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Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Mark on January 10, 2020, 07:29:22 PM
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Multiple major snowstorms have buried parts of Newfoundland, Canada over the past few weeks — more than 1 meter (3.3 feet) of powder has accumulated over the Avalon Peninsula.
U.S. ON COURSE TO BE HIT NEXT
Latest GFS runs reveal wave after wave of brutal Polar cold is about to be unlocked from the Arctic and funneled anomalously-far south by an ever-weakening jet stream–the result of the historically low solar activity we’re currently experiencing.
Record-smashing sub-zero temperatures –some 22C below normal across vast regions– will have descended into ALL of the United States by Jan 17, with the Western and Central regions looking to be hit first beginning around Jan 10.
https://electroverse.net/record-breaking-blizzard-buries-newfoundland/
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January is in full swing in the eastern half of the United States where temperatures and wind chills are below zero in the Northern Plains and New England.
The arctic air spills all the way into the Mid-South where the wind chill is in the teens in Atlanta and Memphis this morning.
By tonight into Tuesday morning, the coldest air moves into central Florida where wind chill alerts have been issued and there are wind chills in the 30's in Orlando.
After this cold blast in the East our attention turns to a new cross-country storm to move from West to East this week with snow, ice and rain.
https://www.sott.net/article/427698-January-is-in-full-swing-in-the-eastern-half-of-the-United-States-new-storm-set-to-slam-West-Coast
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https://www.sott.net/article/428264-Cloudiest-January-day-on-record-for-Minnesota-major-flooding-of-Mississippi-river-expected
he last time there was a stretch of seven straight days of completely cloudy conditions was in October 2018. There's been longer stretches in the past. The longest record of consecutive days with zero minutes of sunshine is fifteen days from October 30, 1972 to November 13, 1972. The 1972 streak is remarkable that on November 14 there was less than an hour of sunshine, then two more days of zero minutes of sunshine! The sunshine recorder was at the Twin Cities International Airport before June 1996 and moved to Chanhassen after that. The sunshine recorder has since been discontinued.
Next 2-5 Days a Far Cry From Last Year
At the risk of being trite and cliche (I'm not above that) what a difference a year makes! One year ago today Minne?refresh=truesota was getting punched by the dreaded "Polar Vortex". Exactly a year ago MSP woke up to -25F, with a "high" of -1F. January 30, 2019 was the coldest day, with a seizure-inducing -28F low and a Fairbanks-friendly daytime high of -13F. Wind chills fell to 50 below as the state endured some of the
coldest readings since the 1990s.
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In both Texas and Oklahoma
Daily snowfall records had already been broken yesterday (Wednesday) morning in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Wichita Falls, Texas. They measured 3.2 and 2.4 inches, respectively, with more expected in the evening hours.
The old Feb. 5 records were 2.3 inches for Oklahoma City in 2002, and 1.7 inches for Wichita Falls in 1964. Average snowfall for the date is one-tenth of an inch. Another batch of snowfall could return to these areas this evening.
Several more inches of snowfall — along with with some sleet and freezing rain — was forecast for eastern Kansas, Missouri and Illinois for the rest of Wednesday, with the storm likely making a direct hit in St. Louis as well as Springfield, Illinois.
Wednesday night and Thursday, the storm will move into the eastern Great Lakes — mainly along and north of Interstate 70, including Indianapolis, Columbus and possibly Detroit — as well as the Northeast.
From Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/winter-storm-dumping-record-snowfall-in-great-plains-with-forecast-video
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A major storm that dumped snow throughout the Rocky Mountains region in the United States has prompted a rare decision to close public schools in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The blizzards caused extensive flight delays and traffic accidents, shutting down stretches of highways in Utah and Wyoming on Monday.
There were snow accumulations of 46 centimetres (18 inches) in some parts of the greater Salt Lake City area, with more forecast to fall through the night.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/blizzards-bring-widespread-disruption-rocky-mountain-area-200204083136133.html
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https://www.sott.net/article/428902-Winter-storm-brings-over-50-inches-of-snowfall-in-24-hours-to-Rabbits-Ear-Pass-Colorado
Heavy snow closed roads across the county Friday, with some parts of Grand seeing more than 30 inches of accumulation.
The National Weather Service recorded 32.5 inches of snow at Berthoud Pass in the last 24 hours. Winter Park saw 30 inches and Grand Lake got 18 inches.
Rabbits Ear Pass has accumulated over 50 inches in the past day.
Meteorologist Joel Gratz of OpenSnow.com is reporting 30 inches at Winter Park Resort from the storm. He predicted a dry day Saturday, with another storm coming in Saturday night through Monday.
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https://www.sott.net/article/428976-Huge-snowfalls-in-the-Rockies-up-to-5-feet-in-4-days
There have been some huge snowfalls in Colorado and Utah over the past four days.
Accumulations of up to 1.5 metres (five feet) have been reported with Alta (pictured) and Snowbird in Utah big winners. Breckenridge and Loveland in Colorado also reported over 1.2 metre (four foot) powder accumulations. Most other resorts in the two states have had at least 50cm/20 inches of snowfall and many a lot more.
