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Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Mark on January 09, 2023, 08:17:44 PM
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Snowpack across California’s mountains is at the highest level in 40 years — with more heavy snow in the forecast.
Currently, the Cali pack is measuring 179% of the historical average, boosted by recent record-setting snowstorms.
Statewide snowpack is even 70% of the April 1 average, and is matching the best water year on record (1982-1983):
The snow was coming down at a rate of 7″ per hour at Palisades Tahoe on New Year’s Eve and 7.5″ per hour at the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab, with the former breaking its all-time 12-hour snowfall record:
Digging out from the record-breaking snow at Palisades Tahoe.
California is on course for even more snow through the weekend.
But state water officials remain all doom and gloom –no surprises there– even though the year’s first official measurements of snow and water content in Phillips, a town east of Sacramento, found levels to be well-above average for this time of year.
“While we see a terrific snowpack –and that in and of itself may be an opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief– we are by no means out of the woods when it comes to drought,” said Karla Nemeth, director of the state’s Department of Water Resources.
This week’s expected storm system is on course to be very cold and will increase the snowpack further:
https://electroverse.co/cali-snowpack-chaos-in-oslo-extreme-freeze-russia-asia-x-flare/
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t least eight people are dead — including a 5-year-old boy — after tornadoes ripped through parts of the southeast US on Thursday.
The 5-year-old boy was killed when a tree fell on a vehicle in Butts County, central Georgia, FOX5 Atlanta's Eric Perry reported Thursday night. The adult in the car was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
The child is thus far the only confirmed victim of the violent storm system in Georgia, where a freight train also appeared to have been knocked off its tracks by the winds.
The remaining seven fatalities occurred in Autauga County in central Alabama.
On Friday morning, the National Weather Service was sending teams to assess damage in at least 14 counties, AL.com reported.
The roof of a local business is strewn about after a tornado passed through Selma, Alabama.
© AP
The roof of a local business is strewn about after a tornado passed through Selma, Alabama.
The bulk of the devastation is from what the NWS described as the "large and extremely dangerous tornado" that tore through Selma, a historic city of 18,000 residents in Dallas County.
A video of the city's downtown shared by reporter Blayne Alexander shows several structures left without roofs, while others appear to be almost completely razed.
Meanwhile, aerial footage of a residential neighborhood captured what appeared to be a house that was uprooted by the wind before landing squarely on top of another home.
It is unclear how many people were injured in Selma and the surrounding areas.
"People have been injured, but no fatalities," Selma Mayor James Perkins said Thursday.
"We have a lot of downed power lines. There is a lot of danger on the streets."
Ernie Baggett, Autauga County's emergency management director, said he saw at least 40 homes destroyed in the aftermath of the storm.
"They weren't just blown over. They were blown a distance," he said.
Meanwhile, in Griffin, south of Atlanta, about 20 mourners at Peterson's Funeral Home were forced to take cover in a restroom and an office when the twister touched down nearby.
https://www.sott.net/article/476256-At-least-8-dead-after-tornadoes-sweep-southeast-US
https://youtu.be/OmocbXf58ZQ
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It has been a winter for the record books in the western United States. And looking ahead, the models are in agreement that another Arctic Outbreak is about to hit, this time engulfing the majority of the North American continent.
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) Jan 28 – Feb 2 [tropicaltidbits.com].
GFS Total Snowfall (cm) Jan 27 – Feb 12 [tropicaltidbits.com].
Putting aside what’s to come, unprecedented snowfall has already clipped Western mountains this year.
The Central Sierra Snow Lab officially recorded 175 inches of snow across the Northern Sierra Nevada mountains as of Jan 19 — that’s 249% of the average for the entire month of January.
At Mammoth Lakes, a staggering 400+ inches of snow has fallen this year which is a new all-time record and led to resort officials commenting, “Most places would view what we just experienced in Mammoth Lakes as a natural disaster.”
https://electroverse.co/snow-europe-historic-totals-western-u-s-cold-weather-cutoff-170-strong-bison/
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There are some 100 million Americans on alert for severe weather right now as a major winter storm is barreling in, forecast to bring heavy snow, high winds and a threat for tornadoes from Colorado to Alabama through Thursday.
Snowfall warnings stretch from New Mexico to Illinois, with whiteout conditions likely across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, Kansas and southern Nebraska–with snowfall rates of 2 inches per hour and high winds predicted.
Heavy snow will sweep Colorado to Michigan through Thursday, with many areas expected to pick up more than a foot.
Schools and stretches of key highways, including Interstate 40, were shut across northern Arizona and New Mexico Wednesday due to accumulating snow, and with these flurries now passing, unseasonably cold and bitter wind chills are settling it.
The cold will extend further west, too, with sub-zero lows forecast around Lake Tahoe;-6F (-21C) for Truckee, California; and -10F (-23C) at Ely, Nevada near the Utah line.
https://electroverse.co/100-million-americans-on-alert-japan-suffers-rare-snow-eastern-europe-freezes/
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Warnings, alerts and advisories have been issued for some 100 million Americans, and records are beginning to fall with a further eastward expansion expected over the coming days.
Records have been felled across seven Western states over the past 24 hours alone: in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Idaho.
With 39F posted its airport, Fullerton, Southern California tied its all-time record low from 2009 (solar minimum of cycle 23).
While a record low of 31F was reported in San Jacinto, matching the record low minimum set in 1989.
The NWS is warning of more widespread cold/snow shifting east beginning this weekend, into Montana and Idaho, followed by another round of “bitterly cold” temperatures during the middle part of next week as an “Arctic front” develops.
Next week’s blast will grip far-eastern parts, too, giving states such as New York something of a swing between extremes.
Accuweather is calling this “a major outbreak of cold”, pointing out that it will hit close to the one-year mark of 2022’s cold wave.
“During last year’s cold and snowy outbreak, Seattle set a record low of 23F on February 23,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Joseph Bauer, pointing out that the jet stream is preparing to make an identical-looking “major southward plunge”.
Temperatures could be driven to as much as 25-50F below historical averages during this outbreak, with feet of snow expected to pile up across the higher elevations.
The core of the deep freeze is likely to occur from Thursday, Feb 23, through Saturday, Feb 26, and additional temperature records will almost certainly tumble during this spell, particularly along the Pacific coast.
Looking even further ahead, forecasters see subsequent rounds of cold air will follow into early March.
https://electroverse.co/avalanches-tajikistan-3-5-feet-ski-santa-fe-alta-surpasses-500-argentina-cools-cold-u-s/
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https://electroverse.co/californians-snow-stranded-mallorca-hit-by-13-feet-uk-set-for-powerful-long-lasting-arctic-outbreak-all-as-co2-emissions-hit-record-high/
Snow-stranded Californians are still digging out after a “once-in-a-generation” winter storm, with more heavy snow forecast for the weekend.
The state’s popular Yosemite National Park has been closed indefinitely after record-breaking snowfall hit the area.
With Tahoe resorts, such as Palisades, logging a record-breaking 6.4 feet (2 m) of snow in the past 48-hours.
In San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles, around-the-clock snow removal is underway, though it could take well-over a week to reach some areas, particularly with further feet of snow in the forecast.
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently declared a state of emergency for 13 counties.
The California National Guard has arrived to help with the disaster relief effort underway in the San Bernardino mountains. And Cal Guard helicopters were seen surveying Crestline Thursday, searching for an area to set up sites to distribute supplies.
Many residents remain trapped in their homes, with frozen pipes, collapsed roofs and food shortages the biggest concerns.
Mariam Magana and her family have been snowed in at their Crestline Airbnb for nearly a week: “Our three-day vacation turned into a horrific nightmare,” she said, explaining that their cars have been buried under 7ft of snow.
Mariam has called the county’s emergency line and also California Highway Patrol — but help is yet to arrive.
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Dennis Patterson's job at the W.M. Keck Observatory atop 13,803-foot Maunakea primarily focuses on caring for and maintaining the observatory's cameras and spectrometers. But the recent winter weather has given him another purpose during his four days a week at the summit: shoveling snow.
The Big Island was drenched with rain by two Kona Lows in the middle of February. But at the high elevations, the storms also produced more than a foot of snow, including 10-foot drifts in some places on Maunakea.
"I was still shoveling up there Saturday," said Patterson, who is used to the white stuff having lived in Colorado and Utah. "This last storm was pretty epic. We still haven't been able to open the domes for the last 12 or 13 nights due to ice and snow buildup."
https://www.sott.net/article/477909-Rare-heavy-snow-falls-on-Maunakea-Hawaii-10-feet-snowdrifts
https://youtu.be/UI-yF2yYg4k
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While in Tahoe, it’s proven impossible for residents to stay on top of snow clearing, leading to collapsed roofs.
While in Tahoe, long time ski film maker Scott Gaffney has been posting incredible images of accumulations there:
This is the story across California’s higher elevations.
That is, record-smashing snowfall totals, from UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab to Kirkwood Mountain Resort, from Bear Valley to Mammoth–with the latter posting 618 inches at its base (Main Lodge) so Lord only knows what’s up top.
Similarly in Utah, Alta ski resort has received some 681 inches to date.
While neighboring Snowbird has close to 625 inches with the resort already extending its season.
Solitude and Brighton in Cottonwood Canyon are also boasting huge numbers.
Solitude has 623 inches, but its Brighton for the win with its whopping 699 inches — with yet more to come.
Insta: @scottgaffski
March 20 may mark the vernal equinox, and so the onset of spring, but its winter-like lows and record-breaking cold that are the prevailing weather conditions sweeping the United States.
The Twin Cities, for example, just wrapped up its coldest St. Patrick’s Day weekend since the early 1990s. And even in the Southeast, temperatures are set to hit sub-freezing levels Monday morning, with parts of Tennessee dipping below 20F (-6.7C).
“Record-breaking cold across the Southeast Monday morning to lead to widespread and potentially harmful freezing temperatures,” the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) announced Sunday.
Rug up America.
And cover those crops.
https://electroverse.info/america-breaks-hundreds-of-low-temperature-records-european-frosts-coronal-hole/
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Tahoe’s Emerald Bay has completely frozen over for what is thought to be the first time in decades.
Located just north of South Lake Tahoe, the last time the inlet froze over is believed to have been in the early 1990s, according to California State Park officials.
The below photos are from a little earlier in the month:
Tahoe
Tahoe’s Emerald Bay frozen over [California State Parks]
Tahoe
Tahoe’s Emerald Bay frozen over [California State Parks]
Emerald Bay sees partial freezes every winter, but for the bay to completely ice over is highly unusual, so say officials.
The ice is currently believed to be about 6 inches deep.
https://electroverse.info/polar-plunge-to-grip-europe-tahoes-emerald-bay-freezes-over-for-first-time-in-decades-ski-seasons-extended-across-u-s-thanks-to-historic-snowpack/
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Record lows hit the North America over the weekend, adding to the hundreds that fell last week.
A moose-hugging -39.9C (-39.8F) was registered at Key Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
While in the U.S., the coldest spot was taken by Peter Sinks, Utah with Sunday’s low of -34F (-36.7C).
https://electroverse.info/freeze-grips-siberia-record-cold-scandinavia-34f-in-utah-latest-snowfall-ever-taiwan/
Staying in Utah, the record-breaking snowfall this winter has been truly phenomenal — no hyperbole.
The director of the Snow Hydrology Research to Operations Lab at the University of Utah said she could have never predicted that her equipment at the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon would ever be buried by snow — but here we are.
“The snow really has not stopped,” said McKenzie Skiles. “This winter we’ve just been getting storm after storm after storm.”
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The above forecast is particularly depressing news for residents of Boise, Idaho who haven’t seen 60F for 150+ days.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the city’s record for the most consecutive days below 60F previously stood at 153 days–set 124 years ago, way back in 1899–but that record was extended on Monday, April 4 to 154 days.
The Boise area is forecast high temperatures well under 60F through the remainder of the week, meaning the city will likely set a new benchmark of 158 days on Friday. The NWS then sees “near 60F” on Saturday and a high “near 68F” on Easter Sunday. But until then, unusual lows and unseasonable snows will persist.
Historically, by March 24 Boise’s snow is over and done with. But not this year. And not last year, either, with 0.5 inches settling on May 9. Traces of snow in June have occurred just four times since 1872, with the June of 2008 being the most recent (deep solar minimum of cycle 23).
Overall, it’s been a cold start to the year across the United States — not just in Idaho. According to even warm-mongers NOAA, this year (to March 30) the U.S. has set 13 new all-time low temperature records versus the big fat 0 for heat.
https://electroverse.info/siberia-freeze-record-snow-michigan-boise-breaks-124-year-cold-record-norways-icy-march/
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2023 is off to abnormally cold starts across much of the U.S. — cold that is extending into its fourth month.
“There’s no way this winter could be considered average or something to expect by any means of the spectrum,” said Monica Traphagan, lead NWS meteorologist. “Most likely, it’s going to always be an outlier of things…”
NWS data reveal that Salt Lake City–for example–held at 6.4F below normal through March. That chill meant more valley snow instead of rain, with totals blowing away all valley and mountain expectations alike — a theme that has now extended into April.
Below is a snapshot of just a handful of the felled low temperature records from yesterday, April 5.
A myriad of new daily low temperature benchmarks were set, but monthly records have also been felled, at least 12 of them — across southern California, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, and Arizona (not all visible in the snapshot below).
https://electroverse.info/monthly-lows-fall-across-u-s-april-blizzards-snowplows-in-hawaii-april-cold-europe-deadly-indian-avalanche/
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Plows are working on Hawaii’s Big Island, removing snow that continues to fall atop Mauna Kea.
An April snowstorm dropped several inches this week, forcing officials to close a number of roads.
“The access road to the summit of Maunakea is CLOSED to the public at the Visitor Information Station at an elevation of 9,200 feet due to snowy conditions, below-freezing temperatures, high humidity, and wet roadways that will likely develop into icy conditions,” wrote Mauna Kea Rangers in recent update.
April snow clips Hawaii.
More snow is on the way; as a result, the NWS in Honolulu has extended a Winter Weather Advisory.
https://electroverse.info/monthly-lows-fall-across-u-s-april-blizzards-snowplows-in-hawaii-april-cold-europe-deadly-indian-avalanche/
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The latest snowstorm brought four inches to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY, and with it, made history. With 594″ of fresh snow this season, winter 2022/23 is officially the resort's snowiest winter ever.
The previous record of 577″ was set in 1997. The resort's worst year was 1987, with just 250″.
The resort currently has a 138″ base, 122% of the average for this time of year.
Snowfall records have fallen across the country this winter, enabling many resorts to extend their seasons. JHMR will not be one, sticking to its originally scheduled Sunday, April 9th, closing day.
https://www.sott.net/article/479089-Jackson-Hole-Mountain-Resort-Wyoming-celebrates-snowiest-season-ever-with-594-inches-of-snow
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CNN
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Summerlike heat will continue to build across the Midwest and Northeast through Friday, as temperatures soar to as much as 30 degrees above normal.
Nearly 90 daily records could be broken on Thursday and Friday, mainly across the Midwest and Northeast, and at least 50 record-high minimum temperatures could be set.
This comes after more than 35 daily record highs were broken on Wednesday from Nebraska to Delaware.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, hit 92 degrees on Wednesday, shattering its old record of 85 set in 1908. Twin Cities, Minnesota, also broke a record after reaching a high of 88 degrees.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/13/weather/weather-record-temperatures-midwest-northeast/index.html
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The southwest experienced some unusual winter weather this year, with record rainfall, record snowfall and now rare waterfalls.
Snow is still melting off the mountains, leaving a beautiful water wonderland at Gunlock State Park.
It was a great year for Utah's snowpack -- most of the state 200 to 400 percent above average.
In southwest Utah, the melted snow is running into the Santa Clara River, and the overflowing water causes waterfalls like the ones at Gunlock State Park.
https://www.sott.net/category/4-Earth-Changes
https://youtu.be/MedSE7bisAY
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The Western U.S. endured a historic winter; from record cold stretches to unprecedented snow totals, this has been a cold season to remember–and one that flies in the face of AGW Party prophesies.
Starting with the chill –and according to ’ NOAA data– the U.S. has set 7 ‘all-time’ low temperature records so far this year (to April 24) vs just the 1 for heat; while in April alone (again to the 24), 321 ‘monthly’ lows have fallen vs 66 for heat.
https://electroverse.info/uk-record-cold-u-s-has-never-been-snowier-polar-cold-on-course-for-australia-glancing-cme-impact-due-today/
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Hail season is in full force across the Lower 48, and it's no surprise that multiple massive hailstorms have rolled through Texas this week, tossing missiles of ice bigger than softballs out of the sky. What is surprising, however, is where else the enormous hail has been reported — Florida — with several days of back-to-back rotating thunderstorms dropping tennis ball-sized hail and causing damage.
More hail is expected in the days ahead, particularly on Friday, when a level 3 out of 5 enhanced risk of severe weather has been drawn by the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center for parts of Texas.
April into May marks the climatological peak for severe weather, including tornadoes, in the Lower 48. After a record-active start to the year that's already been responsible for 63 fatalities, there has been a pause for the past week or two. Signs point to that lingering until the second week of May, when dangerous storms could make a swift return.
Grapefruit-sized hail bombards Texas as icy baseballs pelt Florida
https://www.sott.net/article/479740-Grapefruit-sized-hail-bombards-Texas-as-icy-baseballs-pelt-Florida
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Late last week, temperatures across the Northeast plummeted below freezing, felling long-standing May records and putting the region’s burgeoning crops at risk. According to early damage reports, many growers have lost everything.
Crop-destroying frosts are historically rare in these parts, namely because bud break generally occurs too late in the season for frost to be a concern. This May, however, plunging Arctic cold enveloped the region sending the calendar back to January.
“The Finger Lakes have never needed frost protection in the past,” said Paul Brock, winemaker and co-owner of Silver Thread Winery, New York. “This is new for us. Nobody I have talked with has ever seen anything like this—going back to the 1970s and earlier.”
Temperatures were truly exceptional, with readings in the 20s sweeping the likes of the Champlain Valley.
Montpelier logged a record May low of 25F, while Burlington tied its historic low of 28F.
“In my 25 years of working with fruit crops in Vermont, I have never seen frost or freeze damage this extensive,” said Terence Bradshaw, associate professor at the University of Vermont Extension Fruit Program. “The widespread nature of this event is unprecedented.”
Late-freezes often hit orchards harder than vineyards due to grapes having the ability to produce secondary shoots later in the season — Scott Farm Orchard in Dummerston is feeling this reality, fearing a 100% loss of its apple crop.
“This has a devastating impact on so many levels,” wrote Erin Robinson, the farm’s resident orchardist. “The workers who rely on us to come here and work to support their families back home, the farm itself surviving, our beloved customers and community who love what we grow and get nourishment from our trees gifts, and the cider makers who use our fruit to make their magic. The ripples go far.”
Still, despite grapes ability to re-shoot, Kendra Knapik, president of the Vermont Grape and Wine Council, wanrs that the roughly two dozen commercial vineyards across Vermont alone were still going to be hit with “some pretty big losses.”
“It’s just a really sad week,” she said.
https://electroverse.info/snow-clips-southern-spain-3-3-ft-hits-parts-of-kyrgyzstan-frosts-destroy-ne-vineyards-orchards/
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Kiley Price
Live Science
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:22 UTC
Kilauea volcano erupt 2023
© United States Geological Survey/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Kilauea volcano began to erupt around 4:44 am local time on June 7, 2023 in the Big Island of Hawaii.
In a fiery and ongoing eruption, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began spewing lava on June 7, sending molten rock to the surrounding crater and reaching temperatures as high as 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit (1,150 degrees Celsius), according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Kilauea, located on Hawaii's Big Island, is one of the world's most active volcanoes, and has been erupting almost continuously since 1983. The USGS briefly deemed the eruption a code red, the highest risk alert level, but downgraded it to orange the next day "because the initial high effusion rates have declined, and no infrastructure is threatened," the USGS said in a June 8 statement, adding that the lava from the eruption is confined to the Halemaʻumaʻu pit crater within Kilauea's summit.
However, officials warned Wednesday (June 14) that high levels of volcanic smog, known as vog, from the eruption could travel downwind and potentially affect air quality. They added that the eruption may sprout off thin, sharp glass fibers called Pele's hair, named after Pele (PEH-leh), the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes. Resembling golden straws of hay, the strands are formed when gas bubbles in the lava pop at the surface and then cool into gossamer glass needles. If Pele's hair is blown downwind, it could irritate people's eyes and skin or contaminate drinking water.
https://www.sott.net/article/481306-Hawaiis-erupting-Kilauea-volcano-is-spewing-vog-and-may-launch-dangerous-glass-shards
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Much of the United States felt like a blazing inferno on Wednesday, as record heat attacked the South like a blowtorch, thick smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed the Great Lakes region, and triple-digit temperatures threatened to wallop California for the first time this year.
