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Snowflake Cold

-44º temperature reported overnight in Colorado...and that's not a wind chill

Breanna Sneeringer
Out There Colorado
Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:39 UTC
Antero Reservoir Reached Down to -44ºF on Tuesday Morning
Antero Reservoir Reached Down to -44ºF on Tuesday Morning
Winter is almost officially here, Colorado.

Temperatures plunged around the state Tuesday morning, with -34 degrees reported in Waverly (5,321′), -32 degrees in Cowdrey (7,917′), -22 degrees in Tabernash (8,333′), and -18 degrees in Dillon (9,111′). It was even colder at Antero Reservoir, where early morning temperatures dipped down to a teeth-chattering -44 degrees at 8,942′ of elevation.
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Snowflake Cold

Part of Upper Peninsula, Michigan approaching 10 feet of snow already - Snowbanks tower over sidewalks

Mark Torregrossa
MLive
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:20 UTC
Snowbanks are five feet high along the sidewalks near Negaunee.
© Linda CarilliSnowbanks are five feet high along the sidewalks near Negaunee.
The snow keeps mounting up over most areas of the Upper Peninsula. Many long-time residents are saying they've never seen this much snow so early in the season.

Officially meteorological winter started on December 1. So, while many are saying winter hasn't even started, at least to meteorologists winter is underway.

A Facebook page for the Twin Lakes area in the Upper Peninsula's shows the dedicated weather observer's daily snowfall measurements.

So far in the Twin Lakes, MI area, 116″ of snow have fallen. Twin Lakes is at the southern base of the Keweenaw Peninsula.

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Solar Flares

Solar activity just reached a new space age low

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 08:37 UTC
1677 painting by Abraham Hondius,
© Museum of London1677 painting by Abraham Hondius, "The Frozen Thames, looking Eastwards towards Old London Bridge."

During periods of low solar activity, such as the deep solar minimum we're in now, the Sun will often be devoid of sunspots-a great barometer for the depth and longevity of solar minima.

The below graph shows how many days during a specific year that the earth-facing side of the Sun has been spotless:

sunspots graph
© www.spaceweatherlive.com

Comment: See also:

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Snowflake

Multiple feet of fresh snow recorded across Colorado's high country

Ryan Osborne
The Denver Channel
Sun, 15 Dec 2019 13:22 UTC
Snowboarding on fresh powder at Keystone Mountain Resort
© Keystone Mountain ResortSnowboarding on fresh powder at Keystone Mountain Resort
Snow was possible along the Front Range on Sunday, mainly in the afternoon and evening, when the Denver area could see 1-3 inches. But the heaviest snow was expected to remain in the mountains. Another round of the storm was dumping snow over the southern and central mountains, from Vail to Aspen.

But even before the snow Sunday, the snowfall totals since Thursday were pretty high across the mountains. Near Rabbit Ears Pass, more than 43 inches had fallen as of Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service's snowfall reporting location.


Below is the full list of snowfall totals from around Colorado, via the NWS locations . The totals below are all listed in inches.

1 NNE Rabbit Ears Pass: 43.4
1 NW Climax: 33.6
5 SSW Blue River: 32.2
1 NNW Berthoud Pass: 30.8
4 SE Mount Zirkel: 30.8
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Snowflake Cold

Icelandic farmer digs out horses buried under deep snow

Inês Pereira
The Reykjavik Grapevine
Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:47 UTC
dig out
This morning, Magnús Ásgeir Elíasson, a farmer from Hvammstangi, had a sudden feeling that he should check on his horses. It was a lucky intuition, as Magnús arrived to his fields to find a large group of his horses stuck in the snow. Thankfully, he had arrived just on time to bring all of them to safety and warmth, he told Vísir.

Apparently, after he finished the morning feeding, something snapped in him. "As I was walking into the house, I felt someone stopping me and saying, 'Go check on the horses.' I then turned around, looked up [onto the mountain] and saw my herd," Magnús explained. His horses were freezing in the snow.


Comment: Iceland blizzard brings 149 mph winds, up to 10 feet of accumulating mountain snow

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Snowflake

Dozens of villages cut off by up to 5 feet of snow in north of India


United News of India
Sat, 14 Dec 2019 20:10 UTC
snowfall continue in northern state
Snowfall continues in northern state
Dozens of far-flung and remote villages, including those near the Line of Control (LoC) besides border towns of Machil, Keran, Karnah, Gurez, remained cut off for the fourth day on Saturday due to heavy snowfall.

The Kupwara-Machil, Kupwara-Keran and Kupwara-Karnah roads besides road to border town of Gurez, surrounded by Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) from three sides, from Bandipora remained closed due to fresh snowfall.

There was about two feet to five feet of fresh snowfall forcing authorities to suspend traffic on dozens of roads leading to far-flung and remote villages, including those near LoC, official sources said.

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Snowflake

Snowfall will become a thing of the pass: 18 inches of new snow in 24 hours for White Pass, Washington

Lance Tormey
newstalkkit.com
Sat, 14 Dec 2019 19:43 UTC
White pass
More than 18 inches of new snow has allowed the White Pass Ski Area to open for the Christmas season on Saturday for limited operations.

White Pass General Manager Kevin McCarthy says snow in the past two days helped fill areas that were lacking snow and will allow the area to open for business on Saturday.

He says they'll operate the Great White and Triple chairlifts as well as carpets.

That's great news to thousands of skiers and snowboarders who had been hoping for an earlier opening of the area because of early season snow.
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Attention

Ice Age Farmer Report: IT IS BEGUN: Corn shortage Brazil - Food scarcity means submit to Greta


Ice Age Farmer
Sat, 14 Dec 2019 14:41 UTC
corn
Brazil meatpackers warn of corn shortages in 2020 -- this is unlike greens or vegetables, as corn is a STAPLE for people and livestock -- and Christian warns that the global warming agenda is shifting: as the world's food supply is destroyed, they will scream "CO2" and push through the totalitarian agenda, holding the world hostage. Spread the word and start growing food.


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Snowflake Cold

Two feet of snowfall hits areas of Nepal


Khabarhub.com
Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:46 UTC
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Snowfall has occurred in Mustang and Myagdi districts since Friday morning. Two feet of snow has fallen in the upper parts of Myagdi district, locals said.

With the snowfall, the temperature has gone down, hitting the normal life in the highlands.

Touristic places including Ghodepani of Annapurna Rural Municipality-6, Gurja of Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality have witnessed a heavy snowfall, according to locals.

The biting cold caused by the December snow has forced the locals to stay indoors, hurdling around fires, said Rupesh Subedi, headmaster of Janakalyan Secondary School, Gurja.

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A foot of snow dumped overnight on Mount Washington in British Columbia

Erin Haluschak
Goldstream News Gazette
Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:19 UTC
Overnight Wednesday, Mount Washington Alpine Resort received 31 cm of fresh snow, along with a light snowfall into Thursday morning.
© Screenshot/Mount Washington AlpineOvernight Wednesday, Mount Washington Alpine Resort received 31 cm of fresh snow, along with a light snowfall into Thursday morning.
It's a welcome sight for those waiting to break out the skis and snowshoes.

Overnight Wednesday, Mount Washington Alpine Resort received 31 cm of fresh snow, along with a light snowfall into Thursday morning.

Last week, the resort announced they were pushing back their original opening day of Dec. 6 due to lack of snow.

"...Without old man winter making an appearance just yet, we're forced to delay the start of the winter 2019/20 season. We're ready and waiting as patiently as possible, and we know you are too," read their posting on social media last week.
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