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"Arctic air, bitter winds, widespread snow": Farmers almanac predicting another brutal winter for US
© DPABaffling pictures emerged of August snow in Austria and Germany
"Contrary to some stories floating around on the internet, our time-tested, long-range formula is pointing towards a very long, cold and snow-filled winter," Farmer's Almanac editor Peter Geiger said in a statement. "We stand by our forecast and formula, which accurately predicted most of the winter storms last year as well as this summer's steamy, hot conditions."
Utilizing its mathematical and astronomical formula that Geiger said was developed in 1818, the winter of 2018 and 2019 will feature "arctic air, blustery, bitter winds, sharp drops in temperatures, and widespread snow showers and squalls," with a particularly nasty snowstorm predicted for March 20-23.
Geiger said it's likely that snow will begin in December and wintry conditions will delay the onset of spring into late March.
The Wyoming ski area received several inches of snow at the top of the mountain leaving resort employees fully bundled in winter jackets and snow goggles.
According to JHMR, those closely watching the storm are excited by predictions "for another pulse of the storm... showing potential snow totals of 4-8 inches in the mountains into Tuesday morning."
The blue line shows Greenland ice-mass balance as of today. It is far, far greater than the mean - the average, if you will - from 1981 to 2010 (dark grey line).
I doubt that you'll see this reported by the mainstream media.
Wheat globally at 2007 levels and forecast to drop lower causing nations to ceae exports, which will create shortages and civil unrest as we saw in 2007-2008 through Africa and Middle East.
Its going to be a wild ride as dozens of locations with summer August snow this week.
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The view on Monday morning at the Logan Pass parking lot in Glacier National Park.
The view from the Park's Logan Pass webcam on Monday morning shows snow falling -- and even sticking in some places -- in the higher elevations.
StormTracker meteorologist Lewis Dortch says snow levels will drop to around 6,000 feet in Glacier National Park -- as well as in the nearby Flathead National Forest.
The National Weather Service office in Missoula has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for elevations above 6,000 feet in Glacier National Park as well as for the Whitefish and Flathead Mountain ranges in Northwest Montana.
Areas above 7,000 feet could see around 1"-to-3" of snow with locally heavier amounts possible.
© Jeff AdamsSnow fell in Canmore, Banff and other Alberta mountain communities on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018.
In other areas, it's bringing weather more typically experienced in December than during the last week of August.
Some B.C. communities saw temperatures dip near or below the freezing mark Monday morning. A temperature of -1.5 C was recorded at Burns Lake at 5 a.m. One hour later, the temperature in Prince George dipped to 0 C.
The cold snap marked Prince George's second unusual weather phenomenon in eight days, following the ash-filled skies that had shrouded the city from the sun as smoke from some of the province's hundreds of active wildfires drifted over the region.
Temperatures in the low single digits were also reported Monday in some areas around the B.C.-Alberta border.
Traffic cameras captured snow falling on Alberta's Highway 1 near the community of Canmore.
© DPABaffling pictures emerged of August snow in Austria and Germany
Stunning pictures baffle the world as Austrian mountains covered in up to 40cm of snow
We're in August and people across the EU should be enjoying summer's sweltering temperatures.
But baffling images show Germany and Austria covered in SNOW as temperatures dropped up to 15 degrees from one day to another.
The pictures shows different mountainous areas in the two bordering countries turning into a very early winter wonderland.
Of the two, Austria was most hit with up a downfall over the weekend that left it with up to 40cm of snow.
The city of Salzburg, according to WetterOnline , saw the heaviest downfall. But areas at less than 1000 metres of altitude were also covered in snow.
The ski town of Bad Gastein, for example, which is south of Salzburg and at 900 metres of altitude, awoke to a dreamy white landscape as it was covered in up to five centimetres of snow.
Residents of Obertauern, Rauris, Sankt Jakob in Defereggental and Hintertux on Sunday morning were welcomed with snowflakes amid zero-degree temperatures.
Snow closed the road to Mangart and whitened Kredarica.
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Kredarica has already snow, while rain and snow mix on Vršič. According to the traffic information center (PIC), the road to Mangart is closed due to the snow covered road. Precipitation will get worse during the day
The Triglav Lodge at Kredarica, which stands at an elevation of 8,251 feet (2,515 m), is the highest mountain hut in Slovenia and the highest meteorological station in the country.
Is snow at this elevation in Slovenia unusual? I don't know. But I'm thinking that Slovenians need not worry about global warming this year.
Thanks to Primoz from Slovenia for these links.
The forecast snowfall has resulted from a cold front moving across central Europe, bringing snow above 1500 metres in places.
About half a dozen glacier ski areas are currently open in Austria, Italy and Switzerland with today the last day of the summer ski season at Les 2 Alpes, the only area currently open in France.
Up to 35cm of snow was forecast to fall by Monday morning at Hintertux, which reports 30cm of fresh snow so far this morning. So it looks like a summer powder day there when the weather clears.
Comment: In an ominous sign of what's in store this winter in the Northern hemisphere, communities from Austria to America are already seeing the first signs of snow:
- Snow follows record breaking May heatwave in northern Sweden
- Parts of Austria and Germany covered in 40cm of snow as temperatures drop 15 degrees after August heatwave
- Global cooling: Jackson Hole ski resort in Wyoming gets its first glimpse of winter... in August
- Global cooling: August snowfall for Canmore, Banff and other Alberta mountain communities
And that's while countries in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is actually winter, are recording some of their coldest temperatures ever: