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Smoke and ash rise from Sakurajima Volcano in Japan following series of eruptions


Yahoo! News
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:11 UTC
Sakurajima Volcano
Sakurajima Volcano
Smoke was seen rising from the Sakurajima Volcano in Kagoshima, Japan, on November 28, with the area impacted by a number of days of volcanic activity.

In total, "nine eruptions and eight explosions were detected between November 25 and 29 November 2019," according to VolcanoDiscovery.com.

The same report, which cites the Japanese Meteorological Agency, stated that the plume of smoke from the volcano reached 14,400-feet in altitude, resulting in a large amount of sulfur dioxide being released. The Japanese Meteorological Agency forecasted ashfall in the area on the same date.

The dramatic scene comes three weeks after the largest explosion at the volcano in three years.


Credit: Shuhei Teshima via Storyful
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Hundreds of Thanksgiving snowfall records smashed across the United States

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 07:30 UTC
Record snow in US
"You've never seen a Thanksgiving like that before," reads the opening line of an Albuquerque Journal article dated Nov 28.

The Albuquerque area smashed its previous Thanksgiving snowfall record of 1.5 inches, set way back in 1934 (solar minimum of cycle 16), when a comparatively mammoth 3.9 inches accumulated by mid-day Thursday at the Albuquerque International Sunport, said Alyssa Clements, meteorologist for the NWS.

By noon, the city had already easily recorded its snowiest Thanksgiving in history.

Furthermore, the airport -the city's official climate site- actually had one of the lower snowfall accumulations recorded in Albuquerque, Clements added. The entire city was in fact blanketed with 6+ inches of snow, with several locations on the West Side recording 7 inches, while the area around Academy and Tramway registered a staggering 8 inches of snowfall by Thanksgiving afternoon.

Clements said much of the state of New Mexico received historic snow totals this week.

Sandia Park received 12 inches, Glorieta over 9 inches, and Santa Fe 8 inches.

Comment: Martin Armstrong Warns Of The Coming "Big Freeze"

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Strange trumpeting sounds heard in Anchorage, Alaska


Sott.net
Mon, 25 Nov 2019 01:31 UTC
Strange sounds stock
On November 25, 2019, YouTuber 'Shannon Maybe' shared footage of strange trumpet sounds she heard in the skies of Anchorage, Alaska around 1:00 a.m.

A commenter on the video attributed the sound to road graters which she dismissed:
... it's not tho.. I looked up other videos on here and the sounds are the same in other states, some during the days and with no snow out...
Another commenter said the noise was from the HAARP project, to which she replied:
I've lived here my whole life, I've never heard that here before ever! HAARP is here in Alaska.
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Thanksgiving storm dumps 4 feet of snow at Big Bear Resort, California


The Desert Sun
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:51 UTC
Thanksgiving Storm Drops 4 Feet of Snow on Big Bear Mountain
Thanksgiving storm drops 4 feet of snow on Big Bear Mountain
A Thanksgiving storm brought snow to much of the Inland Empire. Just how much? Up to four feet at Big Bear. Here's a look at snowfall totals at various elevations as of midday Friday, according to the National Weather Service:

Big Bear Resorts (7,100 feet) 48 inches
Snow Valley (6,800 feet) 36 inches
Arrowbear (6,200 feet) 33.5 inches
Lake Arrowhead South (5,200 feet) 30 inches
Mountain High Resort (6,900 feet) 30 inches
Big Bear City ( 6,800 feet) 18-30 inches
Wrightwood (6,400 feet) 24-28 inches
Twin Peaks (5,700 feet) 27 inches
Running Springs (6,000 feet) 27 inches
Mount Baldy (5,000 feet) 24 inches
Idyllwild (5,400 feet) 14-18 inches
Anza-Borrego (4,200) 4 inches
Beaumont (2,600 feet) 1-2 inches
Victorville (2,900 feet) 1-2 inches

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Up to 4 feet of snowfall overnight with 100 mph wind gusts in areas around Anchorage, Alaska

Morgan Krakow
Anchorage Daily News
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 17:43 UTC
plow
As gusting winds thrashed Anchorage and the surrounding areas overnight Wednesday into Thursday, snow was piling up in the Susitna Valley.

