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Third autumn snowstorm hits the Alps

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Thu, 03 Oct 2019 09:30 UTC
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There has been another snowstorm in the Alps, the third so far this autumn, bringing more fresh snow to higher slopes.

Around 12 glacier ski areas are currently open in Europe, more than half of them in Austria, and all have reported fresh snowfall in the past 24 hours, although several now have clear skiers this morning for a powder snow day.

Hintertux, pictured below this morning, reports 20cm of fresh snow in the past 24 hours.


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Coldest October 6th ever measured in Netherlands, cold week forecast

Janene Pieters
NL Times
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 08:20 UTC
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© NL TimesDucks swimming in Amsterdam's Oosterpark, 7 Oct 2019.
Sunday was the coldest October 6th in the Netherlands since temperature measurements started in 1901. The maximum at the national weather station in De Bilt climbed to only 9.6 degrees Celsius, breaking the previous record of 10.1 degrees dating from 1936, Weeronline reports.

This is the first cold record broken this year. The previous coldest day record was broken on September 23rd, 2018. On the other hand, 2019 has counted 13 heat records so far. According to Weeronline, it is due to global warming that the number of date-heat records outnumber the number of date-cold record on such a scale. Without global warming, the ratio between cold and heat records would be 1 to 1, the weather service writes.

The cold record broken on Sunday was thanks to a combination of rain, an easterly wind, and thick cloud cover. The air cooled down due to prolonged rainfall, a strong easterly wind blew icy air into the Netherlands, and a thick blanket of clouds shielded the sunlight and prevented it from warming up the environment.

Comment: A few heatwaves does not equal global warming; 2019 seems like it'll be a repeat of last years record breaking cold, except even more extreme: This winter's record breaking brutal weather documented in epic list - and it's not over yet (2018)

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Fall began with 3 bizarre weather events - Record snowfall, a heat wave and a Category 5 hurricane

Leah Asmelash
CNN
Sat, 05 Oct 2019 16:08 UTC
September snow in Montana
September snow in Montana
Fall officially began on September 23, but clearly Mother Nature had other plans.

The first few days of the season haven't felt much like fall at all for many across the United States. From snow storms to heat waves — hello? Did we miss something? What happened to mild temperatures and colorful leaves? Here's a look at three wild weather events that marked the start of season.

Record-breaking snowfall in the Northwest

"This has never happened, ever," said Ray Greely, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Great Falls, Montana, about the September snowfall. The city got 9.7 inches of snow on September 28 — the highest one-day September snow amount in Great Falls history.

But that's not where the craziness ends. Even higher amounts fell in other areas in Montana: Browning got 4 feet, the Dupuyer area got 37 inches and the Heart Butte area got 34 inches.

History was made in Missoula, where the city broke its September snowfall record of 1.5 inches set in 1934.

Spokane, Washington, got in on the action. The 1.9 inches of snow on September 28 broke the monthly record for September, set in 1926, of 1.4 inches, according to the weather service.


Comment: For more information on extreme weather events from around the world, check out our monthly Earth Changes Summaries. The latest video: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - September 2019: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs



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Heavy snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, India

Mesheeka Das
News Track Live
Sat, 05 Oct 2019 09:00 UTC
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The month of October has just started, but the mountains of Himachal Pradesh have covered the white sheet of snow. The peaks of Bharmour and Pangi in the Chamba district of the state are completely covered with snow. The temperature in Keylong has also reached below minus. Manali district has received heavy rains, due to which the high peaks of the state are now appearing white.

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Earlier snowfall than usual hits Finland


YLE
Fri, 04 Oct 2019 18:52 UTC
Easternmost Finland awoke to wintry conditions.
© Tanja PerkkiöEasternmost Finland awoke to wintry conditions.
Winter arrived in eastern Finland on Friday morning, with 4-5cm of snow falling in the morning and more on the way.

"Easternmost Finland may get 10 cm on Friday," says Yle meteorologist Matti Huutonen.