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New record low of -32 degrees set at 5:17 AM in Hibbing yesterday morning!
https://www.fox9.com/weather/hibbing-minnesota-hits-new-record-low-of-32-degrees-friday-morning
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The resort has labelled this year’s phenomenon “FebruBURIED”:
“This morning we reported 10 inches [25.4cm] of snow overnight, which pushed us over the edge to the snowiest February we have on record! Our 87 inches [221cm] so far topped the recent record of 85 inches [216cm] from the 2013-14 season, 82 inches [208cm] from the 1992-93 season, and average February snowfall of 50 inches [127cm]. With the snow still falling and two weeks left in the month, you could say we are FebruBURIED,” wrote Nicole Stull, spokeswoman for Breckenridge, in an email.
Many other Summit County regions are also reporting monster February snowfall totals, according to ski area reports and Open Snow data, and as originally published by skyhinews.com:
“We’ve had 60 inches [152.4cm] of snow so far in February,” said Arapahoe Basin Ski Area spokeswoman Leigh Hierholzer. “Definitely one of our snowiest Februarys on record so far for the month.”
https://electroverse.net/colorado-is-februburied/
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More than 25 million people subject to some level of a winter weather alert, including possible blizzard conditions and bitter cold. Expect travel disruptions, power outages and school closings in some areas.
A winter storm will rapidly strengthen Thursday while shifting from the Ohio Valley into southern Quebec, according to the National Weather Service. Heavy snow and strengthening winds will shift from the Midwest into northern New England, , from Missouri to Maine, followed by very heavy lake effect snow downwind from the Lower Great Lakes, with possible blizzard conditions over parts of Western New York state downwind from Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Cities such as Chicago and Detroit are in the path of the storm.
A major lake-effect snow event is forecast downwind from the Lower Great Lakes on Thursday with accumulations of more than one foot (30 cm) possible.
Snow has already been reported in portions of South Dakota, Nebraska, eastern Colorado and Kansas, where Interstate 70 was closed for several hours.
“The corridor where 6-12 inches (15 t0 30 cm) of snow can fall has shifted south of Chicago but may be centered on Detroit; Champaign, Illinois; Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Toledo, Ohio,” said AccuWeather senior meteorologist Dan Pydynowski.
Temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees below average over the Upper Midwest, Ohio Valley into the Tennessee Valley and the Gulf Coast on Thursday night into Friday.
https://www.weather.gov/
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/25/weather-snow-storm-threatens-chicago-indiana-michigan-northeast/4868583002/
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See entire article:
https://www.wthr.com/article/houses-frozen-over-near-lake-erie-new-york-due-cold-temps
Thanks to Bill Sellers for this link
Ice one to three feet thick on the walls!
29 Feb 2020 – “Ed Mis, resident and homeowner in Hoover Beach, says he’s never seen conditions this bad before. The front of his home is completely covered in ice that is likely one to three feet thick.”
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Wow, aint nature beautiful !!
All sheltered sides appear completely unaffected.
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https://www.sott.net/article/431533-Arkansas-tornado-doubles-in-size-in-seconds-tears-through-city
A tornado ripped through Jonesboro, Arkansas on Saturday afternoon, triggering a citywide curfew after powerful winds overturned cars and demolished buildings, according to local NBC affiliate KAIT.
The National Guard is being deployed to help secure the area, the outlet reported. In addition to ravaging several homes and businesses, the storm caused a gas leak in east Jonesboro and partially destroyed a local mall. Many businesses were already closed or empty in response to the covid-19 outbreak, though no statewide stay-at-home order has been issued.
Local authorities are currently conducting search and rescue efforts, the city's E-911 Director Jeff Presley told KAIT, and Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin issued a citywide curfew beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
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Winter will not give up, warns the Weather Service. Record cold temperatures are possible from the Upper Mississippi Valley into portions of the Plains…the mid section of the nation.
Temperatures will be 10 to 30 degrees below average across much of the central and eastern United States.
Meanwhile, heavy snow is likely over parts of the Northern/Central Rockies…
Heavy snow to blanket the region
As this system exits into the eastern Atlantic tonight showers and wet snowflakes will overspread the central/southern Appalachians, as well as the Mid-Atlantic states. Across the northern and central Rockies, winter will not give up as cold temperatures and heavy snow blanket the region.
A cold front is forecast to enter from Canada tonight and swing through the western U.S. Wednesday and Thursday. 1 to 2 feet of snow is possible across the higher elevations of Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
Upwards of 6 inches of snow (15 cm) is forecast across the High Plains of Wyoming and northern Colorado. Snow showers are also possible across the Central Plains and Lower Great Lakes along the front.
Will feel more like March instead of mid-April
Temperatures across much of the central and eastern U.S. will feel more like March instead of mid-April. Thus, widespread Freeze Warnings and Frost Advisories stretch from the Southern Plains to the Ohio Valley. The core of the cold air will be found across the Midwest and Northern Plains through Thursday. High temperatures will struggle to get out of the 30s and 40s in this region, with lows in the teens and 20s.
