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JUDI WESTFALL: It was a little bit of a shock. It was snowing when I got home last night, but I didn't expect it to be over a foot of snow today. So a little bit of a shocker for us.
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Snowfall was recorded in several north Kashmir towns including Kupwara and Baramulla. Srinagar city and south Kashmir witnessed heavy snowfall through the night, bringing down the temperature.
The New South Wales Bureau of Meteorology said the area was likely to experience heavy rain and gusty winds on March 11.
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Landslide in Cali, Colombia, March 2021.
Landslide in Cali, Colombia, March 2021.
Heavy rain fell overnight 10-11 March, 2021. Secretary of Risk Management in Cali, Rodrigo Zamorano, described the rainfall as "extraordinary and unusual". Local media said in the space of around 90 minutes the city saw 60% of the rain it would normally see for the whole month of March. Average rainfall for March in Cali is around 150mm.
Central areas of the city were flooded after the Cañaveralejo river broke its banks. The Cauca river is also high and a Yellow Alert has been issued.
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Red auroras on March 10, 2021 @ Utsjoki, Finnish Lapland
Red auroras on March 10, 2021 @ Utsjoki, Finnish Lapland
Rayann Elzein sends this picture from Utsjoki in the Finnish Lapland. "The red auroras looked pale white to my unaided eye, but a quick exposure with my camera revealed their true color."
What's so tricky about red? The action, if you can call it that, takes place more than 150 km above Earth's surface. At that high altitude, oxygen atoms excited by solar wind slowly spit out red photons. Emphasis on slowly. The radiative lifetime of the transition is 110 seconds--an eternity at the quantum scale. The atoms must remain undisturbed that long to produce their red light.
Perhaps that's why red auroras often appear when conditions are quiet. "The solar wind speed last night was quite low and there was no expectation of a geomagnetic storm," says Elzein. Tonight is expected to be quiet as well. Red auroras, anyone?
Comment: In October last year the same Arctic photographer captured red auroras over Utsjoki, Finland saying, "Rarely have I seen anything like this before."
With the surge in sightings of rare or novel atmospheric phenomena in recent years it seems the electrical nature of our weather and changing atmosphere is becoming more apparent:
- Novel atmosphere phenomenon 'STEVE' makes ANOTHER appearance over Finland
- Very rare noctilucent clouds appear over Argentina
- Rare Type II Gigantic Jet event recorded over Tropical Storm Laura
- Recently discovered atmospheric electrical phenomenon 'Green Ghost' captured over West Texas
- Extremely bright 'jellyfish' sprites easily visible with naked-eye over Colorado
- Changing atmosphere: Red sprites and a blue jet seen above Europe's stormy skies
The preliminary totals show that Casper Mountain had received as much as 15 inches by 8:30 am, Wednesday, March 10. Snow totals inside Casper ranged from 5-9 1/2 inches on Wednesday morning.
A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for lower elevations of Natrona County and far southern Johnson County until 5 PM Wednesday.
Storm dumps heavy snow on Mount Laguna
Mammoth Mountain says the resort has received 15 inches of snow Wednesday. And with the storm expected to linger through the end of the week, that may not be the end of the snowfall before this weekend.
California Highway Patrol reported early Wednesday morning that snow was falling along the 5 Freeway through the Grapevine, but the roadway remained open.
Snow was also reported on the 15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass. Drivers were being advised to avoid mountain passes if at all possible.
Wednesday's early morning eruption sent rocks and lava spewing into the dark sky and created a large river of lava that cascaded down the volcano's slopes. According to local reports, the eruption occurred in the southeast crater at about 4:30 a.m.
Photos above show the spectacular lava fountains of Etna's most recent eruption, as well as the eruptions that have occurred since mid-February.
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Snow-covered Texas grapevines.
Snow-covered Texas grapevines.
"A large number of Texas farmers, ranchers and others involved in commercial agriculture and agricultural production were seriously affected by Winter Storm Uri," said Jeff Hyde, AgriLife Extension director, Bryan-College Station. "Freezing temperatures and ice killed or harmed many of their crops and livestock as well as causing financial hardships and operational setbacks. And the residual costs from the disaster could plague many producers for years to come."
AgriLife Extension estimates that the following sectors were among the state's biggest agricultural losses by commodity:
- Citrus crops, at least $230 million
- Livestock, at least $228 million
- Vegetable crops, at least $150 million
Comment: See also:
- The US loves to accuse other nations of being unable to cope in a crisis, but the chaos in Texas shows it can't look after its own
- Ice Age Farmer Report: Texas Goes Dark - 45% US Wheat Damaged - Grand Solar Minimum
- Texas 'deep freeze': Urgent climate warning - but not how you think
- Texas wholesale electric prices spiked more than 10,000% amid deep freeze outages
- 'Greening' of economy to blame for Texas power outages as half its wind turbines freeze solid during winter storm
Comment: Just 5 days earlier: Up to 2 feet of March snowfall in upper reaches of Kashmir - temperature drops 7 degrees Celsius below normal