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Scientists said climate change helped shape the weather conditions that were causing misery and putting lives at risk from Mexico to Canada. There was no disputing the impact: If it wasn’t way too smoky, it was way too hot.
“Everybody’s saying, ‘We’re used to the heat, but not to this degree,’” said Mayor Victor Treviño of Laredo, Tex., which recorded temperatures of 115 degrees last week, tying its all-time high. There were nine heat-related deaths, Webb County Medical Examiner Corinne Stern told county commissioners Monday, adding that “I think our county was caught a little off-guard.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/06/28/extreme-heat-wave-texas-southern-states/
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With an average temperature of 69.03F (20.57C), the month closed 0.47F below the multidecadal average.
Up in Alaska, temperatures were also below average, seeing the month finished 50F flat, 0.9F below normal.
And likewise in Hawaii, the average came in at 77.8F, 0.2F below the norm.
While Texas was busy claiming all the MSM heat headlines, many states were quietly suffering exceptional chills.
June 2023 in the Triad, North Carolina –for example– was its coolest in decades, and marked the region’s seventh chilliest June in 120 years of National Weather Service record-keeping.
https://electroverse.info/cool-u-s-best-california-rafting-snow-pile-remains-at-msp-africa-freezing-moscows-year-without-a-summer/
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Six people were killed in the unprecedented wildfires that tore through the Hawaiian island of Maui overnight, authorities said.
The fires, fanned by strong winds from Hurricane Dora, destroyed businesses in the historic town of Lahaina, and left at least two dozen people injured, officials said at a press conference Wednesday. There have been 13 evacuations for three fires.
Rescuers with the US Coast Guard pulled a dozen people from the ocean water off Lahaina after they had dived in to escape smoke and flames. Burn patients have been flown to the island of Oahu, officials said.
The US president Joe Biden said he had “ordered all available federal assets on the islands to help with response.” Biden expressed his condolences and said that he and his wife Jill Biden’s “prayers are with those who have seen their homes, businesses, and communities destroyed”.
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Smoke and flames fill the air from raging wildfires on Front Street in downtown Lahaina, Maui.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-fires-maui-hurricane (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/hawaii-fires-maui-hurricane)
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Hurricane Idalia is intensifying as it heads toward Florida, where it's expected to make landfall early Wednesday (Thursday AEST), bringing once-in-a-lifetime strength and storm surge levels to parts of the state's Gulf Coast.
Florida officials have already told some people to flee, closed schools and shuttered a major airport in preparation for the storm's impact.
The hurricane is due to hit as a Category 3, bringing powerful winds of up to 200km/h and a potential storm surge of up to 4.5 metres in the state's Big Bend region. That would stack a wall of seawater halfway up the second floor of an average building.
https://www.9news.com.au/world/hurricane-idalia-update-florida-bracing-for-destructive-storm/a01fd9d5-2f4e-48ae-a2d6-9cfdb9ca3c45
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Wild scenes of flooding unfolded throughout New York City Friday morning as an intense rainstorm barreled through the tri-state area, turning local roads into rivers during the morning rush hour.
Videos showed cars plowing through knee-deep water in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood, with a whirlpool seen swirling in the middle of the waterlogged road.
Cellphone footage taken aboard an MTA bus at 18th Avenue and 60th Street in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood showed floodwaters gushing into the vehicle filled with passengers, among them children, who tried to stay dry by lifting their feet off the floor.
The Big Apple's major roads fared no better, as the Brooklyn- Queens Expressway, the Belt Parkway and Prospect Park Expressway all turning into rivers teeming with partially flooded cars trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
https://www.sott.net/article/484797-New-York-City-streets-turn-into-raging-rivers-during-epic-downpour-flooding-roads-and-subways
https://youtu.be/WqBgBkrddJo
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https://electroverse.info/phoenixs-record-summer-warmth-not-reflected-in-surrounding-weather-station-data/
A man named Luke Howard was the first to document the urban heat island (UHI) effect, 190 years ago (The Climate of London).
Cities have expanded substantially since 1833, replacing the native landscape with high heat capacity surfaces like buildings, pavement, and sources of waste heat. This leads to UHI warmth today of +10F or more, mostly at night.
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The UHI effect, along with “record warm” temperatures it delivers, would exist even if humans didn’t emit a single pound of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Yet, we are routinely told through media reports that anomalous city warmth shows ‘the fingerprints of climate change’ and wouldn’t have occurred if we humans had never burnt any coal.
As caterwauled by the Miami Herald, the summer of 2023 experienced some record heat in cities across the South:
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Thursday’s snowfall in Anchorage, Alaska has gone down as the first flakes of the season.
Officially, 1.2 inches settled at the National Weather Service Forecast Office, with 2.3 inches landing elsewhere in the city.
Note: at least 1/10th of an inch needs to accumulate to qualify.
Anchorage snow records date back to 1952.
As per the books, the city’s average first snow date is October 16, meaning this 2023’s first flakes arrived four days early. The earliest first snow ever recorded was on Sept 21, 1996 (solar minimum of cycle 22), with the latest being Nov 13, 2002.
https://electroverse.info/polar-outbreak-australia-first-snow-anchorage-wyomings-plow-trucks-are-out-el-nino/
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The past 24-hours have delivered additional headaches to the jittery, coffee-spitting “look, the weather is killing us!” climate brigade, as the United States felled hundreds-more low temperature records.
From California to Pennsylvania, daily records have fallen (between 10:00 Nov 1 – 09:00 Nov 2 UTC):
Many-a snowfall benchmark has been busted, too.
Michigan, for example, posted a myriad of new snowfall records this week, such as in Muskegon, which saw 8.8″ (some reports say 10″); in Flint, which registered 1.1″; in Saginaw with its 0.5″; and also Detroit with 0.2″ — all new records.
In fact, that Muskegon record was a biggie, and led to two additional records falling, and all.
The 8.8 (or 10) inches smashed the old record of just a trace that has occurred on 10 separate Halloweens since 1917. Furthermore, October 31, 2023 is now the snowiest October day ever recorded in Muskegon. And October 2023 is now the city’s snowiest month of October, breaking a record set well-over a century ago in 1910.
Likewise in Wisconsin, Eau Claire had its Streets and Fleets division plowing the roads to clear record-breaking Halloween snow.
“Ever since the point of record, which goes back to the late-1800s, we’ve only had measurable snow three times prior to today,” said local meteorologist Mike Dandrea. “Our previous record was two inches. That was set back in 1932 and today, so far, we’ve gotten 2.1 inches of snow.”
Similar stories are being told up and down and across the country — but you get the picture.
https://electroverse.info/record-cold-and-snow-africa-polar-blast-antarctica-rare-november-cold-ev-fail-solar-filament-inbound/
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Freezing lows have allowed a rare “ice window” to form on Alaska’s Alpine lakes.
Luc Mehl, an Alaskan outdoor educator, said that weather conditions had allowed Rabbit Lake to freeze in a way that the ice became see-through because of an “unusually cold but dry transition into winter”–so the opposite of what we’re told should be occurring.
The lake, located not far from Anchorage, froze so the ice was clear but still thick enough to skate on.
The phenomena is rare.
Luc says he hadn’t seen anything similar in the 12 years he’s been skating there.
As lakes freeze from the surface downwards, impurities and air bubbles can be pushed down allowing the ice to remain clear.
https://electroverse.info/rare-ice-windows-forms-on-alaska-lakes-historic-snow-sahara-expert-says-desert-is-shrinking/
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More snow was in the Anchorage forecast Wednesday after up to a foot fell Tuesday, leading to blowing snow and poor driving conditions that prompted a shift to remote learning for most Anchorage schools.
The additional accumulation put the city at a new record for snowiest year to date since at least 1953, according to National Weather Service data.
Bands of moderate to heavy snow showers were expected to settle over Anchorage Wednesday morning and again in the evening, according to a special weather statement from the agency.
The city saw significant snowfall Tuesday, with 6 to 9 inches of accumulation reported throughout the Anchorage Bowl and up to a foot on the Hillside by evening, said meteorologist Carson Jones. Locations in Mat-Su reported 3 to 8 inches, Jones said.
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/12/13/reduced-visibility-and-messy-roads-ahead-as-more-snow-hits-anchorage/
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INCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The holiday will be cold and breezy with snow likely. Winter weather related warnings and advisories are in effect Monday through early Wednesday morning. Snow chances remain Tuesday and Wednesday.
A Blizzard Warning is in effect for much of Western, Central and Northeastern Nebraska Monday (Christmas Day) through early Wednesday morning. For portions of Eastern and Southern Nebraska, a Winter Storm Warning is in effect Monday (Christmas Day) through early Wednesday morning. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for part of Eastern Nebraska and Northern Kansas. Areas of blowing and drifting snow are possible. Visibility should drop to one-quarter of a mile or less in several locations due to falling and blowing snow. Roads will likely be slick. Travel could be very difficult to impossible.
https://www.1011now.com/2023/12/25/christmas-day-forecast-frightful/
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Millions are under severe weather alerts across the U.S. as freezing temperatures and heavy snow blankets parts of New Mexico to Iowa and multiple cities in the south are under tornado watches as storms move in along the Gulf Coast.
https://youtu.be/AXm53aek1Kg
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Anchorage residents are wondering if they should shovel their roofs, with record-setting snow from November and December still sitting atop many homes in Alaska's largest city.
According to a city official and at least one private building inspector, that depends. But, they say, it's probably not a bad idea.
Current estimates put the snow load at a level lower than what most residential buildings in the city are built to withstand. But with several winter months still to come, there's the potential for more snow, and ice-damming on roofs is an already present concern.
"If it keeps snowing and the weight keeps accumulating, eventually we're going to hit that point where we're concerned about the weight," said Ross Noffsinger, Anchorage's Acting Building Official. "And at that point, we're going to issue a notice to the community that we're concerned about the weight."
https://youtu.be/-XZ50OreJ9k
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https://watchers.news/2024/01/13/historic-coastal-flooding-expected-in-maine-on-saturday-january-13-2024/
A potent, fast-moving storm is expected to bring historical coastal flooding to Maine on Saturday morning (LT), January 13, 2024. The state is bracing for a combination of major coastal flooding, strong winds, heavy rainfall, and snow in mountainous regions, predominantly during the morning. The most severe rain and wind conditions are forecasted between 06:00 and 10:00 LT, with the most critical coastal flooding anticipated around 12:00 LT, coinciding with the high tide.
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The United States is bracing for its first significant Arctic air outbreak of the winter, impacting the north-central region with bitterly cold wind chills and extending through the weekend. The northern Rockies and Plains are particularly at risk, with the Arctic surge also expected to bring record-breaking cold to the south-central U.S.
https://watchers.news/2024/01/11/u-s-faces-first-major-arctic-outbreak-of-winter-dangerously-cold-wind-chills-expected/
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Ski resorts are closed due to extreme cold, teachers are impressing students by instantly freezing boiling water, and it’s even too cold for a zoo penguin walk -- the ravages of 'global boiling' have set in over Western Canada.
Polar air has tanked temperatures to levels approaching -50C (-58F) over a wide area, prompting Environment Canada to issue extreme cold/Arctic outflow warnings for swaths of the Yukon and Northwest Territories, most of B.C., Saskatchewan and all of Alberta.
A biting -49.3C (-56.7F) was posted at Oglivie Camp, Yukon yesterday — the lowest temperature Canada this winter; -48.4C (-55.1F) hit Watson Lake; a low of -47C (-52.6F) was posted in the NWT; -43C (-45.4F) in Alberta; and -42C (-43.6F) in British Columbia.
With regards to metropolises, Prince George dipped to -29C (-20.2F) Thursday, with a forecast -36C (-32.8F) Friday. Thermometers in Calgary and Edmonton read -30C (-22F) and -31C (-23.8F), respectively, with lows nearing -40C (-40F) forecast Friday.
Daily records have been falling, such as the -43.4C (-46.1C) in Yellowknife, NWT which pips the -43.3C set back in 1965.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/all-weather-stations-in-bc-dip-below?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
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All-Time Cold Sweeps North America
This Arctic Blast always threatened to be big—for all those mainstream meteorologists attempting to downplay it.
Starting in Canada, and with the daily record lows: According to Environment Canada, at least 17 communities across British Columbia alone set their coldest-ever temperatures for the date on Saturday, including 10 in the Interior region.
Penticton shattered a record set back in 1950 by more than 3C, after the daily low on Saturday was -26.6C; Osoyoos also set a new record with a daily low of -22.3C, surpassing its previous record for Jan 13 of -19.8C; while in the North Okanagan, Salmon Arm saw thermometers hit -30.4 C, breaking their previous historical benchmark of -27.2C, set all the way back in 1911.
And before all that, Friday delivered Canada's first -50C (-58F) of the season, at Keg River, Alberta, with the mercury there eventually bottoming out at -51.5C, which is also the Alberta's coldest January temperature since 2004's -52C (-61.6F).
Elsewhere, -49.7C was posted in Sambaa K'e, NWT, -46.4C in Leader, SK, and -45.5C in Fort Nelson, BC.
All-time records lows were among the fallen, including Sunday's -42.6C at Yoho (in books dating back to 1965); the -40.3C at Sparwood (1980); the -27.6C in Penticton (1907); the -23.7C at Nakusp (1991); -21.9C at Nelson (1992); and the -27.2C at Creston (1993). New monthly records include the 26.3C at Castlegar (1954); as well as the -26.2C at Summerland (1990).
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/all-time-cold-sweeps-north-america
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An ice jam has flooded homes in Wilmington, Illinois on the morning of Jan. 26, 2024.
River ice and rain are causing flooding on the Kankakee River in Wilmington, Illinois, about 50 miles southwest of Chicago, according to ABC7 Chicago's Stephanie Wade.
Police told residents to be prepared to take action, including evacuation if necessary, after the river rose at least 3 feet overnight. More than a dozen people were evacuated Friday morning.
"The ice jam on the river has not fully broken, and there is the potential for flooding throughout the day as ice begins breaking apart at a rapid pace," Will County Emergency Management Agency said.
https://www.sott.net/article/488287-Ice-jam-flooding-causes-evacuations-in-Wilmington-Illinois
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Measurable snowfall in the CONUS as of January 17.
The United States has one of the most diverse climates in the world. It has forests, beaches, deserts, plains, and mountains. This allows the population to experience an array of different landscapes and weather conditions.
However, despite the incredible diversity and differences in longitude and latitude of the country, and the fact that only 37 of the 50 states have operating ski areas, remarkably all 50 states have seen snowfall this season. This isn't unheard of as it is winter and it has happened before. The hardest state to get snowfall is Florida, which saw flakes on January 17, in the town of Milton, after the recent winter storm Heather.
One state that many also think is rare to get snow is Hawaii. However, the Big Island's volcanic summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are over 13,000 feet in elevation and receive measurable snowfall nearly every year, including December of 2023.
Although it is not uncommon for all states to receive snowfall in a season, having snow on the ground in all 50 states at the same time is very uncommon. It is also challenging to measure. However, it was achieved back in February 2010.
https://www.sott.net/article/488249-All-50-states-have-seen-snow-this-season
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On Sunday, 16-hours of continuous snowfall led to more than a foot accumulating in parts of the South Plains-Panhandle.
Breaking a daily snow record for Feb 11, Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport received 3.6 inches, surpassing the previous benchmark of 2.1 inches from 2010.
The Amarillo area saw upwards of 6 inches Sunday, according NWS office in Lubbock, while residents of Plainview and Hale Center picked up 14 inches.
A truck clears snow in South Amarillo.
Another drop in temperature is expected over the weekend bringing the chance of further flakes, as that polar front we've been discussing sweeps much of the CONUS:
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/south-plains-panhandle-sees-record
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Dozens of wildfires are causing chaos across the Texas Panhandle as the Smokehouse Creek fire - now the largest blaze in state history - grew to more than 1mn acres on Thursday, even as a dusting of snow brought a measure of relief.
At least two people have died, according to officials. The second victim, confirmed by the Texas department of public safety Thursday afternoon, has been identified as Cindy Owens, a 40-year-old woman who was reportedly overtaken by the fire when she got out of her truck in the town of Canadian. The first, 83-year-old grandmother Joyce Blankenship, was killed in her neighborhood of Stinnett, north-east of Amarillo.
Fueled by parched grasses, strong winds and abnormally warm temperatures, the fires have scorched more than 1.2 million acres since last Sunday, according to the Texas A&M forest service, leaving a desolate landscape of charred prairie, dead cattle and burned-out homes in their wake.
https://youtu.be/3r9AW-hPyh0
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The deadly blizzard, which proved a record-breaking for the Minneapolis area, is finally winding down.
The Twin Cities received 8.2 inches of snow on Sunday, making for the snowiest March day since 2007.
Many areas of the Upper Midwest picked up much more, going on 2 feet in some spots. Duluth, Minnesota hit 21.6 inches, while elsewhere in Minnesota, Casino picked up 18.3 inches, and Lester Park 16.1 inches.
Portions of Minnesota witnessed 76-hours of of continues snowfall, but things are winding down now, mercifully.
Behind the storm, strong northerly winds will funnel bitterly cold air down from Canada, and thermometers, for many, will read in single digits Wednesday morning—or some 25F below average—which will help keep snow on the ground.
This image shows a stop sign blowing in the wind during a spring snowstorm in Nebraska on Monday, March 25, 2024.
Spring snowstorm in Nebraska on Monday [Jeremy Shipe/Storyful].
Spring has failed to sprung above the border, too.
Arctic air has been sinking south of late, supporting a multi-day snowfall event that dropped more than a foot of snow across the likes of southern Alberta. This most recent dumping, combined with other late-season blasts, now puts the city of Calgary in the running for its snowiest March on record, breaking the old 1998 when 70.3 cm settled.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/76-hours-of-continuous-snowfall-whiteout
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A strong parade of storms has been making its way through the northern Pacific Ocean, and the location of the jet stream has produced colder storms for Unalaska and the Aleutian region this spring. That's according to Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at the International Arctic Research Center with the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
"Over the last six weeks, say, the Aleutians have been on the north side of the prevailing storm track, and so on the cold side of the storms," Thoman said. "If the jet stream was say 500 miles farther north, it would still be stormy, but it wouldn't be nearly as cold."
Cold air from above the North Slope brought another round of wintery weather to Western Alaska, the Eastern Aleutians, Kodiak Island and into Southcentral Alaska as well, according to Thoman.
"That was basically a blob of cold air that came down from the high Arctic from north of the North Slope, and it moved southwest through the Bering Strait down through the eastern Bering Sea, and is now actually moving into the western Gulf of Alaska," he said.
https://www.sott.net/article/491516-Cold-air-blob-makes-full-tour-of-Alaska-prolonging-winter-weather
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At least four people died Thursday after an "exceptionally" strong storm hit Houston, according to Mayor John Whitmire.
Wind gusts reached 78 mph in the area.
Preliminary investigations indicate falling trees caused two deaths and a fallen crane caused one, according to officials.
Urging residents to stay home, Whitmire said the city was in "recovery mode" and schools will be closed in the Houston area on Friday.
More than 788,000 customers are without power in Texas on Friday morning.
The intense winds came after a rare "high risk" warning for flash flooding was issued in Texas and Louisiana, with the states bracing for up to 9 inches of rain in 24 hours.
"The high risk area has seen over 600% of their normal rainfall for the past two weeks alone," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned, and the flash flooding could be life-threatening.
"High risk" days account for just 4% of days, but they are responsible for more than one-third of flooding deaths, according to the Weather Prediction Center.
The severe weather threat in Houston is now over, allowing residents to begin to clean up on Friday.
The severe weather threat has now moved east, with damaging winds and large hail possible from Louisiana to
https://www.sott.net/article/491495-At-least-4-dead-in-Houston-after-exceptionally-strong-storm-hits-Texas-Mayor
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https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/05/22/insane-tornado-pipe-intercept-with-windmills-toppled-near-greenfield-iowa/
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Massive #tornado with multiple vortices rips down windmills and damages homes in Iowa including Greenfield, Iowa. Dominator FPV drone orbited the tornado racing northeast at 55 mph. Dominator 3 could have directly intercepted this tornado. Major tornado outbreak underway
On May 21, 2024, multiple powerful tornadoes tore through southwest Iowa, resulting in fatalities and significant damage. The town of Greenfield, home to about 2,000 people, was hit especially hard. The Adair County Memorial Hospital sustained tornado damage, forcing some storm victims to seek assistance elsewhere. The destruction in Greenfield left a large section of the town leveled, with multiple fatalities and more than a dozen injuries
H/T Dr. Roy Spencer
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https://youtu.be/R_ZDVYzIhgc
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A dipping jet stream has prolonged winter across the likes of Unalaska and the Aleutian region.