Temperature records could fall
A few daily temperature records could fall here. Meanwhile, the West Coast and southern Florida will enjoy above average temperatures. Forecast lows in the 70s across southern Florida would break a plethora of daily high minimum temperature records.
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd
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https://www.sott.net/article/432625-Devastating-Easter-tornadoes-leave-at-least-33-dead-across-southern-US
At least 33 people were killed as a tornado outbreak slashed across the South on Sunday and Monday, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and leaving numerous towns with widespread, severe damage.
There were more than 60 reports of tornadoes as the storms that began on Easter Sunday tore a deadly and destructive path from Texas and Arkansas, across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia and into the Carolinas and Tennessee.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/severe-storms-hit-southern-united-states-200423091710186.html
At least five people were killed and dozens injured when tornadoes struck parts of Texas and southern Oklahoma causing extensive damage.
The storms brought heavy rain, baseball-sized hail and winds in excess of 130 kilometers per hour (80 miles per hour) on Wednesday.
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While most of the state is blossoming into spring, areas north of the Brooks Range have still been dealing with cold and blizzard conditions. Early Wednesday morning Utqiagvik saw the thermometer fall to minus 20F, beating the previous record of -19F set back in 1973. It is the first time in recorded history that Utqiagvik saw a low of minus 20 this late in the season.
Utqiagvik, northernmost town in the United States, is the largest city in Alaska’s North Slope Borough and is located north of the Arctic Circle.
Probably not very much ice will be melting at 20 degrees below zero.
https://www.ktva.com/story/42071449/utqiagvik-records-first-record-low-since-2007
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Severe thunderstorms swept through the Plains and parts of the South bringing hailstones the size of baseballs and damaging winds up to 72mph from the Dakotas to Tennessee as forecasters warn the Northeast to brace for some mid-May snow.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the storm system brought large hail to portions of the Black Hills, western South Dakota plains and northeastern Wyoming on Sunday.
'The largest hail reported occurred in Jackson County between Potato Creek and Wanblee, where tennis ball- to baseball-sized hail was reported,' the NWS said.
https://www.sott.net/article/433906-South-Dakota-is-battered-by-hailstones-the-size-of-baseballs-as-severe-thunderstorms-bring-winds-of-up-to-72mph
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A polar vortex arrived in the northeast United States from Canada this weekend
Several states in New England received chilly temperatures, wind and unexpected snow in the midst of May
More than 100 record low temperatures for May could potentially be broken this weekend
New York received snow in Central Park and in the upstate region on Saturday
New Hampshire's record for latest snowfall was May 13, 1914 and Saturday could see six inches of snow
Vermont received as much as nine inches of snow in Shaftsbury
The temperature difference between the East Coast and the West Coast will almost be 100 degrees
Death Valley, California, will reach a high of 100 degrees on Saturday while Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, has a high of 10 degrees
Atlanta, Georgia, will be cooler than Fairbank, Alaska, on Saturday
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8303393/Polar-Vortex-blasts-northeastern-record-low-temperatures-broken.html
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With nearly two weeks remaining in the month, Chicago is poised to smash the record for wettest May of all-time.
Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport has already reported 8.19 inches of rain this month, making this the third-wettest May since record keeping began in the 1950s.
According to NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Paul Deanno, the record was set in 2019, with 8.25 inches of rain during the month.
May 2018 was another record-setting month, with 8.21 inches of rain, meaning that if Chicago gets 0.07 more inches of rain this month, it will mark the third consecutive year that the monthly rain record has been broken.
Chicago has received 7.88 inches of rain over the last four days alone.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/chicago-poised-to-shatter-record-for-wettest-may-of-all-time/2274029/
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https://www.sott.net/article/434760-10000-residents-flee-Michigan-county-after-TWO-dams-fail-in-a-single-day-unleashing-massive-flood
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for one county after two dams breached on the same day, warning that downtown Midland could be under nine feet of water in just 12 hours as thousands evacuate.
Both the Edenville and Sanford dams near Midland breached on Tuesday after several days of heavy rainfall, sending a torrent of water downstream along the Tittabawassee River and prompting the governor to issue an evacuation order for the area's 10,000 or so residents.
"If you have not evacuated the area, do so now and get somewhere safe," Whitmer said in a statement, noting the state's National Guard had been activated and warning the city of Midland could be devastated by flooding as soon as Wednesday.
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https://www.sott.net/article/435824-Gulf-Coast-central-US-bracing-for-torrential-rains-flooding-from-tropical-storm-Cristobal
Now moving north over the warm waters of the open Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Cristobal is expected to gather strength as it heads toward an expected landfall in or near Louisiana late Sunday. Even before it moved off the Yucatan Peninsula, Cristobal was upgraded from a tropical depression to a tropical storm early Friday afternoon. Cristobal is a large, impressively organized tropical storm that will bring widespread impacts to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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Glacier National Park blames the late opening on “guidance from the CDC.” (See note at bottom of page.) What a laugh!
