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Alberta man photographs rare sun halo


SpaceWeather.com
Sat, 28 Apr 2018 16:45 UTC
concentric halo around sun
© Harlan Thomas
Many sky watchers have witnessed a halo around the sun--a single ring of light that surrounds the solar disk at a radius of 22 degrees. The phenomenon is caused by pencil-shaped ice crystals in cirrus clouds that bend sunlight. On April 26th, Harlan Thomas of Bowness, Alberta, witnessed rare concentric halos:

"I was working in the yard doing spring cleaning when I saw these most unusual halos around the sun," says Thomas. "I have really never seen multiple halos around the sun before. It was so funny. I was running around on the street looking for the right tree to block the sun, and people were asking what I was looking at. At first they couldn't see it--then it was Wow what is that!?"

The answer is odd-radius sun halos. They are caused by ice crystals in the shape of pyramids. Sunlight passing through these unusual crystals creates rings with radii of 9, 18, 20, 23, 24 and 35 degrees. At least 2 or 3 of those are present in Thomas's photo.
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Snowflake

More snow and record cold at the end of April in Great Lakes and interior northeast

Chris Dolce
The Weather Channel
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 14:48 UTC
late snow
Snow fell in upstate New York and northwest Pennsylvania Sunday morning as record lows were set in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, putting an exclamation mark on what has a been an awful April in those regions.

Residents in western New York shared photos on social media showing their displeasure of this wintry weather on the next to last day of April.

Accumulations, if any, were light in most areas, but the snow was a fitting end to one of the coldest Aprils on record in parts of upstate New York.

Although it wasn't snowing in the western Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Sunday morning, the cold temperatures did set several daily record lows.
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Attention

Volcano erupts on Reunion island for the second time this year

Amani Hughes
Express (UK)
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:51 UTC
Reunion volcano: Dramatic images show lava and steam spewing from the volcano
© Alamy Live NewsReunion volcano: Dramatic images show lava and steam spewing from the volcano
Piton de la Fournaise situated on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion started erupting overnight, according to the Piton de la Fournaise volcano observatory (OVPF).

The eruption began at 11.50pm local time on Friday, April 27, and continued into Saturday.

The eruptive fault opened on the southern flank of the volcano inside the Enclos - the central caldera of the volcano.

The area around the volcano is totally uninhabited and the eruptions pose little danger to the population of Reunion.

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Cloud Precipitation

At least 6 killed after flash floods in Algeria


News24
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 09:37 UTC
Algeria floods
© YouTube/Фобос (screen capture)
Six people including two children were killed in 48 hours as flash floods swept away their cars in heavy rainfall over northwest Algeria, rescue services announced on Thursday.

Civil defence spokesperson Colonel Farouk Achour told AFP the children and a man died when a wadi flooded late Wednesday in the Tiaret region, 330km southwest of Algiers.

One of the children was earlier reported as missing.

Three other people drowned on Tuesday night when a river burst its banks in El-Bayadh, 800 kilometres southwest of the capital.

Emergency services said they carried out several rescue operations for Tiaret residents stranded in their homes or cars and at a school in the neighbouring region of Tissemsilt.


Comment: Some other flood related articles from this week include:

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Info

Ice Age Farmer Report: E. Coli, UK food shortages and wine production plummets


Ice Age Farmer
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:04 UTC
crop damage
No need to speculate -- crops around the globe are failing as our solar-driven climate changes. While the media serves up political and economic excuses for food price increases, and political distractions abound, we must all keep our focus every day on moving towards self-sufficiency and anti-fragility.


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Cloud Precipitation

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: 2018-2019 forecast - where crop yields will decline globally


Adapt 2030
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:49 UTC
crop damage
This is a forecast based on repeated Y-O-Y losses, and persistent below normal temperatures in the same crop zones. The map series is for 2018-2019 and covers Australia, China, South Africa, USA / Canada. Ive included some commodity prices as well so you get an indication of where food prices are headed.


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Attention

Elephant tramples 2 to death in Odisha, India


Odisha TV
Sat, 28 Apr 2018 16:34 UTC
Charging elephant
© GettyCharging elephant
Two elderly persons, including a woman, were trampled to death by an elephant at Makarkenda village in Rairakhol of Sambalpur district on Friday night.

The deceased have been identified as Sambhu Bhoi (65) and Daimati Bhoi (70).

