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Snowflake

Winter storm to bury New England in up to 2 feet of snow, blizzard conditions possible

Doyle Rice
USA Today
Wed, 28 Dec 2016 18:11 UTC
US postal worker removing snow
© Kristopher Raddler/APPhilip Fitzwater, a city carrier assistant for the United States Postal Service, in Brattleboro, Vt., removes the snow off his vehicle before heading out on his route Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. More snow is forecast for New England this week.
A powerful winter storm will unleash heavy, wet snow and howling winds across portions of New England from late Thursday through midday Friday, with blizzard conditions possible in some areas.

Much of New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine should see a foot of snow, with nearly two feet expected in some spots, the National Weather Service said. "This looks to be a high-impact storm with power outages and significant drifting issues likely," the weather service warned.

The storm will cause "extensive travel disruptions" Thursday and Friday, AccuWeather said.

A snowstorm is classified as a blizzard when it contains 35-mph winds and blowing or drifting snow that reduces visibility to a quarter-mile or less, with both conditions persisting for at least three hours.

Lighter amounts of snow are forecast for western and central portions of Massachusetts and Connecticut.

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Snowflake Cold

Record cold, 48 states going below freezing in the first week of 2017

Roy Spencher, Ph.D.
drroyspencer.com
Wed, 28 Dec 2016 12:30 UTC
It is increasingly looking like the first full week of 2017 will be greeted with a cold air outbreak over the Lower 48 states that will be widespread and persistent.

Early next week the cold air will enter the U.S. through Montana and the Dakotas, where temperatures will likely plunge into the minus 30 deg F (or colder) range.

By the end of the week, single digits could extend into the southeast U.S., and a hard freeze could push into central Florida (graphic courtesy of Weatherbell.com):
US temperature map
GFS model forecast surface temperatures for Friday morning, Jan. 6, 2017.

As can be seen, substantial portions of all 48 states might well be below 32 deg. F.

At the longer range, there appears to be a reinforcing plunge of even more frigid air heading south out of northwest Canada in the second week of January.
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Snowflake Cold

Snowbanks in Syria: Army copes with extremely rare snowfall


Sputnik
Tue, 27 Dec 2016 20:06 UTC
snow syria
© Sputnik Arabic
Syrian army troops adapt to winter weather conditions and learn to operate amid snowbanks after heavy snowfall hit the country.

A spell of cold weather and heavy snowfalls left Syrian army troops facing an enemy they aren't quite used to dealing with - ice and snowbanks.

After five years of continuously waging war, soldiers of the Syrian army have learned to operate in the most adverse of weather conditions. However, up until now they mostly had to cope with extremely high temperatures in summer (up to 45 degrees Celsius), not the winter chill.

Snowbanks are extremely rare phenomena for the Middle Eastern country's generally warm climate and may become a real challenge for the military and for civilian agencies alike.

Snowfalls have a negative effect on visibility, hampering the military's ability to keep track of enemy movements and making it difficult to conduct precision artillery strikes.

Nevertheless, the soldiers learned to cope with these conditions and manage to deny the terrorists the ability to use the weather to their advantage.

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Igloo

Snow, ice, and severe gusts of wind cripple Great Plains, leaving tens of thousands without electricity (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)


RT
Mon, 26 Dec 2016 21:58 UTC
snow covered road
© Lucas Jackson / Reuters
Snow, freezing rain and up to 50 mile an hour winds continued into Monday in the Great Plains, as the harsh winter weather forced airport closings, power outages, and shut off long stretches of highway in the Dakotas.

In North Dakota, weather conditions and near-zero visibility compelled a no-travel warning, as the National Weather Service said a blizzard warning would remain in effect for much of the state through Monday afternoon.


Comment: Christmas storm forecast to dump heavy snow, blizzards in U.S. West, Plains

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Igloo

Wikipedia fakes news and global cooling

Andy May
Watts Up with That
Mon, 26 Dec 2016 12:38 UTC
Annual Mean Temperatures
© Journal of Atmospheric Sciences
There is an excellent new post up at notrickszone.com on the global cooling scare of the 1970's and the efforts to erase it from the record by the climate alarmists at realclimate.com. For some the scandal at Wikipedia over William Connolley deliberately posting false articles and altering factual ones on climate is old news. This is for those who missed the story. William Connolley created or rewrote 5,428 unique Wikipedia articles. "Fake news" is an old story, used extensively by radical climate alarmists and environmentalists. Indeed, Greenpeace seems to be based on the concept of fake news.

The following anecdote by author Lawrence Solomon is instructive. He tried to correct an article that stated Naomi Oreskes infamous 97% paper in Science had been vindicated and Dr. Bennie Peiser had conceded that she was correct. He had spoken with Dr. Peiser and confirmed he had said no such thing.
"Of course Oreskes's conclusions were absurd, and have been widely ridiculed. I myself have profiled dozens of truly world-eminent scientists whose work casts doubt on the Gore-U.N. version of global warming. Following the references in my book The Deniers, one can find hundreds of refereed papers that cast doubt on some aspect of the Gore/U.N. case, and that only scratches the surface.

