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Cloud Lightning

30,000 lightning strikes and large hail as 'super-cell' storms hit New South Wales


9News
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:03 UTC
Heavy rain over the Gold Coast
© 9NEWSHeavy rain over the Gold Coast yesterday.
More than 30,000 lightning strikes battered the Hunter Region as intense 'super-cell' storms hit the east coast overnight.

The storms brought wind gusts of up to 90km/h and golf ball-sized hailstones to parts of New South Wales' north coast and Queensland's south-east.

In NSW, the SES attended about 250 calls for help while in Queensland emergency workers were called to 46 incidents, mainly around Toowoomba, a spokesman said.

Five centimetre hailstones were see in Gresford in the Hunter Valley, while residents in Newcastle also reported a deluge.

The showers have continued on-and-off since, with commuters being warned to watch for possible flash flooding in the CBD.

Meanwhile, the Gosford to Newcastle train line is experiencing significant delays as a result of power lines that are down. Bus service is replacing trains.

Comment: A few days ago thunderstorms created over 50,000 lightning strikes in south-west Western Australia.

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Cloud Precipitation

Great Lakes storm undergoes bombogenesis, brings down trees and powerlines in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Jonathan Erdman
The Weather Channel
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:08 UTC
A tree is downed during a high wind event in Marquette, Michigan, on Oct. 24, 2017
© sageandspry/IGA tree is downed during a high wind event in Marquette, Michigan, on Oct. 24, 2017
A Great Lakes storm underwent bombogenesis early Tuesday and produced damaging winds that whipped up impressively high waves in Lake Superior.

The low-pressure system intensified from a weak area of low pressure over the Ohio Valley Monday morning to an intense low centered near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, early Tuesday morning.

The rate of intensification - a 27 millibar drop in the surface low in 24 hours - satisfied the criterion for atmospheric bombogenesis, or a rapidly strengthening low pressure system.

Winds near the Lake Superior shoreline gusted to over 60 mph Tuesday morning and downed trees and powerlines in over two dozen locations in Alger, Marquette and Schoolcraft counties.

Wind instruments about 115 feet above the lake surface at Stannard Rock Lighthouse, about 40 miles north-northeast of Marquette, Michigan, measured a wind gust of 77 mph Tuesday morning.

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Cloud Lightning

Watch: 250-mile long lightning strike caught on satellite video

Scott Sistek
KOMONEWS.com
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:45 UTC
The start of a 250-long lightning strike observed over Kansas by NOAA's GOES 16 satellite on Oct. 22, 2017.
© NOAAThe start of a 250-long lightning strike observed over Kansas by NOAA's GOES 16 satellite on Oct. 22, 2017.
One of the little known dangers of lightning is that it can strike dozens of miles away from the actual thunderstorm itself.

Or in one case this week, hundreds of miles.

The new GOES 16 satellite has an advanced lightning sensor and captured a flash that started from a thunderstorm in southeastern Kansas and propagated about 250 miles across parts of Oklahoma and Missouri, according to NOAA:

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Ice Cube

Giant hail hits Formosa, Argentina damaging more than 1,000 buildings


Sott.net
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:07 UTC
Giant hail in Formosa, Argentina
© DeolhonoTempoGiant hail in Formosa, Argentina
A severe hail storm hit the municipality of Formosa in northern Argentina on Wednesday, 25 October, 2017.

According to the Civil Defense, more than one thousand buildings were damaged, with trees crushed by hailstones up to eight centimeters in diameter, reports DeolhonoTempo.

Boats traveling along the Paraguay River also recorded damage, mainly on the Argentine side. In some rural areas, newly germinated soybean plantations were completely destroyed.

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Cloud Grey

Rare 'hole-punch clouds' shaped like UFOs seen over Dorset, UK

Harry Pettit
Daily Mail
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 13:32 UTC
Residents in Dorset were in for a surprise this week when they spotted what could easily be mistaken for a pair of UFOs
Residents in Dorset were in for a surprise this week when they spotted what could easily be mistaken for a pair of UFOs in the sky. The rare atmospheric phenomenon is a strange cloud formation, known as hole-punch, or fallstreak clouds
Residents in Dorset were in for a surprise this week when they spotted what looked like a pair of UFOs in the sky.

The rare atmospheric phenomenon is a strange cloud formation, known as hole-punch, or fallstreak clouds.

Experts say that the bizarre shapes are caused by aircraft, and are often mistaken for alien craft by confused onlookers.

The spectacular formation appeared in the sky above West Bay, Dorset, on Wednesday afternoon.

Photographer Len Copeland, 55, captured the images after noticing everyone around him was pointing their smartphone cameras toward the sky.