According to Rick Thoman, climate specialist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks:
"Over the last six weeks, say, the Aleutians have been on the north side of the prevailing storm track, and so on the cold side of the storms. If the jet stream was say 500 miles farther north, it would still be stormy, but it wouldn’t be nearly as cold."
It's been a harsh spring for the region, for Alaska in general, following what was a historically cold and snowy winter.
Avalanches Block Roads In China (again); Snow Clips The Northeast--But Its Just "Weather Whiplash"; Anchorage At 111 Inches; + Europe Forecast A Very Snowy End To February
Avalanches Block Roads In China (again); Snow Clips The Northeast--But Its Just "Weather Whiplash"; Anchorage At 111 Inches; + Europe Forecast A Very Snowy End To February
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On May 8 even, the Anchorage International Airport received about an inch of snow. And as explained by Thoman, "there’s only been two other occurrences since the mid 1950s when there’s been more snow than that [this late in the year]."
These latest accumulations have edged the city to within an inch of its all-time snowfall record (of 134.5 inches).
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/winter-prolonged-in-alaska-australi
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Here in the Georgetown Lake area they are dealing with about a foot of snow, the really wet and heavy kind that's accumulating on all the branches, causing limbs to break and fall on powerlines. It's led to power outages, here and all over the state.
"Well, I think it's a little crazy, I just came back up from the south where it was nice and warm. I was hoping for spring, but apparently it's not coming today," said Georgetown Lake resident Joe Thomas.
Much of southwest Montana was hit with steady morning snowfall. NorthWestern Energy had crews responding to isolated power outages from Missoula to Bozeman.
"The heavy, wet snow is creating conditions for tree limbs to break or bend into power lines," said Jo Dee Black of NorthWestern Energy.
https://www.sott.net/article/491673-Georgetown-Lake-hit-with-a-foot-of-snow-during-spring-storm-in-Montana
https://youtu.be/vhIzcVtqQkA
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The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) released its preliminary skier visit numbers for the 2023-24 season. It is reporting a total of 60.4 million visitors, which ranks as the fifth-best on record in NSAA books dating back to the 1978-79 season.
A cold and snowy spring delivered record-breaking totals to many Western slopes, and visitors lapped it up.
Despite alarmist calls of a diminishing U.S. ski industry due to cLiMaTe ChAnGe, the opposite is playing out. Ski resorts for the fourth year in a row now have registered top-10 seasons for visitor numbers.
Checking with the records, this season, 2023/24, will rank as the 5th-best; last season, 2022/23, was the best-ever (also the snowiest season ever); 2022/21 rank as the 2nd-best; with 2020/21 coming 7th-best.
The US ski industry is booming.
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The Denver metropolitan area experienced an intense hailstorm Thursday, which led to the largest hailstones recorded in the county in the last 35 years, resulting in widespread damage.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a 'destructive' Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the Denver area late Thursday evening, emphasizing the life-threatening situation with baseball-sized hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph.
The largest hail report in Denver County measured 2.75 inches in Commerce City on Thursday. It's the largest hail report in the county since 1989, the FOX Forecast Center said.
"The hail was just pounding many of these areas for almost an hour," said Jim Hooley with FOX 31 Denver.
https://www.sott.net/article/491886-Denver-metro-hit-by-largest-hail-in-35-years-as-baseball-sized-stones-pummel-area
https://youtu.be/ykd4s0eY4Fw
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Many Minnesotans will be cleaning up Thursday from a storm system that brought sizable hail, heavy winds and possible tornado touchdowns.
https://youtu.be/wG-e_Uhwk5w
https://www.sott.net/article/492223-Severe-summer-storms-leave-damage-across-Minnesota
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Across the United States, anomalous cold has been the dominant story this week
The mercury across the majority of the CONUS has held below average for going on a week now, with more of the same forecast.
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) for July 22 [tropicaltidbits.com].
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) for July 23 [tropicaltidbits.com].
Daily records have fallen, including at Killeen-Fort Cavazos, Texas which set new record-low maximum Tuesday of 82F. According National Weather Service books, this is the lowest ever high temperature for July 23 in the area, beating the 86F from 1978.
A cold front blew into Texas this week, tumbling the mercury and rolling in thunderstorms through Central regions.
Since Monday, daily records have also been toppled across Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana — that is, according to NOAA's skewed (often times fabricated) dataset.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/texas-cold-front-breaks-daily-records
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Storms Wednesday night left behind the largest reported hailstone in Minnesota in more than 55 years.
The hail fell roughly 4 miles northwest of Chokio, in western Minnesota, and was found by Matt Benson in his backyard. It measured nearly 6 inches in diameter.
"It kind of came out of nowhere here at work, and before you knew it, we closed the doors, and the wind swirled in, and it was pretty crazy for a little bit," Benson said.
He said he made his way home shortly before 5 p.m. and made it inside.
"The next thing I knew, there was baseball-sized hail," Benson said.
He said he walked around to see how big all the hail was and found the hailstone around 10 or 15 feet from his garage.
"I mean, I've heard of like, soft-ball-sized hail, but not around Minnesota," he said. "I needed to get a measurement and see how big it was. And yeah, 6 inches. I was like, this is unbelievable!"
Benson said his steel roof is badly dented and the back window of one of his SUVs was completely blown out.
"It was cool for a moment," Benson said. "I wouldn't wish anyone to be out and about, walking around and something like that."
https://sott.net/en493642
https://youtu.be/JxbLqkwUQB4
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Officials in Scurry County in west Texas declared a state of emergency after more than 100 earthquakes rocked the area.
So many earthquakes have struck the west Texas county of Scurry in the past week - more than 100 at last count - local officials have declared a state of emergency.
Scurry County Judge Dan Hicks wrote in his Friday declaration of disaster that since the first earthquake, registering magnitude 4.9, was felt the night of July 22, "damage has been found throughout Scurry County in businesses and residences."
The county's buildings can handle a few quakes here and there, but the cumulative effects of so many small ones, punctuated by larger shaking, has become cause for concern.
Comment: Local channel KCBD reports damage from a 5.1 tremor:
According to the USGS, a 5.1-magnitude quake occurred east of Snyder, northeast of Hermleigh. It was felt about 80 miles to the northwest in Lubbock, and across parts of the South Plains and West Texas. On the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale, the USGS shows a VI-Strong rating. The USGS again updated the magnitude, now to 5.1 as of 11 a.m. There were also aftershocks of 3.2 at 9:40 and 2.7 at 10:44.
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"Since the first earthquake that was felt on July 22, 2024 at about 9:38 PM, a 4.9, and a 4.4 at about 9:46 PM to today's 5.0 at about 9:28 AM July 26, 2024, damage has been found throughout Scurry County in businesses and residences," Hicks wrote on Facebook. He said emergency management coordinator Jay Callaway is working closely with the Texas Department of Emergency Management to monitor the damage throughout Scurry County and the surrounding area.
The Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas operations in the state, is investigating this week's quakes in the Camp Springs area and along the Fisher-Scurry County line.
Here is a statement from the RRC:
"In efforts to reduce seismicity possibly caused by underground injection of produced water, several operators in the area have converted deep saltwater disposal wells to shallow saltwater disposal wells within the last year. (Disposal wells are used to dispose produced water, which is water that comes out from wells during oil and gas production.) RRC inspectors are out inspecting saltwater disposal wells within two and a half miles of the cluster of earthquakes this week and the RRC will evaluate next steps that can be taken to mitigate earthquakes. We'll continue to take measures necessary to protect the environment and residents in the area."
Not specific to this week, on a broad scale according to the USGS website, fracking is not directly causing most induced earthquakes. "It's the disposal of waste fluids that are a byproduct of oil producing that is the primary cause of the the recent increase in earthquakes in the central United States," the USGS states on this page: Myths and Misconceptions About Induced Earthquakes. Additionally, it states not all wastewater injection wells induce earthquakes.
https://youtu.be/6k0yjBBTbOU
https://www.sott.net/article/493558-Mystery-in-West-Texas-103-earthquakes-recorded-in-one-week
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AP
Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:57 UTC
Savannah Fire Advanced Firefighters
© AP/Stephen B. Morton
Savannah Fire Advanced Firefighters Andrew Stevenson, front, and Ron Strauss carry food to residents in the Tremont Park neighborhood that where stranded in flooding from Tropical Storm Debby, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Savannah, Ga.
Tropical Storm Debby drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina, stirred up tornadoes and submerged streets with waist-high floodwaters Tuesday, just the beginning of a prolonged storm that could dump staggering rain totals of up to 25 inches (64 centimeters).
Charleston and Savannah, Georgia, took the first blow, with up to a foot (30 centimeters) of rain falling along the coast between the two cities in just over 24 hours. Police blocked all roads into Charleston's downtown peninsula to everyone but essential workers and emergency personnel. Dozens of roads were closed in the historic city because of flooding similar to what it sees several times a year because of rising sea levels.
As Debby swirls just offshore, the heavy rain is expected to move north into parts of South and North Carolina that have already seen two billion-dollar floods in eight years.
In one Savannah neighborhood, firefighters used boats to evacuate some residents and waded through floodwaters to deliver bottled water and other supplies to those who refused to leave.
https://www.sott.net/article/493751-Tropical-Storm-Debby-drenches-Georgia-and-South-Carolina-with-rain-high-water-foot-of-rainfall-in-24-hours
https://youtu.be/UOlpPAL0OI8
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Newsweek
Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:12 UTC
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Hail piled up like snow on Tuesday after several feet fell in only 15 minutes around Cascade, Colorado, a video shows.
The hail occurred during a series of thunderstorms for which the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Pueblo, Colorado, issued a slew of warnings. Included in the warnings was the alert that hail, ranging from penny- to ping pong ball-size, depending on the location, could accompany the storms.
The hail even produced "hail fog," an unusual phenomenon that occurs when excessive hail cools the surface temperature to the dew point level, forcing condensation.
AccuWeather shared footage of the hail in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
"Have you ever heard of 'hail fog' before? It happened in Colorado on Tuesday!" AccuWeather posted with the video.
https://www.sott.net/article/494162-Several-feet-of-hail-falls-in-Colorado-in-only-15-minutes
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California's Sierra Nevada Mountains experienced rare August snowfall and record low temperatures this past weekend. A "winter-like cold front" is how the NWS described it, one that barreled in from the Pacific.
Temperatures across the state plummeted, setting new records.
In Reno, August 24 struggled to a high of just 57F (13.9C) which made for the coldest August day in books dating back to 1893.
South Lake and Lovelock, likewise, were among the locales to also setting new historic benchmarks:
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/rare-snow-and-century-old-cold-records
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A cold snap across parts of the Eastern U.S. has broken or tied a myriad of long-standing temperature records. The NWS issued early-season frost advisories for many, with crops at risk.
In Charleston, WV, thermometers dropped to 43F (6C) on Sunday, breaking the previous record of 45F (7C) set in 1944.
Parkersburg, WV, tied its record low of 42F (6C), last recorded in 1986.
Also, the Sunday morning low at Central Park, NY rivaled a record set 153 years ago:
[Storm Team 4 NY]
The fallen daily records stacked up through Sunday, pushing 100 in total.
The benchmarks continued to topple into the early hours of Monday and all.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/cold-records-tumble-across-the-east
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Comment: Update September 28
Newsnationnow.com reports:
After making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, Helene is continuing to track inland as a weakened tropical storm, bringing flooding and leaving millions without power in the Southeast.
There have been at least 44 reported fatalities from the storm across five states after catastrophic flooding and storm surge that left destruction in their wake, according to The Associated Press.
Deaths have been confirmed in Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
Multiple deaths have been attributed to drowning, while some were the result of trees falling. State officials say dozens more are still trapped inside their homes, The Associated Press reports.
In Florida, crews have been working to rescue people stuck in floodwaters with some areas experiencing up to 9 feet of flooding. Crews are also dealing with downed powerlines and other hazards from the storm.
As Helene barreled through Georgia, wind gusts over 90 mph were reported with sustained winds at 60 mph. Headed toward the Carolinas, there are flood warnings across the Southeast, including North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and southern Illinois and southern Indiana.
In Western North Carolina, significant flooding and road closures were reported with the Lake Lure Dam in Rutherford County at imminent risk of failure. Those in the area were being advised to evacuate immediately.
The flash flood emergency remains in place until 2 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
Rising floodwaters and a mudslide washed out the interstate near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line. The closure occurred around 12:30 p.m. Friday and is expected to reopen by 5 p.m. Saturday, NewsNation local affiliate WJZY reports.
Millions have also been left without power thanks to the storm.
More than 595,000 people in Florida are left without power, along with 860,000 outages reported in Georgia, more than 1.16 million in South Carolina and more than 812,000 in North Carolina.
As the weakened system makes its way north, power outages are following. Virginia is reporting more than 220,000 without power, while Ohio has more than 315,000.
https://www.sott.net/article/495083-Hurricane-Helene-slams-into-Florida-and-moves-to-Georgia-with-flooding-power-outages-at-least-44-dead-UPDATE
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A tornado killed two people in the US state of Georgia, the governor said, as Hurricane Helene churned into the state after causing one death in the neighbouring state of Florida, where it barrelled ashore in the southeastern United States.
Helene weakened to a Category 1 hurricane early on Friday with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), but it left a deadly trail of destruction in both states.
More than 55 million people in the US have been placed under some form of weather alert.
As of Friday morning, broadcaster ABC reported two deaths in Georgia's Wheeler County, while Florida confirmed one death, after a sign fell on a car on a highway in Tampa City.
The hurricane made landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned that the enormous system could create a "nightmare" storm surge and bring dangerous winds and rain across much of the southeastern US.
Helene was moving rapidly inland after making landfall, with the risk of tornadoes continuing in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and southern North Carolina, forecasters said.
"Helene continues to produce catastrophic winds that are now pushing into southern Georgia," the NHC said in an update on Friday. "Persons should not leave their shelters and remain in place through the passage of these life-threatening conditions."
Florida state authorities provided buses to evacuate people from the Big Bend area, home to about 832,000 people, and taking them to shelters in the state capital, Tallahassee.
Officials in Florida urged residents to heed mandatory evacuation orders or face life-threatening conditions ahead of the hurricane's landfall.
"EVERYONE along the Florida Big Bend coast is at risk of potentially catastrophic storm surge," the NHC said on social media.
States of emergency were also declared in Virginia and Alabama, as the NHC warned that much of the southeast could experience power outages, toppled trees and intense flooding
In the southern Appalachian mountains, the National Weather Service has warned the region could be hit with landslides and flooding not seen in more than a century.
"This will be one of the most significant weather events to happen in the western portions of the area in the modern era," it said.
Only three Gulf hurricanes since 1988 - Irma in 2017, Wilma in 2005, and Opal in 1995 - have been bigger than Helene's predicted size, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach, The Associated Press news agency reported.
Comment: Update September 28
Newsnationnow.com reports:
After making landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, Helene is continuing to track inland as a weakened tropical storm, bringing flooding and leaving millions without power in the Southeast.
There have been at least 44 reported fatalities from the storm across five states after catastrophic flooding and storm surge that left destruction in their wake, according to The Associated Press.
Deaths have been confirmed in Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
Multiple deaths have been attributed to drowning, while some were the result of trees falling. State officials say dozens more are still trapped inside their homes, The Associated Press reports.
In Florida, crews have been working to rescue people stuck in floodwaters with some areas experiencing up to 9 feet of flooding. Crews are also dealing with downed powerlines and other hazards from the storm.
As Helene barreled through Georgia, wind gusts over 90 mph were reported with sustained winds at 60 mph. Headed toward the Carolinas, there are flood warnings across the Southeast, including North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and southern Illinois and southern Indiana.
In Western North Carolina, significant flooding and road closures were reported with the Lake Lure Dam in Rutherford County at imminent risk of failure. Those in the area were being advised to evacuate immediately.
The flash flood emergency remains in place until 2 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
Rising floodwaters and a mudslide washed out the interstate near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line. The closure occurred around 12:30 p.m. Friday and is expected to reopen by 5 p.m. Saturday, NewsNation local affiliate WJZY reports.
Millions have also been left without power thanks to the storm.
More than 595,000 people in Florida are left without power, along with 860,000 outages reported in Georgia, more than 1.16 million in South Carolina and more than 812,000 in North Carolina.
As the weakened system makes its way north, power outages are following. Virginia is reporting more than 220,000 without power, while Ohio has more than 315,000.
Update September 29
AP reports:
At least 64 dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across the Southeast
Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power.
"I've never seen so many people homeless as what I have right now," said Janalea England, of Steinhatchee, Florida, a small river town along the state's rural Big Bend, as she turned her commercial fish market into a storm donation site for friends and neighbors, many of whom couldn't get insurance on their homes.
Helene blew ashore in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday with winds of 140 mph (225 kph).
From there, it quickly moved through Georgia, where Gov. Brian Kemp said Saturday that it "looks like a bomb went off" after viewing splintered homes and debris-covered highways from the air. Weakened, Helene then soaked the Carolinas and Tennessee with torrential rains, sending creeks and rivers over their banks and straining dams.
Update September 30
CBS News reports:
The number of storm-related deaths climbed past 100 across the Southeast on Sunday as authorities rushed to airdrop supplies, restore power and clear roads after massive rains from the powerful Helene left people stranded and without shelter.
Helene left at least 116 people dead, CBS News has confirmed, and caused widespread destruction.
Thirty fatalities were reported in Buncombe County, North Carolina — in one of the states hit hardest by the storm.
Helene knocked out power to several million customers. More than two million still had no electricity early Monday, according to utility tracker Find Energy.
But But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday night that 99% of the state's homes and businesses had had power restored.
Update October 1
ITV reports:
At least 133 people have died as Hurricane Helene continues to devastate the United States causing widespread flooding along its south east coastline.
Flood-stricken North Carolina has suffered significant damage, with reports of 30 people having been killed in the mountain city of Asheville.
President Biden has said he will travel to North Carolina on Wednesday.
There are fears the death toll may continue to rise as rescuers and emergency workers continue to explore areas isolated by collapsed roads, failing infrastructure, and widespread flooding.
During a briefing Monday, White House homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall suggested that as many as 600 people haven't been accounted for, noting that some of them might be dead.
Update October 2
CNN reports:
Climbing death toll: At least 182 people have died across six states and officials fear the death toll could rise following Hurricane Helene.
Many more remain missing, perhaps unable to leave their location or contact family where communications infrastructure is in shreds.
Power and infrastructure outages: Hundreds of roads remain closed, especially in the Carolinas, hampering the delivery of badly needed supplies. Some areas are so inaccessible supplies are being delivered by mules and by air. More than 1.2 million customers are without power, according to PowerOutage.us, most in the Carolinas, where "major portions of the power grid... were simply wiped away."
Update October 3
AP reports:
Hurricane Helene's death toll reached 200 on Thursday and could rise higher still, as searchers made their way toward the hardest to reach places in the mountains of western North Carolina, where the storm washed out roads and knocked out electricity, water and cellular service.
Officials in Georgia and North Carolina added to their states' grim tallies, padding an overall count that has already made Helene the deadliest storm to hit the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
https://www.sott.net/article/495083-Hurricane-Helene-slams-Florida-Georgia-and-other-states-with-flooding-power-outages-at-least-200-dead-600-missing-UPDATES
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my add= Why were reporters aloud to stay when every one else was told to get out or die??.
October 11
Florida residents slogged through flooded streets, gathered up scattered debris and assessed damage to their homes after Hurricane Milton smashed through coastal communities and spawned a barrage of deadly tornadoes.
Here, Connor Hughes of Lithia, Florida, moves in deep floodwaters along the Alafia river.
https://www.9news.com.au/world/hurricane-milton-preperation-damage-in-pictures/675c0f58-e14e-4379-a861-052da05fd720
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https://electroverse.substack.com/p/vermonts-earliest-foot-since-2010
Jay Peak in Vermont has reported a foot of early-season snow this week.
The resort shared photos of snow-covered trails, noting, "foliage doing its best to hang on as winter takes over."
