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The extreme weather in the US is so severe even weather satellites are bewildered

Marianne Guenot
Science Alert
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC

The severe winter storm raging through the southern US brought such extreme cold that it confused weather satellites monitoring the situation.

On Tuesday, the cold air advancing south from the Arctic chilled the ground so much that one monitoring satellite mistook the ground for tops of clouds, which are usually much colder than surface temperatures. The phenomenon was first pointed out by Washington Post meteorologist Matthew Cappucci.

A similar effect was seen over Canada on February 10, where it was highlighted by the local news channel WROC TV in Rochester, New York.

The satellite in question is called GOES-East. It uses infrared sensors to measure temperatures at the top of clouds to plot them. Typically, the clouds are colder than the ground surface. The satellite's algorithms use this assumption to outline cloud cover from space, even at night.

Capucci tweeted a video illustrating the effect:

Snowmobiler who died in Colorado is the 28th killed in avalanches across the US this season

Mallika Kallingal, Jamiel Lynch
CNN
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:45 UTC

Body of a snowmobiler missing near Rand, Colorado has been found.

The body of a snowmobiler missing near Rand, Colorado has been found, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The grim discovery marked the 28th avalanche death this season.

According to officials, two snowmobilers were caught by a large avalanche near Ruby Mountain on Tuesday. The accident occurred on a slope at around 11,400 feet and the avalanche was about three quarters of a mile wide and 400 feet high.

One rider was buried under two feet of snow and died while the other person was not injured, according to CAIC.

The riders were with four other snowmobilers at the time, but the man who died was standing on a steep slope away from his snowmobile when the avalanche occurred. He was swept downhill and his body was found Wednesday afternoon, CAIC reported.

Record cold in eleven U.S. states - coldest February 16 in history of meteorological observations

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:16 UTC

Russian website acknowledges the cold. "Record frosts in 11 US states," reads the title. "Coldest February 16 in the history of meteorological observations."

Yesterday we wrote about abnormal cold in Louisiana and Texas. But that ended up being just the beginning of the intensification of severe cold.

Coldest February 16 in the history of meteorological observations

Earlier this week, record low temperatures were recorded in more than 20 US cities. It was the coldest February 16 in the history of meteorological observations, according to the country's National Meteorological Service.

Adapt 2030: Questions they don't want you to ask about the global power outages

Adapt 2030
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:15 UTC

The conversation rages on about renewables vs fossil fuels during power outages in both the E.U and the USA. That's the distraction, that's where powers that be want the conversation to stay, not magnetic motors and decentralized electrical production with no power provider to pay monthly. Tesla Towers, Tesla Oscillators and Magnetic Motors are never discussed as solutions for indoor agriculture, until now. Lets talk.

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Mutated gene provides superior resilience to cold says study

Karolinska Institutet
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:00 UTC

Almost one in five people lacks the protein α-actinin-3 in their muscle fibre. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet now show that more of the skeletal muscle of these individuals comprises slow-twitch muscle fibres, which are more durable and energy-efficient and provide better tolerance to low temperatures than fast-twitch muscle fibres. The results are published in The American Journal of Human Genetics.

Skeletal muscle comprises fast-twitch (white) fibres that fatigue quickly and slow-twitch (red) fibres that are more resistant to fatigue. The protein α-actinin-3, which is found only in fast-twitch fibres, is absent in almost 20 per cent of people - almost 1.5 billion individuals - due to a mutation in the gene that codes for it. In evolutionary terms, the presence of the mutated gene increased when humans migrated from Africa to the colder climates of central and northern Europe.

Attica Penninsula, Greece sees heaviest snowfall in 40 years - almost 10 inches

Greek City Times
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:48 UTC

The duration of the snowstorm in Attica this week was 36 hours.

The beautiful snow blanketed the Acropolis and other ancient monuments in Athens, but it also caused power cuts and disrupted road traffic and public transportation.

The weather also halted COVID-19 vaccinations.

Athens was brought to a standstill.

73% of lower 48 US states covered in snow

Kalie Pluchel
kcrg.com
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:04 UTC

© NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar Orbiting Partnership via Stephen A.Wood/MaxarThis satellite image captured February 16, 2021, shows snow cover in the lighter white areas across the US. You can also see clouds in the brighter white areas above north-central Texas and up the Gulf Coast up toward Tennessee.

A large winter storm impacted a large portion of the United States over the Valentine's Day holiday and through Monday.

The storm impacted areas in Texas-Louisiana-Oklahoma all the way through Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, and up through Illinois-Ohio-Indiana. Even areas on the upper east coast all saw snow from this same system.

Because of the snow and ice, as of Tuesday morning, over 4 million people in Texas are still without power after this powerful storm and many are having to conserve power.

Here's a look at some of the highest snowfall reports from February 14-15. Areas near Lake Michigan, like Chicago, Milwaukee, and the northwest corner of Indiana dealt with very impactful lake-effect snow bands that caused some of these high totals.

Ice Age Farmer Report: RED ALERT: Food Supply Chain Shutting Down as Blackouts Spread - Grand Solar Minimum

Ice Age Farmer
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:19 UTC

Texas' Ag Commissioner has issued a RED ALERT as the power grid is down and our food supply is grinding to a halt. Agriculture is not "critical infrastructure," and reports of blackouts tonight extend to ND, SD, NE -- livestock producers unable to provide water to their animals, and farmers unable to deliver to grain elevators that are shut down. Welcome to the Grand Solar Minimum. Christian breaks down the latest on this developing situation.

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'Just a real mess': 100 million people from the South to the East Coast in path of a new winter storm; 2.1M power outages across 8 states

Doyle Rice
USA TODAY
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:16 UTC

Winter's brutal assault continued Wednesday night as another snowstorm roared its way across the nation through the end of the week, hitting areas where millions were already without electricity in record-breaking cold.

More than 100 million Americans are in the path of the storm as it tracks from the southern Plains to the East Coast over the next few days, the National Weather Service said.

But the nation's heartland will get some relief over the weekend, the weather service reported, as the frigid air will begin to moderate over the next couple days.

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Green Folly: Berlin city's e-buses ground to halt due cold weather

P. Gosselin
No Tricks Zone
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:44 UTC

Germany's capital Berlin was forced to replace some of its electric buses with diesel buses due to range problems associated with the cold weather.

The cold weather worldwide is exposing the weakness of green energies and transportation systems based on them. For example Texas has seen millions of people impacted by rolling blackouts due to solar panels being covered by snow and wind turbines being frozen still.

The extremely cold weather has also led to transport disruptions all over Germany. One example is Berlin, Germany's fleet of electric city buses.

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The extreme weather in the US is so severe even weather satellites are bewildered

Snowmobiler who died in Colorado is the 28th killed in avalanches across the US this season

Record cold in eleven U.S. states - coldest February 16 in history of meteorological observations

Adapt 2030: Questions they don't want you to ask about the global power outages

Mutated gene provides superior resilience to cold says study

Attica Penninsula, Greece sees heaviest snowfall in 40 years - almost 10 inches

73% of lower 48 US states covered in snow

Ice Age Farmer Report: RED ALERT: Food Supply Chain Shutting Down as Blackouts Spread - Grand Solar Minimum

'Just a real mess': 100 million people from the South to the East Coast in path of a new winter storm; 2.1M power outages across 8 states

Green Folly: Berlin city's e-buses ground to halt due cold weather

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