The Susitna Valley got around 1 to 3 feet of snow through midday Thursday, with the heaviest snowfall north of Talkeetna. Most of the precipitation along the Parks Highway corridor north of Willow, up to Broad Pass, was expected to shift to the west Thursday evening — but not before another 6 to 12 inches would fall, according to Shaun Baines, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Anchorage.

"And then overnight tonight, that snow is going to sit mostly over the western Susitna Valley," Baines said.

Hatcher Pass got around 4 feet of snow, according to a rough estimate by the weather service Thursday afternoon. In its morning avalanche forecast, the Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center said the avalanche hazard could rise from considerable to high Thursday amid continuing strong winds and heavy snow.

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Thanksgiving snow blankets high desert area of Antelope Valley, California

Josh Haskell
abc7.com
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 14:03 UTC
snow
Heavy snow blanketed the Antelope Valley as a Thanksgiving storm hit the high desert area Thursday.

Palmdale saw more than a dusting of snow as more than three inches covered the region. Some parts of Lancaster saw upwards of 5 inches of snow.

"So we wake up, we look outside the window, and there's just snow. It's wild. It's crazy," said 16-year-old Christopher Romero.

Romero says he's never seen his Palmdale home covered in snow.

The snow was a welcome sight for him.

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Frozen harvest leaves bitter taste for U.S. sugar beet farmers

Rod Nickel
Yahoo!
Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:41 UTC
snow on sugar beet
Snow on sugar beet
Weather during harvest season in the U.S. Red River Valley, a fertile sugar beet region in Minnesota and North Dakota, has to farmers felt like a series of plagues.

Rain and snow pelted crops in September and October. That was followed by a blizzard, and then warm temperatures that left fields a boggy mess. Next came a deep freeze, ruining the underground sugar beet crop, and dealing a harsh blow to farm incomes.

"I can take a couple of perils from Mother Nature and after that I'm on my knees," said Dan Younggren, 59, who was unable to harvest 500 acres (200 hectares) of sugar beets, or 40% of his plantings near Hallock, Minnesota. "We've never had a situation like this."

Extreme weather has hampered planting and harvesting of corn, soybeans, and other crops throughout 2019 across the United States and Canadian farm belts.

But in Minnesota and North Dakota, which accounted for 56% of the U.S. sugar beet acres this year, the freeze is a double whammy.
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World Snow Wrap, November 29 - Metres of snow in California, Europe's exceptional snowfall continues

Reggae Elliss
Moutainwatch
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:01 UTC
Prato Nevoso in the Italian alps on Tuesday after 24 hours of consistent snow.
Prato Nevoso in the Italian alps on Tuesday after 24 hours of consistent snow.
Most of the action has swung to the US this week with big snowfalls in the Sierras and the Rockies and a lot more to come. The snow doesn't want to let up in Europe with more on the way this weekend while consistent snow looks likely next week for Hokkaido. There's also a chance Whistler could see its first real winter storm next week.

USA

The last two weeks of November have turned on plenty of snow with some great powder turns in the open resorts in Colorado last weekend followed by more snow on Tuesday. The southern Rockies did best with Telluride reporting 25cms and there is more on the way, southern Colorado in line for 30 to 60cms over the next 24 hours. However, the big snow news is California where the Sierra's are getting hammered, the Tahoe resorts receiving 30 to 90cms and the snow level was low with up to 50cms at lake level. Further south, Mammoth Mountain also saw big totals with 90cms over 48 hours.

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Explosion with near pyroclastic flow at Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico


Volcano Time-Lapse
Thu, 28 Nov 2019 10:13 UTC
Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico.
At 02:33 hours an explosion was registered at Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico.

This clip is time-lapsed from real-time.

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Volcano in Guatemala erupts - 3 explosions an hour

Liam Doyle
Daily Express (UK)
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 10:21 UTC
Volcano
The Guatemalan Santa Maria volcano has erupted regularly over November, according to INVISUMEH, the country's institute for volcanology. The organisation reported eruptions at the mountain's summit as much as three times per hour over one week.

According to INVISUMEH, explosions surfaced at Santa Maria one to three times per day from November 20 to 26.

The eruptions sent "avalanches" of material descending towards the east, west and southwest flanks of the mountain.

Explosions also coughed out a billowing plume of smoke into the sky, reaching 1,698-2,952 metres above Santa Maria's 12,000-foot height and drifting towards the west and southwest.

Some of this ash fell locally, around El Faro, Santa Maria, and Viejo Palma.

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