The snow, which began Monday, has sparked excitement about an early start to the ski season, with Jay Peak not typically opening until after Thanksgiving.
More than a foot of snow has fallen thus far — the earliest foot in the Green Mountain state since 2010. The resort's first snowflakes if the season actually fell back on Sept 8 — also unusually early.
A glance out West, toward Utah resorts, shows the snow piling up early there and all:
Snowbird Hidden Peak
ABC4’s Weather Team expects the Cottonwood Canyons to receive as much as two feet by Friday night with the Wasatch Mountains seeing up to 18 inches of fresh powder:
While north of the border, Environment Canada has issued the first snowfall warnings of the season along the British Columbia and Yukon border, with accumulations of up to a foot expected in some spots.
Looking ahead, the GFS keeps increasing North America's snowfall totals.
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A sudden cold snap has delivered early and intense snowfall across the Southern Yukon, busting a string of records.
According to Environment Canada (ECCC), Whitehorse Airport recorded unprecedented snow accumulation for October 19 and 20. On Oct 19, the snow on the ground reached 20 cm (7.87 inches), doubling the previous 1990 record of 10 cm (3.93 inches). The depth lessened to 15 cm (5.91 inches) the following day, but it still exceeded the prior record of 13 cm (5.12 inches) set in 1992.
Along with heavy snow, Whitehorse experienced record-breaking cold. October 20 marked the lowest-high for that date, with temperatures peaking at just -7.6C (18.3F), surpassing the previous -6.1C (21F) recorded back in 1970.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/cold-records-shattered-across-yukon
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Severe storms and tornadoes battered Oklahoma early Sunday, tossing cars and ripping roofs off buildings in the middle of the night and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power. Among numerous injuries, 11 people required hospitalization, authorities said.
Much of the damage occurred in and around the state capital, Oklahoma City, near the state's center, although there were reports of damage at various points around the state and early morning storms set off tornado warnings that extended south to the Arkansas state line.
Heavy rains caused flash flooding in some areas and one lightning-sparked house fire was reported.
More than 99,000 Oklahoma homes and businesses lost power during the overnight storms. By midday that number was reduced to fewer than 34,000. No fatalities had been reported as of midday.
Richard Thompson, forecast chief for the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma, said he believes six or more tornadoes hit the state overnight.
https://www.sott.net/article/495910-Severe-storms-in-Oklahoma-injure-at-least-11-people-and-leave-thousands-without-power
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First responders had to rescue drivers stranded by snow overnight Friday and well into the morning, as a potentially historic winter storm had dumped more than 3 feet of snow on New Mexico and Colorado, with more to come.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency on Thursday and deployed the National Guard to provide winter weather support.
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued two statewide emergency declarations, unlocking $1.5 million to help state agencies dig out.
The Union County Sheriff's Office in New Mexico reported that they rescued several stranded drivers on state and local roads Thursday evening into Friday morning.
https://www.sott.net/article/495980-Winter-storm-cripples-New-Mexico-Colorado-as-disaster-emergencies-issued-over-3-feet-of-snow-dumped
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Colorado's historic multi-day snowstorm may now have passed, but it left an indelible mark in November’s record books with some areas still clearing up from accumulations of over 4 feet.
The system crawled across the state last week, dropping more than 19.2 inches of snow on Denver by the end of it, according to NWS data. But it was the southeastern that bore the brunt, with the likes of San Isabel copping 54.9 inches in just 72 hours.
Feet of snow stack up in southern Colorado
The snow led to widespread power outages, and collapsing roofs under the heavy load.
Many residents were still digging out Sunday as roads remained icy and snow-covered, with patches of black ice making travel especially treacherous. Crews worked around the clock to clear paths, and skies began to brighten, which helped.
Temperatures climbed slightly Sunday but remained well below average.
The snow has set new November benchmarks across the state, hinting at a potentially cold and snowy season to come. Top 72-hour snowfall totals include:
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/us-snowfall-totals-accumulations
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A severe early-November snowstorm blanketed the Western U.S., bringing record snow totals, travel hazards, and widespread power outages; while on the plus side, offering drought relief and an early-season boon to ski resorts.
The multi-day storm, one of the first major snow events of the season, coated parts of Colorado and New Mexico under as much as 4 feet of snow—as reported on already.
Denver saw 20 inches, marking the city’s third-largest November snowstorm since records began. The storm disrupted daily life, causing over 75,000 power outages in Colorado and closing major roads for days.
Meteorologists noted the unusual extent of snow on the plains, where accumulations often pale compared to the mountains. Up top, the accumulating snow prompted ski areas across the Rockies to open early, providing an unexpected boon to resorts.
That snowstorm shifted eastward after its initial impact, but yet another wave of winter weather now looms.
The NWS is warning of a Pacific storm system set to hit the Northwest, one expected to drop more substantial snowfall on the higher reaches, particularly those in northern California, the Great Basin, and the northern Rockies.
Donner Pass is forecast treacherous travel conditions from Thursday night into Friday as the snow builds.
Winter weather advisories remain active across five states, including Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. These warnings anticipate further heavy snow, gusty winds, and freezing temperatures, leading to difficult travel conditions and the risk of power outages. In Washington, 2 feet of snow is expected in some regions. Colorado’s high-elevation areas may see foot, with parts of Wyoming and Utah bracing for accumulations of between 4 and 8 inches — all before the weekend.
Looking further ahead, and east, Minnesota could receive its own burial come Nov 20.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/blanket-of-white-in-the-west-more
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The storms currently dropping feet of snow on the higher reaches of the Western U.S. are shifting east, preparing to hit North Dakota late Monday with heavy snowfall, powerful winds, and a sharp drop in temperatures.
Snowfall of 8 inches is expected in north-central areas, with higher totals likely in the Turtle Mountains.
A Winter Storm Watch is in effect Monday morning through to Tuesday evening for counties including Bottineau, Rollette, and Ramsey. Travel conditions will deteriorate quickly due to slippery roads, blowing snow, and poor visibility.
In the Bismarck-Mandan area, rain will have turned to snow by Tuesday morning, and fierce northwest winds will create additional hazards as snow lingers Tuesday night. Daily highs will be in the 20s with lows tanking to the teens through the week.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/us-snow-spreading-east-rescue-in
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Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:12 UTC
bomb cyclone
A massive bomb cyclone slammed into the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday night, unleashing torrential rains and tropical storm-like wind gusts up to 77 mph for certain areas. More than 600,000 customers across western Washington state are without power on Wednesday morning.
FOX Forecast Center said the powerful atmospheric river, coupled with a bomb cyclone, will unleash heavy rains and high winds across the area through Saturday.
"The two storms are powering the event, the first of which is a powerful bomb cyclone. The strength of the low has kicked up strong winds up and down the coast, which have caused power outages and some damage," Fox
https://twitter.com/i/status/1859208607528563076
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An Arctic air mass gripped much of the U.S. over the weekend, unleashing record snowfalls and bitterly cold temperatures.
Thanksgiving travelers faced treacherous conditions, with communities across the Great Lakes and Northern Plains struggling the most under relentless lake-effect storms and freezing air.
In New York’s Tug Hill Plateau, a healthy 46 inches (117 cm) of snow buried Barnes Corners by Sunday morning. Nearby Copenhagen saw even more, with 58.8 inches—nearly five feet—accumulating by Sunday night, according NWS data.
Local residents were left to dig out for hours. “We just keep digging out,” said Kevin Tyo, who spent his weekend battling drifts with his plow, tractor, and snowblower.
In Buffalo, a snow-covered Orchard Park Stadium posed a challenge ahead of the Bills’ Sunday night NFL game against the 49ers. The team called on fans to help clear snow from the stadium, offering $20 per hour and hot drinks.
By kickoff, 24.3 inches had blanketed the area, with wind chills in the low 20s.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/us-battered-by-cold-and-record-snow
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Christal Hayes
BBC
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:11 UTC
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A strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of northern California, according to the US Geological Survey.
A tsunami warning was initially issued along the coasts of both northern California and southern Oregon - an area that includes about 4.7 million people - but was later rescinded.
The earthquake's epicentre hit closest to the town of Ferndale, California, a small city in Humboldt County about 260 miles (418km) north of San Francisco.
Local officials said no deaths or major widespread damage had been reported in the aftermath of the quake, which is one of only nine such 7 magnitude quakes to strike globally this year.
https://www.sott.net/article/496512-Tsunami-warning-cancelled-after-shallow-magnitude-7-earthquake-strikes-California-coast-multiple-aftershocks
https://youtu.be/RIL83hgmrn8
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livenowfox.com
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:20 UTC
Sarah Belczyak, 41, shovels snow
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Sarah Belczyak, 41, shovels snow in front of her home on East 8th Street on December 12, 2024 in Erie, Pennsylvania.
The fierce lake-effect snowstorm is nearing its end across the Great Lakes.
Heavy snow continues to pummel areas east of lakes Erie and Ontario, but relief is on the horizon as the storm is expected to weaken by Friday evening. Eden, New York, has been buried under over 3.5 feet of snow since Thursday, while other surrounding areas have received over 2.5 feet.
The combination of strong winds and heavy snowfall has led to dangerous travel conditions and prompted a state of emergency in parts of New York state.
https://youtu.be/cD3WT_Yi0FI
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Of late, parts of the U.S. have been hit by extreme winter weather, with heavy snow, ice, and cold wreaking havoc.
Upstate New York has been hit hard, with lake-effect snow dumping over 33 inches near Orchard Park, burying roads.
Totals in Michigan are coming in even higher, where cities like Gaylord and Traverse are approaching or surpassing last year’s entire winter accumulation just weeks into the season. Gaylord has already shoveled 85.5 inches—just shy of last winter’s 87 inches—while Traverse City’s 44 inches this season puts it 30 inches above normal.
Snow belts in Michigan’s northwest Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula have borne the brunt of this relentless snowfall.
The Midwest has been clipped and all, with a massive ice storm turning roads across Iowa and eastern Nebraska into skating rinks. Interstate 80 saw multiple closures after vehicles slid off the highway, while a tragic accident in Nebraska claimed a life.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/winter-weather-grips-us-india-reels
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Of late, parts of the U.S. have been hit by extreme winter weather, with heavy snow, ice, and cold wreaking havoc.
Upstate New York has been hit hard, with lake-effect snow dumping over 33 inches near Orchard Park, burying roads.
Totals in Michigan are coming in even higher, where cities like Gaylord and Traverse are approaching or surpassing last year’s entire winter accumulation just weeks into the season. Gaylord has already shoveled 85.5 inches—just shy of last winter’s 87 inches—while Traverse City’s 44 inches this season puts it 30 inches above normal.
Snow belts in Michigan’s northwest Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula have borne the brunt of this relentless snowfall.
The Midwest has been clipped and all, with a massive ice storm turning roads across Iowa and eastern Nebraska into skating rinks. Interstate 80 saw multiple closures after vehicles slid off the highway, while a tragic accident in Nebraska claimed a life.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/winter-weather-grips-us-india-reels
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In the US, winter storm Blair is bringing the "heaviest snowfall" and coldest temperatures in over a decade.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued alerts for more than 30 US states, spanning from Kansas to the East Coast, warning of "whiteout conditions" and roads becoming impassable.
Up to 250 million people across states are in the storm's path, facing dangerously low temperatures and hazardous travel conditions. Around 63 million people in the US are under some kind of winter weather advisory. This disruptive storm has covered roads with snow and also brought snowfall —even thundersnow — to several cities such as Kansas and Kentucky that typically don't see much at all, prompting the National Guard to come to the aid of stranded motorists.
School closures, flight disruptions and trees falling over are only to be expected. On Sunday, Virginia state police alone reported at least 135 crashes, thankfully without any fatalities.
Winter storm Blair is the result of an 'Arctic outbreak', which results from a polar vortex — a 'very cold air mass that typically originates in the Siberian region of Asia, crosses over the north pole into Canada and pushes south and east into the lower United States,' the NWS explains.
https://youtu.be/AUrVjvfgSB8
https://www.sott.net/article/497059-Emergency-in-7-US-states-63-million-at-risk-from-winter-storm-Blair
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The Weather Channel
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:15 UTC
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People across Louisville, Kentucky are still digging out from the snow dumped by Winter Storm Blair. Watch the moment all the snow and ice became just too heavy on the roof of an office building.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_ynDDJsst7s?feature=share
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Wildfires are raging in several areas of Los Angeles, with high winds and extremely dry conditions fuelling their progress across thousands of acres of land.
Firefighters are so far unable to contain them, with one fire official telling the BBC on Thursday that they are still rapidly expanding.
The largest fire, in the Pacific Palisades area where many celebrities live, is the most destructive fire in the history of Los Angeles. More than 1,000 buildings have been destroyed.
It's a rapidly changing situation - these maps and pictures chart how the fires have spread, where they are located and what they look like from space.
Wildfires destroy homes in Altadena, California
Before and After fires
© Maxar Technologies
On Wednesday, a fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills area, overlooking the world-famous Hollywood.
Many of the roads near the fire were blanketed with thick smoke and Hollywood Boulevard, home to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was gridlocked with traffic as people tried to evacuate.
Los Angeles fires map
Five fires continue to grow in the Los Angeles area:
Palisades fire: The largest active fire is burning between Santa Monica and Malibu. Burnt area: more than 17,000 acres. At least 30,000 people evacuated.
Eaton fire: Second largest fire burning north of Pasadena. Burnt area: more than 10,000 acres. At least five deaths reported.
Hurst fire: Reported north of San Fernando. Burnt area: 850 acres.
Lidia fire: Reported in the hills north of Los Angeles. Burnt area: 350 acres.
Sunset fire: Reported in the historic Hollywood Hills area near many famous landmarks. Burnt area: 50 acres.
Beachfront and hillside homes in Malibu
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Beachfront and hillside homes in Malibu, CA burn in the Palisades Fire on Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Two fires have been contained:
Woodley fire: Small fire reported in local parkland. Burnt area: 30 acres.
Olivas fire: Small fire first reported in Ventura county about 50 miles (80km) east of Los Angeles. Burnt area: 11 acres.
How did the Palisades fire spread?
California fires map
The map above shows how rapidly the Palisades fire spread, intensifying in a matter of hours. At just after 14:00 on Tuesday it covered 772 acres and within four hours it had approximately tripled in size.
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, as more than 1,400 firefighters try to tackle the blaze.
How does the Palisades fire compare in size with New York and London?
California fires comparation map
To give an idea of the size of the Palisades fire, we have superimposed it on to maps of New York and London.
As you can see, it is comparable in size with the central area of UK's capital, or with large areas of lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.
How the fires look from space
California fires from space
Another indication of the scale of the Palisades fire comes from Nasa's Earth Observatory.
The images captured on Tuesday show a huge plume of smoke emanating from California and drifting out to sea.
Effects of the Eaton fire
The Palisades fire is not the only one to have a devastating effect on neighbourhoods of Los Angeles.
Theses images show the extent of the destruction caused by the Eaton fire in the neighbourhood of Altadena.
https://www.sott.net/article/497116-In-maps-Thousands-of-acres-on-fire-in-Los-Angeles
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By AuthorAndrej Flis
Posted onPublished: 16/01/2025
CategoriesGlobal weather
The Polar Vortex and its dynamics are powering recent and upcoming cold events in the United States. We are starting to see that an unusually strong Polar Vortex in the stratosphere will help to intensify the low-pressure systems over North America, fueling the cold polar air transport into the United States.
The Polar Vortex is what scientists call the whole air circulation over the winter hemisphere. It is made out of two main layers and can shape the weather in your backyard in a very significant way.
We will look at what the Polar Vortex really is, and how did it help to unleash a cold winter period over North America. As you will see, the Polar Vortex plays by different rules in this 2025 season, helping to create one of the coldest winter months in recent years or perhaps even decades.
https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/unstoppable-2025-polar-vortex-powers-the-united-states-canada-cold-from-the-stratosphere-fa/
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An all-encompassing Arctic blast is plunging 300 million Americans into bitter cold as the 'polar vortex' 'breaks loose'.
This extreme cold, driven by a violent buckling of the jet stream, is ushering in temperatures some 30F below normal across much of the country—on course to hold all week. The biting chill is being accompanied by snow and thick ice, meaning vast regions of the Midwest, South, and East Coast are grappling with dangerous conditions
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/record-breaking-cold-enters-the-us
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America's all-encompassing freeze is breaking a slew of low temperature records. From California to New York, from Montana to Florida, benchmarks are falling.
Wind chills in the Midwest have plunged to -57F (-49C).
Min temp in DC on Jan 20 1942-2025 [openclimate.org].
A dusting of snow covers the National Mall. [Jasper Colt/USA TODAY]
The Deep South, too, is reeling under a rare blast of polar cold. Temperatures 20–30F below normal are sweeping the region, with governors in Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi declaring emergencies, and Texas bracing for snow and ice.
Snowfall is sweeping across the I-10 and I-20 corridors, with some 3 inches expected from Texas to the Carolinas. In New Orleans, where snow hasn’t fallen since 2009, totals could reach 6 inches, threatening to smash the city’s all-time record of 2.7 inches set in 1963. Houston, where snow is similarly rare, could see its largest accumulation in years. Even parts of Florida may record measurable accumulations, which would mark the first winter since 2010 that all 50 states have had snow on the ground.
Winter Storm Warnings stretch from the U.S.-Mexico border to Duval County, Florida.
GFS 2m Total Snowfall (inches) Jan 21-onward [tropicaltidbits.com]
If this storm delivers, it will be the Gulf Coast's biggest snowstorm in 130 years, bringing the Deep South to a standstill.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/the-deep-souths-deep-freeze-declining
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A remarkable snowfall event is unfolding in the Gulf Coast, setting all-time records across several regions.
In Milton, Florida, 8.8 inches of snow has accumulated, setting a new all-time state record, more than doubling the 4 inches from March 1954. This is also thought to be state's highest snow total in over two centuries, since the blizzard of Jan 1800 (at least).
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/historic-snowfall-blankets-gulf-coast
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A rare winter storm is bringing snow and freezing rain to parts of the US deep south, closing highways and airports in Texas and prompting a first-ever blizzard warning in southwest Louisiana.
Four people are thought to have died from cold exposure so far - two cases are being investigated as cold-related by Austin authorities in Texas, while two deaths from hypothermia were reported in Georgia and Milwaukee.
Up in the country's north, parts of New York state are being hit by another storm, blanketed by up to 18 inches of snow.
More than 2,200 flights within the US were cancelled on Tuesday, and 3,000 more were delayed, according to online tracker Flight Aware.
The Gulf Coast, where even flurries are a rare sight, will see historic snowfall, the National Weather Service (NWS) said on Tuesday, with an inch of snow or more expected to fall per hour from eastern Texas through the western Florida Panhandle.
The NWS has forecast "heavy" lake effect snow, advising residents to avoid travel if possible.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday she had declared a state of emergency in a dozen counties in western New York as communities face the snow and extreme cold.
The mayor of Buffalo, Christopher Scanlon, declared an additional emergency on his own, shuttering City Hall and closing Route 5, the Buffalo Skyway because of blowing snow and other dangerous driving conditions.
Parts of Canada have also been hit by especially frigid winter weather, with extreme cold warnings throughout the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. With the wind chill, temperatures will be as low as -50C (-58F) in some areas.
In the US south, the highest snowfall total recorded by Tuesday afternoon local time was 10.5 inches in Rayne,
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https://www.sott.net/article/497390-Rare-snowstorm-hits-US-south-with-4-deaths-reported-10-5-inches-of-snow-recorded-in-Louisiana
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Big snow totals and records
Here's a list of the biggest snow totals by state, as well as a nonexhaustive list of snowfall records that were set.
Top state snowfall totals
Texas: Bridge City, 7.9 inches
Louisiana: Grand Coteau, 13.4 inches
Mississippi: Long Beach and Ocean Springs, 9 inches
Alabama: Babbie, 11 inches
Florida: Jay and Milton, 10 inches
Georgia: Cordele, 9 inches
South Carolina: Conway, 6.8 inches
North Carolina: Kill Devil Hills, 9 inches
Virginia: Norview, 4.1 inches
Snowfall records set
Louisiana: New Orleans (airport), 8 inches; Lafayette, 9 inches
Alabama: Mobile, 7.5 inches
Florida: Milton, 10 inches (likely new state record); Pensacola, 7.6 inches
Georgia: Camilla, 8 inches
As more data comes in and is verified in the days ahead, more snowfall records may be confirmed.