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In Glacier National Park in Montana, the Going-to-the-Sun Road is still not open due to on-going snow removal efforts slowed because of such a heavy snowfall this past winter. And with the recent cold weather and terrible conditions still on-going, this year is likely to break the current record for latest opening, which is 2011 ( July 13th).
Clearing of Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT. Credit: NPS
Since records began, Going to the Sun road has experienced only five openings in July: July 1, 2007, July 2, 2008, July 10, 1943, July 13, 2011, and July 15, 1933.
Notice that three of the five late openings have taken place in the last 13 years. This will make the fourth.
More and more snow later and later in the year. This is how ice ages begin!
Here’s a press kit from Glacier National Park showing open and close dates:
https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/news/upload/Logan-Pass-Open-Close-Dates_Press-Kit-6-26-2017.pdf
Why such a late opening?
Road-clearing crews encountered 80-foot (20.4-meter) snowdrifts:
https://snowbrains.com/plow-crews-80-feet-snow-drifts-going-sun/
The most snow in 30 years
https://snowbrains.com/months-plowing-glacier-national-park/
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Temperature departures as much as 12C below the seasonal average will continue to grip central and eastern regions as the weekend approaches:
GFS 2m Temp Anomalies to Fri, Aug 7 [tropicaltidbits.com].
The National Weather Service says both daily and monthly low temperature records are under-threat, particularly in Southern and Midwestern regions.
https://electroverse.net/record-setting-summer-chill-engulfs-the-united-states/
August is usually a hot box of sweat and humidity in this part of the world, but this unseasonable-chill comes during what has [so far] been a historically cold start to the month across the Show-Me State.
Kansas City is also threatening all-time August lows.
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Heatwave conditions hamper US fire crews
Wildfires erupt as hotter, tinder-dry weather sets in across southern California.
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Crews scrambled to protect homes from a huge wildfire that prompted evacuations to the north of Los Angeles, and officials warned the blaze could flare up again as a blistering heatwave descended on California.
The fire exploded in size within hours after it broke out in dense forest on Wednesday, sending up a towering plume of smoke visible for hundreds of kilometres around.
Flames raced across ridges and steep slopes, including in some areas that had not burned since 1968, fire officials said. By Thursday night, the blaze still threatened more than 5,400 homes and had charged through 44.5 square kilometres (17 square miles) of brush and forest land.
The fire was fed by tinder-dry brush in steep terrain, but its ferocity approached that of wind-driven blazes that usually erupt when gusty Santa Ana winds arrive later in the year, said county Deputy Fire Chief David Richardson.
The blaze was only 6 percent contained. Light winds and scattered thundershowers early in the day did help firefighters tame the flames somewhat. However the short term forecast is for hot, dry weather with "near critical" fire conditions because of possible gusty winds.
"This will be a major fire for several days," said Chief Robert Garcia with the US Forest Service.
Officials are preparing for the possibility of more extremely dangerous fires as the heat increases and humidity levels drop, fire officials said in a statement.
The area was expected to have temperatures of about 35 degrees Celsius (mid-90s Fahrenheit) or higher through the weekend.
Evacuation centres were designated for residents and animals, but because of COVID-19 concerns people have been told to stay in their cars in the parking lots.
About 100 rural homes were evacuated in the Lake Hughes area of the Angeles National Forest, some 97km (60 miles) north of downtown Los Angeles.
Preliminary damage assessments found at least three structures were burned, but authorities warned the toll is likely to be higher.
Kenny Reynolds lost his home. The fire came down the hill and across the street "engulfing on both sides", he told KABC-TV.
Reynolds and others retreated "and then it just kind of rolled in", he said. "It was taking everything as it kind of went down."
The cause of the blaze, dubbed the Lake Fire, is under investigation. It is one of several wildfires burning in the region.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/military-helicopters-rescue-dozens-trapped-california-wildfire-200906145104607.html
More than 200 people have been airlifted to safety after being trapped by a fast-moving wildfire near a popular recreation area in northern California, according to officials.
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Ties one other date for the earliest freeze on record going back nearly 150 years.
Denver’s temperature plunged from 93 degrees on Monday to 32 degrees on Tuesday. It’s a tie with September 8, 1962, for the earliest freeze on record going back nearly 150 years.
The National Weather Service has recorded six other days since 1872 where the temperature dropped by 60 degrees or more in Denver, but they were all during the winter.
https://www.foxnews.com/weather/denver-earliest-freeze-on-record?cmpid=prn_newsstand
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Also the earliest measurable September snowfall ever. To add to the misery, this all came after 100-degree temperatures on Saturday in Rapid City.
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This was the earliest measurable snow in downtown Rapid City in September since 2014, according to meteorologist Matt Gonterak. The city’s previous record of 1.6″ was set on Sept. 11, 2014 .
Tuesday’s weather set a record for a daily low in downtown Rapid City at 31 degrees. The previous record was in 1929 when downtown’s low was 34 degrees.
