be set.”
https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2019-05-15-late-spring-2019-cool-wet-delayed-crops
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https://reut.rs/2WiDkjE
Oklahoma reels, Missouri declares state of emergency from storm, floods
(Reuters) - Dozens of people were rescued from rising floodwaters and felled trees that smashed homes and blocked roadways in Oklahoma, as severe storms unleashing tornadoes and heavy rain roared through the central United States on Tuesday.
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https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/05/21/denver-late-may-snow-44-years-record-cold-colorado/
DENVER (CBS4) – As of 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Denver had officially received 3.4 inches of snow. That’s the most snow measured this late in the season since May 29, 1975 when 5.6 inches hit the city.
In addition to the snow, Denver tied the record low temperature for May 21 when the official thermometer for the city dropped to 31 degrees Tuesday morning. It was previously 31 degrees on this date in 2001 when 1 inch of snow fell.
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https://electroverse.net/cold-and-wet-weather-to-blame-for-the-slowest-maize-planting-season-on-record/
Arable farmers are likely to see prices for wheat and barley continue to climb for the remainder of the season after the cost of their rival maize skyrockets off the back of serious planting concerns in the US, according to market analysts.
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24 May 2019 – After receiving a record amount of snow for May, Mammoth Mountain announced that it will stay open into August.
Only two previous seasons have lasted into August – 2017 and 1995 – according to Mammoth Snowman.
Mammoth has already received 29 inches of snow, the most ever recorded in the month of May, beating the previous record of 28 inches set in May 2015. And there’s still a week to go in the month.
The latest storm brought an additional 9 to 10 inches of snow, including three inches in the past 24 hours … just in time for Memorial Day.
The resort anticipates snow each day over the holiday weekend, including 6 to 12 inches on Sunday, according to Mammoth’s website.
For the season, Mammoth has received 489 inches of snow at Main Lodge and an incredible 715 inches at the summit.
https://ktla.com/2019/05/24/mammoth-mountain-records-snowiest-may-on-record-and-theres-a-full-week-left-in-the-month/
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-mammoth-snowfall-record-20190524-story.html
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https://www.sott.net/article/413990-Multiple-tornadoes-and-severe-storms-plague-the-US-from-coast-to-coast
The National Weather Service confirmed tornadoes in Kansas and Pennsylvania on Tuesday night, marking the 13th consecutive day of severe storms.
Severe storms stretched across the nation Tuesday, including tornadoes in Kansas and Pennsylvania, while catastrophic flooding puts other states at risk. It's only the latest outbreak of extreme weather that's been plaguing the U.S. for nearly two weeks.
Tuesday's violent weather marks the 13th consecutive day of such severe storms, coming a day after a series of devastating tornadoes hit western Ohio late Monday. That dangerous streak included an average of 27.5 tornadoes occurring each day.
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Never a spring planting season like this one
The 12 months that ended with April were the wettest ever for the contiguous U.S. Rivers topped their banks. Levees breached. Fields filled with water and mud. And it kept on raining.
Corn plantings are further behind schedule for this time of year than they have been in records dating to 1980.
Analysts are predicting an unheard-of 6 million acres intended for the grain may simply go unsown this year.
“Every farmer that I talk to says, ‘I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,” said Tom Sleight, CEO of the U.S. Grains Council, a trade group.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-01/the-wettest-and-wildest-planting-season-farmers-can-remember
See slideshow showing Midwest flooding earlier this year:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2019-03-23/midwest-submerged-in-floodwaters-following-winter-stormfloodwaters-following-winter-storm
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H.B. Schmidt
Upper Colorado River snow water equivalent (SWE) has become so massive they’ve had to redraw the scale used to measure it (percent of average values at the bottom of the graph):
Upper Colorado Basin Snowpack Graphs (http://graphs.water-data.com/ucsnowpack/)
There’s approximately still 10.8 inches (26 cm) of SWE left in the snowpack that feeds the mighty Colorado River which provides water to more than 40 million residents in Las Vegas, Phoenix, and southern California. The average SWE for today is usually seen on May 10th.
We’re a month behind normal with the melt season, in part due to the massive amounts of precipitation that fell this winter (a NON-El Niño year, I might add) combined with well below normal temperatures in April and May. Eastern Nevada still has over 13 inches (33 cm) of SWE, all of which feeds into Lake Mead.
https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/snotel-wedata.html
As a resident of Phoenix for the past 16 years, this is welcome news. I can only hope that the non-El Niño conditions of the past two years which have led to record snowpacks in California and above normal precipitation in the Colorado River Basin continues its generosity going forward.
Upper Colorado Basin Snowpack Graphs (http://graphs.water-data.com/ucsnowpack/)
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https://electroverse.net/this-week-brings-record-low-temperatures-to-the-northeast/
A myriad of daily low temperature records tumbled across the Northeast US on Tuesday morning, as winter still refuses to let go even as the calendar flips to June.
Below are just a few of those that fell in Connecticut on Tues, June 04 (compiled from NWS data):
In Danbury, the mercury plunged to 4.4C (40F) — smashing the city’s previous all-time June 04 low of 15C (59F) set back in 2003.
Bradley Int. Airport toppled its previous cold record with 10C (50F).
New Haven’s 10.6C (51F) set a new all-time daily record low for the city.
