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Heavy snow wreaks havoc in central, eastern China

Chengcheng
Xinhua
Sun, 30 Dec 2018 21:15 UTC
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2018 shows
© Xinhua/Su YangAerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2018 shows the view of snow-covered Gan's Grand Courtyard, an ancient architectural complex, in Nanjing City, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.
Many parts of central and eastern China have been embracing the heaviest snow this winter since Saturday, with severe traffic disruption during the New Year holiday.

In central China's Hunan Province, high-speed trains linking the capital city of Changsha to Guangzhou and Shenzhen suspended operation. All the passenger bus services in the city were suspended due to the snowstorm.

In the neighbouring Hubei Province, some 10,000 subway staff in the capital city of Wuhan began to clean up the snow since 4 a.m. on Sunday at 206 stations and laid sacks and carpets to ensure safety.

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Cloud Precipitation

Ice Age Farmer Report: Volcanic tsunami Indonesia - Hail catastrophe Sydney - Cooking w preps - The great manure crisis


Ice Age Farmer
Sun, 23 Dec 2018 19:11 UTC
The size of the hail that just fell
The size of the hail that fell in Sydney
Anak Krakatau's eruption caused a tsunami that has taken 280 lives and counting. Hailstorm in Sydney, Australia declared a catastrophe. Crop loss reports from around the world. Cooking with your preps -- putting dehydrated eggs and butter to the test. Finally, Christian recounts the Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894. All the best for your Christmas. Prepare.


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Comment: See in addition: 20 volcanoes across Indonesia currently showing above normal activity

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Snowflake

Heavy snow blanketing Japan - nearly 2 meters in Yamagata


NHK World
Sat, 29 Dec 2018 18:03 UTC
Heavy snow blanketing Japan
Heavy snow continues to fall in northern and western Japan along the Sea of Japan coast.

The Meteorological Agency says the winter-type weather pattern has strengthened, bringing with it a cold air mass.

A village in northern Yamagata prefecture had experienced nearly two meters of snow by Saturday.

The snow is expected to continue through Sunday, mainly in coastal areas.

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Ice Cube

Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass budget far, far higher than average

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Sat, 29 Dec 2018 15:24 UTC
Greenland Ice Sheet SMB through 2017-18
© DMI Polar Portal.Greenland Ice Sheet SMB through 2017-18 (top) and 2018-19 (bottom) shown as blue lines. Grey lines show the 1981-2010 average and red shows the record low of 2011-12.
Sixth highest on record.
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Using daily output from a weather forecasting model combined with a model that calculates melt of snow and ice, scientists from the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) calculated the "surface mass budget" (SMB) of the Greenland ice sheet.

When you look at the blue lines on the above graphs, it is quite evident that the Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass budget is far, far higher than the mean.

Comment: Another indication of above average cover for both ice and snow in 2018 for part of this region can be gleaned from this report: Global cooling: Excessive spring snowfall results in non-breeding year for shorebirds in north-east Greenland - 1 meter deep snow

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Snowflake

Brief and unexpected: Snow hits Las Vegas, Nevada


KOLO
Thu, 27 Dec 2018 20:39 UTC
Snow falls in Vegas
© K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal @kmcannonphotoCentennial High School basketball players, from left, Kalyn Miller, 15, Teionni McDaniel, 16, and Jessenia Lawson, 15, play in a light snow before their team's game at the Las Vegas Holiday Classic Tournament at Centennial High School in Las Vegas, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018.
It was brief and unexpected but snow fell in Las Vegas.

The National Weather Service says snow wasn't in the forecast Thursday but it was reported in the valley around mid-day. None of it stuck in the lower elevations.

Meteorologist Ashley Wolf told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that a cold front and abnormally low-hanging clouds combined to produce the strange weather. She says the dryness underneath the clouds had a cooling effect, despite the temperature being above 50 degrees.
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Snowflake

Many Tahoe ski resorts got up to 18 inches of new snow for Christmas

Sam Gross
Reno Gazette Journal
Wed, 26 Dec 2018 18:21 UTC
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows
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Ski areas around the Tahoe Basin were apparently on Santa's nice list this year, getting a fresh shot of powdery snow for skiers celebrating Christmas on the slopes.

Resorts on all sides of Lake Tahoe reported snowfall ranging from 6 inches to 18 inches of new snow by Christmas morning after a system rolled through the region Christmas Eve and through the night.

"It was a good shot in the arm for winter in general," said Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe spokesperson Mike Pierce.

"Not that we were thin, but it put that nice fresh coat (of snow) on everything — making Tahoe shine and look spectacular."

The fresh snow allowed Mt. Rose to open new terrain on Christmas Day, including many previously-closed runs on the Slide Side.

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Snowflake

Up to 3 feet of fresh snow for the Alps in 2 days

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Wed, 26 Dec 2018 11:28 UTC
snow alps
Ski areas in the Alps are breathing a sigh of relief after one of the best late-autumns of the decade has enabled most of the region's leading areas to open all (or most) of their groomed ski runs for the busy Christmas - New Year period.

It was in fact a very white Christmas for many areas, particularly in Austria and Switzerland, with some reporting up to 90cm (three feet) of snowfall over the period from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day.

Images are from Les Contamines in the French Alps on Christmas Day.
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Snowflake Cold

Thousands of rare 'ice flowers' bloom on Russian lake


RT
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:35 UTC
ice flowers
© VK / Timofey Shutov
Spring is normally the season for buds to bloom but before Christmas thousands of extremely rare ice 'flowers' exploded onto the landscape of a Russian national park. Sadly, no sooner had they blossomed, and they were gone.

The thousands of crystalline blossoms bloomed on Valdai Lake in northwestern Russia on Tuesday and, thankfully, visitors had their cameras on hand to capture the rare sight in all its majesty.

The phenomenon was caused by a sudden temperature drop, the director of the Valdai National Park, Nikolai Sokolov, explained.

For context, this is how Valdai Lake usually looks during winter.
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Snowflake Cold

Up to 2.5 metres (98 inches) of snow in last 7 days in North America

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:39 UTC
snow
Ski areas in the Pacific Northwest region of Canada and the USDA have reported huge snowfalls over the past week, and there's much more in the forecast for the week ahead.

Mt Baker in Washington state in the Northwest corner of the USA, which holds the record for the most snowfall in the world in a single season, as well as the average biggest snowfall every season, has had 98 inches (over 8 feet or 248cm) of snowfall in the last seven days and is expected to get over a metre more by Thursday.


Comment: See also: From zero to hero: 80 inches of snow in 8 days for the Cascades - Mount Baker 92 inches in 7

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Snowflake Cold

Fresh heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir cripples normal life, temperature dips to minus 15 degree Celsius


Financial Express
Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:27 UTC
Fresh snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir cripples normal life, temperature dips to minus 15 degree Celsius
Fresh snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir cripples normal life, temperature dips to minus 15 degree Celsius
Temperatures in the border state of Jammu and Kashmir dipped significantly lower after the state received fresh snowfall on Monday, bringing the movement of traffic to a grinding halt in many areas of the state and severely affecting normal life.

According to news agency ANI, Rajouri town which is known as Vale of Lakes has received around 3 to 4 feet snowfall. The region, around 155 km from Srinagar, has been witnessing heavy snowfall for the last few days.

The famous Mughal Road in the district has been closed due to a heavy spell of snow. The road has been closed for the last seven days due to snowfall in Pir Panjal mountain range. As a result, the local administration on Wednesday deployed officials with heavy equipment to clear the road and restore movement of traffic.

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