In fact, multiple records were set in Downtown Rapid City and at the Rapid City Regional Airport on Monday September 7th, 2020:
Downtown Rapid City
Record Daily Low: 31°F (The previous record of 34°F was set in 1929)
Record Daily Precipitation: 0.97″ (Previous record of 0.55″ set in 1951)
Record Daily Snowfall: 1.0″ (No previous snow record for September 7th, 2020)
Earliest freezing temperature: September 7th, 2020 (Previous earliest freezing temperature : September 11th, 1921 and on September 11th, 2014)
September 7th, 2020 set a record for the earliest measurable snow in Downtown Rapid City (Previous record September 11th, 2014 of 1.6″)
Rapid City Regional Airport
Record Daily Low: 32°F (Previous record 34°F in 1986)
Record Daily Precipitation: 0.96″ (Previous 0.86″ in 1946)
Earliest freezing temperature: September 7th, 2020 (Previous: September 9th, 1962/September 9th, 2001)
Other records that could be broken by the impending snowfall:
Snowiest September. (In 1927, Rapid City saw four and eight tenth inches.)
The northern part of the Black Hills saw the highest amounts. The National Weather Service reports Lead saw ten inches, while Deadwood saw six inches. Keystone, near Mount Rushmore in the central Black Hills saw four inches. Rapid City received a little over an inch.
https://www.blackhillsfox.com/2020/09/08/september-snow-in-rapid-city-breaks-records/
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/500000-evacuated-oregon-fires-engulf-west-coast-200911034950340.html
Some 100 wildfires are raging across the western US - many uncontained - with at least 16 people confirmed dead
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Killing large animals by the hundreds.
Swarms of mosquitoes have killed cows, deer, horses and other livestock in Louisiana after rain from Hurricane Laura led to an explosion in the pests’ population.
Thousands of mosquitoes have attacked animals as large as bulls.
“As soon as you would walk outside, your legs would turn black from the sheer amount of mosquitoes,” said Jeremy Hebert, a LSU AgCenter agent in Acadia Parish.
‘Vicious little suckers’: Massive clouds of mosquitoes kill cows, horses in Louisiana after Hurricane Laura
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/10/louisiana-mosquito-swarms-kill-cows-horses-after-hurricane-laura/3460503001/
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That was two days ago. Then they smashed another record yesterday.
Two days ago, on Sept 9, Kansas City set a new record coldest high temp of just 54 degrees, smashing the old record of 66 degrees set in 1907.
Yesterday KC had another record cold high temp of 56 degrees. Normal high is 82.
https://twitter.com/NWSKansasCity/status/1303949712173588480
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/hurricane-paulette-rolls-bermuda-sally-approaches-200913195252968.html.
Paulette expected to bring storm surge, coastal floods and high winds to Bermuda; Storm Sally approaches US Gulf Coast.
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At least not not in the last 127 years. (When recordkeeping began at this location.)
2 Oct 2020 – According to NOAA and the Center For Weather & Climate, the Freehold weather station has not recorded accumulating snow in the first two weeks of October in the past 127 years, since 1893.
The earliest accumulating snow recorded in Monmouth County happened on October 20, 1940, when the Freehold area got an inch of snow.
“It’s hard to be optimistic about this upcoming winter,” writes Lou Russo. “Let’s all remember that it’s 2020, and that means anything can happen!
https://943thepoint.com/the-earliest-snow-ever-in-monmouth-county/
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Mount Washington Alpine Resort received its first blast of winter this week. Kayla Stockton, the resort’s marketing manager, said 15+ cm of snow accumulated throughout the latter half of the weekend alone. And looking at the latest forecasts, there is much, much more on the way…
https://electroverse.net/unprecedented-october-snowfall-on-track-to-bury-british-columbia/
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First snow for the season breaks record in Billings,” reads the headline.
17 Oct 2020 – “Rain pouring over the city turned to snow early Saturday morning as temperatures cooled from the low 50s to below freezing. The National Weather Service reported a record of 3 inches at Billings Logan International Airport just before noon, with the old daily record at 2.8. ”
https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/first-snow-for-the-season-breaks-record-in-billings/article_cae94105-3e34-561b-98e8-5e787fc00705.html
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https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/10/18/prescribed-burns
Calls grow for state and national prescribed burns strategies to prevent repeat of huge wildfires in Western states.
By
Matt McFetridge
18 Oct 2020
San Francisco, United States – It is the fuel – the dry grass, the crispy leaves, the parched shrubbery and the dead trees caused by climate change’s shortened rainy season – that is making the 2020 fire season one of the worst in US history.
Some 3.4 million hectares (8.3 million acres) were burned in Washington state, Oregon, California, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming by mid-October. In 2019, about half as much territory was burned in the western United States.
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snowiest October day ever in Spokane. Shatters old daily record.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
0133 AM PDT SAT OCT 24 2020
RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT SPOKANE WA AIRPORT AS WELL AS THE SNOWIEST OCTOBER DAY ON RECORD…
A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 6.9 WAS SET AT SPOKANE WA AIRPORT YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS (shatters) THE OLD RECORD OF 0.2 SET IN 1957.