And the town of Stratford’s measurement of 12.2C (54F) was also a new record.
More all-time low temps are expected over the coming days, as the Arctic air mass currently over the NE lingers on.
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URGENT WEATHER MESSAGE… Includes valley locations…A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.
National Weather Service Medford OR Fri Jun 7 2019
FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 8 AM SATURDAY… FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SATURDAY…
* Freeze Warning Low Temperatures: 25 to 32 degrees.
* Frost Advisory Low Temperatures: 33 to 36 degrees.
Widespread frost and freezing conditions are expected again tonight into Saturday morning.
* Locations in the Freeze Warning include:
Most valley locations in northern Klamath an
* View the hazard area in detail at
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mfr/HAZARD
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https://electroverse.net/usda-cannot-extend-planting-dates-money-before-food/
This week’s USDA Crop Progress report reveals that just 67% of America’s projected corn acreage was planted as of June 02 due to an historically cold and wet spring, with soybean acreage faring even worse, with only 39% in.
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) wants Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to extend the late-planting season for crop insurance to avoid “unintended consequences”. However the USDA is remaining steadfast with its response, stating that the department “cannot make changes to the contracts between farmers and crop-insurance companies“.
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The mercury sank low enough on Thursday, June 13 to prompt frost advisories for the Iron Range, Twin Ports, East Central MN and Douglas County — with both Hibbing and Hayward setting new all-time daily low temperature records:
The city of Hibbing set a new low of -2.2C (28F) on Thursday– beating the previous record of -1.1C (30F) set in 1969 (solar minimum of cycle 19).
While Hayward’s new low of -0.6C (31F) smashed the old record of 1.7C (35F) from 2012.
https://electroverse.net/multiple-all-time-low-temperature-records-fall-in-minnesota-the-changing-jet-stream/
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https://www.sott.net/article/415206-Sunday-rainfall-shatters-record-at-Dallas-Fort-Worth-airport-Texas
With the two rounds of rain and storms Sunday -- first early in the morning then again in the afternoon -- a record amount of rain fell at DFW Airport.
Since midnight, the airport received 2.42 inches of rain. That shatters the old record of 1.32 inches that fell on June 16, 1968. Records have been kept for the DFW observation point (not always DFW Airport) since 1898.
DFW Airport wasn't the only place that had heavy rain.
Alliance Airport in far north Fort Worth had a total of 4.60 inches of rainfall since midnight. In McKinney, the total for Sunday was 2.89 inches.
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https://electroverse.net/summer-means-winter-weather-advisories-for-the-state-of-colorado-similar-story-across-much-of-the-northern-hemisphere/
The city of Steamboat Springs recorded almost two feet of snow over the weekend, according to CBS News. The last time the city saw snow this late in the season was on June 17, 1928.
In Estes Park, snow forced officials to close Trail Ridge Road on the first day of summer. This was already after a late opening, as deep spring snow kept the road closed until June 5 this year.
Arapahoe Basin ski area, located in the Rocky Mountains, is still open, and will likely remain that way through the July 4th weekend.
And the anomalous cold isn’t just confined to Colorado, either, as the state Montana looks, according to AccuWeather, a lot more like the middle of winter than the first weekend of summer.
While in Washington state, too, it’s been “a cold start to the summer,” according to local news outlets.
Frigid conditions have also infected the Midwest low country, where Chicago’s maximum high of 15.6C (60F) on Sunday set an all-time record low for the coldest maximum temperature in late June, according to the NWS Chicago.
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Heat arrives in the Midwest:
https://wgntv.com/2019/07/09/wednesday-on-track-to-produce-2019s-hottest-high-temp-yet-in-chicago-94-tropical-moisture-to-fuel-p-m-t-storms-some-possibly-severe-gulf-coast-residents-batten-down-the-hat/
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10 July 2019 – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday that Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and Lake Superior reached their highest points last month since record-keeping began in 1918.
Water levels in Lake Superior, the largest of the five Great Lakes, set records in both May and June this year.
Also setting a new record was Lake St. Clair, part of the waterway linking Lakes Huron and Erie.
Lake Erie borders Ontario, as well as Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York
Lakes Huron and Michigan missed setting a new monthly record by about 25 mm (just under an inch).
The Great Lakes Ranked by Size
Lake Ontario – 7,340 square miles.
Lake Erie – 9,910 square miles. …
Lake Michigan – 22,404 square miles. …
Lake Huron – 23,007 square miles.
Lake Superior – 31,700 square miles.
For comparison, the entire state of Vermont covers 9,615 sq. miles, while South Carolina boasts 32,007 sq. miles.
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With the few days of ‘eastern heat’ taking all the headlines, the anomalous and long-lasting cold infecting vast swathes of North America is again being swept under the sustainably-sourced non-synthetic-petroleum-derived-fiber carpet. Record cold hit Montana over the weekend with several cities and towns setting new all-time record lows, but I’ll bet my diesel-guzzling L200 you never heard about it.
I’ve listed a few of the new record lows below:
Utica set a new record low of -1.1C (30F) on Saturday July 20.
Kalispell’s 2.2C (36F) busted the previous record of 3.3C (38F) set in 1996 (solar minimum of cycle 22).
https://electroverse.net/new-all-time-record-low-temperatures-set-across-montana/
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AUSTIN, Texas -- We thank Tuesday's rare late-July cold front for a pleasant change in the weather, even if only temporary, which include some of the coldest temperatures ever seen in Austin in the month of July.