In Acadiana, Louisiana, the combination of a fresh snow pack, light winds and clear skies were conducive to exceptionally cold temperatures. The temperature dropped to 2 degrees on Wednesday morning, the lowest temperature on record since records began there in 1893. The location is just 30 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico.
https://www.sott.net/article/497410-Which-US-Southern-cities-had-the-most-snow-Here-are-the-biggest-snow-totals-by-state-some-historic
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As with the majority of the United States, 2025 has started cold across Florida, with temperatures consistently holding well-below seasonal norms.
Morning lows have been dipping into the 30s and 40s in Central parts, while afternoons are struggling to warm past the 50s and 60s — a stark departure from the usual January highs of around 72F (22C).
With an average daily high of just 55F (12.87C), Orlando is experiencing its seventh coldest January on record.
The cold is being felt across the region, with cities such as Leesburg, Sanford, Melbourne, and Daytona Beach all reporting some of their coldest Januarys on record. Leesburg and Daytona Beach are enduring their fourth coldest, while Sanford is experiencing its seventh, and Melbourne its eighth.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/cold-january-for-florida-big-freeze
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When you think of the Oregon coast in winter, you probably think gray drizzle and king tides.
But the Oregon Coast Range - all the way from Astoria to as far as the Florence area - is under a winter storm warning until Wednesday at 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for much of northwest Oregon and parts of southwest Washington beginning Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.National Weather Service
The weather service adds to be ready for, "Total snow accumulations between 4 and 10 inches."
https://www.sott.net/article/497707-Rare-snowfall-on-the-Oregon-coast
https://youtu.be/myFi1_-dcVg
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A brutal Arctic outbreak is setting records across the United States, including at Peter Sinks, Utah, which read -50.9F (-46.1C) Wednesday morning. This, despite me only causally mentioning it yesterday, made for Utah's coldest-ever temperature.
Wednesday’s low breaks Utah’s previous all-time cold record of -50F (-45.6C), set back in 1913 at Strawberry Tunnel. If confirmed, it will stand as the coldest official temperature ever recorded in the state.
A low of -69.3F (-56.3C) was logged back on Feb 1, 1985, but NOAA later retracted this reading due to insufficient verification: "no information concerning the observation or the station could be identified, and the value is heavily affected by the local terrain."
Peter Sinks, a natural limestone sinkhole in the Wasatch Mountains at 8,164 feet, is notorious for extreme cold due to its unique geography. Acting as a massive bowl, it traps dense, freezing air overnight, creating dramatic temperature inversions.
The Arctic blast is breaking records elsewhere across the U.S., with hundreds of daily lows falling. Bismarck, North Dakota is one. It posted a new Feb 13 low of -31F (-35C), surpassing the previous record of -28F (-33C) set in 2021.
With extreme cold warnings in effect, bitter temperatures and heavy snow are expected to persist for the foreseeable. Conditions actually look set to intensify next week as anomalies pf -30C descend deep into the CONUS:
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/utah-sets-coldest-ever-temperature
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Blast of Arctic air is engulfing the U.S. this week, bringing "life-threatening temperatures and record-breaking wind chills" to tens of millions, reports the FOX Forecast Center. Texas could experience cold rivaling the deadly freeze of 2021.
The extreme cold will persist through the end of February, with a wide swath of the country enduring 30 to 50F below average.
The harshest extremes will grip the north-central U.S., where wind chills of -60F are forecast.
The likes of North Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota are forecast deadly conditions, with frostbite becoming a near-instantaneous threat to exposed skin. The National Weather Service has issued 'Extreme Cold Warnings' across these regions, urging residents to take immediate precautions.
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Hundreds of cities brace for record lows.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/life-threatening-cold-enters-the
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A brutal Arctic outbreak is setting records across the United States, including at Peter Sinks, Utah, which read -50.9F (-46.1C) Wednesday morning. This, despite me only causally mentioning it yesterday, made for Utah's coldest-ever temperature.
Wednesday’s low breaks Utah’s previous all-time cold record of -50F (-45.6C), set back in 1913 at Strawberry Tunnel. If confirmed, it will stand as the coldest official temperature ever recorded in the state.
A low of -69.3F (-56.3C) was logged back on Feb 1, 1985, but NOAA later retracted this reading due to insufficient verification: "no information concerning the observation or the station could be identified, and the value is heavily affected by the local terrain."
Peter Sinks, a natural limestone sinkhole in the Wasatch Mountains at 8,164 feet, is notorious for extreme cold due to its unique geography. Acting as a massive bowl, it traps dense, freezing air overnight, creating dramatic temperature inversions.
The Arctic blast is breaking records elsewhere across the U.S., with hundreds of daily lows falling. Bismarck, North Dakota is one. It posted a new Feb 13 low of -31F (-35C), surpassing the previous record of -28F (-33C) set in 2021.
With extreme cold warnings in effect, bitter temperatures and heavy snow are expected to persist for the foreseeable. Conditions actually look set to intensify next week as anomalies pf -30C descend deep into the CONUS:
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/utah-sets-coldest-ever-temperature
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California has had some huge snowfalls, as forecast, over the last 24 hours.
China Peak has recorded the largest accumulation, with 42" (105cm) falling within 24 hours between Thursday and Friday.
Bear Valley, pictured above yesterday, reported the second most snowfall in the last 24 hours - 32" (80cm).
"We received 32" - almost 3 FEET of fresh snow overnight! All upper mountain lifts are spinning! Grizz chair will be on delay this morning as our team conducts avalanche mitigation. Get ready for the best riding of the season!!!" the resort posted on social media.
https://sott.net/en498404
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The number of severe hailstorms in the United States rose significantly over the last three years, and the damage from increasingly massive hailstones is pushing up insurance rates in the hardest hit states, according to a new study.
Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that severe hail events increased by 21% from 2022 to 2024, the study by Insurify, an insurance shopping company, found.
"Hailstones are formed when raindrops are carried upward by thunderstorm updrafts into extremely cold areas of the atmosphere and freeze," NOAA says on its website. "Hailstones then grow by colliding with liquid water drops that freeze onto the hailstone's surface."
When hail comes crashing down, however, it can cause significant damage to cars and property, not to mention human health.
"The U.S. has incurred more than $50 billion annually in severe convective storm losses over the past two years," Mark Friedlander, director of corporate communications at the Insurance Information Institute, said in a statement. "These storms typically generate significant levels of hail damage to homes and vehicles."
The hardest hit states
The top 10 states with the highest increases in major hailstorms are:
Missouri
The state saw a 182% increase in major hail events between 2022 and 2024 and a 730% increase in storms with hailstones of 2 inches or bigger .
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Winter isn’t done yet. A parade of storms is blasting the U.S. with cold and snow from coast to coast.
Sierra Snow Blitz
California’s Sierra Nevada is the main event, with Kirkwood eyeing over 4 feet of fresh powder.
Mammoth could see 2–3 feet, with Palisades and Sugar Bowl stacking up over 30 inches.
Pacific Northwest Pounded
Mt. Bachelor just smashed through 400 inches for the season, with 5 feet falling in a week.
More daily snow expected through the weekend, and the avalanche danger is high and off-piste terrain risky.
Mt. Baker briefly shut down due to extreme avalanche conditions.
Rockies Reload
Colorado’s Winter Park and Steamboat both grabbed around 14 inches, with more incoming.
Utah’s Snowbird sits on the region’s deepest base and isn’t slowing down, with a fresh 2 feet settling early week.
Midwest Blizzard
Winter Storm Ezra hammered the Midwest last weekend, dumping 14 inches in Iowa and 10 inches in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Blizzard conditions hit with 60 mph gusts.
Northeast & Canada Hold On
Snow showers and freezing temps have returned to the East Coast and Eastern Canada.
Killington and Sunday River remain open. Tremblant leads the Canadian pack with one of the deepest snowpacks in the East.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/heavy-spring-snow-sweeping-the-us
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A powerful tornado touched down in northeastern Arkansas on Wednesday, prompting the issuance of an urgent tornado emergency as the supercell passed through communities such as Lake City and Blytheville.
The FOX Forecast Center described the storm as a "wedge tornado," a type of twister that is particularly dangerous and wide, which sent storm chasers scrambling to put enough distance between themselves and the violent cyclone.
The tornado, with multiple vortices swirling around its base, was first spotted just east of Jonesboro and quickly moved toward the Arkansas-Missouri state line.
Accompanying the destructive tornado were bursts of light, likely caused by transformers exploding due to the intense winds, which were estimated to have reached nearly 200 mph.
https://www.sott.net/article/498804-Violent-tornado-causes-catastrophic-damage-near-Lake-City-Arkansas-40K-without-power
https://twitter.com/i/status/1907593068619932074
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Significant Snow Totals Across Minnesota
The multi-day storm, arriving on Tuesday, brought a rain-snow mix to the Twin Cities, but northern regions were hit hardest. A winter storm warning was issued, and snowfall totals were substantial. Hovland, Minnesota, led the pack with a whopping 15.2 inches of snow. Other areas in northern Minnesota also saw impressive totals, including Finland (14.4 inches), Detroit Lakes (13.6 inches), and Lutsen (13.1 inches). Central Minnesota wasn't spared either, with several locations receiving over a foot of snow. Fergus Falls reported 15.1 inches, Garfield 12.5 inches, and Alexandria 12 inches.
https://www.sott.net/article/498815-Minnesotas-April-Blizzard-15-inches-of-snow-stuns-north
https://youtu.be/Ht79h66NC74
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Life-threatening flooding and dangerous severe weather pummeled large swaths of the nation's heartland again Friday night for the third night in a row, and Saturday is shaping up to be just as bad, if not worse, for some areas with worries of heavy rainfall not seen in generations.
In a sign of what could be yet to come for many this weekend, torrential rains stalled over southeastern Missouri and the Texarkana region of northeastern Texas and southwestern Arkansas on Friday night, triggering multiple Flash Flood Emergency warnings - the National Weather Service's most dire flooding alert.
In Missouri, tens of thousands in Cape Girardeau and Van Buren were under flooding emergency Friday night. Cape Girardeau reported over 3 inches of rain in just over 90 minutes late Friday evening in one burst, with emergency managers reporting at least 10 roads covered in water and ongoing water rescues.
Farther south, forecasters issued similar dire warnings for Texarkana, where 2-4 inches of rain fell, and water rescues were ongoing.
https://www.sott.net/article/498837-Catastrophic-rainfall-triggers-Flash-Flood-Emergencies-as-severe-weather-outbreak-drags-into-4th-day-in-US-3-inches-of-rain-in-just-30-minutes
https://youtu.be/QcrA42OzZOQ
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At least two people, including a child, have died in the US state of Oklahoma after their vehicle was stranded in floodwaters, police said, as severe weather and flooding hit parts of the United States’ South and Midwest during the Easter holiday weekend.
Flood warnings, which suggest that a flood is occurring or is imminent, were in place across Oklahoma.
The National Weather Service said on Sunday that severe thunderstorms were expected from east Texas into far southeast Iowa and Illinois, while the potential for strong tornadoes and damaging winds would exist from central Arkansas into central Missouri.
“This was a historical weather event that impacted roads and caused dozens of high-water incidents,” police in Moore, Oklahoma, about 18km (11 miles) south of Oklahoma City, said in a statement on Sunday.
“One of [the vehicles] left the roadway and was swept under the bridge. At the time of the incident, all but two occupants were rescued. It is with great sadness that we report that two individuals, an adult female and a 12-year-old male, were later located deceased,” the police said.
https://youtu.be/wHATslGX8d0
https://www.sott.net/article/499159-At-least-two-dead-as-severe-weather-sweeps-US-South-and-Midwest
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Severe weather swept across the central United States on Thursday, April 24, 2025, spawning over 16 tornadoes in six states, with 10 reported in Texas alone. Large hail of over 11 cm (4.5 inches) was also reported in multiple areas as storms passed over the Central and Southern Plains.
https://youtu.be/eZ17Q2bDbaE
https://watchers.news/2025/04/25/tornado-outbreak-texas-central-us-severe-weather/
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For the first time in 25 years, California has achieved a "snowpack trifecta," or three consecutive years of average or above-average snowfall. Before the last trifecta in the 2000, the previous one was back in 1980.
Although winter began unusually dry this year, late-season storms dramatically boosted the Sierra Nevada pack, promising a robust water supply for the third consecutive year. This turnaround comes directly after California’s driest period on record, from 2020 to 2022.
Demetri Polyzos, of the Metropolitan Water District: “The conservation ethic here in California is alive and well. Those habits people picked up during recent droughts continue today and remain critical to ensuring our water reliability.”
Mother Nature seeks balance, always.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/impressive-ca-snowpack-spring-snow
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March-like cold is gripping much of the North American continent, with an intensification on the cards for many.
Canada
Toronto is seeing daytime hover around 10C (50F), well below the norm of 20C (68F).
The coldest May 22 on record is 9.4C (48.9F), set in 1967. Thursday is unlikely to break that record—but it has a shot.
What does make this event stand out though is it's persistence.
Environment Canada warns the stretch could well delay planting. Garden centers have already reported a sharp drop in activity. “It’s going to remain unsettled,” meteorologist Geoff Coulson said. “Dress for cold, wet conditions.”
U.S.
South of the border, the same upper-level trough is poised to bring March-like conditions to the Mid-South and Lower Midwest.
The NWS is calling for below-average temperatures through the remainder of the month across Arkansas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and surrounding regions. Little Rock, Nashville, and Oklahoma City are expected to remain stuck in the upper 50s to low 60s (14–17C).
Albany, NY, could make history Thursday with its forecast high of 49F (9.4C). That would make for the lowest-max ever recorded there on May 22. A sub-50 day during May–Sept has only happened twice since 1961, with the average high this time of year being 73F (22.8C).
The chill will remain in place for at least the remainder of the month, particularly for central and eastern states:
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/late-cold-hits-north-america-arizona
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Economic Times
Mon, 26 May 2025 10:40 UTC
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Hawaiʻi's Kīlauea volcano erupted again on Sunday, May 25, sending lava fountains soaring over 1,000 feet into the sky. This marks the 23rd episode of the ongoing eruption that began in December 2024.
The eruption was confined within Halemaʻumaʻu crater at Kīlauea's summit, with lava flows covering portions of the crater floor.
Kīlauea's current eruptive phase has been characterized by episodic activity, with eruptions lasting from several hours to a few days, interspersed with periods of relative calm. The previous episode began on May 16 and lasted approximately 10 hours.
The eruption commenced at 4:15 pm HST, with the north vent initiating sustained lava fountains that escalated to impressive heights by 4:50 pm. The south vent followed suit at 5:15 pm, producing smaller fountains. By 5:20 pm, the north vent's fountains exceeded 1,000 feet (approximately 300 meters), while the south vent's reached about 230 feet (70 meters).
This eruption is part of a series of episodic activities at Kīlauea's summit, specifically within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater. Since the onset on December 23, 2024, the volcano has exhibited a pattern of eruptions lasting from several hours to a few days, interspersed with periods of relative calm.
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) reported that the north vent ceased erupting at 9:48 pm, followed by the south vent at 10:25 pm. Despite the cessation of active fountaining, the vents and cooling lava flows continue to emit a glow, captivating observers.
While the visual spectacle draws attention, officials remind the public to stay informed through official channels and adhere to safety guidelines when visiting Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
Kīlauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has a long history of eruptions. Its activity is closely monitored by the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory to ensure public safety and provide timely updates.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/omQ9ClJorqY?feature=share
https://www.sott.net/article/499778-Kilauea-volcano-eruption-sends-1000-foot-lava-fountains-skyward-in-fiery-spectacle-23rd-episode-since-December
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Eric Ryan Eric Ryan
ksfa860.com
Tue, 27 May 2025 12:24 UTC
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This week, a powerful storm hit the small town of Afton, Texas, and left something shocking behind.
As you can see in the video at the bottom of this article, a giant piece of hail as big as a grapefruit was found by one "lucky" individual. That thing is insanely big!
The hail that fell during the storm was measured to be between 5.5 and 6 inches wide. That's larger than a soda can and much heavier.
https://youtu.be/5Maii5Pggm8
https://www.sott.net/article/499811-Massive-6-inch-hail-slams-west-Texas-during-storm
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Kathryn Bruch, Thomas Boni, Akievia McFarland
News Nation Now
Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:51 UTC
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© Mason Terrill / News 5 Photographer
Mobile, Alabama, police recently responded to reports of pelican corpses falling from the sky in one neighborhood, which sat there for days, according to NewsNation affiliate WKRG.
WKRG spoke with residents, who believe that a lightning strike might've caused the pelicans to fall from the sky.
One woman said she heard two loud booms during a thunderstorm and saw birds on the ground after it passed.
"Ain't no way, we looked outside, 16 birds just in our yard," resident Destany Williams said. "Nowhere else, just in the yard. This ain't no coincidence... This is the end of the world for real."
https://www.sott.net/article/500168-Residents-see-dead-pelicans-fall-out-of-the-sky-during-a-thunderstorm-in-Mobile-Alabama-on-June-14
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Hannah Fingerhut
The Detroit News
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:54 UTC
Pictured: The flooded Guadalupe River in central Texas this morning
The flooded Guadalupe River in central Texas this morning
Multiple deaths have been reported in Texas after heavy rain caused flash flooding, while search teams used boats to conduct rescues Friday as fast-moving water threatened riverfront communities near wildlife habitats and campgrounds.
As much as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of heavy rain fell in just a few hours overnight in central Kerr County, causing flash flooding of the Guadalupe River.
Judge Rob Kelly, the chief elected official in the county, confirmed fatalities from the flooding and dozens of water rescues so far. He said he was advised not to cite specific numbers and said authorities are still working to identify those whose lives were lost.
"Most of them, we don't know who they are," Kelly said during a news conference. "One of them was completely naked, he didn't have any ID on him at all. We're trying to get the identity of these folks, but we don't have it yet."
Officials conducted dozens of rescues, and the emergency response continued as an unknown number or people remained unaccounted for, Kelly said.
A flood watch issued Thursday afternoon estimated isolated amounts up to 7 inches (17 centimeters) of rising water. That shifted to a flood warning for at least 30,000 people overnight.
When asked about the suddenness of the flash flooding overnight, Kelly said "we do not have a warning system" and that "we didn't know this flood was coming," even as local reporters pointed to the warnings and pushed him for answers about why more precautions weren't taken.
"Rest assured, no one knew this kind of flood was coming," he said. "We have floods all the time. This is the most dangerous river valley in the United States."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state was providing resources to Hill Country communities dealing with the flooding, including in Kerrville, Ingram and Hunt.
"I urge Texans to heed guidance from state and local officials and monitor local forecasts to avoid driving into flooded areas," Abbott said in a statement.
The Guadalupe's river gauge at the unincorporated community of Hunt, where the river forks, recorded a 22 foot rise (6.7 meters) in just about two hours, according to Bob Fogarty, meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Austin/San Antonio office. Fogarty said the gauge failed after recording a level of 29 and a half feet (9 meters).
"We think the river's higher than that," Fogarty said. "The gauge is completely underwater."
The riverfront communities include several camps, wildlife habitats and campgrounds. Texas Game Wardens, part of the state parks and wildlife agency, said on Facebook that search and rescue teams are conducting rescues throughout the region and sending more boats to help.
"This is the kind of thing that will catch you unaware," Fogarty said. "The water's moving so fast, you're not going to recognize how bad it is until it's on top of you."
https://www.sott.net/article/500470-24-dead-and-25-missing-in-Kerr-County-Texas-as-flash-flooding-hits-10-inches-of-rain-in-just-a-few-hours-Guadalupe-River-rises-22-FEET-in-2-hours-UPDATE
https://youtu.be/oHV3qYYTJHM
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Joe Edwards
Newsweek
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:45 UTC
A baseball game was delayed due to inclement weather in Chicago on Sunday.
© David Banks/AP
A baseball game was delayed due to inclement weather in Chicago on Sunday.
More than a month's worth of rain fell on Chicago in 90 minutes on Tuesday evening, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
"There were numerous reports of flooded viaducts, several reports of water rescues, and a few reports of flooded basements," the NWS said.
A flash flood warning was issued until 12.45 a.m. on Wednesday for Chicago and Cicero.
Why It Matters
The extreme rainfall in Chicago follows deadly floods in Texas' Hill Country last week that have led to the deaths of more than 100 people.
In New Mexico, flash floods also killed at least three people on Tuesday, including two children in the resort village of Ruidoso, according to Reuters.
What To Know
According to the NWS forecast office in Chicago, more than five inches of rain fell within the space of 90 minutes west of the United Center on Tuesday evening.
