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Huge snowstorm for 2nd successive week in the Alps with over 7 feet of snowfall

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:46 UTC
Mayrhofen, Austria
Mayrhofen, Austria

The second big snowstorm in less than a fortnight has been blowing across Western Europe with February so far much snowier than most of January was.

Some ski areas have reported up to 75cm of snow in the past 24 hours; 150cm (five feet) in the past three days and over 2.1 metres (7 feet) of snowfall in the past week.


Comment: A week prior: Up to 43 inches of snow fell on the Alps in 72 hours

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Over 500 Denver International Airport flights canceled, delayed as snow rolls in

Kirk Mitchell
Aviationpros.com
Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:52 UTC
Not leaving on a jet plane
© Chase WoodruffNot leaving on a jet plane
More than 500 incoming and outgoing flights at Denver International Airport have been delayed or canceled Monday as the first major snowstorm of 2020 moves through Colorado.

RTD bus and light rail service delays could be up to 20 minutes Monday because of the winter storm, according to an RTD tweet.

Eight airlines canceled 144 flights in and out of DIA on Monday, according to the website FlightAware. SkyWest canceled the most flights, a total of 61 by noon Monday, FlightAware said.

"There are delays due to weather," said Alex Renteria, DIA spokeswoman. "Keep an eye on the weather."
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Summer snow on peaks in South Island, New Zealand

Michael Hayward
Stuff
Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:19 UTC
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A dusting of snow has sprinkled the higher peaks in the lower South Island.

It's part of a wild weather system that has caused widespread flooding in the deep south, leading to mass evacuations in Gore and Mataura and Wyndham.

Comment: Hundreds stranded in flood-hit Fiordland, New Zealand - 2 feet of rain in 24 hours

MetService meteorologist Tahlia Crabtree said there had been reports of snow at The Remarkables in Queenstown, the mountain in the Mt Cook region, and at Ōhau skifield in the foothills of the Southern Alps.

Crabtree said cool air had moved across the South Island on Wednesday morning, lowering the freezing level.
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Red Lodge Mountain in Montana walloped with 26 inches of snow in just 24 hours

Zoe Zandora
ktvq.com
Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:55 UTC
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Red Lodge Mountain is still celebrating the winter with 26 inches of fresh snow in just 24 hours.

Check out this video of the fresh powder from Kelsey Borge, the sales and marketing manager at Red Lodge Mountain.


Borge says February is off to a good start.

"Oh this week is looking awesome. You know with this much snow last night, when I was walking out to the car it was over my knees you know with drifts and spots. We have another storm expected to roll on Wednesday that could bring some significant snowfall, so we love it cause snow is the biz right?" she said.
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Over 30 cm of overnight snow hits Cape Breton, Canada

Kyle Moore
CTV News
Sun, 02 Feb 2020 21:21 UTC
“This is our first winter back on the East Coast, so I'm kind of wishing we were back in Vancouver right now,” said one returning resident.
“This is our first winter back on the East Coast, so I'm kind of wishing we were back in Vancouver right now,” said one returning resident.
The sound of snow blowers filled the air in Sydney on Sunday morning as Cape Bretoners awoke to more snow and lots of it. According to Environment Canada, over 30 cm of snow descended upon on the island overnight.

"This is our first winter back on the East Coast, so I'm kind of wishing we were back in Vancouver right now," said one returning resident.

Mixed in with rain and freezing rain, the snow was not easy to move or shovel.

"I do four driveways here," says resident, Bill Lloy, who was snow blowing driveways in his neighbourhood. "It blows the snow quite well. It has two belts in it, lots of power - it's great."

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Why so many extreme weather events globally at the moment?


Adapt 2030
Sun, 02 Feb 2020 20:37 UTC
Newfoundland blizzard:
© Newfoundland blizzard: "Found my Honda Civic!"Darlene Mitchell
With the continued weakening of solar activity the intensity of global weather extremes is also following lock step. These are a handful of examples from the beginning of 2020 including a severe cool down and rare snowfall across the Middle east as Saudi Arabia set to break all time cold records, snows in Egypt, UAE and Egypt. Locust swarms seen from five miles darkening skies in East Africa, tremendous snows in Taiwan, 1200 emergency calls for help during one hail storm in Australia. Crop losses and spring planting to be effected in 2020.


Comment: Professor Valentina Zharkova explains and confirms why a "Super" Grand Solar Minimum is upon us

See also:

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Temperature extremes: From a blistering 40C to summer snow at -1C in 24 hours for Tasmania, Australia

Olivana Smith Lathouris
9news.com.au
Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:06 UTC
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Adrian Van Beek and his family decided to escape the hot Brisbane summer and take a holiday in Hobart but when they arrived, they were hit by opposite extremes.

Hobart's temperatures spiked at 40C last Friday, making it the hottest day since 1899.

"On the first day, we'd planned to go up the mountain, but it was so hot that we couldn't," Mr Van Beek told Nine.com.

The next day, Mr Van Beek and family set off to enjoy a cooler day only to get caught in major snow fall and temperatures of -1C on Mount Wellington overlooking Hobart.

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Rare snow devil filmed in mountains of Troms, Norway


Yahoo! News
Sat, 01 Feb 2020 12:45 UTC
rare snow devil
Rare snow devil
A rare snow devil was spotted swirling in the mountains of Troms, Norway, on January 28.

Evald Andersen captured footage of the event from his balcony.

According to the World Meteorological Organization, this phenomenon occurs when "surface wind shear acts to generate a vortex over snow cover, resulting in a whirling column of snow particles being raised from the ground."

The spinning columns tend to appear for brief moments and are therefore quite elusive and difficult to capture on camera.

"There was strong wind from the south/southwest being pushed over and down the mountain, creating this snow devil," said Magnus Andersen, Evald's son.


Credit: Magnus Andersen via Storyful
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Record snowfall on Taiwan's Yushan peak - nearly 10 inches in 17 hours

Jules Quartly
Taiwan News
Sat, 01 Feb 2020 12:30 UTC
Yushan
© Yushan Weather Station
25 cm of snow on Taiwan's highest peak the heaviest snowfall in two decades, 'orange' alert for more cold weather

A punishing cold front has seen record snowfall on Taiwan's highest peak of Yushan (玉山), and an "orange" cold alert issued for the counties of Hsinchu, Miaoli, and Taoyuan.

This means that temperatures could well drop below 6 degrees Celsius in these areas, from Saturday night to early Sunday morning, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

In addition, there was a "yellow" alert for Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Changhua, Nantou, Yunlin, Chiayi (city and county), Tainan, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Hualien and Kinmen - meaning temperatures could drop below 10 C in these cities and counties.

Yushan, the nation's highest mountain at 3,952 meters (12,966 feet) above sea level, had experienced intermittent snow over a 17-hour period. This saw snowfalls of up to 25 centimeters, a record amount, stretching back to 20 years ago.

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Shimla in India receives highest January snowfall in 8 years


India Today
Sat, 01 Feb 2020 11:36 UTC
The famous tourist spot received 89.4 cm snowfall this year.
The famous tourist spot received 89.4 cm snowfall this year.
Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla received the highest snowfall this January in eight years, the meteorological department said.

The famous tourist spot received 89.4 cm snowfall this year. The figure was 95 cm in the same month in 2012, Shimla Met centre director Manmohan Singh said.

Shimla received 96.6 cm snowfall in January in 2004 and 109.4 cm in 1993, he added.

In Shimla district this year, Jubbal got 38.5 cm snowfall, Theog 82 cm, Khadrala 160.5 cm, Sarahan 81 cm, Kotkhai 32 cm and Mashobra 47.5 cm.

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