With a low of 58 reported at 5:59 a.m. Wednesday morning, the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport official thermometer blew away the old all-time monthly low of 60 from 2013, making it the coldest July morning since World War II in parts of the Capital City. The July 25th daily record low of 67 (from 2000) was also shattered.
In the metro, Camp Mabry's official thermometer hit 63 which busted the previous daily record of 65 from 1924.
The coldest in the area? Some low 50s in the Hill Country no doubt made some want to grab a light sweater. Not a normal morning at the typical peak of summer!
As for 2019, this morning marked our coolest weather since May 13th.
In the above video, Chief Meteorologist Burton Fitzsimmons shows us the list of coldest readings from across Central Texas.
Seriously, get out and enjoy the weather!
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2019/07/25/all-time-july-low-temp-record-shattered-on-wednesday
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feels like fall in northern Minnesota. Coldest July30 since William McKinley was president.
The mercury dipped to 37 F this morning in International Falls, breaking the previous record of 38 F set back in 1898.
According to WCCO, “temperatures in the area don’t typically reach the 30s until late September, early October.”
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/07/30/minnesota-weather-temperatures-dip-to-37-degrees-in-international-falls-breaking-121-year-record/
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https://www.weathernationtv.com/news/trough-brings-record-cold-temps/
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https://www.sott.net/article/418690-A-whopping-18-inches-of-hail-piles-up-in-parts-of-Michigan
After record-breaking hailstones fell from the skies over Colorado earlier this week, a powerful thunderstorm unleashed significant amounts of hail in Michigan on Wednesday. In this case, it was the accumulation of hail, not the mass of individual stones, that captured onlookers' attention.
In some places, as much as 18 inches of hail accumulated.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/torrential-summer-rains-soak-parts-florida-carolinas-190818091825667.html
More than 630 millimetres of rain has fallen over parts of the Gulf coast near Steinhatchee, in the northwest of Florida, since Thursday, resulting in county officials declaring a local state of emergency.
A front has stalled across the region, interacting with a small low-pressure system, which has a low chance of developing into a tropical system, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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https://dailym.ai/2ZqBqz1
Strong tornadoes, flooding and damaging winds expected to hit Central US states as temperatures start to plummet in the North East
Storms from Oklahoma to Nebraska are expected to intensify over the weekend
Flash flood watches have been issued in areas of Kansas and Nebraska
The thunderstorms will pose a hail, damaging wind and isolated tornado risk
More than four inches of rain is expected in areas from Kansas to Alabama
Temperatures will drop in the Northeast, expected to be in the low 50s and 60s
The highs in the North East are expected to be in the mid to low 70s
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Hurricane Dorian was pounding much of the Carolina coast with heavy rain and strong winds on Thursday, spawning small tornadoes and causing widespread power losses and flooding.
By Thursday evening, the Category 2 storm was about 45 miles from Myrtle Beach, S.C., slowly weakening as it moved northeastward up the East Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. Though the eye of the storm has so far remained offshore, the center’s models indicate that it could make landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Friday.
The eye does not have to make landfall for the storm to cause serious damage. Hurricane-strength winds, extending as far as 60 miles from the storm center, pummeled parts of the South Carolina coast on Thursday. At one point, the storm’s strongest winds, in the western wall of the eye, were just 10 to 15 miles offshore. Forecasters said storm surge waters could flood up to eight feet above normal tide levels in some areas.
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Dorian’s rain bands whipped cities from Savannah, Ga., to Wilmington, N.C. Some places along the coast could receive as much as 15 inches of rain before the storm departs. Approximately 360,000 South Carolinians have evacuated from their homes. The storm knocked out power for nearly 200,000 customers in South Carolina, as well as 9,000 in North Carolina and 7,000 in Georgia.
More:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/us/hurricane-dorian-updates.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/us/hurricane-dorian-updates.html)
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https://electroverse.net/cordova-airport-alaska-sets-new-lowest-september-temperature-in-110-years-of-data/
Coldest September temp in at least 110 years, maybe more. Not just for the day, but for the entire month.
Intense Arctic cold descended into southern Alaska last week, setting a new all-time monthly Lowest Minimum Temperature.
According to NOAA, the mercury plunged to -11.7 C (11 F) at Cordova Airport on Thursday, Sept 12, annihilating the previous record low of -6.7 C (20 F) set back in 1972.
This is the coldest temperature for the month of September ever recorded at the station since it began operating in 1909.
Cordova Airport sits at an elevation of 9.4 m (31 ft).
https://electroverse.net/cordova-airport-alaska-sets-new-lowest-september-temperature-in-110-years-of-data/
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https://www.sott.net/article/421116-A-historic-winter-storm-will-blast-the-northern-Rockies-this-weekend
"This has the potential to be a historically significant early-season snow event," the National Weather Service in Great Falls, Montana, said.A cold front with strong winds and near-record cold air will move through Idaho and Montana on Friday. It will be followed by another low-pressure system that will stall over the region Friday night through Sunday.