IT WAS ALSO THESNOWIEST DAY EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 5.9 INCHES SET ON OCTOBER 22 1957.
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=otx&issuedby=OTX&product=RER
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Not just for the day, but the entire month. And the month isn’t over yet.
“Minneapolis has officially recorded their snowiest October on record. 8.9 inches has fallen so far,” says reader Kenneth Lund. “This breaks the old record of 8.2 inches set 29 years ago.
“Out of the top 7 snowiest, 5 occurred prior to 1960,” says Kenneth.
“This is a big deal! Records go back to 1872.”
https://twitter.com/McDermedFox9/status/1319760549664743424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1319773951422271489%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2F2%2Ftwitter.min.html1319773951422271489
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Even the Washington Post admits to this one.
“The ongoing cold is off the charts, with an air mass more typical of December or January than late October,” the Post admits.
26 Oct 2020 – Arctic blast brings minus-29 degree (-33.9) cold to Montana as snow and ice plaster central U.S.
The blast of frigid Arctic air that descended over the Western United States toppled records far and wide as readings plummeted to some 40 degrees F below average for this time of year.
Potomac, Montana — the coldest temperature ever observed this early in the season across the Lower 48
Temperatures throughout much of the Rockies dipped below zero (-17.8C) to start the week, falling as low as minus-29.2 in Potomac, Montana., early Sunday — the coldest temperature ever observed this early in the season across the Lower 48.
Winter storm and ice storm warnings are up for most of Colorado, New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, while winter weather advisories stretch northeast into Kansas City toward Iowa. Behind the system, wind chills were expected to drop to minus-25 in the Intermountain West on Monday night.
Montana cold records shattered
In addition to Sunday’s reading of nearly 30 below, a slew of other records have come crashing down courtesy of the early-season Arctic outbreak. Missoula set a record for its earliest zero-degree reading observed, hitting minus-7 on Monday morning. Anaconda, a town of 9,000 in western Montana, was forecast to drop to minus-23 degrees Monday morning; its previous record was 5 degrees.
“I talked with a climatologist in Alaska,” said Corby Dickerson, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Missoula. “He said that there are 14.5 million observations [across the country] in the database between October 1 and October 25, and Potomac was the coldest. It’s truly remarkable. There’s no other way to describe it.”
A once-in-a-century event
Two out of the past three mornings have been among Missoula’s coldest three ever recorded in October, and more records will probably fall later in the week.
“I’ve been describing it as a once-in-a-century event,” Dickerson said.
Missoula also logged its eighth-biggest snowstorm on record, with a hefty 13.8 inches falling in just two days.
It’s not just the Northern Tier that’s been dealing with record cold. Boulder, Colo., snagged a record Monday morning when it dipped to 5 degrees; the previous record for the date, set in 1997, was 13 degrees.
The core of the cold — some 40 to 45 degrees below average in spots — should diminish in intensity and shift south and east mid- to late week.
See more:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/10/26/snow-ice-storm-plains-rockies/
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Forecasters expected the hurricane to move over the Yucatan Peninsula on Monday before heading into the Gulf of Mexico.
A strengthening Tropical Storm Zeta is expected to become a hurricane on Monday as it heads towards the eastern end of Mexico’s resort-dotted Yucatan Peninsula and then likely moves on for possible landfall on the central US Gulf Coast by midweek.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/26/zeta-likely-hurricane-before-hitting-yucatan-heading-for-us
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Denver has detailed weather books dating all the way back to 1872. One thing they reveal is that on each and every October day in those past 148 years, the thermometer has never failed to reach at least 18F… until yesterday, that is.
On Monday, October 26, the mercury struggled to a high of just 16F — a new record for the coldest October high temperature ever recorded in Denver.
Yesterday’s reading, of course, also toppled the previous daily Oct 26 record: in fact it obliterated it, almost halving 1923’s comparatively “balmy” 31F.https://electroverse.net/denver-obliterates-low-temperature-records-in-books-dating-back-148-years/
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Early snowfall blankets much of northeast US.
30 Oct 2020 — Several inches of snow fell across much of the northeastern U.S. on Friday, accumulating on lawns, fouling roads and inspiring social media posts with a mock “snowpocalypse” theme.
The National Weather Service said Boston set an October snowfall record with 3.5 inches (8.89 cm), breaking the previous record of 1.1 inches (2.79 cm) set on Halloween in 2005.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2020/oct/30/snowctober-early-snowfall-blankets-much-of-northea/
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ideo – Temperatures 40 to 50 degrees below normal across the state.
27 Oct 2020 – NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Record-breaking winter storm continues overnight for parts of New Mexico bringing more snow and cold.
Bracing for a second night of record cold across the entire state
More than a foot of snow in some areas.
Broke record cold high temperatures across the entire state.
https://www.krqe.com/weather/video-forecast/record-breaking-snow-cold-continues-overnight-and-into-wednesday/
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The formation of Subtropical Storm Theta on November 10 over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean made the 2020 season the most active on the 169-year record.