This exceeds the largest average amount of monthly precipitation that the city receives — around 4.5 inches — according to data from the Illinois State Climatologist.
Chicago's West Side, including Homan Square, Douglass Park, and Tri-Taylor, faced especially challenging conditions, according to CBS Chicago.
It added that a total of 6.6 inches of rain fell on Douglass Park, while emergency crews conducted rescues at Western and Ogden avenues and Ashland Avenue and Kinzie Street.
What People Are Saying
The NWS forecast office in Chicago wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday:"A personal weather station has measured 5.06 inches of rain just west of the United Center in 1 hour and 30 minutes! There are reports of water rescues taking place across the warned area! The heaviest rain continues across Humboldt Park, Garfield Park, and Austin."
Meteorologist Emily Wahls wrote on X, Tuesday:
"FLASH FLOODING ONGOING IN CHICAGO. There are now reports of water rescues going on at Western and Ogden, and Fulton and Maple. We're also getting reports of flooded viaducts. This is becoming a dangerous situation."
Weather analyst Colin McCarthy wrote on X, Tuesday:
"The major floods won't stop in the United States.
"It has rained 5 inches in the last 90 minutes in west Chicago with water rescues ongoing near United Center."
https://youtu.be/rdqIFAohEK0
https://www.sott.net/article/500547-Months-worth-of-rain-5-inches-falls-on-Chicago-in-just-90-minutes
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Hannah Fingerhut
The Detroit News
Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:54 UTC
Pictured: The flooded Guadalupe River in central Texas this morning
The flooded Guadalupe River in central Texas this morning
Multiple deaths have been reported in Texas after heavy rain caused flash flooding, while search teams used boats to conduct rescues Friday as fast-moving water threatened riverfront communities near wildlife habitats and campgrounds.
As much as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of heavy rain fell in just a few hours overnight in central Kerr County, causing flash flooding of the Guadalupe River.
Judge Rob Kelly, the chief elected official in the county, confirmed fatalities from the flooding and dozens of water rescues so far. He said he was advised not to cite specific numbers and said authorities are still working to identify those whose lives were lost.
"Most of them, we don't know who they are," Kelly said during a news conference. "One of them was completely naked, he didn't have any ID on him at all. We're trying to get the identity of these folks, but we don't have it yet."
Officials conducted dozens of rescues, and the emergency response continued as an unknown number or people remained unaccounted for, Kelly said.
https://www.sott.net/article/500470-120-dead-at-least-173-remain-missing-in-Kerr-County-Texas-after-flash-flooding-hit-10-inches-of-rain-in-just-a-few-hours-Guadalupe-River-rises-26-FEET-in-just-45-minutes-UPDATED
https://youtu.be/vN4I9FszxlA
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A sharp Canadian air mass has spilled into the United States, setting July cold records — notably in the Upper Midwest.
In Minnesota, the Twin Cities logged 52F (11C) on Thursday, matching the July 17 record set in 1976. With International Falls dropping to 42F (6C), tying a record that stood since 1918.
To the northwest, Grand Forks logged its coldest July 17 in over 50 years, with Grand Forks International Airport seeing 41F (5C), breaking the old record of 44F (7C) set in 1971. Even more impressively, Fargo matched its 1885 record with a low of 43F (6C).
While in South Dakota, Watertown’s hottest day so far this July has been just 83F (28.3F), marking the coolest July maximum since they began keeping records in 1893.
The cold hasn't been confined to the north.
For example, at San Francisco International Airport, an average maximum of just 67.6 F (19.8C) was recorded from June 1 to July 15—the coldest such period since 1965. Cities like Oakland, Santa Rosa, and San Jose have held between 3–6F below normal during the same period, making for the coldest start to summer on record in many regions.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/record-cold-sweeps-parts-of-the-us
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An unseasonable Arctic air mass is currently gripping the northern Rockies, plunging temperatures across Montana, Wyoming, and the western Dakotas to levels more typical of mid-winter than mid-July.
Latest anomaly maps reveal stark deviations from the norm — as much as 41F below average — with some regions in central Montana barely climbing out of the 40s Fahrenheit during the day.
Note: the entire U.S. is currently 1.6F below normal (vs 1991-2010 baseline)
The coldest pockets, those deep purples, are delivering an unmistakable jolt of winter-like chill to the high plains and valleys.
Wednesday morning is enduring frost and record-challenging lows during what should be the warmest stretch of the year.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/polar-cold-slams-northern-rockies
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So far this year, the percentage of U.S. days above 90F (32.2C) is the 26th lowest on record since 1895. That’s according to NOAA’s own Historical Climatology Network data, covering January through July.
As discussed previously: unlike homogenized “average temperature” products—routinely adjusted, infilled, and re-baselined—hot-day counts are binary: a thermometer either hit 90F or it didn’t. This makes them far harder to manipulate. Yes, individual readings can still be nudged upward, and the Urban Heat Island effect remains unaddressed — however, since UHI raises nighttime lows more than daytime highs, its impact here is also limited.
The graph tells the story: the peak of extreme-heat days came during the 1930s, with 1934 standing out at 18.3%—a number untouched in the modern “hottest years ever” era. In fact, today’s figure sits well below the long-term average of 11.5%.
It’s hard to spin this: despite the rhetoric, Americans are seeing fewer extreme-heat days than many times in the past century.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/2025-in-the-us-is-running-cool-perth
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Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:10 UTC
weather map projection
The Farmer's Almanac has issued its long-range forecast for the upcoming Western Hemispheric winter, calling for cold and snowy conditions across large swaths of the Lower 48. While the two-century-old publication touts an 80% accuracy rate, independent analysis places that figure around 55%.
The forecast, which dates back to 1818 and accounts for environmental fluctuations on Earth, solar activity (sunspots), the motion of the Moon, and other proprietary factors, calls for "widespread wintry weather" in the 2025-26 winter season.
Here's a breakdown of the forecast:
Cold Zones:
Coldest: Northern Plains to New England, plus Northwest (Idaho, Washington).
Major cold snaps expected mid-January and mid-February.
Snow Outlook:
New England: Frequent snowstorms.
Atlantic Coast: Significant rain, occasional snow mix.
Mid-Atlantic Mountains: Decent snow events.
Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, North Central: Classic snow-heavy winter.
Pacific Northwest Mountains: Impressive snow totals.
Regional Highlights:
Southeast: Average temps, wet;
Appalachians see occasional snow.
Texas/Southern Plains: Wetter than average, periodic cold snaps, limited snow but freezing rain possible.
Southwest: Wet winter, near-average temps.
If the Farmer's Almanac's long-range forecast is even partially accurate, it could spell serious trouble for Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states already plagued with strained power grids, with Maryland at the epicenter of the crisis.
https://www.sott.net/article/501240-Farmers-Almanac-unveils-long-range-forecast-Widespread-wintry-weather-for-US
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Northern Maine was hit with an early taste of winter this week as overnight lows dipped below freezing.
Estcourt Station bottomed out at a rare 31F (-0.6C), while Caribou fell to 38F (3.3C). In Houlton, temperatures tanked to 35F (1.7C) on Monday — marking the second-earliest reading that low since records began in 1948, with only Aug 17, 1979 seeing cold earlier. The 39F (3.9C) posted there on Tuesday set a new daily record minimum.
Frost was confirmed across multiple locations, reads a NWS report.
Along the coast, Hurricane Erin is forecast to bring rough surf and gusty winds later this week, but the real story inland is the early arrival of frost.
And that could well be summer for much of America, with an expansive cold front forecast to descend south starting this weekend:
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/early-frost-bites-maine-cool-summer
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A descent of cold Canadian air will dip deep into the Lower 48 next week, knocking temperatures well-below normal. While “Arctic blast” might be overkill for late August, the setup will feel like an early arrival of Fall.
The core of the chill will start in the north this weekend, and by early next week will have targeted the likes of Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas. Forecasts show widespread double-digit departures extending from the Rockies through the Midwest.
Days will resemble October rather than August.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/seasons-first-arctic-blast-inbound
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Ben Finley and John Seewer
Associated Press
Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:19 UTC
hurricane erin north carolina outer banks flooding
© USGS, NOAA
Hurricane Erin's sweep past North Carolina's Outer Banks coastal region is expected to produce major flooding August 19-21, 2025
Erin has reintensified to a Category 4 storm
Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina's Outer Banks even though the monster storm is expected to stay offshore after lashing part of the Caribbean with rain and wind on Monday.
Evacuations were ordered on some barrier islands along the Carolina coast as authorities warned the storm could churn up dangerous rip currents and swamp roads with waves of 15 feet (4.6 meters). Tropical storm and surge watches were issued Monday for much of the Outer Banks.
Officials at the Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington, North Carolina, reported to the National Weather Service rescuing at least 60 swimmers from rip currents on Monday.
Tourists and residents waited for hours in a line of cars at Ocracoke Island's ferry dock — the only way to leave other than by plane.
"We definitely thought twice," said Seth Brotherton, of Catfish, North Carolina, whose weeklong fishing trip ended after two days. "But they said 'mandatory' and that pretty much means, 'get out of here.'"
In an AP interview, National Hurricane Center hurricane specialist Dave Roberts says by Wednesday or Thursday Hurricane Erin could impact the Outer Banks.
Forecasters are confident Erin will curl north and away from the eastern U.S., but it's still expected to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds along the coastal islands, Dave Roberts of the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
https://www.sott.net/article/501341-Hurricane-Erin-forces-evacuations-in-North-Carolinas-Outer-Banks
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More than 200 million Americans from the Plains to the East Coast will be hit by an unseasonable chill this week.
A powerful cold front spilling out of Canada is set to dominate the central and eastern half of the country. GFS runs show widespread anomalies of 12C to 16C below the 30-year norm, with pockets even colder.
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies for Aug 25 [tropicaltidbits.com]
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies for Aug 26 [tropicaltidbits.com]
Already, the northern Plains have turned sharply cooler. Frost advisories were hoisted across northern Minnesota as lows dipped into the 30s — in August. By Tuesday, Oklahoma City may struggle to crack 70F (21C), while the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest fall into the 40s overnight.
This is no passing chill. Even NOAA’s outlook carries below-average temperatures through the end of August and into early September — a fall preview weeks ahead of schedule.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/early-us-cold-to-impact-200-million
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Washington, D.C. just logged its coolest August since 2000.
The monthly mean came in at 75.8F (24.3C), which is 3.6F (2C) below the modern average. It was also the driest August on record with only 0.2 inches (5 mm) of rain.
The Washington Post keenly notes that the chilliest August on record was in 1927 with a mean of 70F (21.1C), but what they leave out is that Aug 2025 beats some impressive historical benchmarks. It was colder than August 1872 — 153 years ago, for example.
The cool wasn’t confined to the capital either.
The chart below shows much of the eastern and central United States running below average last month
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/washington-posts-its-coolest-august
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Early September is delivering November-like chill across large swathes of the United States.
On Saturday, Sheridan, Wyoming posted 31F (–0.6C), while Baker, Montana dropped to 30F (–1.1C) — both new records. Livingston tied its 32F (0C) mark. Patchy frost was reported across ranchland, a rare sight for September's opening week.
In Minnesota, Duluth tied its 1904 record at just 52F (11.1C), Hibbing set a new low maximum at 50F (10C), and Ashland, Wisconsin broke its 1926 mark with 53F (11.7C). International Falls tied its 53F (11.7C) record, and Brainerd matched 57F (13.9C).
Further south, Lexington, Kentucky logged its fourth record low in two weeks, falling to 45F (7.2C) Sunday morning. Burlington, Iowa tied its Sept 7 record of 42F (5.6C) from 1956, with nearby towns also dipping into the low 40s (≈5–6C).
A slew of daily records have fallen over the past 24 hours...
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/records-continue-to-fall-in-us-la
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At least seven states reported record lows Monday morning as an early-season chill spread across the eastern U.S.
The NWS's Weather Prediction Center confirmed records in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Missouri, and Alabama, with ties logged in Minnesota, Illinois, Maryland, and Connecticut.
Frost advisories extended across parts of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York, where overnight readings in the low 30s (–1C to 1C) threatened crops and gardens. Sioux City, South Dakota dropped to 36F (2.2C), breaking its 1986 record, while Mitchell fell to 35F (1.7C), a mark last seen in 1898.
Sheridan, Wyoming, Baker, Montana, and multiple stations in Minnesota and Wisconsin also set or tied daily records over the weekend.
Local forecasters are noting the broader anomaly. In northeast Wisconsin, for example, meteorologist Cameron Moreland reported the region is off to its coldest start to September since records began in 1886, with temperatures running about 10F below average. Monday’s low of 38F (3.3C) was the coldest this early in the month since 1988.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/coldest-start-to-september-on-record
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https://www.sott.net/article/501765-Dramatic-moment-lightning-hits-tree-and-starts-fire-in-Wisconsin
A bolt of lightning struck a tree on a property in north-central Wisconsin on Tuesday, September 9, sending bits of bark and other debris flying through the air and setting the tree on fire. Security camera footage captured by Mike Smith shows the dramatic scene on Smith's property in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.
A loud explosion could be heard as the lightning hits the tree, causing tree bark and debris to scatter across the property. Smith said he was not on the property at the time and received a text from a neighbor saying his tree was on fire. Later footage shows Smith's neighbors using lake water to put out the fire at the base of the tree.
Smith said that the fire department extinguished the fire that was further up the tree. "We had a freak bolt of lightning destroy one of our pine trees," Smith wrote on Facebook. "Thanks to our great neighbors for putting out the fire and helping me with communication with emergency services. Sad for our tree..."
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Central Nebraska has just endured one of its coldest late-August to early-September periods on record.
From August 23 through September 7, daily highs in Hastings averaged just 73.9F (23C) with lows at 56.8F (14C). Grand Island wasn’t far off, with highs of 74.2F (23C) and lows of 55.9F (13C). Both sites ran about 7F (4C) below normal for the stretch.
According to the National Weather Service, this was the second-coolest such period
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Stanley, Virginia just logged its coolest August in 57 years.
Afternoon highs averaged 79.9F (27C), more than 5F below normal. The thermometer hit 90F (32C) only once, on Aug 17, topping out at 91F (33C). By comparison, August 1988 averaged 89.4F (32C) with 20 days above 90F.
Lows averaged 61.3F (16C), with the monthly minimum of 49F (9C) posted on Aug 30.
Records fell, including on Aug 28 when 51F (11C) bested a 1969 benchmark.
Stanley’s chill was no anomaly. NOAA data show the U.S. as a whole endured a markedly cool August — finishing cooler than August 1904 and many Augusts since. Maximums, as per even the official data, have barely budged in more than a century
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Two snowfall events, on Sept 26 and 28, have hit Arizona Snowbowl, marking the resort’s first snows of the season.
The resort is slated to open Nov 21, though history shows earlier dates are possible. Last year, abundant early storms pushed Snowbowl’s opening to Nov 8 —the earliest on record— leading to a marathon 185-day season that stretched into June.
This latest bout comes as early snow spreads across North America’s peaks.
Whistler Blackcomb logged flakes the same day, while Colorado resorts including Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, and Breckenridge have already seen September snow.
Keystone could be targeting a mid-October opening, with Arapahoe likewise hinting at an early start.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/arizonas-september-snow-blue-planet
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At least two people died Thursday in flooded basements after record rainfall in parts of New York City that also deluged some streets and subway stations, according to police.
The New York Police Department confirmed the two deaths to ABC News.
ABC New York station WABC said a 39-year-old man was found unconscious and unresponsive in a flooded basement in Brooklyn. The FDNY Scuba Team recovered his body from the basement before he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
In a separate incident in Washington Heights, in northern Manhattan, police said the body of a 43-year-old man was found in a flooded boiler room, WABC reported.
Police are investigating both incidents.
https://www.sott.net/article/502691-2-dead-after-New-York-City-flooding-that-submerged-vehicles-flooded-subways-after-record-rainfall
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yEB2JwjlfUI?feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QThBwhkA-9k?feature=share
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An ‘Arctic outbreak’ is forecast to plunge deep into the United States early next week, with subfreezing air reaching as far south as the Gulf of Mexico America by Monday, November 10.
The ECMWF run (below) shows 850 hPa (upper air) temperatures dipping below -12C (10F) across large swaths of the Midwest and Plains, with the cold mass driving southward through the central corridor.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/avalanche-in-italy-kills-five-major
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An exceptional early-season Arctic outbreak has delivered record-breaking snow across the U.S. Midwest and eastern Canada, bringing the heaviest early-November accumulations in decades and snarling transport from Cincinnati to Ottawa.
In the U.S., Cincinnati picked up 2.1 inches (5.3 cm) on Nov 10 — the most snow ever recorded on that date, according to the NWS. The previous record, 0.3 inches (0.8 cm) from 1948, stood unchallenged for 77 years.
Nearby Dayton saw 3.6 inches (9.1 cm), crushing its 1960 record of just 0.2 inches (0.5 cm). Minimums fell into the low 20s (around -6C), with wind chills in the teens (-10 C), marking one of the coldest early-November nights in decades.
A myriad of regions posted their earliest snowfalls on record, including in South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach and Florence.
North of the border, Ontario saw one of its snowiest early-November stretches on record.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/record-early-snow-slams-midwest-us
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An early-November Arctic blast has busted temperature records across the U.S. Southeast, from Florida’s Gulf Coast to North Carolina’s Outer Banks, delivering the region’s coldest/earliest start to winter in decades.
In Florida, Punta Gorda plunged to 39F (4C), breaking its previous record by 5F and marking the coldest this early since 1966. Naples fell to 44F (7C), besting its 1993 record by 3F, while Tampa Bay hit 39F, its coldest November 11 since 1892. Vero Beach (40F), Fort Pierce (41F), Orlando (36F), Daytona (35F), Leesburg (35F), and Melbourne (37F) all set or tied daily records.
Tuesday morning marked the coldest statewide reading this early in nearly 60 years.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/record-cold-sweeps-florida-and-the
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Mount Washington is off to a strong start this winter.
A November 17 storm added 6.7 inches, pushing the month’s total to 42.5 inches — well above the long-term mid-November average of 35.6 inches, according to the Mount Washington Observatory.
Snow began in early October, and a run of powerful storms hit the summit through early-November — a foot by Nov 5.
Back in 2013, Boston Magazine warned the New England ski industry was “melting away” and insisted “winter is not coming:”
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/new-england-buries-another-climate
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A powerful early-season storm is hammering the Great Lakes.
Heavy lake-effect snow bands from Michigan to New York are forecast through Friday, with blizzard conditions around Lake Superior’s south shore.
A blizzard warning is in place for Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, where Houghton and surrounding areas are forecast up to 3 feet of snow and whiteout travel. Lake-effect bands could drop even more across other traditional snowbelts.
AccuWeather’s ‘Local StormMax’ is also calling for 3 feet in the core bands.
While north of the border, prolonged snow squalls will persist across the likes of southern Ontario, with 20–40+ cm (8–16+ in) and locally higher totals through Thursday–Friday.
Cold is spreading too — much of the CONUS turns ‘purple’ by Monday (Dec 1):
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/great-lakes-thanksgiving-blizzard
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A strong negative East Pacific Oscillation (-EPO) is locking in over the North Pacific, setting the stage for repeated Arctic blasts into the U.S. through mid-December.
The ECMWF (below) shows a massive cold pool forming over Alaska and western Canada — a Polar Vortex dump pattern. Strong high pressure over Alaska forces cold air down the Rockies into the Midwest and Great Lakes, then eastward.
A recent stratospheric-warming disruption is reinforcing the setup, with another warming pulse projected in 10-or-so days.
Fast-moving systems continue to run the Gulf of Alaska track into the Pacific Northwest, feeding Alberta Clippers that spread quick, accumulating snow across the northern tier.
With Arctic air in place, even small disturbances can produce wintry precipitation from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic.
Temperatures are already dropping sharply across the central U.S. (map below), and the model signal only strengthens: a sustained funnel of cold linking Alaska to the Northeast, with multiple waves of subfreezing air arriving through mid-month.
Any brief Pacific warmup is likely to be overwhelmed by the size and depth of the cold pool.
Rug up America.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/major-arctic-outbreaks-lining-up
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Back in November.2025
Kylee Miller
CBS News
Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:30 UTC
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A total of 8.4 inches of snow fell at O'Hare International Airport on Saturday alone, setting a new record for the snowiest November day in Chicago.
The 8.4-inch total broke the daily snowfall record for Nov. 29 of a mere 3 inches set in 1942.
The snowfall total also set a record for any November day in Chicago. The old record was 8 inches even on Nov. 6, 1951.