With unseasonably cold air already in place, wet, heavy snow is likely from the valleys to the mountain tops.The forecast for this storm looks eerily similar to a storm that struck Montana in 1934. That storm produced prolific amounts of snow in late September over North Central Montana.
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First measurable snowfall on Sept. 28 in at least 138 years, maybe a lot longer.
The NWS Spokane office recorded 1.9 inches of snowfall at the Spokane International Airport Saturday. That was the first measurable snowfall recorded on Sept. 28 since records have been taken in Spokane beginning in January of 1881, according to FOX28.
The weekend storm system was also bringing strong winds and snow to the mountains of northern Washington and northern Idaho.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/montana-slammed-with-over-a-foot-of-snow-as-major-winter-storm-to-drop-several-more-feet-in-area/ar-AAI1GpQ?li=BBnb7Kz
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Four feet (120 cm) of snow fell in the town of Browning, near Glacier National Park in Montana, from Friday to Sunday.
On Saturday snow was recorded at Missoula International Airport, the first time snow was measured there on a September 28 date since 1893.
Storm winds and blizzard conditions were forecast to continue through Monday in parts of Montana, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah.
At least eight Montana school districts canceled classes on Monday due to the heavy snowfall
Montana Gov Steve Bullock declared an emergency Sunday due to heavy snow on the first weekend of fall
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7521531/Historic-winter-storm-dumps-40-INCHES-snow-Montana.html
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Since at least 1877, maybe longer.
According to the National Weather Service, the .8 inch (20 mm) of snow recorded at Winnemucca Airport on Sunday, September 29, was the first snowfall in Winnemucca on that date since records-keeping began in 1877.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/nevada/articles/2019-09-30/first-snow-for-the-date-in-winnemucca-since-at-least-1877
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https://electroverse.net/historic-cold-set-to-engulf-all-of-north-america-by-oct-10/
A new all-time daily record low temperature was set in Kalispell, Montana on Wednesday, October 02 as the mercury plunged into the teens across the region.
The weather station at Glacier Park International Airport recorded a low of 19F (-7.2C) at 5 AM which busted the dates previous record low of 21F (-6.1C) set back in 1999.
Great Falls, Montana registered a record-smashing 9F (-12.8C) on Tue, Oct 01, according to the NWS, which annihilated the previous daily low of 22F (-5.6C) set back in 1959.
Additionally, areas to the northwest also saw record low daily temperatures on Tuesday as both Cut Bank and Browning comfortably surpassed their previous cold records from 1950.
And further south, crossing a few state lines into California, temperatures at Sacramento Executive Airport dropped to 42F (5.6C) early Wednesday morning, surpassing the old record of 43F (6.1C) set in 1971. Meaning that in less than a week, Sacramento has now set multiple all-time record lows; on Sunday, both downtown Sacramento and the airport set record lows of 45F (7.2C) and 46F (7.8C) respectively.
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https://www.sott.net/article/421427-Changing-climate-Extreme-fall-start-marked-by-unusual-heat-snow-and-cold-records-in-the-US
Extreme weather caused by a wavy jet stream has kicked off the first 10 days of fall across the United States, leading to a series of record-breaking and unusual weather events to start the new season.
Here's a look some of the weird things we've experienced so far this fall.
All-Time Record Heat For October
Daily record highs were set on several days during fall's first week in the South. Now, that has been capped off by all-time record heat for the month of October.
More than a dozen cities in the East, from upstate New York to the Florida Panhandle, set all-time October record highs on Tuesday.
Nashville, Tennessee, hit 98 degrees on Tuesday, crushing its previous all-time October heat record of 94 degrees.
Monday's high of 97 degrees in Louisville, Kentucky, also easily toppled the city's previous October record of 93 degrees.
Meridian, Mississippi, preliminarily broke the Mississippi state record high for October when it hit 101 degrees on Tuesday, according to Weather Underground historian Christopher Burt.
At least 45 locations in the East set or tied new all-time October record highs on Wednesday, from Connecticut to Arkansas and the Florida Panhandle.
Just after 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Reagan National Airport hit 97 degrees, the hottest official temperature for any October in Washington, D.C., in records going back to 1872.
Atlanta broke its all-time October record high of 95 degrees on Wednesday, hitting 96 degrees. Similar readings could occur on Thursday.
Knoxville, Tennessee, set an all-time October high of 95 degrees on Tuesday and promptly broke it by reaching 96 degrees on Wednesday.
Record Cold in the Northwest
On the opposite end of the spectrum, record cold temperatures have gripped parts of the Northwest to begin fall.
Great Falls, Montana, had a record number of hours with freezing temperatures to end the month of September.
Temperatures were 32 degrees or lower for 65 consecutive hours from Sept. 27-30, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). That's the city's most consecutive hours with temperatures at or below 32 degrees in the month of September in records dating to 1937.
Tuesday's low in Great Falls, Montana, was just 9 degrees, which ranks as their coldest temperature ever recorded so early in the fall season dating to 1886.
Although not all-time record cold, daily record lows were broken in several other locations in the Northwest.
Cut Bank, Montana, set daily record lows of 6 degrees on Sept. 30, and 1 degree on Oct. 1.
Astoria, Oregon (35 degrees), and Olympia, Washington (29 degrees), both tied daily record lows on Oct. 1.