After getting information about the presence of a herd of elephants in the area, Daimati had gone to the house of Sambhu to sleep yesterday. Daimati, who had a poor vision, was attacked by an elephant after she came out of the house. Later, the pachyderm entered into the house and trampled Sambhu to death while he was sleeping.

Sources said, villagers are having sleepless night as a herd of elephants has been camping in the area for last few days.
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Snowflake Cold

On-track for coldest April in recorded history for some major US cities

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That?
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:01 UTC
cold weather ahead
"Some cities in the east are experiencing temperatures a full 10 to 15 degrees F colder than normal, says meteorologist Jaclyn Whittal. Those cities include Buffalo, Chicago and Detroit.
Those in the northern tier of the U.S. either graciously accept winter with open arms or drag their feet the entire way. So, for those who would willingly trade in the snow for sand, it's been a rough season that has been painfully etched into our memories after the ice storm that rolled through the Great Lakes just weeks ago.

For some communities, April won't just be memorable... it well might just go down in history. How? Well there are so many fascinating statistics to swoon over that we dug up! While doing some number crunching for Detroit Metropolitan International Airport, it wasn't an eye opener that April has been about 10 F below seasonal norms. The normal monthly average daytime high is 59.1 F, we only got 49.7 as an average. Another stat that won't come as a surprise is the lack of warmth - we have yet to crack 70ºF more than once this April in Detroit, Chicago and Buffalo!

Comment: It looks like we'd better get used to this!

See also:

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Cloud Lightning

Severe thunderstorms, hail and torrential rain expected across Western Europe this weekend


Severe Weather Europe
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:23 UTC
thunder europe storm april 28th 2018
A severe weather setup is shaping up for France, Germany and BeNeLux this weekend. Severe thunderstorms with threats for large hail, severe winds and torrential rainfall. On Saturday, severe thunderstorms are possible in France and south-southwestern Germany. A more robust and dangerous day is expected on Sunday, with threats for large to possibly very large hail, severe winds, torrential rainfall across parts of France and BeNeLux.

General overview

After an extensive upper ridge and overall quite stable and unusually warm conditions lately, parts of Europe are entering a more dynamic weather pattern this weekend. A large trough over the eastern Atlantic will progress towards WSW Europe on Saturday, gradually transforming into a large upper low on Sunday, centered over the Bay of Biscay. To the east, an upper ridge will move onto Balkans and SE Europe, allowing a corridor of warm air advection with strong southerly jet stream in-between these large features. In addition, a good moisture recovery will be resulting both from advection of the warming Mediterranean region as well as from evapotranspiration.

Comment: Weather around the world is increasingly erratic with the seasons no longer resembling those we once knew. Winter in the Northern hemisphere began with force and dragged on into Spring; Spring arrived with baking summer temperatures, and now we're seeing late summer storms where there were once 'April Showers'.

Below you can see the thunder storms the UK just experienced, how winter is still dragging on in certain parts of Europe, and that the Middle East is under water:












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Cloud Precipitation

With nearly 50 inches in 24 hours, Hawaii may have broken the US rainfall record

Linda Lam
The Weather Channel
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 07:26 UTC
Record flooding in Hawaii
© The Weather ChannelRecord flooding in Hawaii in April 2018.
A location in the Aloha State may have shattered an all-time 24-hour rainfall record for the U.S.

The incredible rainfall event place in mid-April in Hawaii. A site in northern Kauai, Waipa, recorded 49.69 inches in the 24-hour period ending at 12:45 p.m. April 15 (local time).

Data from this gauge will be carefully reviewed by the National Climatic Extremes Committee to determine whether this instrument is reliable enough to accept as a new U.S. record.

The current U.S. 24-hour rainfall record is 43 inches at Alvin, Texas, from July 25-26, 1979, during Tropical Storm Claudette.

If this recent event of almost 50 inches is certified, this would also break the current state 24-hour rainfall record for Hawaii, which is 38 inches at Kilauea on Jan. 24-25, 1956.

The National Weather Service office in Honolulu noted that the rain gauge where this new data was downloaded from "is operated by the Waipa Foundation which is a non-profit organization. Data from the gauge are not telemetered for real-time display and are used for watershed modeling and monitoring studies."

Comment: The world is seeing a rapid upsurge in extreme weather according to a recent report. For more information on these events from around the world, check out our Earth Changes Summaries. The latest video: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - March 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs

To understand how and why these extreme weather events are occurring read Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.

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