The 8.4-inch snow total from this one snowstorm is the second highest single-day total at all at O'Hare since Jan. 1, 2015.
As to the total from this snowstorm, it was still climbing Sunday morning. As of 6 a.m., a total of 8.5 inches of snow had fallen at O'Hare.
https://www.sott.net/article/503261-Saturday-was-snowiest-November-day-on-record-in-Chicago-8-4-inches-at-O-Hare
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Chicago has just logged one of its harshest openings to winter in nearly half a century.
Snowfall at O’Hare reached 17.1 inches as of Dec 7. The last time the city piled up more snow by this point was back in 1978.
Almost all of this season’s total has arrived in the past nine days. From Nov 29 to Dec 7, O’Hare picked up 15.4 inches (with Chicago posting its snowiest-ever November day on Nov 30) — one of the most intense nine-day stretches on record. In fact, only 1967 has delivered a snowier stretch (with 29.9 inches).
Cold reinforced the setup. Sunday night dipped below 0F, with additional lake-enhanced snow pushing totals even higher across the region. Midway logged another 4.3 inches Sunday; O’Hare added at least 4.6 inches, with more on the way later this week.
This echoes the broader theme for the United States, particularly across the Midwest and Rockies. The Northwest is next to be placed under heavy-snow warnings. And Alaska has received the heaviest confirmed totals. Juneau broke records on Sunday, part of the system that delivered roughly 20 inches to nearby Hyder and as much as 18 inches across the Skagway–Haines corridor.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/chicagos-snowiest-start-to-winter
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Sacramento International Airport has now gone more than 190 hours without rising above 46F (8C), an early-winter chill the region hasn’t endured in more than 30 years.
Daily maximums have been stuck in the mid-40s since last week, held down by an entrenched layer of low cloud and persistent valley inversion, with California’s Central Valley stuck in a pattern more reminiscent of mid-winter than early December.
The stagnation is showing no sign of breaking, extending one of the longest, coolest runs on record.
The first 10 days of December have also delivered a top-tier cold start across the East and the Great Lakes.
Mean temperatures are running 7F to 15F below average across a broad swath from Minnesota to Maine and down through the Mid-Atlantic, with widespread double-digit departures. A few spots have posted their coldest Dec 1 - 10 on record.
[Data: SERCC]
Most of the eastern half of the U.S. is locked well below normal — the lone exception being the Florida Peninsula.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/early-winter-cold-grips-california
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https://www.sott.net/article/503445-Prehistoric-Lake-Manly-returns-to-Death-Valley-after-record-rainfall
An ancient lake has reemerged after Death Valley National Park experienced record-breaking rainfall this fall.
From September to November, Death Valley, located in California and Nevada, received 2.41 inches of rain, making it the national park's wettest fall, according to a news release on the park's website. In November alone, the park received 1.76 inches of rain, breaking the previous record of 1.7 inches set in 1923.
Due to the rains, Lake Manly, which dates back to the Ice Age, has formed once again in the Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, which lies 282 feet below sea level. But the lake isn't very deep.
"The lake, colloquially known as 'Lake Manly,' is much smaller and shallower than the one that formed after the remnants of Hurricane Hilary passed through the park in 2024," the national park said. "The water is about a mile from the Badwater parking lot and in most places would not rise above the tops of your shoes."
Here's what to know about the record-breaking rains.
What is Lake Manly?
In California, less than 100 miles away from the California-Nevada border, Badwater Basin, which is normally a dry salt flat, became home to the shallow lake locally known as Lake Manly due to the record rainfall.
The lake dates back to the ice age, and is the remains of a prehistoric lake that was once 80 miles long and 600 feet deep, according to the Palm Springs Desert Sun, a part of the USA TODAY Network. The lake was filled by glacial meltwater and seasonal streams.
It was home to a flourishing ecosystem, but today, it barely tops a few inches and is located in one of the country's harshest environments.
"Normally, the amount of water flowing [into Death Valley is] much less than the evaporation rate," park ranger Abby Wines previously said in a statement in 2024 after the valley floor received 4.9 inches of rain in six months.
Usually, the Death Valley National Park receives an average of 2 inches of rain per year, according to the National Park Service.
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A week-long lake-effect siege has buried large swaths of the Great Lakes, capping off 2025 with deep, disruptive snow and more still falling into the New Year.
Syracuse, New York has already logged 76 inches of snow this season, nearly double its annual average.
One single burst delivered more than 24 inches in a day, marking the city’s second-snowiest day on record and its snowiest December day ever. Western and upstate New York remain under a state of emergency as road crews struggle to keep pace.
Arctic air continues to pour across the comparatively warm waters of Lakes Erie and Ontario, locking narrow but intense snow bands in place. In Redfield, snowfall rates hit 5 inches per hour.
Tug Hill Plateau is forecast to receive near 3 feet by Saturday. Areas south of Buffalo face a foot. With parts of Pennsylvania seeing the same before the system finally weakens. More is on the way though, with January offering little sign of relief.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/record-snow-buries-lake-louise-great (https://electroverse.substack.com/p/record-snow-buries-lake-louise-great)
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Hannah Lee
Alaskasnewssource.com
Thu, 01 Jan 2026 11:59 UTC
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Snowfall in Juneau over the past week has smashed records for the city and borough, bringing avalanche risks and sunken vessels.
The previous record of 54.7 inches was set back in 1964, and this December will close with over 80 inches of snowfall. A typical year for Juneau brings about 80 to 81 inches of snowfall.
Nicole Ferrin from the NWS told reporters Wednesday that Juneau has broken the five-day snowfall record, the previous record being set in April 1963 with 45.9 inches.
"As of midnight last night, we had gotten to 46.8 inches at the airport," Ferrin said. "So we surpassed the previous longest record snow event at the Juneau Airport."
She states that no further major snowfall is expected over the next few days, but temperatures will drop.
Avalanche Risks
The city of Juneau issued an alert for elevated avalanche conditions on Tuesday afternoon to residents living downtown. The alert was not an evacuation advisory, but rather a preparation alert, just in case conditions continue to worsen and there is a need to evacuate.
Thane Road has been closed since Tuesday night due to the high avalanche hazard. Pat Dryer with the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities states that they plan to conduct avalanche hazard reduction above Thane Road on Thursday, Jan. 1, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Dryer states that avalanche reduction involves artificially triggering avalanches. Dryer said they will use a device called a DaisyBell rather than explosives.
"We have several different mediums to do that with, one of which is a helicopter with a device that is transported below it. You can use explosives as well, and another option is road closures and mitigations," Dryer said.
This work is intended to reduce the risk of larger avalanches impacting Thane Road. If avalanche debris reaches the roadway, an extended closure may be necessary to remove debris safely.
Updates will be posted here.
Earlier this week, the city created a new avalanche advisory page where there is no longer a 5-point scale. Instead, the city will be using a more direct scale, as advised by local experts.
"On our current avalanche advisory page, folks can see whether or not we're at a low risk, elevated risk or high risk of avalanche danger that really corresponds directly to that 'Ready, Set, Go,'" Ryan O'Shaughnessy with the City & Borough of Juneau Emergency Programs stated.
To find out more about the avalanche advisory and to see if your home is in the risk area, click here.
https://www.sott.net/article/503765-Juneau-in-Alaska-deals-with-avalanche-risks-after-record-breaking-snowfall
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Dimple Singh
Times Now News
Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:22 UTC
The heavy rain caused fast-moving water, stranded cars and dangerous conditions in many neighborhoods.
The heavy rain caused fast-moving water, stranded cars and dangerous conditions in many neighborhoods.
San Diego received a month's worth of rain in just hours on New Year's Day, flooding streets and making it one of the city's 15 wettest days on record. The heavy rain caused fast-moving water, stranded cars and dangerous conditions in many neighborhoods.
Videos on social media showed streets turning into rushing streams and people trying to escape the flooding.
Now, forecasters say more rain is coming, but it would be lighter.
https://www.sott.net/article/503790-Streets-vehicles-under-water-in-record-rain-for-San-Diego-California-months-worth-of-rain-in-just-hours
https://twitter.com/i/status/2006832810581979155
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In parts of Alaska, winter’s cold has reached historic levels.
At 7:30 PM Thursday, Fairbanks officially climbed to 0F (-17.8C) for the first time in 32 days, ending a subzero stretch that began Dec 13, 2025. That now stands as the longest consecutive period below zero in Fairbanks in 108 years, since the run of 40 ending Jan 3, 1918:
Snowfall has also been exceptional across Alaska this winter.
Juneau shattered long-standing snowfall records in December, with totals so extreme that nearly a full winter’s worth of snow fell in a single month. Fairbanks has also logged abnormally heavy snowfall alongside its historic cold.
Across much of Canada too, deep Arctic air has been established, with repeated cold pools rotating through the Prairies, central provinces, and eastern regions. This reservoir of cold has not yet been fully discharged southward, but the upper-level pattern now looks to be evolving. The ‘warm-up’ in Fairbanks (to 0F!) could further hint at this—at the cold beginning a sag southward.
The cold is primed, the pattern is aligned, and the border no longer looks to be a barrier...
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/prolonged-freeze-for-alaska-arctic
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Alaska is locked in one of its coldest winters in more than a century, with the Lower 48 next in line.
As mentioned last week, Fairbanks held below -19C (-2F) from Dec 13 through Jan 16 — a stretch of sustained cold not seen in over 100 years of observations (since 1918).
That Arctic reservoir is destabilizing, with its cold now set to spill south into the CONUS in what is shaping up to be the most severe winter outbreak in decades.
The models converge on a large, long-duration event beginning this weekend and intensifying through the final week of January.
Across the Midwest and Great Lakes, lows are forecast to plunge into the -34C to -37C range (-30F to -35F), with pockets approaching -40C (-40F) in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin by Saturday, Jan 24.
Several higher-resolution runs are colder still.
In Grand Rapids, some projections dip near -35C (-31F), which would obliterate the city’s all-time cold record by roughly 4C.
The air mass descending out of the Canadian Arctic, with reinforcement from a very snowy Siberia, is close to the coldest physically possible for America.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/us-forecast-full-blown-arctic-outbreak
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A continental-scale Arctic air mass is now surging south out of Canada and will engulf much of the United States through the end of the week, locking large portions of the country into one of the most severe cold outbreaks of recent decades.
A dense, shallow Arctic dome is dropping into the Midwest and Great Lakes before plunging into Texas and the Southeast.
Temperatures across wide swaths of the country will fall 20C to 30C (36F to 54F) below late-January norms.
In the northern Plains and Upper Midwest, surface readings near -30C (-22F) are likely, with -40C (-40F) air pressing south out of Canada. Wind chills will crash into the -40F to -50F range across multiple states.
On the back of this forecast, U.S. Natural Gas prices have surged a whopping 49% (since Monday).
The atmospheric setup is classic and dangerous.
A powerful tropospheric polar vortex lobe is digging south, marked by exceptionally low mid-level thickness values more typical of deep Siberian winter. At the surface, a massive Arctic high exceeding 1050 mb is anchoring the cold in place, allowing it to pool near the ground and resist erosion. Once established, this air mass does not move quickly.
The real problem begins where this cold collides with moisture.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/severe-arctic-freeze-and-southern
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The ECMWF continues to roll out a relentless Arctic pattern for the United States, with subzero temperatures forecast for about 102 million people, just over 30% of the U.S. population, into early next week.
The model now shows a parade of major winter events: a wallop this weekend, then a second Arctic blast peaking Jan 29-31, followed by an even stronger third wave around Feb 2-4. This is not a brief cold shot. It is sustained Arctic influence.
Latest ECMWF guidance points to roughly 250 million Americans affected by a massive winter storm tied to a sprawling Canadian cold pool. The event sweeps Texas late Friday (Jan 23) with freezing rain, then a rapid flash freeze as Arctic air crashes south.
Ice accretion extends through Little Rock and along Interstate 40 into the Carolinas, while snowfall totals explode to the north across the Ohio River Valley, the Mid-Atlantic including Washington D.C., and onward through New York City into New England.
At the first storm’s peak on Sunday, roughly 55% of the country is expected to experience snow, sleet, or freezing rain, which would rank among the largest winter weather events most Americans will experience in their lifetimes.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/back-to-back-arctic-blasts-for-us
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A major polar vortex disruption has plunged much of the Northern Hemisphere into deep winter, with the US enduring one of the coldest/snowiest Januaries in decades.
Hemisphere-wide cold.
Across the U.S., record cold has now settled in behind a powerful winter storm, locking much of the central and eastern states into prolonged, dangerous conditions.
The NWS has issued widespread extreme cold alerts stretching from the Plains through the South and into the East, with dozens of cold records already falling and hundreds more at risk through early week.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/arctic-records-pile-up-across-united
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Arctic air remains entrenched across the United States, delivering widespread cold, heavy snow, and mounting impacts.
As of Monday evening, the Lower 48 average temperature was 27.8F, which is 10.4F below normal, with about 206 million Americans below freezing.
That cold intensifies again this weekend.
Come Tuesday, national average lows tank to 13.6F (map below), with more than 260 million below freezing overnight and roughly 140 million failing to thaw during the day.
From Jan 23 to 26, almost 1,000 reports of ice accumulations and/or ice storm damage have been received by NWS offices from New Mexico to New England:
Snow totals continue to climb, too.
Preliminary reports already exceed 20 inches in parts of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, with Boston adding again to seasonal totals. Several stations are approaching daily and multi-day snowfall records, with final tallies still being compiled.
Below is a snapshot of U.S. snow cover on Jan 23 and then Jan 26 (NOHRSC). It shows 56% coverage of Lower 48 Monday AM, which is by far most widespread of the season.
Lake-effect snow remains active downwind of the Great Lakes and will persist until surface waters freeze.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/us-freeze-set-to-deepen-texas-renewables
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Anchorage, Alaska was hammered by another major snowstorm Jan 27, pushing the city to its snowiest January on record in books dating back to 1952.
7+ inches fell in less than 24 hours, driving January’s total to nearly 40 inches and breaking the previous monthly record of 34.4 inches set in 2000. Tuesday’s snow also smashed the daily January record, surpassing the old mark of 3.6 inches from 1992.
Police reported more than 100 crashes and nearly as many additional vehicles in distress by late afternoon. Parts of the Glenn Highway were closed for hours as vehicles slid off the roadway and traffic was diverted through Eagle River.
The National Weather Service upgraded its forecast from a winter weather advisory to a winter storm warning as totals surged well-beyond expectations, with up to a foot reported in parts of the Anchorage area by Tuesday night.
Forecasters noted that the system proved difficult for models to resolve, contributing to the initial underestimation.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/snowiest-january-on-record-in-anchorage
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A deep Arctic surge delivered one of the coldest February nights Florida has seen in decades, pushing freezing air all the way to the subtropics and setting or tying a long list of monthly records across the state.
In Florida, temperatures fell as low as 18F (-7.8C), an extreme reading for the peninsula. Along the central and east coast, multiple long-standing February records were broken or tied.
Sanford and Leesburg each dropped to 23F (-5C), tying their coldest February lows ever recorded. Daytona Beach fell to 23F (-5C), its coldest February temperature in weather books dating back to 1923. Melbourne fell to 24F (-4.4C), also establishing a new monthly record in books back to 1937.
Cold pushed south with little moderation.
Vero Beach posted 26F (-3.3C), West Palm Beach dropped to 30F (-1.1C), and Fort Pierce hit 23F (-5C), setting a new February low and coming within just 1F of its all-time record. Orlando fell to 24F (-4.4C), as did Lakeland — both among the coldest February readings on record.
Even South Florida was not spared.
Miami International Airport registered 35F (1.7C) — a reading just 3F shy of the city’s February record low, ranking as the fourth-coldest February temperature since records began in 1937 and the coldest February reading there since 1947.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/floridas-february-freeze-tropical
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Lake Erie is now about 96% ice-covered and still climbing. With another surge of Arctic air locking in over the eastern U.S., the lake is on track to reach 100% ice coverage within days — the first full freeze in three decades.
Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, making it the quickest to respond to sustained cold. Even so, full ice coverage is rare, and it has taken a bitterly and persistently cold Jan-Feb of 2026 to lock-up its waters.
Further south, ice has also taken hold across Chesapeake Bay between Maryland and Virginia — a widespread, ‘walkable’ freeze not seen in more than 35 years:
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With another cold weekend ahead, the ice is set to hold firm rather than retreat.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/lake-erie-nears-first-full-freeze
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A storm moved over Hawaii this past weekend, causing flooding, knocking down trees and power poles and dumping a foot of snow on the island's mountaintops.
On Monday morning, every spot in the state was under a flood watch, with widespread wind advisories and winter storm warnings on the mountains of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa.
AccuWeather Meteorologist Alex DaSilva said that a stalled front draped across the Hawaiian Islands, combined with a slow-moving area of low pressure, led to major flooding and near-hurricane-force wind gusts.
Hawaiian Electric warned customers to prepare for extended power outages Sunday night, after power was restored to 45,000 customers lost power earlier in the day. As of Sunday night, 19,000 customers were still in the dark.
Winds gusted over 70 mph on the islands of Maui and Moloka'i, with gusts over 60 mph on Oahu, Lanai and the Big Island. Rainfall amounts exceeded 30 inches at Laupahoehoe on the Big Island, with 23.22 inches at Waikamoi on Maui.
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All public schools, and the University of Hawaii, were closed on Monday, Hawaii News Now reported.
Flooding was reported on several roads.
"The road to the summit [of Mauna Kea] is closed," the Center for Maunakea Stewardship posted on Facebook Sunday night. Webcams on the summits continued to show snow early Monday morning. The winter storm warning issued by the National Weather Service called for up to a foot of snow.
"Although the storm will move out after Monday," DaSilva added, "Western portions of the island chain will have to be on alert for the possibility of heavy rain this weekend as an area of low pressure moves to the west."
It snows in Hawaii?
Snow in Hawaii is not as unusual as many might think. The Big Island summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, home to research facilities, both rise above 13,000 feet, higher than the tallest points in 44 U.S. states.
Because of their high elevations, the mountains in Hawaii routinely get snow during the fall, winter and spring. Snow isn't officially measured in the state, but on average for the last 20 years, 25 to 30 winter weather advisories are issued for the peaks each year.
The earliest winter weather advisory in the fall during the last 20 years was on Oct. 13, 2014; the latest was in spring on June 8, 2018.
AccuWeather
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More than 8 feet of snow has fallen at Palisades Tahoe this week as the Sierra Nevada endures a sustained winter onslaught.
Interstate 80 shut down near Emigrant Gap after heavy snow overwhelmed eastbound lanes. Dozens of trucks were left stranded, and traffic backed up for more than six miles as the corridor effectively turned into a parking lot.
Away from the roads, seasonal totals have spiked across the range, with multiple sites now running well above average. At Cottonwood Lakes, pack has climbed to around double the normal level for mid-Feb, driven by repeated cold, high-yield storms.
After a slow start, the Sierra is now rapidly overshooting seasonal norms — and there’s more to come.
“The atmosphere is showing off,” writes UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab:
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/sierra-snowpack-surges-eastern-europe
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A major winter storm is hammering the Sierra Nevada, delivering the most severe snowfall in years.
Snow stakes across the Tahoe basin are completely buried as the storm unloads at full force. Forecast totals of 3 to 8 feet are expected by Thursday evening, placing this system well above anything seen so far this winter.
Conditions at Donner Summit have deteriorated into a full blizzard. Visibility has collapsed to near zero. Vehicles are buried. Semi-trucks are stranded. Travel is impossible. Interstate 80 is fully closed through the pass as snow continues to pile up by the foot.
“These are the worst blizzard conditions I have ever seen in my life at Donner Summit,” storm chaser Colin McCarthy reported.
The extreme snowfall has already triggered avalanches. An incident reported just north of Donner Summit near Castle Peak caught 16 people. As of writing (early Wed), six have been confirmed as survivors, but ten are still missing.
This is a high-impact, dangerous winter storm in every sense: feet of accumulation, whiteout conditions, major transport shutdowns, and avalanches across the central Sierra.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/sierras-worst-snowstorm-in-years
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Monday's storms shattered daily rain records and swamped Los Angeles and the Bay Area with flooding.
A flood threat remains for millions across much of the California coast as another round of moisture pushes inland off the Pacific Ocean, after Monday's storms shattered daily rain records. Meanwhile, heavy snow will spread from the Northern California mountain ranges into the southern part of the Sierra, adding to California's snowpack and eventually reaching the Rockies farther east, which are in a dire snow deficit.