Record Snow in the Northwest
A historic snowstorm in September's final days blasted parts of the northern Rockies with heavy, wet snow and high winds, leading to power outages and tree damage.
The top snow total from the storm was 52 inches about 10 miles south of the Canadian border in Babb, Montana. Five additional locations in northwest Montana tallied up more than 40 inches of snow.
In Great Falls, Montana, this snowstorm not only shattered September records, but was also one of their heaviest snowstorms of all time.
Sept. 28 (9.7 inches) and Sept. 29 (9.6 inches) were the two heaviest September snowfall days on record in the city. The two-day total of 19.3 inches was second only to April 27-28, 2009 (24.2 inches) for the city's all-time heaviest two-day snowfall, the NWS in Great Falls said.
Missoula, Montana, also shattered its snowiest September record, picking up 1.7 inches on Sept. 29 to top the previous September record of 1.5 inches set in 1934 in the western Montana city.
Spokane, Washington, had only its second measurable September snowfall in records dating to the late 19th century.
The NWS said 1.9 inches of snowfall was recorded Sept. 28, and another 1.4 inches of snowfall was measured the following day. This storm total more than doubled the previous record September snow event there - 1.4 inches - which occurred on a single day, Sept. 23, 1926.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/winter-northern-191007114710135.html
The snowstorm will arrive in the Canadian Rockies late on Monday and push into the northern Rockies of the United States throughout Tuesday, but it will not stop there.
The National Weather Service has posted winter storm watches for parts of the Northern Plains states, with more warnings and advisories expected in the days ahead as the winter weather sweeps much further south.
By Wednesday, any rain over the Northern Plains and High Plains will turn to wet snow from parts of Montana into Wyoming and the western Dakotas.
Cold air plunging in with the storm will allow snow to accumulate and travel conditions to deteriorate, not only in the highest elevations but also in the valleys.
The heaviest snow is expected over higher ground in Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, with at least 15 centimetres (six inches) also possible in the central and western Dakotas.
Denver and Cheyenne in Wyoming will both see their first snow of the season and it could well be several centimetres.
Temperatures will plummet as the cold air and snow arrive, with Billings in Montana going from a high of approximately 21 degrees Celsius (69.8 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday to below freezing as the snow falls during the night.
With leaves still on the trees, and some very strong, gusty winds, we could well see tree damage and more significantly, widespread power outages.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES
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A 70-degree change in two days, and a record low for the date.! The temperature in Denver dropped from 83 F (28.3 C) on Wednesday to a record low of 13 F (-10.6 C) on Thursday evening. This difference of 70 degrees in just 2 days is tied for the second-largest temperature change in Denver since 1872 when records began.
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/10/11/denver-weather-largest-day-change-on-record/
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/us/denver-temperature-record-trnd/index.html
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A total of 17 inches (43 cm) of early season snow fell on Jamestown this weekend –a city in Stutsman County, ND– surpassing the area’s previous record for the ENTIRE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
Bismark’s National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Abeling said he had “never seen anything like this before” — and on checking with the record books, he’s correct:
The previous record for the most snow in Jamestown during the month of October goes all the way back to 1896, when the staff of the North Dakota State Hospital measured 10.6 inches (26.9 cm).
Furthermore, the 17 inches of snow which fell Fri thru Sat comfortably surpassed Jamestown’s previous record during a two-day span in the month of October — the 5.2 inches (13.2 cm) set back in 1959.
In addition, the record for the most snow from a single October storm –the 8 inches (20.3 cm) that fell in 2009 (solar minimum of cycle 23)– was also busted over the weekend.
The historic snowstorm felled cold records like these across the Midwest/Northwest, as well as in southern Canada; it actually went down as a Category 5 Winter Storm, according to NOAA’s WSSI scale:
https://electroverse.net/jamestown-nd-digs-out-from-record-breaking-snowfall/
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https://electroverse.net/u-s-broke-a-staggering-2159-low-temp-records/
The HISTORICALLY-EARLY Arctic invasion suffered in North America over the past week has laid waste to thousands of all-time cold records.
they still logged a staggering 2,159 new daily low-temperature records over the past 7 days, against the paltry 213 for new daily max (even though the SE was reportedly experiencing widespread catastrophic heat during this period, at least according to the MSM).
114 of those daily record lows were also new monthly record lows, with just the 9 set for max.
And most shocking of all, a total of 100 ALL-TIME low-temperature records fell in the U.S. over the past week, as opposed to the zero for record heat. And so just to clarify, these past 7 days brought the lowest temperatures EVER recorded to 100 weather stations across the U.S...
Some of the highlights include Old Faithful, WY where a new lowest-ever October temp in 115 years of record-keeping was set — last Friday’s low of -13F (-25C) bested the previous record Oct low of -12F (-24.4C) set back in 1997 (solar minimum of cycle 22).
And also worth noting is the new daily lowest minimum temperature set at the Rock Island Lock & Dam weather station, Illinois — its reading of 26F (-3.3C) on Oct 3 smashed the previous record for the date of 37F (2.8C) set all the way back in 1876 (solar minimum of cycle 11 — the beginning of the Centennial/Glassberg/Gleissberg Minimum).
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/tornado-slams-dallas-4-killed-arkansas-oklahoma-191022080923728.html
A tornado tossed trees into homes, tore off storefronts and downed power lines but killed no one in a densely-populated area of Dallas, leaving Mayor Eric Johnson to declare the city "very fortunate" to be assessing only property damage.
