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Heavy snowfall blankets eastern city of Magadan in Russia


RT
Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:48 UTC
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Although winter hasn't officially arrived, the eastern city of Magadan has been hit hard by heavy snowfall from a cyclone, causing major disruptions in traffic and trapping cars, emergency vehicles, and even snowplows.

The cyclone is expected to move on to Kamchatka and Chukotka next.

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Heavy early snowfall hits parts of Turkey - up to 20 inches deep (UPDATE)


en.haberler.com
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:07 UTC
Temperatures have plummeted, and many cities have been covered in white
Temperatures have plummeted, and many cities have been covered in white
In many parts of Turkey, temperatures have dropped below zero. While Rize, Kastamonu, Erzurum, Kars, Bolu, and Düzce have been covered in white, the expected snowfall has also begun in Uludağ.

After the warnings from the meteorology, temperatures dropped across Turkey. Many cities experienced the first snow of the season.

With the drop in air temperatures in the Eastern Black Sea region, snow fell on the high-altitude plateaus and villages in the area. The Yukarı Kavron, Huser, and Palovit plateaus at an altitude of 2,300 meters in the Çamlıhemşin district of Rize, along with the villages in the region, were covered in white. The snow thickness, reaching between 5 and 20 centimeters in places, covered the green areas with a white blanket.


Comment: Update October 23

The Hürriyet Daily News reports:
Winter arrives early as snow blankets parts of country

Various regions of Türkiye have welcomed the relatively early arrival of winter as high-altitude regions of several provinces around the country witnessed the season's first snowfall.

Some regions of the northern province of Kastamonu experienced snow depths exceeding 50 centimeters after the recent snowfall. Teams worked diligently with graders to clear the roads in those areas.


Snowfall similarly paralyzed life in the highlands located in the Black Sea provinces of Trabzon and Giresun.

A shepherd was stranded on the snow-covered Beypınarı Plateau in the Düzköy district of Trabzon, prompting teams from the municipality to come to aid.

Similarly, the country's disaster and emergency teams rescued citizens stuck in their cars because of severe snowfall in the Alucra district of Giresun.

Heavy snowfall blanketed high regions of another Black Sea city of Rize, transforming Ayder Plateau, one of the most important tourism centers in the country's northeast, into a snowy wonderland.

Snowfall also affected the country's eastern regions, with the Digor district in the northeastern province of Kars experiencing its first snowfall on the morning of Oct. 21, blanketing high-altitude settlements in white.

In the upper reaches of Kartalkaya Ski Resort, one of the northern province of Bolu's major winter tourism destinations, the snow depth reached 15 centimeters. In the vicinity of the facilities, it came closer to 10 centimeters.

Snowfall covered high regions of Mount Erciyes, located in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri, with Erciyes Ski Resort, one of Türkiye's leading ski centers, also experiencing light flurries.

Mount Yıldız Ski Resort in the central Anatolian province of Sivas, located 58 kilometers from the city center and featuring ski and sled runs of varying lengths, also experienced its first snowfall of the season on Oct. 18 this year.


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Mysterious record methane surge since 2020 was not fossil fuels but '90% due to microbes'

Jo Nova
joannenova.com.au
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:13 UTC
Nobody checked the carbon-13 ratios!

Wouldn't you know it — 150 nations signed the Global Methane Pledge without even bothering to check if the methane was man-made.

Methane — the second most hated Greenhouse gas — spiked to record historic levels in the last few years, over 1,900 parts per billion. In 2019, even the WEF scientists admitted they couldn't explain the baffling rise, and then in 2020, the world of methane went into the twilight zone. We shut down the modern world due to the pandemic, and methane levels rose even faster.

It seems many have been blaming fossil fuels for the global surge in emissions, but forgot to check the C13 isotopes. Somehow we spend millions on breathalysing cows, measuring their burps, and feeding them seaweed, but didn't think to do the basic chemistry. How could that be, you might wonder... 158 nations agreed to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030, but none of them audited the science even though very strange things were happening. (The point was obviously the "pledge", the junkets, the captive industries and subsidies, anything but the science).

