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2 feet of new snow hits Mt Hutt overnight in New Zealand

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© Roger Harper
Heavy snow has blanketed much of the Canterbury region with many locals waking to winter wonderlands in their gardens.

An active low pressure system moved up the country overnight bringing over 60cm of snow to the Mt Hutt ski field on Saturday morning.

"Winter has most definitely arrived at Mt Hutt! Our storm team on the mountain estimate 60cm plus of new snow in the base area as of 8am. And there is more snow in the forecast next week!" the ski field posted on their Facebook page.


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Japan heat wave kills 5 people, hospitalizes nearly 600

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© KYODOPeople cross a street in Obihiro on Sunday. The mercury hit 38.8 degrees in the city in southeast Hokkaido, the highest on record there.
At least five people have died and nearly 600 have been hospitalized as a heat wave grips Japan.

Shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday, the temperature hit 103.1 degrees in the coastal town of Saroma on the island of Hokkaido, according to the Japan Times. The Meteorological Agency said that is the highest temperature at any observation point in Japan for the month of May. The temperature in Saroma climbed above 90 again Monday.

Fifty-three of the Meteorological Agency's 926 monitoring posts registered temperatures of 95 degrees or higher on Sunday. In 513 locations in the country, the mercury climbed above 86 degrees, Kyodo News reported. On Monday, 400 posts saw temperatures rise above 86 degrees.

On Sunday, a man died in Shimizu, Hokkaido, and another died in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, because of the heat, Kyodo News reported. At least 575 people nationwide with symptoms of heatstroke have been taken to hospitals.

On Monday, a 42-year-old woman died in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture; an 88-year-old woman died in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture; and a woman in her 90s was also found dead in a field in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture.

Comment: Three months ago record cold temperatures of minus 24.4 C gripped Hokkaido, Japan.


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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Buy more stuff the sea levels are down - It's a Climate Emergency

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AOC says we have 12 years to save Earth and only 100 companies spew out 70% of all CO2 but the message is Buy More Stuff as NASA confirms sea levels are declining.

Arctic sea ice follows the Atlantic water temperatures on its 60 year cycle and a look at Alternative View 10 when I presented in the UK but that is now sensitive material on Twitter.


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Huge early snow storm dumps 2 feet in 72 hours at Australian ski resorts

Mt Hotham
Mt Hotham
The southern hemisphere's 2019 ski season will begin this Friday, May 31st, after Australian ski areas received a big pre-season snowfall this week.

The first areas that had been scheduled to open were in New Zealand, a day later on Saturday, June 1st, with Cardrona and Whakapapa opening some terrain.

However the Antarctic snowstorm that has so far deposited up to 65cm (two feet, two inches) of snow in 72 hours (at Mt Hotham, pictured top) and is still going, has led Australia's largest area, Perisher, to announce it is opening a week earlier than planned.

The ski area says it has had 60cm (two feet) of snow in the past 72 hours.



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Canberra shivers through coldest May day in 19 years

Perisher has already received 40cm of snowfall.
Perisher has already received 40cm of snowfall.
Those in Australia's southeast have entered the second day of freezing conditions, and it looks like the icy conditions are set to stick around for the next few days.

A mass of polar air following behind a cold front blasted parts of NSW, ACT, Victoria and Tasmania yesterday, sending temperatures plummeting.

Yesterday, Canberra residents shivered through their coldest May day since 2000, reaching a maximum of just 9.1C.

Wild weather including snow, thunderstorms and damaging winds blasted the lower parts of the country's east.

Australia's ski resorts have had their first major snowfall for the year, with more to come over the next few days.

Perisher received an extra 20cm of snowfall overnight, bringing its total to 40cm, while Thredbo is at 20cm and counting.

At least 25cm of snow has fallen in Hotham Alpine Resort in Victoria, with 30cm more expected to fall over the coming days.

The Blue Mountains and parts of NSW's central west also experienced snow, with Orange, Lithgow and Oberon just some of the areas affected.

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Still snowing in Baja California, Mexico

Front office for San Pedro Martir
Front office for San Pedro Martir
"The cold temperatures should've ended on March 21"

Some of the Baja 500 and San Pedro Martir Hillclimb racers are concerned about the "weird" weather reported in Baja. On May 23, the Mexico Secretary of Environmental Protection reported 1″ snowfall at the San Pedro Mártir National Park south of Ensenada.

"It was the 59th cold front of 2019 that generated maximum temperature of 10 degrees and minimum of -3 degrees," reported Gonzalo de León Girón, the national park coordinator.

The national park is about "a four hour drive from the San Ysidro port of entry," says Pedro Vargas-Valdez of Tijuana.

"Is your race still on?" I asked Vargas-Valdez on May 25; "Yes, Mike, the race is still on," he replied.


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Late May snow whites out summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire

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80's one day, snow the next. Just another May in New Hampshire.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. It's quite possible you're recovering from a sunburn, when temperatures in the Granite State were mainly in the 70's, and a few communities reaching the 80's. With a few relatively chilly mornings, a hike in the mountains required multi layers of clothing. If you were cold at 7am, you'd be sweating by 9 or 10. The key word there being 'relatively,' as fast forward to Tuesday May 28th, snow was recorded in New Hampshire.

That's right, just a few scant days away from the month of June, and the official start of SUMMER, video of snow on top of Mount Washington was recorded early Tuesday. According to WMUR News 9, you can see the near whiteout conditions on top of the highest peak in the United States.

Elsewhere, we're experiencing rain. Still. 80's one day, followed by frost and snow.


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Heavy snow falls in the Alps at end of May - up to a foot in 72 hours, with more forecast

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Only four glacier ski areas are currently open in the Alps, all in Austria or Switzerland with nowhere currently open in France of Italy, but the snow gods don't seem to care and conditions are back to 'mid-winter' like up high with more heavy snowfall over the past few days and continuing for a few days more to round off one of the snowiest Mays in memory.

The Kitzststeinhorn, Stubai (pictured top earlier this month) and Hintertux glaciers are all still open in Austria, although the Kitzsteinhorn above Kaprun will close after this coming weekend for about a month before re-opening for July snowsports (the Molltal glacier is also due to re-open to commence its nearly 11 month ski season).


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It snowed at the Grand Canyon on Memorial Day

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So much for that warm, sunny Memorial Day vacation to the Grand Canyon.

Clear views of America's most beautiful ditch were briefly interrupted by something rarely seen this late in the year -- snow. Light snow began falling in the morning, lasting for several hours, dusting the Grand Canyon.

'It's common for snow to fall in Flagstaff in April and May, but to have accumulating snow after May 26th is quite unusual," said the National Weather Service's office in Flagstaff, Arizona

In fact, "it's only happened 8 times since we've been keeping records," the NWS Flagstaff office said.

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Huge early snow storm hits Australia - nearly 10 inches falls in 24 hours

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Falls Creek, Victoria
A week-long snow storm (if forecasts prove correct) is just getting underway in Australia.

The country's ski areas have reported up to 25cm of snowfall in the first 24 hours of the snowfall, which is due to continue through to the start of June - meteorological winter in the southern hemisphere - on June 1st.

Up to 70cm (2 feet, 4 inches) is expected to fall in total due to a front moving up from Antarctica.

It looks to be the perfect start to the 2019 ski season for Australia where resorts are due to open over the weekend of 7 - 10 June in just under a fortnight's time, a long holiday weekend for much of the country in celebration of the Queen's birthday.