The late-night storms spawned tornadoes in several states, killing at least four people in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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https://electroverse.net/all-50-states-could-fall-below-freezing-by-halloween/
It’s amazing to think we’re still only in October. The U.S. has ALREADY suffered 3 historic harvest-wrecking snowstorms, broken 3,575 all-time low temperature records (to the 18th, NOAA), and yet STILL has time for a further week of unprecedented and prolonged Arctic cold:
Halloween has a great chance of registering below-freezing temperatures in all 50 U.S. states.
Typically, such cold isn’t suffered until late December through February, according to the NWS.
The previous premature big-freeze was on November 18, 2014, and even that was incredibly early, prompting meteorologist Tim Buckley to write: “This typically happens a few times during winter, but is very rare this early in the season” — and this year’s first 50-state-freeze is set to beat that by almost THREE WEEKS.
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AMARILLO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Amarillo saw record-breaking snowfall in October for the first time in eight years on Thursday.
Five point five inches of snow fell, breaking the old record of a trace set in 1935.
A record low temperature of 24 was also set, breaking the old record of 26 set in 1980.
The town experienced thundersnow too, which is rare considering less than 1% of snow events have lightning and thunder when the snow is actually falling.
Friday’s high in Amarillo is expected to range from the upper 30’s to mid 40’s on the snow-pack to the lower to mid 50’s off of the snow-pack.
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/10/25/rare-record-breaking-thunder-snow-falls-in-amarillo/
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“With an incredible 15” of snow last night, we’re excited to announce we will be opening Friday, November 1 – our earliest opening in more than two decades!” That’s how the Eldora Mountain Resort put it.
Eldora Mountain Resort is located about 21 miles west of the town of Nederland in the southwest corner of Boulder County, Colorado, near the unincorporated community of Eldora.
https://twitter.com/eldoramtnresort/status/1187482431344889856
https://twitter.com/eldoramtnresort
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https://electroverse.net/a-record-breaking-31-6-inches-of-snow-has-already-accumulated-in-great-falls-mt/
31.6 inches (80.3 cm) of early-season-snow has been measured in Great Falls in September and October –so far– shattering a 35-year-old record, according to National Weather Service data.
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Breaks record set in 1917, with more snow – and cold! – on the way. Temps dropping to 2 degrees (-16.7C).
Monday’s snowfall of 3.8 inches broke the old record of 2.9 inches set in 1917, said Eric Petersen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pueblo.
On Tuesday, snow continued to fall across the area most of the day.
Petersen said with overnight snowfall, Tuesday snow totals were expected to reach 3 to 7 inches in the city.
He said more than a foot of snow was expected south along Interstate 25 in Rye and Colorado City.
The forecast called for an additional inch or less of snow on Wednesday.
Tuesday’s overnight temperatures were expected to reach a low of 2 degrees, Petersen said.
https://www.chieftain.com/news/20191029/pueblo-sees-record-snowfall—and-more-to-come
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Peter Sinks, Utah –east of Logan– broke the Lower-48’s cold temperature record for the month of October on Monday morning with a staggering reading of minus 35 degrees.
https://electroverse.net/the-continental-u-s-just-set-its-coldest-ever-october-temperature/
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A record snowfall has occurred for this date with 1.0-inch reported at Midway. At Chicago’s official observing site on O’Hare International Airport the 0.9-inch established a new record for Chicago on October 30th – the old record was 0.7-inch set back in 1923.
https://wgntv.com/2019/10/30/snow-advisory-for-1-to-4-inches-of-snow-in-effect-until-10am-cdt/
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https://electroverse.net/for-the-second-time-this-week-the-continental-u-s-sets-its-lowest-ever-october-temperature-salt-lake-city-suffers-record-monthly-cold/
Notorious cold spot Peter Sinks –which just this Monday broke the Lower-48’s 1917 record for the lowest-ever October temp– has only gone and done it again.
The area, known for its frigid temps due to its high elevation and unique topography, has just extended the record for the coldest October temperature ever-recorded anywhere in the Continental U.S., according to Utah-based meteorologist Timothy Wright.
The mercury plunged to -45F (-42.8C) on Wednesday morning, a reading which not only beat but annihilated the previous record set just two days earlier; Monday morning’s -35F (-37.2C), which itself busted the old-old record of -33F (-36.1C) from 1917 (that year landed just after weak solar cycle 14, similar to the cycle we’ve just experienced, 24).
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane officially broke a record more than a century old for the coldest October ever.
The previous record set in 1905 was an average temperature of 42.8 degrees compared to this year's average temperature of 42.3 degrees.
Spokane's average high in October typically sits at about 58 degrees, while the high this year sat at about 51.3 degrees.
Records have been kept since 1881.
Three out of four of Spokane's coldest Octobers have fallen within this century, including 2002 and 2009, according to the National Weather Service.
To put these numbers in perspective, the average temperature for the month is 47.7 degrees. This includes both daily high and low temperatures.
https://www.krem.com/article/weather/spokane-on-track-to-break-century-old-coldest-october-record/293-9a1f14ca-eb82-47d0-aa66-b23763ce8878
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Cañon City set three new weather records in October, including two for record cold.
