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Brief and unexpected: Snow hits Las Vegas, Nevada


KOLO
Thu, 27 Dec 2018 20:39 UTC
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© 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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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
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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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Up to 3 feet of fresh snow for the Alps in 2 days

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Wed, 26 Dec 2018 11:28 UTC
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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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Thousands of rare 'ice flowers' bloom on Russian lake


RT
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:35 UTC
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© 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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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
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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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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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From zero to hero: 80 inches of snow in 8 days for the Cascades - Mount Baker 92 inches in 7

powderchaser Steve
Teton Gravity Research
Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:04 UTC
December 13th- All overnight POW at Whistler
December 13th- All overnight POW at Whistler
10 days ago, if you lived in the Northwest, you may have asked yourself if old man winter was going to show up this year.

In the past 10 days Mount Baker went from a 13 inch base to approximately 65 inches at lower elevations, and 85 inches further up the mountain.

Whistler Ski area has seen 75 inches in 7 days. Amounts in the Interior of BC have been less in the past week (33 inches in 7 days at Revelstoke). They currently crush the Cascades in annual snowfall of 173 inches YTD with much higher early season moisture. Temperatures have been on the warm side in most of the Cascades during this last storm cycle creating significant work for patrols in mitigation, and the ability to open new terrain. Whistler has seen wind holds on lifts, weekend crowds, and limited terrain until recently. They bumped up from 23 trails to 106 in the past few days (Nearly 50%). At press time, much of the expert terrain especially off piste still remains closed. Avalanche mitigation understandably has delayed the opening of some areas. Additional snowfall this week will add to the snowpack considerably by the weekend.

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2 men die in cold spell in Serbia - Schools close in Bosnia - Power outages in Romania after heavy snowfall


wtop.com
Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:00 UTC
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Two men reportedly have frozen to death in Serbia as a cold spell throughout the Balkan region slowed down traffic, disrupted power supplies and closed down schools in some areas.

Serbian state TV reported that the body of a 48-year-old man was found in the snow Monday in a northern village after he apparently died overnight. The channel later reported that another man's body was found in the northwestern town of Sid, also a victim of cold weather. He was 61.

In central Serbia, several villages have been left without electricity. Authorities warned the citizens to pay attention in the streets and parks to branches breaking off trees because of heavy snow.

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Amid heavy snowfall, road agency calls on motorists to avoid travel in north-western Bulgaria


The Sofia Globe
Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:51 UTC
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Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency issued a call on December 16 for motorists to avoid travel in north-western Bulgaria, unless in the event of emergency, because of heavy snowfalls.

The agency said that passenger cars and heavy lorries should embark on journeys only if equipped with suitable tyres, while motorists should drive at a reasonable speed and cautiously, maintaining a safe following distance and heeding instructions from traffic authorities.

It also called for caution given the "Code Yellow" warning of potentially dangerous weather because of heavy snowfalls in the regions of Vidin, Montana, Vratsa, Sofia - both the city and the district - Pernik and Kyustendil.

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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: What lengths will China go to feed its people as ancient cycles repeat


Adapt 2030
Sat, 15 Dec 2018 20:59 UTC
Mohe
With the first ever "red warning for cold" issued in cities of HeiLongJiang N.E China, it signals a shift to a cooler climate as well monsoons shift during Grand Solar Minimums so the signs of out of season dust storms, yellow snow events "tiramisu snow" with desert outpost in drought for centuries now snow cover. Shifting climate signs abound in China as it repeats the cycle of crop losses, change of leadership and what lengths will the current regime go to feed its people so Xi is not removed from power.


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