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© Wilson RingA dusting of snow covers a hillside in Stowe, Vt., on Tuesday May 5, 2020.
On Wednesday, a low-pressure system moving from the Midwest into the Mid-Atlantic brought rain and snow to parts of Pennsylvania and Western New York, according to Fox News senior meteorologist Janice Dean.
"As you go across the Great Lakes and the interior Northeast, we actually have wind chills in the freezing range," Dean said on "Fox & Friends."
Other snow showers were reported in parts of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, in areas of northern Vermont and parts of Maine.
The COLD TIMES are returning. This isn't a conspiracy theory. Prepare.
As vast pockets of the planet currently battle anomalous May cold, it's come to light (via iceagenow.info) that the cosmopolitan Alberta city of Calgary has tied its longest stretch of temps <20C (<68F) in recorded history:
© Kerry ThompsonA shot of snowfall near Mackay, Alta., taken Monday, May 4, 2020.
Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings on Monday for several communities including Devon, Calmar, Spruce Grove, Wetaskiwin, Whitecourt, Drayton Valley, Morinville and Edson.
"There is a pocket of cold air over western parts of the province, which allowed the rain to change to snow quickly as of Sunday evening and overnight," Global Edmonton weather specialist Phil Darlington said.
While the warnings mainly encompassed areas west of Edmonton, areas east of the city also reported snow.
02/05/2020
It's continued snowing lightly all day and we now have over 80cm+ from this remarkable Autumn snowstorm.
Some of the windrifts are over a metre deep! The table-o-metre has nearly disappeared and checkout the breathtaking images in our gallery.
Let's take it all in from our lounge rooms as we remind you that 'stay at home' restrictions remain in place in Victoria until 11 May 2020.
© Trans-Baikal Volunteer Forest FirefightersWildfires in Siberia
Disturbing pictures and video shows the scale of wildfires engulfing Siberia and the Russian Far East after the winter snow melt.
With the government's focus on coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin called for vigilance over the annual challenge from forest and steppe fires worsening due to climate warming.
Emergencies Minister Evgeny Zinichev warned in a video conference with the president that a combination of factors now poses a threat to many regions of Russia.
Comment: Just to emphasize how warped the weather patterns have become, in Australia: Melbourne's wettest April since 1960, cold temperatures dropping to record levels
And for more, check out SOTT radio's:
- Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Interview with Laura Knight-Jadczyk and Pierre Lescaudron
- Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?
© Teddy LaycockSnow blankets Mt Buller on Thursday after a cold snap hit Victoria.
More rain has fallen on the city in the first four months of the year than in the whole of last year, bringing much-needed relief to parched farmland on its outskirts.
Some 138 millimetres of rain fell in Melbourne in April, with the city set for 15 millimetres on the first day of May. In April 1960, 195 millimetres fell in Melbourne.
Utqiagvik, northernmost town in the United States, is the largest city in Alaska's North Slope Borough and is located north of the Arctic Circle.
Probably not very much ice will be melting at 20 degrees below zero.
Thanks to Stephen Potter for this link.
© David Jala/Cape Breton PostAbove, a Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal plow clears a bridge, located at the top of Upper Prince Street in Sydney, that crosses Highway 125 just south of the Grand Lake Road intersection.
As much as 25 cm of heavy, wet snow fell across the municipality on Tuesday during a late-April storm that forced snow removal equipment back onto the streets, roads and highways.
© Denis BalibouseSnow has created a blanket of white in Lesotho, and snowfalls in the Drakensberg are expected this week.
Forecaster Mbavhi Maliage said temperatures were cool on Tuesday and would remain until Wednesday, with a 60% chance of rainfall expected in Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and Eastern Cape.
"There is a watch for heavy rainfall that will lead to localised flooding between East London and Port Edward," Maliage said.
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