Over the past 24 hours, a significant snowfall event has brought brought cheers to farmers and snow lovers even as life has come to a standstill in many parts of Kashmir region and mountainous areas of Jammu region.
This much-awaited snowfall, the heaviest in South Kashmir in several years, has dumped big snowfall across the region, mainly on mountain passes in South Kashmir. Sinthan Top connecting Kishtwar in Jammu with South Kashmir, emerged as the snowiest spot in, with a heavy 4 feet of snow. This heavy snowfall has made it inaccessible for the time being.
Margan Top, another high-altitude mountain pass connecting Warwan Valley to South Kashmir, received a hefty 4 feet of snow.
Greece braced for adverse weather conditions this weekend, some of Athens' northernmost suburbs covered in snow since the early hours of Saturday.
Mountainous areas on Evia and Lesvos islands were also in white on Saturday morning, local media reported.
The former was expected to bear the brunt of the weather. According to the Greek National Meteorological Service (EMY), heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast on the islands of Evia, Sporades, Cyclades, Dodecanese, and Crete, as well as heavy snowfall at high altitudes in East Macedonia, Evia, Attica, and Crete.
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Ski areas in the Alps have reported up to a metre (over three feet) of snowfall on higher slopes in the last 24 hours.
The new snowfall come after temperatures dropped on Thursday evening, sometimes getting down as low as -20C over the weekend.
With some resorts reporting up to 60cm (two feet) at the end of last week too, it means 5 day total accumulations of up to 1.5 metres (five feet) have now been recorded at some high altitiude areas.
The sub-zero temps have also been reported down to the valley floor, with some low-lying resorts reporting up to 75cm of snowfall down to 1,000m altitudes.
As bushfires rage out of control in Victoria and parts of Queensland count the cost of recent floods, residents in the NSW Snowy Mountains and Tasmania woke this morning to find snow on the ground.
The Bureau of Meteorology had forecast snow to fall above 1,700 metres in the NSW alps today, but some locals have reported sightings of snow flurries as low as Cooma at 800m elevation.
Further south, snowfields in Tasmania recorded up to 5 centimetres of snow down to 1,500 metres.
Errol Hanlon from the Thredbo Alpine Museum said snow settled on shady ground, car windscreens, back decks and some rooftops around the village.
"We definitely woke up to a snow flurry," he said.
While walking his dogs during a Utah snowstorm, a man captured the breathtaking sight of a rare "snownado," a swirling column of snowflakes born from clashing winds.
One of Michigan's snowiest cities is already just a few inches shy of last year's entire winter snowfall. Here's a look at how much snow has already fallen across Michigan.
Most of our snow so far has been lake-effect snow. This means the snowfall totals are heavy in the typical snowbelts of northwest Lower, southwest Lower and the northern half of the Upper Peninsula. Outside of the snowbelts we have had some snow, but totals are just around the normal pace to even a few inches below normal.
Gaylord has already shoveled 85.5 inches of snow. Last year Gaylord totaled 87 inches for the entire winter. Lower Michigan's top-5 snowiest city will have more snow than all of last winter by next weekend.
Traverse City has already had 44 inches of snow this winter. That amount is 30 inches above normal. Last winter only had 67 inches of total snow.
Warnings for blizzards and life-threatening cold affect Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba as residents brace for winter's worst.
Winter regions across Canada are bracing for severe weather, with multiple warnings issued as extreme conditions sweep through the prairie provinces and Ontario. Citizens are urged to stay updated and prepared as heavy snowfall and dangerously low temperatures set the stage for hazardous conditions.
Heavy snow and extreme cold have triggered warnings across several parts of Ontario and the Prairie regions, with Environment and Climate Change Canada outlining potential life-threatening conditions. According to meteorological reports, blizzard warnings were initially set for areas including Owen Sound and Wingham on December 12, 2024. Snowfall accumulations are expected to reach between 15 and 20 centimeters by the end of the storm, along with wind gusts reaching up to 80 km/h, drastically reducing visibility.
"Travel is expected to be difficult to nearly impossible," stated the warning, clearly indicating how serious the situation is for those who might need to move about during the storm. Even as conditions began to stabilize somewhat Thursday afternoon, snowfall continued to drench parts of southwestern Ontario.
Although the storm's effects are hitting hard, the regions are not alone. Further to the west, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are experiencing equally harsh arctic air, which saw Winnipeg plunge to temperatures of -30.7 C. The prevailing Arctic front has pushed daytime highs well below normal, from -7 C to -26 C, with the wind chill making it feel even colder, dropping temperatures to between -20 C and -40 C at times.
Main Street in Findley Lake is decorated for Christmas, complete with more than enough snow.
Officially, winter begins on Dec. 21, but in Findley Lake, like so many towns along the Great Lakes, winter weather came in hard and fast the day after Thanksgiving.
According to Dr. Lin Baylis, Executive Director of Community Connections at Findley Lake, the total snowfall from Black Friday until the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 4, measured 79 inches. And it has continued to fall . . .
Baylis said the total snowfall for the winter of 2023-24 was only 94 inches, which is about a foot more than the accumulated total for this year. She has been helping to keep track of snowfall amounts since 2001, she said, when Bill Boria, former county water resource specialist at the Chautauqua County Health Department started a weather station in Findley Lake.
Baylis said the equipment is hardly scientific. "That would be a snow box and ruler," she said. "The snow box was built by Bill, according to the weather standards of the time. I measure the snow in the box in each corner and the middle and then take an average."
An ice jam on the Matane River in Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula prompted flooding and the evacuation of dozens of homes and businesses in the city of Matane on Thursday.
Blocks of jagged ice and logs could be seen filling the entire river surface and spilling onto nearby properties in the city's downtown. Emergency services and provincial police were called to the area before 9 a.m. as the river was getting higher. Soon after that, ice began to cover large swaths, stilling the flow and prompting the evacuation order.
Residents were asked to vacate 84 buildings in the city of about 14,000 people. A disaster services centre was established at the city hall's civic centre.
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