NOAA scientists announced yesterday that, with less than a month remaining in this year's Atlantic hurricane season, the formation of Subtropical Storm Theta on November 10 over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean made the 2020 season the most active on the 169-year official record.
Theta - the 29th named storm of the Atlantic season - breaks the record for the highest number of tropical/subtropical storms in a single year. The previous record of 28 storms was set in 2005.
https://www.sott.net/article/444328-2020-Atlantic-hurricane-season-busiest-on-the-169-year-official-record
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With the mountain snow season in the Cascades off to a robust start and with La Nina giving consistent signs it could become a strong event this winter, it might be a good time to revisit Mt. Baker’s world-record seasonal snowfall, writes meteorologist Scott Sistek.
Washington State’s Mt Baker area recorded an amazing 1,140 inches of snow some 22 years ago during the epic winter season of 1998-99.
When that world-snowfall record was set we were going into a la Nina like we are now, says Sistek, with NW snow pack now 200 – 400% above normal,
https://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/the-story-of-how-mt-bakers-world-record-snowfall-22-years-ago-was-verified
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A line of severe thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain on the metro area early Wednesday evening, flooding streets throughout New Orleans and Jefferson parishes.
According to measurements taken by the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, 3.71 inches fell in parts of the Lower 9th Ward, 3.27 inches fell in parts of Lakeview, 3.21 in the Upper 9th Ward, 2.97 inches fell at Orleans Avenue near City Park and Broad Street in Midcity, and 2.82 inches fell in parts of Treme. Many other parts of the city got more than 2 inches.
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday for western Orleans and north/central Jefferson parishes.
https://www.sott.net/article/444869-Severe-thunderstorms-dump-heavy-rainfall-on-metro-New-Orleans-flooding-streets-at-rate-of-up-to-7-inches-per-hour
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Denver just busted its first daily November snow record since 1994 (since the solar minimum of cycle 22).
Colorado’s latest snowstorm may now be wrapping up, but it certainly left its mark, gaining a spot in the history books.
Denver International Airport received 5 inches (12.7 cm) of snow on Tuesday, November 24 — a new daily record for the date, busting the old mark of 4 inches (10.2 cm) set back in 1946 (solar minimum of cycle 17).
❄️ RECORD DAILY SNOW ❄️
5.0” of #snow officially at DIA… breaks the old record of 4.0” from 1946.
Snow melted down to 0.44” liquid… also a daily record and Denver’s wettest day since Sep. 8#COwx pic.twitter.com/FeDTw2sxUu
— Ben Reppert (@WxReppert) November 24, 2020
Even more notably, and as touched on above, this was the first new daily November snow record in the city since 1994 (solar minimum of cycle 22).
Another rarity lies within the heavy and wet nature of the snow.
Colorado is accustomed to light and fluffy powder but Tuesday’s hefty blanketing, while great for making snowmen and snowballs, was difficult to shovel. However, the snow’s high water content will only prove beneficial for the state’s ongoing drought: the 5 inches at DIA melted down to just under a half of an inch of liquid, making it Denver’s fifth wettest day in all of 2020.
https://electroverse.net/denver-breaks-november-snowfall-record/
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on Dec. 2, 2020.
Landslides buried homes beneath piles of mud in Haines, Alaska on Wednesday December 2 after days of heavy rain.
According to media reports , six people were missing in the state's south-east in the aftermath of the mudslides.
Alaska's Governor Mike Dunleavy took to Twitter, saying the National Guard and State Troopers were on their way to assist in rescue and recovery efforts.
https://www.sott.net/article/445190-6-people-missing-after-2-days-of-heavy-rain-cause-mudslides-in-Haines-Alaska
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First comes a smaller storm, but by Wednesday some cities may pick up more than a half-a-season’s-worth of snow in 24 hours. Up to a foot (30 cm) of snow – or even more – in parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine.
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Sun 13 Dec 2020 – Light to moderate snow is likely across portions of the central/southern High Plains today before entering the central Appalachians and Northeast on Monday, according to the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.
Around 3 to 6 inches of snow is possible from the Texas Panhandle across northern Oklahoma and into portions of southern Missouri and far northern Arkansas. In the Northeast, total snowfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible, with higher amounts across the central Appalachians.
However, a major winter storm is currently entering the Pacific Northwest bringing potentially heavy mountain snow today in Washington, Oregon and the Sierra Nevada. Eventually, the storm will traverse the entire United States, to finally wallop much of the densely populated Northeast.
By Wednesday, heavy snow will break out in northern Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, reaching Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York City by early to mid afternoon.
Accumulating snow is likely along the I-95 corridor from Boston to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington D.C.
The heaviest snowfall rates will start late Wednesday into Thursday morning, with 2 inches per hour piling up in spots.
New York City, Hartford, Providence and Boston are likely to be in the bullseye.
With forecasts calling for more than a foot of snow in many areas roads are likely to become hazardous, especially with high winds bringing near white-out conditions in some areas.
https://www.weather.gov/
https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2020-12-11-east-coast-storm-noreaster-forecast
https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/major-snow-and-ice-storm-brewing-for-the-east/865343
https://abc7ny.com/winter-storm-snow-is-it-going-to-in-new-york-city-nyc-weather/8723650/
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— At least five inches of snow blanketed the Tulsa area on Sunday, accumulations the National Weather Service (NWS) have confirmed as record-breaking.
