Weather In The USA 2023-up

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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.
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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

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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

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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

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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
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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