Last month’s 19.7 inches of snowfall eclipsed the previous record of 17.5 inches in October 1969, says Ed Norden, Cañon City’s Cooperative Weather Observer for the National Weather Service.
Cañon City also established two new record lows in October.
The 9F (-12.8C) low on Oct. 30 shattered the previous record low of 12F (-11.1C) in 1993. And the -3F (-19.4C) on Oct. 31 broke the old record for coldest Halloween of 12F set in 1991.
https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2019/11/04/recent-wintry-weather-breaks-records-for-c anon-city/
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Also record cold.
The 63 inches of snowfall at Steamboat shattered its previous record of 40, while Breckenridge broke its old record of 46 inches when it hit 48. Keystone’s 44 inches beat the previous record according to the Denver Post. Meanwhile, Arapahoe Basin, which opened on Oct. 11, tweeted that its snowpack stands at 160% of average.
With more than 40 inches of snowfall through October, Winter Park Resort opened on Saturday, Nov. 2, the earliest the resort has opened for skiing and riding.
The record October snowfall has also prompted several other Colorado ski areas to open early.
Also some record low temps
With a high of only 18F, Denver broke its record low Oct. 29 max temp of 25F set in 1993, according to CPR News. Colorado Springs saw a high of 20F, beating its previous record of 24F set in 1991.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogersands/2019/11/06/record-october-snowfalls-mean-early-skiing-in-colorado/#43735e4e66d8
https://theknow.denverpost.com/2019/10/31/colorado-ski-resorts-record-october-snowfall/227714/
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The National Weather Service (NWS) registered a number of record-breaking lows across the Silver State on Tuesday, including:
The -2F (-18.9C) observed in Eureka — which smashed the old mark of 5F (-15C) set in 1991.
Elko’s 7F (-13.9C) — which pipped 1917’s all-time low of 8F (-13.3C).
And Winnemucca’s 7F (-13.9C) — which tied the record low for the date set back in 1970.
Then on Wednesday, the mercury dipped further still — again according to NWS data:
A teeth-chattering -4F (-20C) was observed in both Ely and Eureka.
A chilly 1F (-17.2C) was measured in Winnemuca.
And a frosty 2F (-16.7C) in Elko.
https://electroverse.net/all-time-low-temperature-records-smashed-in-nevada/
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The National Weather Service (NWS) has warned that “widespread record cold” will engulf much of the country this week, bringing the possibility of 385 new cold records from the Plains to the East Coast through Thursday (make that more like 3,000 — but we’ll be reporting on them as they come in).
“The Arctic air mass that has settled across much of the northern and central U.S. will continue to push south and eastward,” said the NWS, “spreading the much below average temperatures into the Southeast and East on Tuesday and continuing into Wednesday.”
https://electroverse.net/arctic-conditions-grip-the-united-states/
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Breaking records set more than 100 years ago – More than 100 in Alabama alone.
Record lows were reported this morning from Birmingham, Alabama, to Burlington, Vermont, from New York City to Detroit, from Wichita to St. Louis, From Atlanta to Ohio. Birmingham’s low of 18F shattered the previous record of 22F set in 1911.
New York City and Buffalo, New York, as well as parts of Ohio set new cold records. In Kansas alone, at least six cities, including Wichita, set cold records for the date on Tuesday.
In Missouri, St. Louis dropped to 11F, breaking a record for the date that had stood for more than 100 years.
Meanwhile, the entire state of Alabama was under a freeze warning as temperatures dipped into the 20s and below, breaking records at more than 100 locations.
Record-challenging low temperatures were everywhere. Single-digit temperatures descended on much of the Midwest, where Detroit sank to 7F, shattering the old record of 12F for the day.
Drastically colder than normal temperatures stretched all the way to the Atlantic Coast. Temperatures dipped into the low 20s in Atlanta and in Jackson, Mississippi. Similar numbers swept across the East Coast – New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C.
“We will be challenging records everywhere,” said AccuWeather meteorologist Tyler Roys.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/deadly-arctic-blast-is-breaking-records-set-m ore-than-100-years-ago/ar-BBWHu1J
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More than 232 million people shivered in temperatures of areas 32 degrees (freezing) or lower yesterday morning.
“Freeze warnings continue into the Deep South, with freezing temperatures in Florida this morning,” said CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen yesterday morning.
Crushing 100-year-old records
“Hundreds of cold temperature records have been set over the last few days, including some dating back over a century to 1911,” Hennen said. The freezing temperatures made it as far south as Houston, New Orleans and the Florida Panhandle, he said.
By Thursday morning, the Mid-Atlantic region to Maine could suffer record-low temps, warned CNN meteorologist Michael Guy.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/13/us/winter-weather-wednesday/index.html
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broke the 1958 record of 8.3 inches by a tenth of an inch.
Downtown Anchorage had 7 inches, Mountain View measured 7.8 inches and Hillside had 10 inches of snow near Upper DeArmoun.