Methane from fossil fuels has a higher carbon-13 ratio, but even though fossil fuel use was rising, the carbon-13 levels of atmospheric methane was rolling down a hill. Indeed this new study shows it's been falling for 17 years.

It's not like this snuck up on us.... any inquiring mind should have seen this coming a decade ago. The lab has been recording C13 in methane since 1998 and gets air samples from 22 sites around the world every week or two.
Methane Outgassing
© PNAS(A) Trend of globally averaged CH4 abundance (in gray) and δ13CCH4 (purple) from the NOAA/GML GGGRN. Mean growth rates of CH4 mole fraction and δ13CCH4 are shown for the following time periods: 1983–1998, 1999–2006, 2008–2014, 2014–2020, and 2020–2022. (B) Colocated δ13CCH4 measurements at Alert (Canada), Svalbard (Norway), and Antarctica by INSTAAR, NIWA, TU/NIPR, and MPI. Each dataset is fitted with a trend in the same color.
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Areas of northern Japan see first snowfall 12 days earlier than usual


Asia News Network
Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:06 UTC
The summit observatory of Mt. Moiwa is blanketed in snow in Minami Ward, Sapporo, at 8:49 a.m. Sunday.
© THE YOMIURI SHIMBUNThe summit observatory of Mt. Moiwa is blanketed in snow in Minami Ward, Sapporo, at 8:49 a.m. Sunday.
The first snow of the season was observed in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and some parts of Aomori Prefecture on Sunday morning as temperatures dropped in many areas of northern and eastern Japan.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency's Sapporo Regional Headquarters, Sapporo saw its first snow of the season eight days earlier than usual and 22 days earlier than last year. Obihiro, located to the east of Sapporo, observed snowfall 12 days earlier than a usual year and 25 days earlier than last year.

The summit observatory of Mt. Moiwa, which has a panoramic view of Sapporo, was covered in snow on the same day. "There were still lots of greenery when I climbed the mountain last week," said a woman in her 30s who came from Sapporo to climb it. "But I was able to enjoy the red and yellow autumn leaves as well as the snow today."

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Early snowfall hits China's Gansu, Shanxi Provinces - earliest in 73 years for the latter


Bastille Post
Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:59 UTC
Early snowfall hits China’s Gansu, Shanxi Provinces
Early snowfall hits China’s Gansu, Shanxi Provinces
Cold spells have swept through parts of China recently, bringing unexpected snowfall to various regions.

In Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, a section of National Highway 248, known as the "Locke Road," was hit by a sudden snow, with local authorities responding swiftly to ensure safety and smooth traffic on the road.

The Locke Road, starting from Zhuoni County and ending at Zhagana scenic area in Diebu County, experienced continuous snowfall from Saturday night. Heavy snow accumulation and ice on the road disrupted traffic.

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Siberia mid-October snow extent greater in 2024 than in past years. Could impact Europe's winter

P.Gosselin
NoTricksZone
Sat, 19 Oct 2024 16:11 UTC
Fall Snow in Siberia
By KlimaNachrichten

There is news from this part of Russia that often goes through the roof in the media. Forest fires or unusual summer temperatures come to mind. If only we had a speed limit in Germany, or at least installed more wind turbines, then it wouldn't be so bad.

We have already recommended Ventusky several times here. The site visualizes weather data in an excellent way.

The snow cover can be displayed and there is interesting data from Siberia. The snow cover in mid-October 2024 is greater than it has been in recent years.

Ventusky himself believes it could have an impact on the winter weather in Europe because such large areas are already covered in snow. A line was drawn at the westernmost boundary in 2024, so you can see what the extent has been in recent years.
Screenshot Ventusky
© Screenshot VentuskyCaption
It is likely that this anomaly will not reach the media. Yet it is good evidence of more moisture in the atmosphere. But one that can also have an effect on the weather and temperatures in the opposite direction. But that doesn't induce clicks so well.
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Snow falls in Andalucia, Spain as Storm Leslie brings drop in temperatures

Yzabelle Bostyn
Olive Press
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:21 UTC
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Storm Leslie has brought a temperature drop throughout Andalucia as snow falls in some areas.