He said: 'People started stopping me and asking what was going on. They assumed I knew something because I was taking photographs, but of course I had no idea.
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Cloud Precipitation

3 dead after floods hit eastern Bulgaria


The Sofia Globe
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:19 UTC
Floods in Bourgas, Bulgaria
© Bulgarian Interior Ministry press centre
Torrential rainfall that hit the Bourgas district on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast has left three people dead, houses, streets and intersections flooded and caused a mudslide that temporarily blocked Trakiya Motorway.

On October 25, a state of emergency was declared in Kameno municipality, while an emergency was declared in part of Bourgas municipality. The situation was also difficult in the municipalities of Karnobat and Sozopol, Bulgarian National Television said.

A crisis headquarters has been set up to deal with the situation, which followed an earlier "Code Red" warning of dangerous weather because of heavy rainfall and high winds in the Bourgas district.

Three of the dead drowned when their houses were suddenly inundated by floodwater. An elderly man in the village of Polski Izvor was on the ground floor of his house when a 1.5 metre wave of water hit it.The wave of water was part of a heavy torrent that began at about 4am.

In less than an hour, more than 60 litres a square metre of water fell.
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Snowflake

Record-breaking snowfall of 55 cms knocks out power, cancels buses in northeastern British Columbia

Andrew Kurjata
CBC News
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:46 UTC
Between 20 and 55 centimetres of snow had fallen throughout the Peace by Wednesday morning, making for treacherous driving conditions.
© Algie BilleyBetween 20 and 55 centimetres of snow had fallen throughout the Peace by Wednesday morning, making for treacherous driving conditions.
A record-breaking snowfall knocked out power to thousands of customers Tuesday and shut down bus routes in northeast B.C.

According to Environment Canada meteorologist Lisa West, 23.0 cm fell in Fort St. John, beating the previous daily high of 15.2 centimetres on October 24, 1933.

An additional 32 centimetres fell on the city Wednesday morning for a total of 55 centimetres.

"That came close to but didn't break the old [October 25] record of 35.6 centimetres set in 1918," West said.

All city buses in Fort St. John were cancelled until 1 pm, waiting for snow ploughs to clear the roads.

All school buses in Peace River North and South, which include Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Chetwynd, have been cancelled. Schools remain open.
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Cloud Precipitation

Thunderstorms with hail the size of golf balls hit areas in and around Newcastle, Australia

Brodie Owen
The Herald (Australia)
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 12:09 UTC
Hail at Adamstown Heights.
© Ivan SpyrdzHail at Adamstown Heights.
Thunderstorms and hail the size of golf balls have lashed parts of the Hunter, with the severe weather not expected to ease until Friday.

The hail fell in Newcastle shortly before 4.30pm and lasted about 15 minutes.

The western reaches of the Hunter experienced hail about 4pm.

In Gresford, there were reports of hail about five centimetres in diameter, which is classified by meteorologists as "huge" hail.

Weatherzone meteorologist Craig McIntosh said the storm was "widespread" across the Hunter.

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Snowflake Cold

Record low temperatures contribute to lowest European wine output since WW2

Adapt 2030
YouTube
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:16 UTC
European wine production lows
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
When looking for trends of repeating history, we need to focus on two areas the grand solar minimum and the 3rd year of losses in a row, which will be 4th year of losses next year as we get deeper into the cooling. The Wolff Minimum in the 14th century saw moldy crops and mass migration form Scandinavian countries, but today crops are again moldy and seed supply in Finland is gone. Maunder Minimum France and Germany saw wheat and vineyards decimated from frost. We see the same again today as vineyards are scaled back to 1940's production levels from frost and cold damage. The trends are clear but who is paying attention?


Comment: Crop loss trends, insect die off - can fruit walls save humanity?

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Attention

Mount Sinabung erupts in North Sumatra, Indonesia


Netral News
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:45 UTC
Mount Sinabung eruption.
Mount Sinabung eruption.
Mount Sinabung has erupted, producing hot clouds of 4.5km from east to southeast, Head of Data and Information Center of National Disaster Management Agency's (BNPB) Public Relations Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

Sutopo said the eruption occurred at 9:59 PM, Tuesday (24/10/2017), with column height of 2km.

He added that Mount Sinabung erupted once again on the same day at 2:45 pm.

During the second eruption, Mount Sinabung produced hot clouds that slid as far as 3km from east to southeast. The column height was 1km.

"Mount Sinabung erupted again on 10/24/2017, 2:45 pm. Hot clouds glide 3km from the east to southeast. Column height was 1km. It was a 300-second-long quake," said Sutopo, in his Twitter, @Sutopo_BNPB.
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