Eagle River was hit hardest, with 12.2 inches of snow on Upper Hiland Road.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/weather/2019/11/17/first-a-record-high-temp-then-record-sn owfall-in-anchorage-saturday/
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The 19.8 inches (50.3 cm) of early-season snow Loveland received on Tuesday broke the municipality’s all-time record for the largest daily snowfall in the month of November — more than doubling the previous mark of 9.3 inches (23.6 cm). Tuesday’s storm also delivered the third highest daily snow total ever measured at the Loveland weather station –for any day of the year– in data going back to the 1800s (the top spot remains the 20 inches (50.8 cm) measured during a blizzard on Dec 20, 2006).
Boulder officially received 22.3 inches (56.6 cm) of snow on Tuesday, the city’s second highest snow-total for the whole of November.
https://electroverse.net/historic-snowfall-forces-many-northern-colorado-communities-to-all-but-shut-down/
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Six times the previous record!
The snow that fell across Bend Tuesday evening through Wednesday night — about a foot (30 cm) — broke records, according to weather service data.
The previous record snowfall for Bend on Nov. 26 was 2 inches in 1960. The record in Bend for Nov. 27 was 3.8 inches in 1970, according to the data.
More snowfall is expected over the weekend, said Dan Slagle, weather service meteorologist in Pendleton.
https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/first-snow-storm-of-the-winter-breaks-records-in-b end/article_8ee99614-114e-11ea-b775-8bb17aaaf83c.html
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Severe storm system could affect millions of travelers. Snow totals of 18 inches (45 cm) – or more! – expected in some areas.As much as 3 ft (90 cm) in South Dakota.
Blizzards and snowstorms forecast from Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico to the Upper Midwest, then into New England.
Snow totals topping 8 inches, with localized totals above 18 inches (45 cm), are forecast for the Northern Rockies into the Northern Plains along with Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, according to the National Weather Service.
Parts of South Dakota were under a blizzard warning and could see as much as 2 feet (60 cm) of snow.
Minneapolis, which was hit by almost 10 inches of snow just before Thanksgiving, was bracing for another 4 to 9 inches through Sunday.
“The visibility could be so low at times it may be difficult to determine where the road surface actually is,” says AccuWeather, which forecasts 3 feet (90 cm) of snow for the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Snow, sleet and freezing rain are likely by Saturday night in parts of the Northeast, including northern Virginia and Pennsylvania, then on into New York on Sunday morning.
The same low pressure system is likely to produce several inches of snow in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Flagstaff, Arizona, was hit by heavy snow early Friday – almost 4 inches in just one hour as the storm moved in.
See much more comprehensive forecast:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/snow-to-hit-2000-mile-stretch-from-nevada-to-new-england-as-weekend-travelers-head-home/ar-BBXx32k?li=BBnb7Kz
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Almost triple previous record in some areas.
“Friends and neighbors came together on Thursday for more than a turkey dinner, but to help each other dig out after a record-breaking early-season snowstorm,” reports cachevalleydaily.com.
13 inches of global warming goodness fell at KVNU’s weather reporting station by Thursday afternoon. That’s almost triple the the station’s previous record snow total for November 28 was the 4.5 inches that accumulated back in 1975 (solar minimum of cycle 20).
Furthermore, surrounding areas saw upwards of 20 inches — Clarkston, for example, recorded an historic 26 inches of early-season snow on Thursday, according to the NWS.
https://electroverse.net/hundreds-of-thanksgiving-snowfall-records-smashed-across-north-america/
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“Indy breaks 108 year record-low temp for November 12,” reads the headline.
The record for the coldest temperature on November 12 in Indianapolis was set in 1911 at 14°.
That record was shattered when temperatures in Indianapolis plunged to just 8°.
Yet another record for Nov 12
November 12, 2019 is now officially the earliest day of the season that the temperature has fallen into the single digits. Before this year, the earliest single-digit reading in the Fall for Indianapolis was on Nov. 17, 1959 when the low reached 4°.
Lest you wonder, that is unseasonably cold. The National Weather Service says the average low for November 12 in Indianapolis is 37° (not even freezing) and the average high is 54°.
Also a snowfall on November 11 more than doubled the previous record
That record was set nearly 25 years ago. On November 11, 1995, 1.2 inches of snow fell in Indianapolis — on November 11, 2019, that record became 2.8 inches of snow.
https://www.theindychannel.com/weather/weather-news/indy-breaks-another-record-with-december-15-snowfall
https://www.theindychannel.com/weather/indy-breaks-108-year-record-low-temp-for-november-12
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Wettest year on record two years in a row.
It’s official, 2019 was the second wettest year on record for the Tennessee River basin with 66.47 inches – 2018 was the wettest with 67.02 inches.
Previously, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) said 2018 was the wettest on record for the 41,000 square-mile Tennessee River Valley.
When you realize that the entire state of Vermont has only 9,263 sq miles, you begin to realize how big an area we’re talking about here.
The two wettest years on record, back-to-back!
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It's official, 2019 was the second wettest year on record for the Tennessee River basin with 66.47 inches - 2018 was the wettest with 67.02 inches.
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https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/jan/02/rainfall-tennessee-valley-last -year-second-highest-after-record-2018-level/511999/ (PAYWALL)
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“TVA Keeps VERY DETAILED RECORDS on its 8 state region, and all its dams & reservoirs,” says Bill. “TVA said precipitation totals in the Tennessee River basin averaged nearly 15 and a half inches above normal during 2019, and included the wettest February on record when the rain-swollen river in Chattanooga rose 12 feet above its normal levels.”