We're barely into autumn and Andalucia has already seen snow, with the Sierra Nevada mountains seeing their first smattering this week.

However, they might not be the only ones as Storm Leslie continues on her unforgiving path.

So far, the storm has brought rain, strong winds and a drop in temperatures to the region.

The Spanish Weather Agency (Aemet) still has rain warnings active in Cordoba, Huelva, Jaen, Malaga and Sevilla this Wednesday.

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Foot of early snowfall at Jay Peak ski resort in Vermont

Kristi Palma
Boston.com
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:06 UTC
The top of the Flyer Express Quad at Jay Peak.
© Brian Irwin/The Boston GlobeThe top of the Flyer Express Quad at Jay Peak.
Skiers and riders could hardly contain their excitement on Wednesday after Jay Peak in Vermont reported a foot of snow.

The ski area, named the best ski resort in Vermont by Boston.com readers earlier this year, posted photos on social media of snowy trails amid foliage, writing, "Well today was certainly a treat, no tricks, thanks to a foot of snow near the summit and cover down to the base since this storm cycle started Monday. Gotta love the blending seasons and the foliage doing its best to hang on as winter takes over the top for now."

Thousands of followers promptly liked the Facebook post and hundreds commented on it.

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It's an emergency! Green plants spreading at alarming rate in Antarctica

Jo Nova
joannenova.com.au
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 04:00 UTC
Lesson #457 in how to lie with science

File this lesson away in the Decline and Fall of Enlightenment Science. Nature, formerly known as the esteemed science journal, is now achieving everything a captured tabloid industry sales mag could hope for. They've squeezed a disaster out of a tiny change in a short record, and from a good news story. Let's not forget, for the last 100,000 years most humans would have been happy that a bit of Antarctica was greening.

"Lush"? The only people who call this lush are penguins:
Antarctica Greening
© joannenova.com.au
To appreciate the Black Belt level of naked exaggeration going on here, consider the opening hyperbole:
A fast-warming region of Antarctica is getting greener with shocking speed. Satellite imagery of the region reveals that the area covered by plants increased by almost 14 times over 35 years — a trend that will spur rapid change of Antarctic ecosystems.

"It's the beginning of dramatic transformation," says Olly Bartlett, a remote-sensing specialist at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, UK, and an author of the study1, published today in Nature Geoscience, that reports these results.
All this shock and drama arise from an area of "less than a square kilometer" expanding all the way up to "nearly 12 square kilometers". These numbers "shocked us" say the PR team, I mean, the scientists, who continue on in their best Agony-Aunt impression: "It's simply that rate of change in an extremely isolated, extremely vulnerable area that causes the alarm." Sob sob, and Boo hoo too. It's a lonely peninsula. Can we find it a friend?

Everything about this shows the pathetic decay of Western Science. We're talking about 12 square kilometers of more habitable land on a continent with 14 million square kilometers of ice. The horrible affliction of unexpected tundra now covers 0.00009% of Antarctica.
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Early snowfall causes traffic jams on Otmok pass, Kyrgyzstan


AKI Press
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:17 UTC
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Snowfall on Otmok pass is creating traffic jams on Suusamyr - Talas - Taraz road on October 15, drivers say.

The special equipment is cleaning the road surface.

Due to the sharp change in weather and snowfall, drivers moving on Bishkek - Talas route are recommended to have snow chains, not to drive on the oncoming lane during traffic jams, not to hinder the movement of special equipment to the place of traffic jams, not to use summer tires, change tires for winter tires, keep a safe distance between the cars.

The movement of trucks on Suusamyr - Talas - Taraz road has been suspended.

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