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The islands of Bermuda and Guam break low temperature records

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 07:31 UTC
Bermuda


Bermuda and Guam are islands separated by more than 14,000 km (8,700 miles), yet both suffered record cold over the weekend-a further indication of the global cooling we're all now experiencing.

The British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, located in the North Atlantic, set a record low temperature on Saturday-one coming hot on the heels of last Thursday's powerful winter storm, the island's fiercest in a decade.

The Bermuda Weather Service (BWS) confirmed Saturday morning's low.

"This morning's minimum reached a very chilly 49.1F (9.5C)," said a BWS spokesperson. "This sets a new record low for the date surpassing the previous record of 51.4F (10.8C) back in 2005. Our unofficial wind chill measurement produced a 'feels like temperature' near 40F (4.4C). Brrrrr!"
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Snowflake Cold

Massive winter storm slams the US Northeast, could bury New York City in 2 feet of snow

Ralph Ellis and Gene Norman, CNN Meteorologist
CNN
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:08 UTC
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© CNNPowerful Nor'easter could bring record snow to the Northeast starting February 1, 2021
The first nor'easter of 2021 is threatening a possible two feet of snow in New York City and other parts of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

The combination of heavy snow, gusty winds and coastal flooding was expected to make travel dangerous to impossible in much of the region Monday and could knock out power over a wide area.

"Make no mistake: this storm will bring heavy snowfall, and it will make travel dangerous in every neighborhood in our city," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said in declaring a state of emergency until 6 a.m. Tuesday. "New Yorkers should stay home, keep the roads clear for emergency vehicles, and let our plows work to keep us all safe."

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Igloo

Earth's climate is cyclical - Ice Age Coming

Robert Felix
IceAgeInfo
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 23:07 UTC
Short video - Interview with world-famous geologist and earth scientist Professor Ian Plimer. I love this guy's attitude.
Ice Age
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14 Jan 2021 - This interview with Professor Plimer was in response to a Cardiff University study saying that melting icebergs in the Antarctic could actually trigger an ice age. Professor Plimer dismantles the alarmist rhetoric and exposes the hypocracy.


"What's going on is cycles," says Professor Plimer. "It's normal to have cycles.... we are getting towards the end of a warm period. The peak of the warmth was about 5,000 years ago and we are headed for the next inevitable - inevitable! - ice age."
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Cloud Precipitation

Ireland: Severe weather warning in place as southeast inundated with rain

Ronan McGreevy
The Irish Times
Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:16 UTC
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© Thomas ClareThere were reports of serious flash flooding in counties Wexford and Wicklow with some parts of both counties getting almost 40mm of rain in a nine hour period up to 3pm on January 30, 2021.
Status yellow snow and ice warning issued as motorists warned of road conditions

Snow has been forecast for the northern half of the country on Sunday as a new Met Éireann weather warning comes into effect.

A status yellow warning for snow and ice is in place for Connacht and counties Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Carlow, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath and Meath. The alert is valid until 6pm on Sunday.

Conditions are breezy and cold on Sunday morning, with widespread rain, sleet and snow. Possible accumulations of snow are predicted in the northern half of the country.

Comment: The weather system having an unusual impact Ireland's east coast:
A huge mass of sea foam covered parts of Ireland's east coast. Bad weather and high winds blew an especially large mass of it into the town of Bray, located south of Dublin.

Footage from the scene circulating online shows the town's seafront entirely covered with the wobbly blob on Saturday afternoon.


A few people braved the strong winds, taking a knee-deep stroll through the blob resembling a massive porridge spill.


The mix of sea water and dead organics covered Bray's beach completely, with some of the foam being blown deeper into the town.


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Snowflake

Skier dies after being found buried upside down in snow at Mammoth Mountain, California

Mark Osborne and Matthew Fuhrman
Yahoo! News
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:05 UTC
Skier dies after being found buried upside down in snow at Mammoth Mountain
Skier dies after being found buried upside down in snow at Mammoth Mountain
A skier has died after being found upside down in several feet of snow at Mammoth Mountain ski resort in California.

The man was found by guests of the resort buried head first at about noon on Thursday "in deep snow near the intersection of Redwing and Hully Gully," Mammoth Mountain said in a statement.

The Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol arrived on the scene, where skiers had already begun digging out the man. The ski patrol started CPR immediately and used a defibrillator as the man did not have a pulse, the resort said.