Forecasters had initially predicted 1-3 inches of snow for the Tulsa area, but on Sunday evening NWS Tulsa tweeted that 5+ inches had settled near the Tulsa International Airport, writing that this was “the heaviest snowfall in the past the past 7 years” (however, they only refer to the 4.2 inches from Dec. 6, 2013–the last time 5 inches was surpassed would have been even longer ago).
https://electroverse.net/historic-snow-hits-tulsa-oklahoma/
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On Dec. 17 New Hampshire had quite a snowstorm, one for the record books - almost!
Although the national weather service reports the state's snowfall record still stands at 49.5 inches, Thursday's snow set several records, including in Concord, where the official totals are monitored. Manchester saw an official 12 inches.
The following is a list of notable town-by-town totals.
Danbury: 48 inches
Croydon: 44 inches
Claremont: 43 inches
Wilmot: 42.75 inches
Sanbornton: 42.4 inches
Springfield: 42 inches
Cornish: 40.7 inches
Andover: 40 inches
Gilford: 39 inches
Meredith: 39 inches
Grantham: 38 inches
Laconia: 38 inches
Newport: 38 inches
Wolfeboro: 37.2 inches
New Hampton: 37 inches
New London: 36 inches
Hillsborough: 34 inches
Goshen: 33 inches
North Charlestown: 33 inches
Bristol: 29 inches
Chichester: 26 inches
Alexandria: 25 inches
Wakefield: 24.5 inches
Concord: 24.2 inches
Barnstead: 24 inches
Boscawen: 24 inches
New Durham: 24 inches
Stoddard: 23.5 inches
Bradford: 23 inches
Antrim: 22 inches
Canaan: 22 inches
Effingham: 22 inches
Henniker: 22 inches
Ossipee: 22 inches
Weare: 22 inches
Bow: 21 inches
Langdon: 21 inches
Penacook: 20 inches
Strafford: 19.5 inches
Goffstown: 18 inches
Holderness: 17 inches
Barrington: 16 inches
Bedford: 15 inches
Deerfield: 15 inches
Peterborough: 15 inches
Tamworth: 15 inches
Troy: 15 inches
Keene: 14.5 inches
New Boston: 14 inches
Merrimack: 13 inches
New Ipswich: 13 inches
Milford: 12.5 inches
Barrington: 12 inches
Manchester: 12 inches
Milford: 12 inches
Plymouth: 12 inches
Hampton: 11 inches
Nottingham: 11 inches
Hollis: 10 inches
Madison: 10 inches
Rindge: 10 inches
Greenland: 9 inches
Landaff: 6 inches
https://www.sott.net/article/446014-New-Hampshire-snow-totals-from-December-17-storm-4-feet-for-Danbury-almost-record-breaking
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Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 (-3.9C) expected.
26 Dec 2020 – National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FLland Levy –
Including the cities of Chiefland, Bronson, and Williston
ARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST SUNDAY…
* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 expected.
* WHERE…Inland Levy County.
* WHEN…From midnight tonight to 9 AM EST Sunday.
* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
https://www.weather.gov/tbw/
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“Western New York’s Christmas present this year was a White Christmas, and then some,” according to wgrz.com.
As of 10 p.m. Saturday, December 26 ( with two more hours left in the day), many towns had reported more than 20 inches(50.8 centimeters) snowfall in one day.
Those towns included Elma Center, Eden, Cheektowaga, Clarence, Lackawanna and Hamburg, to name a few.
Also, 18.4 inches of snow fell at the Buffalo Airport on Saturday, making for a new one-day snowfall record for December 26.
https://www.wgrz.com/amp/article/weather/substantial-snowfall-totals-across-western-new-york/71-662521c1-e7d0-4203-9ec0-e81ba48a9947
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Snowiest Christmas in Pittsburgh history
According to the National Weather Service , a new snowfall record was set at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 25, 2020.
5.1 inches of snow was recorded for the day.
This breaks the old all-time Christmas-day record of 3.5 inches set 85 years ago in 1935.
Notable snowfall totals in other states:
Snowfall reports received as of noon Christmas Day. The highest reports thus far by state:
OH-South Euclid 16.2"
TN-Gatlinburg 12"
PA-Edinboro 9.3"
KY-Florress 9.2"
NY-Hamburg 8"
WV-Summersville 7.1"
NC-Marshall 7"
VA-Baywood 6"
GA-Blairsville 1.5" pic.twitter.com/3tVidA7Ren
— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) December 25, 2020
https://twitter.com/NWSPittsburgh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1342723764790824962%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpittsburgh.cbslocal.com%2F2020%2F12%2F26%2Fwinter-weather-brings-white-christmas-to-western-pennsylvania%2F
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/12/26/winter-weather-brings-white-christmas-to-wester n-pennsylvania/