Naturally I was surprised to read on Wikipedia that Oreskes's work had been vindicated and that, for instance, one of her most thorough critics, British scientist and publisher Bennie Peiser, not only had been discredited but had grudgingly conceded Oreskes was right.

I checked with Peiser, who said he had done no such thing. I then corrected the Wikipedia entry, and advised Peiser that I had done so.

Peiser wrote back saying he couldn't see my corrections on the Wikipedia page. I made the changes again, and this time confirmed that the changes had been saved. But then, in a twinkle, they were gone again. I made other changes. And others. They all disappeared shortly after they were made."
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Snowflake Cold

Christmas storm forecast to dump heavy snow, blizzards in U.S. West, Plains

Doug Stanglin
USA Today
Sat, 24 Dec 2016 19:55 UTC
A woman stands in high snow in Tieton Dam, Wash. on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016.
© @ciaraschultz / instagramA woman stands in high snow in Tieton Dam, Wash. on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016.
A major holiday winter storm packing heavy snow and the threat of blizzard conditions is bearing down on the northern-tier states from the Rockies to the upper Midwest and is likely to shut down major highways in parts of the northern Plains as it rolls eastward Christmas Day and Monday.

The stretch of northern states can expect blowing snow and drifts from strong winds, possibly in excess of 60 mph, making travel hazardous, the National Weather Service warns.

In addition, snow and a wintry mix is possible from the Great Lakes to the Northeast, with rain and a few thunderstorms likely from the lower/mid-Mississippi Valley to the Mid-Atlantic on Saturday, the weather service says.

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Ice Cube

Flagstaff, Arizona expects foot of snow by Christmas morning


Arizona Daily Sun
Sat, 24 Dec 2016 02:36 UTC
Flagstaff Winter storm warning
© NOAA
The National Weather Service says Flagstaff can expect the heaviest snowfall between 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday.

The winter storm warning includes nearly a foot of snow for Flagstaff starting around 11 a.m. and winds blowing 20 to 25 mph, with gusts up to 36 mph. To the east of Flagstaff along Interstate 40 to the New Mexico border, winds will blow 45 to 55 mph. Travel will be extremely hazardous in the afternoon and evening and should be avoided if possible.

Snow could fall down to 3,000 feet as temperatures plummet by evening before tapering off Christmas morning. Doney Park can expect 5 to 9 inches of snow, Williams 7 to 11.

The high temperature Sunday will be just 28 degrees in Flagstaff and the overnight low 8 degrees.

Areas above 8,000 feet could see up to 20 inches of snow, prompting the Coconino National Forest to close most forest roads for the winter. Check its website for full details.

Friday 5 p.m. update: Hazardous travel warning issued for Saturday in Flagstaff region

The National Weather Service is warning of hazardous travel conditions amid blowing, heavy snow across much of northern Arizona Saturday afternoon and evening.
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Snowflake

Heaviest December snowfall for 50 years causes transport chaos in Hokkaido, Japan


Nikkei
Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:40 UTC
Snow at airport
Nearly 100 airline flights, hundreds of trains cancelled

The heaviest December snowfall in Hokkaido in 50 years forced the cancellation on Saturday of nearly 100 airline flights and hundreds of trains, according to transport companies and authorities.

New Chitose Airport, a main gateway to the northernmost main island of Japan, struggled to bring business back to normal after around 6,000 people spent Friday night there due to the cancellation of more than 280 flights.

The number of people stranded overnight at the airport's passenger terminal was the most since its opening in 1992, airport operator Hokkaido Airport Terminal Co. said.
snow airport
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Igloo

Record snow falls in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia; 27 inches above normal

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Sat, 24 Dec 2016 14:26 UTC
Snowfall in Krasnaya Polyana
© Via Instrgram/janet_panova
An unusually snowy start to the season.

As a rule, in the middle of December snow depth in Krasnaya Polyana rarely reaches 30 cm (12 inches).

This year, it had already recorded 99 cm (39 inches) by 12 December!
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Snowflake

First snow of the season covers war-torn Aleppo as evacuations continue


RT
Thu, 22 Dec 2016 03:54 UTC
Snow in Aleppo
© Ruptly
The first snow has settled on the smithereens of an Aleppo district as the last remaining militants depart the city they had inhabited for years.

The drone footage captured on Wednesday shows piles of rubble and partially destroyed houses covered with snow in the heavily-damaged Aleppo district of Seif Al-Dawla.

The district reportedly remains one of the last areas of the city to be partially controlled by militants. Syrian Arab Republic flags, however, can still be seen flying on a couple of ruined buildings.


Militants and civilians reportedly gathered to be evacuated.


Comment: There are also a countless numbers of road closures in Syria due to snow accumulation.

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