The man was taken to Mammoth Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The victim was not identified by authorities, but San Diego ABC affiliate KGTV said he was a 52-year-old from Oceanside, California, about a half hour north of San Diego.

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Severe weather warning issued in Latvia over prolonged snowfall


Global Times
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 14:53 UTC
A woman walks in the snow in Riga, Latvia, on Jan. 30, 2021. A cyclone with a center at the Estonian-Russian border has brought a prolonged period of heavy snowfall to Latvia this weekend, meteorologists said Saturday.
© Edijs Palens/XinhuaA woman walks in the snow in Riga, Latvia, on Jan. 30, 2021. A cyclone with a center at the Estonian-Russian border has brought a prolonged period of heavy snowfall to Latvia this weekend, meteorologists said Saturday.
A cyclone with a center at the Estonian-Russian border has brought a prolonged period of heavy snowfall to Latvia this weekend, meteorologists said Saturday.

The Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center issued an orange warning over the heavy snowfall and blizzards, which were expected to increase the already thick snow cover in northern parts of the country and the capital city Riga by another 20 centimeters by Sunday morning.

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Attention

The Year Ahead - Geopolitics

James Corbett
Corbett Report
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 14:21 UTC
Year Ahead
© Corbett Report

I don't need to tell you that we are living through world-historical times right now. The frequency of world-changing events is accelerating even as the impact of these events on our day-to-day lives is increasing.

As Lenin rightly observed: "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen." Perhaps there are years in which centuries happen.

With that in mind, I am taking my annual look at the year ahead and splitting it into three parts.

The first week I looked at the tectonic shifts that are taking place in the global monetary space and considered what these changes portend for the future of the world economy.

Last week I examined the ongoing (generated) COVID crisis and what we can expect as the Era of Biosecurity continues to unfold.

This week I will turn my attention to world geopolitics, analyzing the types of conflicts that we can expect to see over the course of this year and explaining how these conflicts will set the stage for even more dramatic events over the course of the decade.
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Snowflake

Rare snowfall reported on North Carolina's Outer Banks

Mark Price
The News and Observer
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:23 UTC
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Snow fell early Thursday on North Carolina's Outer Banks, creating a surreal scene of sea winds scouring beaches with snow flakes and sand.

The flurries came as part of a storm that crossed the state overnight, bringing 5 inches of snow to some eastern counties before crossing over the Outer Banks just before dawn.

Snowfall totals on the barrier islands included nearly an inch at Southern Shores and about a half inch in Duck and Kitty Hawk. Snow also fell in Buxton, Nags Head and Ocracoke, but accumulation was slight, the National Weather Service said.

Images of the snow began appearing just after dawn on social media, including video from the top of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse.

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California swirls: Snowstorm shuts down 50 miles of Interstate 80 - snow over 8 FEET deep on Mammoth Mountain

Steven Glazier
Weather Nation
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:43 UTC
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Thursday afternoon, a 50+ mile stretch of Interstate 80 had to be closed because of the treacherous driving conditions that existed.

The California Department of Transportation shared information that they were helping folks get turned around and back to safety, after witnessing multiple slide-offs, accidents, and having to retrieve stuck vehicles.

The status of roads is ever-changing. We encourage you to check the latest road conditions in California here:

California Department of Transportation | Caltrans

Snowfall was nearing 100″ as the sun was setting Thursday over Mammoth Mountain in California. Not far behind that was June Mountain, at 72″ or 6 FEET! Other noteworthy storm reports were in the four to five foot range in Northstar, Kirkwood, Alpine Meadows and Dodge Ridge.

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Storm pounds California, Nevada with rain, wind and snow - 575,000 customers lost power - 3 FEET of snow at Mammoth Lakes

JOHN ANTCZAK and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
SF Gate
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:23 UTC
mammoth
Mammoth snowstorm
A powerful storm packing heavy rain, snow and wind pounded parts of California and western Nevada on Wednesday, toppling trees, and causing power outages and mud flows in vast areas scarred by wildfires.

The onslaught was being fueled by a potent atmospheric river from the Pacific Ocean that punched into the state through the San Francisco Bay Area overnight, drifted down the coast past Santa Cruz and stalled over Big Sur before pivoting back northward.

Pacific Gas & Electric said overall, about 575,000 customers lost power Tuesday and Wednesday along the northern coast, in the San Francisco and Sacramento areas and elsewhere because of winds, rain and snow.


Comment: Nearly 3 feet of snow also recorded at China Peak resort:



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