Flooding was reported Monday across parts of California, after 1 - 2 inches of rain fell across the Los Angeles Basin and 3 - 5 inches of rain dropped across the Coastal Range north of the Bay Area.
Urban flooding swamped parts of LA, with water rising to the mid-door panels of some sedans in the Westwood neighborhood.
https://www.sott.net/article/504687-Monster-storms-flood-parts-of-California-with-rounds-of-heavy-rain-as-extreme-snow-slams-the-Sierra-Nevada
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Some 35 million people are under blizzard warnings from Virginia to Maine — more than 10% of the contiguous US population. In total, over 65 million people are covered by storm-related alerts, close to one-fifth of the country.
The system began “bombing out” early Monday, entering a phase of rapid intensification. Central pressure is plunging toward levels comparable to a Category 2 hurricane, a sign of an extremely powerful mid-latitude storm.
As the Northeast wakes up, the result is widespread whiteout conditions and wind-driven snow.
In New York City, images show snow plastered to street signs in Brooklyn, with totals already reaching around 9 inches as of 2 am local time, with conditions still deteriorating.
Intense snow bands continue to wrap around the core, capable of dumping heavy accumulations in a short time while strong winds drive severe blowing and drifting. For large parts of the Northeast, the worst of this blizzard is still unfolding.
The setup could hardly have been more extreme. The storm is feeding off a deep lobe attached to the historic ‘polar vortex’ currently building in Greenland...
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/major-blizzard-hitting-northeast
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A major storm hit the US east coast on Monday, bringing record-breaking snow that caused disruptions for millions and thousands of flight cancellations.
Parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts have seen nearly 37in (94cm) of snowfall, with more than 19in in New York City's Central Park, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
Weather warnings stretched from North Carolina to northern Maine, with some in place further north in parts of eastern Canada.
More than 600,000 properties on the US east coast endured power outages, while the Boston Globe - a major US newspaper - said it will not go to print for the first time in its 153-year history due to the storm.
Travel across the region has been severely limited, with some states and cities implementing travel bans during the worst period of the storm.
The so-called "nor'easter" is forecast to move away from the US on Tuesday and across coastal parts of eastern Canada, though strong winds are expected to persist, according to the NWS.
Snow accumulations were anticipated to reach 1-2ft (30-61cm) near the north-east coastline, meanwhile.
Rhode Island, the smallest US state, appeared to have received the most snow during the storm. In fact, it has become the worst snowstorm to ever hit the state, according to local media.
Providence, the state capital, received 36in (91cm) of snow, dwarfing the existing record for the single greatest snowstorm: 28.6in (72.6cm) set in February 1978.
"It completely smashed it," Candice Hrencecin, an NWS meteorologist in Boston, told the New York Times. "We were just as shocked as everyone else."
A ban on non-essential travel was implemented in Rhode Island and also in neighbouring Connecticut.
Later in the day, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey also imposed a travel ban.
"White-out conditions are making travel extremely dangerous," she said in an online post. "If you get stuck, help will have a hard time reaching you... I strongly urge everyone to stay off the roads no matter where you live."
A white-out is when snow significantly reduces visibility.
Boston resident and avid walker Bradley Jay said the storm had made him feel like a "prisoner".
"I won't be able to really walk around town for another ten days. So I'm stuck inside," he told news agency Reuters.
In Massachusetts, nearly 300,000 were without power, according to monitor PowerOutage, including 85% of customers in Barnstable County, which includes all of Cape Cod.
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/grJa3w3GF5w?feature=share
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While the Lower 48 is currently enjoying a brief taste of spring, intense Arctic cold remains firmly entrenched up north.
Interior Alaska is enduring some of the harshest conditions.
In Fairbanks, temperatures plunged to -49F (-45C) on Sunday — the coldest March reading since 1956 (in books dating back to 1911).
Eastern Canada is also deep in the freezer. Northern Quebec recorded -37.7C (-36F) in Wapus recently, with a broad swath of the province posting temperatures well below -30C (-22F):
Parent fell to -34.8C (-31F), Normandin to -34.5C (-30F), and Chicoutimi to -33.5C (-28F).
For now, that cold reservoir remains locked up across the high latitudes, with the United States forecast relatively mild conditions through the next 7 to 10 days.
However, by mid-March, the ‘polar vortex’ is projected to sag southward toward the Canadian border.
When this happens, lobes of Arctic air are expected to spill into the Lower 48.
Around March 11–18, a substantial cold intrusion is lining up to crash south (likely the last of winter). If the pattern holds, a significant Arctic blast will plunge across large parts of the US — unusual for mid-March.
Spring may only be temporary, Americans. Enjoy it while it lasts.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/cold-locked-up-north-for-now-chinas
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Washington, D.C.’s iconic cherry blossom season may arrive late this year after months of unusually cold weather slowed the trees’ development.
Each spring, more than 3,000 Yoshino cherry trees surrounding the Tidal Basin draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to the U.S. capital.
The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival, running March 20 to April 12, marks the blooming of the trees first gifted to the United States by Japan in 1912.
But in 2026 the blossoms are lagging.
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Residents across North Texas are assessing damage Thursday morning after a powerful line of severe storms swept through the Metroplex Wednesday night, leaving behind collapsed roofs, flooded highways, and record-breaking precipitation.
The National Weather Service confirmed that DFW Airport recorded 1.55 inches of rain on Wednesday, March 4. This officially breaks the previous daily record for the date of 1.27 inches, which had stood for nearly 90 years since 1937.
While the airport saw record-highs, neighboring areas like Mesquite and Seagoville reported even higher totals, ranging from 4 to 8 inches.
In Garland, the intense rainfall is blamed for a structural collapse at a commercial building in the 2900 block of Kingsley Road. Around 5 p.m. Wednesday, emergency crews responded to reports that a buildup of water caused the roof to give way.
Seven workers inside the building managed to evacuate safely, and authorities confirmed there were no injuries.
https://www.sott.net/article/504996-Dallas-weather-Record-rainfall-of-8-inches-reported-high-water-rescues-and-roof-collapses-during-severe-storms
https://sott.net/en504996
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Winter is not finished with the United States.
The ECMWF shows a powerful Arctic air mass preparing to surge south across the Lower 48 over the next 1-2 weeks, bringing widespread snow and cold from the Pacific Northwest through the Great Lakes and into the Northeast.
The setup centers on a strengthening polar vortex over the high latitudes.
As the circulation stretches southward, it will drive dense polar air deep into the continent while multiple storm systems ride along the temperature boundary.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/major-late-season-snowstorms-target
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Confirmed tornadoes were reported in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma and Texas and crews will now survey the destruction to determine the storm's final strength, with at least two fatalities.
Life-threatening storms erupted across the Midwest and Southern Plains Tuesday and into the evening, hurling grapefruit-size hail, drenching downpours that triggered some Flood Watches, and spawning powerful tornadoes — leaving a trail of widespread destruction.
The National Weather Service warned of possible EF3+ tornadoes across parts of Illinois and Indiana, raising the severe weather risk to Level 4 out of 5 ahead of the storms.
After Tuesday's brutal storms, warnings proved spot-on as tornado watches and severe weather swept across the Southern Plains to the Midwest — including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Michigan.
Confirmed tornadoes were reported in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma and Texas and crews will now survey the destruction to determine the storm's final strength.
This came just days after last week's deadly tornado outbreak tore through the Heartland, leaving many communities still reeling in its wake.
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https://www.sott.net/article/505101-Deadly-tornadoes-massive-hail-heavy-rain-rip-through-Midwest-Southern-Plains-killing-at-least-two
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North America Intro
Weekly Snow News for North America, updated 12 March 2026: Rockies receive up to 90cm (36") snowfall while spring warmth spreads across eastern resorts.
Springlike conditions continue to dominate across much of North America. While western regions have experienced a generally mild winter overall, the recent warmth is more unusual along the East Coast, which endured months of bitter cold earlier in the season. Some resorts across the East Coast and Midwest were forced to close temporarily over the past week due to heavy rain.
The Rockies did see a brief return of winter conditions heading into last weekend. Several resorts reported significant snowfall totals, with some locations seeing up to three feet (90cm) in 24 hours, though most recorded closer to 6 - 12 inches (15 - 30cm). Since then, sunshine has returned and temperatures have been climbing again.
Along the Pacific Coast, conditions have also been largely mild and sunny, although the Pacific Northwest is now beginning to turn more unsettled with increasing snowfall.
https://www.sott.net/article/505118-North-America-Weekly-Snow-Roundup-ski-resorts-in-the-Rockies-record-3-FEET-of-snowfall-in-24-hours
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Over 100,000 people are without power in Hawaii as a rare storm pummels the entire state with dangerous thunderstorms, high elevation snow, and several inches of rain.
The storm stretch comes as the Kona low weather system drags tropical moisture over the islands, raising the threat for at least a foot of rainfall in the hardest‑hit areas.
Governor Josh Green issued an emergency proclamation on Monday. "A Kona low weather system is expected to produce prolonged heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding statewide, with the highest likelihood of flooding impacts across the smaller islands and urban areas," a news release from Green's office said.
Now, the website Power Outages is reporting on the failures impacting customers across the state. As of reporting on Saturday morning, there were more than 120,000 customers without power in Honolulu.
Honolulu was the hardest hit area. The East of Honolulu is reliant on power lines bringing electricity to the area from Windward Oahu. According to a report from Hawaii New Now, these transmission lines have been damaged, impacting service in the area.
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https://www.sott.net/article/505148-Hawaii-Storm-Update-Over-100000-without-power-amid-flash-flood-warnings
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A powerful winter storm has buried parts of the Midwest under deep snow, with blizzard conditions sweeping Minnesota and Iowa into Wisconsin and Michigan.
The storm has produced extreme totals. Herman, Michigan has reported about 36 inches (91 cm), while Mountain, Wisconsin has received around 34 inches (86 cm). Large areas from southeast Minnesota through central and northeastern Wisconsin and into Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have recorded 20 inches (51 cm) or more.
In Wausau, Wisconsin, the storm set a new all-time daily snowfall record: 23.4 inches (59 cm) fell — the city’s snowiest day in more than 130 years of observations. Nearby Green Bay recorded 17.1 inches (43 cm), its snowiest day since 1889, bringing the storm total to 26.1 inches (66 cm), the second-largest on record.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/rare-march-cold-hits-the-philippines
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A powerful late-season winter storm has buried parts of the Upper Midwest under extraordinary snowfall, with cold records and rare southern snow falling deep into the United States.
Northern Michigan’s Upper Peninsula recorded some of the heaviest totals.
Round Lake measured 52 inches (132.1 cm) of snow, with 48.5 inches (123.2 cm) at Cusino Lake and 45 inches (114.3 cm) at Herman. Forest Lake reported 42.5 inches (108 cm) and Three Lakes 40 inches (101.6 cm).
Heavy snow pounded the Ishpeming area too, where persistent bands built deep drifts:
The storm’s reach extended far beyond the traditional snowbelt.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/great-lakes-blizzard-rare-southern
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Winter in Alaska is refusing to loosen its grip.
In Fairbanks, the airport again plunged to -40F (-40C) on March 18, making it the 31st time this winter that threshold has been breached. That places the 2025–26 season fourth on record for the number of -40F occurrences.
It also ties for the third-latest -40F reading in books dating back to 1948.
Meanwhile, southern Alaska is digging out from one of the snowiest winters in decades.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/alaska-deep-freeze-continues-as-snow
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At Fairbanks, temperatures have not risen above freezing (32F / 0C) since October 31.
That streak now ranks 5th latest on record for the first above-freezing day (set to tie for 4th today). The standing record is March 31, set in 2007.
The cold has been more than just prolonged; it has been biting.
This week, Fairbanks marked its 71st day of the season (and 18th day this month) with low temperatures at or below -20F (-28.9C). This has made for the highest number of -20F or colder days in 50 years, ranking 9th since 1904.
Mercifully, forecasts show a building ridge of high pressure across northern Alaska, allowing temperatures to moderate. By the weekend, parts of the Interior are expected to rise to or just above 32F (0C) for the first time in nearly five months
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https://electroverse.substack.com/p/fairbanks-near-record-for-latest
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Fairbanks has just recorded its coldest December–March period on record.
The 2025–26 season averaged just -13.6F (-25.3C), the lowest in records back to 1904.
From November through March, temperatures never rose above freezing - the first time that’s happened. The last above-freezing day was October 31.
The seasonal stats are extreme:
152 days at or below freezing
66 days with highs at or below 0F (-17.8C)
72 days at or below -20F (-28.9C)
52 days at or below -30F (-34.4C)
31 days at or below -40F (-40C)
That freezing streak ended at 5:05 PM on Thursday, when temperatures reached 33F (0.6C). The run lasted 152 days, tying the record for the latest first above-freezing temperature in a season.
Snowfall also impressed: 92.6 inches (235 cm), ranking 12th in 122 years of records.
This is the story for the majority of Alaska this winter, and for much of Canada, too...
In addition to Rankin Inlet, NU, Churchill, MB, and Wabush, NL (as mentioned yesterday), Dawson, YK has also recorded its coldest March on record (data back to 1901). The monthly mean came in at -23C (-9.4F), a full 10.4C below average for the month of March and even about 2C colder than a typical February.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/fairbanks-just-logged-its-coldest
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A late-season storm is moving into the Sierra Nevada, bringing a much-needed deluge of snow.
Initially, the snowline holds high through Friday, limiting early accumulation. But then a colder system follows on Saturday, dropping snow to lake level by the evening.
Multiple inches are expected at lake level, with as much as 2 feet (61 cm) forecast across higher terrain by Sunday. The highest peaks could far exceed that.
A Winter Storm Watch is in effect from 5 PM Friday to 10 PM Sunday for elevations above 4,500 feet. “Mountain travel may be very difficult to impossible,” warn the NWS.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/spring-storm-brings-snow-boost-to
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A mid-April storm has delivered a sharp reversal in the Sierra Nevada.
At Palisades Tahoe, 22 inches fell in 24 hours, pushing the three-day total to 43 inches (109 cm). Snow levels dropped to around 4,000 ft (1,200 m), bringing higher-quality snow to upper elevations.
A second core hit landed farther south.
Near Mammoth Lakes, more than 3.5 ft (1+ m) fell over the weekend, including 42.5 inches (108 cm) between Friday and Sunday. Blizzard conditions forced the closure of Interstate 80 through the Sierra.
The pattern shift is not isolated.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/late-season-surge-hits-sierra-spring
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A strong cold front descends into the central and eastern United States this weekend, ending the current warmth and flipping temperatures back to well below average.
The driver is upstream. A deep trough tied to that persistent Hudson Bay ‘polar vortex’ — still unusually strong for mid-April — is releasing colder air south as the eastern ridge breaks.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/cold-front-to-slam-eastern-us-antarctic
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A powerful tornado in Oklahoma on Thursday ripped roofs off buildings, knocked down power poles and sent emergency crews rushing into a rural community near Vance Air Force Base, officials said.
The confirmed tornado moved across parts of Enid, a city of about 50,000 people near the state's northern border, according to the National Weather Service.
Video posted online show a rapidly rotating column of air touching down along with totaled homes.
There were no immediate reports of fatalities and only minor injuries hours after the tornado passed through, according to the Garfield County Sheriff's Office.
Authorities were going door-to-door in some neighborhoods to check on residents.
The Vance Air Force Base was impacted by the tornado, but the extent of the damage was not immediately clear.
The base said in a social media post that officials "are currently conducting accountability procedures to ensure all personnel are safe and accounted for."
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https://www.sott.net/article/505916-Tornado-rips-through-Enid-Oklahoma-tears-roofs-off-buildings-shuts-down-roads
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A tornado-producing thunderstorm has left at least two people dead in northern Texas and displaced at least 20 families, with many homes sustaining major damage, authorities said.
At least one person was killed and numerous homes were damaged on Saturday night in the town of Runaway Bay, said Wise County Judge JD Clark, who serves as the county's chief executive.
https://www.sott.net/article/505968-Two-dead-after-tornadoes-hit-northern-Texas
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A sharp cold front is sweeping the United States, flipping the central, northern, and eventually eastern states from spring warmth to late-season freezes.
The Weather Prediction Center has stark lows spreading from the Southern Plains into the Midwest and Northeast through week’s end, as a very cold air mass drops in, returning the Rockies, Plains and Upper Midwest to snow, frost and freeze territory.
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) to May 22 [tropicaltidbits.com]
The likes of Wyoming have already taken a hit.
On Tuesday, Rawlins fell to 8F (-13.3C), breaking its May monthly low-temperature record of 10F (-12.2C), set on May 2, 2013, in books dating back to 1951. NWS Cheyenne also expects another daily record low there Wednesday, May 20.
Freeze Warnings cover parts of southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska. NWS Riverton warned of 25F to 30F (-3.9C to -1.1C) across parts of central Wyoming, with pockets near 20F (-6.7C) where snow remains on the ground.
The cold has already gripped north of the border.
Winnipeg Airport, for example, just endured one of its coldest May Long Weekends in records dating back to 1872. The weekend maximum reached only 10.6C (51.1F), tied with 1882 for the coldest on record. The average daily maximum was 9.3C (48.7F), second coldest. The three-day mean came in at 5.2C (41.4F), the coldest May Long Weekend since 1997.
Snowflakes were also reported, which, while not unheard of on the May Long Weekend, averages only about once per decade.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/record-cold-follows-us-front-south
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A cold air mass is driving south through the CONUS, dragging snow across the higher terrain and sending temperatures to record lows from Wyoming to Colorado.
Rawlins, WY, had already broken its all-time May low on May 19, with 8F (-13.3C) beating the old monthly mark of 10F (-12.2C) from 2013. The cold then held. On May 20, Rawlins fell again to 17F (-8.3C), breaking the daily record of 20F (-6.7C) set in 2001. Weather books there date back to 1959.
Colorado joined the list on May 21, when Grand Junction Regional Airport dropped to 32F (0C), beating the old daily record of 33F (0.6C) from 1974 (in books back to 1893).
Farther south, Oklahoma City tied its record cold high for May 20, reaching only 63F (17.2C), matching the mark set in 1942. Not a record minimum, but still a suppressed late-spring maximum deep in the Plains.
The wintry conditions also impacted Canada.
In northern Quebec, La Grande-Rivière Airport near Radisson picked up nearly 13 cm (5.1 inches) of new snow from May 20 to 21, lifting its monthly total to 34 cm (13.4 inches). Meteorologist Patrick Duplessis said that marks a new May snowfall record in data since 1977.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/late-may-cold-sweeps-north-america
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New Yorkers captured footage of a wild storm that almost drowned the city late Wednesday night.
Queens alone reported a downfall of 2.57 inches.
One X user claims the floods hit within a "span of 25 minutes."
Winds reached 60-mph as commuters desperately tried to avoid being swept off their feet.
Queens Village native Charlton D'Souza said it was "some of the worst flooding" he had ever seen.
https://youtu.be/UKNDipZZAY8?si=oZ_1Ox48ZC-daK85
https://www.sott.net/article/506472-Locals-capture-some-of-the-worst-flooding-New-York-City-has-ever-seen
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Tioga Road through Yosemite National Park was closed Tuesday, May 26, as a late-season storm moved into the Sierra Nevada.
The road had only just reopened for the season. Bicycles were allowed through on May 14. Vehicles followed on May 15. Less than two weeks later, snow was back and the high-country route was shut again.
Snow was forecast across the central and southern Sierra, with levels dropping to around 5,500 ft (1,670 m). Other high passes, including Sonora, Monitor and Ebbetts, also faced closures as the cold system pushed through.
Across the wider U.S., the pattern is turning sluggish. An Omega Block is expected to build after Wednesday’s rain, holding mild afternoons, cool nights and below-average readings in place.
Late May is not delivering a clean summer switch, particularly in the West.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/winter-keeps-nipping-california-nasas
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Spring 2026 ran colder than normal across Alaska, particularly southern parts.
NWS data show below-normal average temperatures from Anchorage to Kodiak, Bethel, King Salmon, Cold Bay and Saint Paul.
Anchorage averaged 31.5F for March through May, 5.6F below normal and its fourth coldest spring in books back to 1952. Kodiak came in 4.6F below. Bethel was 6.2F below. King Salmon was the standout, averaging 24.9F, a full 10.1F below normal.
May, individually, also finished colder than normal across the region.
Anchorage averaged 45.4F in May, 2.7F below normal, with Kodiak 42.8F, 3F below.
Anchorage also recorded its latest freeze on record, with 32F reached on May 24.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/alaska-runs-cold-chinas-june-chill