The first snow was recorded in the morning in the cities of Jyväskylä and Kuopio, where 2 cm had fallen by 9 am.

The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) defines the first snowfall as at least one centimetre of snow on the ground at 9am at one of its weather stations. Huutonen says that Eastern Finland's first snow came about a week earlier than usual. Northern Lapland received its first snow on Sunday.

Comment: Another report has the first snow falling in Finland on the somewhat earlier date of Wednesday the 18th of September rather than Sunday the 29th.

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Snow in full spring surprises inhabitants of La Araucanía, Chile

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:08 UTC
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Residents woke up with cold and their roofs covered with frost.

1 Oct 2019 - Users on social networks have shared photographs of the meteorological phenomenon in Pucón, Villarrica and surroundings.

This Tuesday, the snow surprised the inhabitants of La Araucanía,

The most widespread photos via Twitter are from the Caburgua Lake sector, located east of the Huerquehue National Park.

Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link.


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Changing climate: Extreme fall start marked by unusual heat, snow and cold records in the US

Chris Dolce
The Weather Channel
Tue, 01 Oct 2019 21:50 UTC
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© Carlene Whitney SaloisSnow piles high in East Glacier, Montana, September 28, 2019
Extreme weather caused by a wavy jet stream has kicked off the first 10 days of fall across the United States, leading to a series of record-breaking and unusual weather events to start the new season.

Here's a look some of the weird things we've experienced so far this fall.

All-Time Record Heat For October

Daily record highs were set on several days during fall's first week in the South. Now, that has been capped off by all-time record heat for the month of October.

More than a dozen cities in the East, from upstate New York to the Florida Panhandle, set all-time October record highs on Tuesday.

Nashville, Tennessee, hit 98 degrees on Tuesday, crushing its previous all-time October heat record of 94 degrees.

Monday's high of 97 degrees in Louisville, Kentucky, also easily toppled the city's previous October record of 93 degrees.

Meridian, Mississippi, preliminarily broke the Mississippi state record high for October when it hit 101 degrees on Tuesday, according to Weather Underground historian Christopher Burt.
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Iceberg the size of London calves off Antarctica - Caused by a glacier EXPANDING, not melting

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:50 UTC
Antarctica iceberg calving
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An iceberg the size of greater London (1,636 km2) has just snapped off the Amery ice shelf in east Antarctica. And while alarmists will be blindly clamoring to link the event to global warming, the facts tell an entirely different story.

Ice shelves are essentially floating extensions of glaciers that hold back the flow of ground ice.

When an iceberg breaks off an ice sheet it is known as 'calving'.

Calving is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption, and is caused by a glacier EXPANDING, not melting.

Kelly Brunt, a glaciologist with Nasa and the University of Maryland, explained "the process of formation was a bit like a fingernail growing too long and cracking off at the end."

Ice bergs calving is due to a glacier GROWING
© www.AntarcticGlaciers.orgIce bergs calving is due to a glacier GROWING.

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Ice Age Farmer Report: Historic "Freak" Sept. blizzard - Global wheat output drops - Grand Solar Minimum


Ice Age Farmer
Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:05 UTC
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A record-breaking snowstorm and record cold temperatures are causing many to ask, what of the "warmest year ever?" -- as wet fields prevent harvest and planting of winter crops. Start growing your own food today.


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Sunday's September snowfall broke records in Alberta - up to 3 feet reported


Daily Hive
Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:16 UTC
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© LaraFominoff / Twitter
Well, that was one for the books - literally.

After numerous snowfall warnings were issued across the prairies for this past weekend, Old Man Winter showed up with a vengeance.

According to the Weather Network, blizzard-like conditions brought the white stuff to southern Alberta and across southern Saskatchewan all through the weekend, with the worst of it touching down on Sunday.

So just how much snow fell, you ask?

In Waterton National Park, a total of 95 cm of snowfall was recorded. At Chain Lakes, it was 54 cm. Even the City of Lethbridge saw snowfall amounts of up to 55 cm.

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