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"As of 13:00, October 4, snow fell on Pip Ivan Mountain of the Chornohora mountain range on the border with Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions.
The visibility was up to 50m. The wind was 5-6 m / s.
The temperature was -1°C. The snow cover was up to 0.5m," the Chornohora range search and rescue post reported on its Facebook page.
The mountains around the capital are however already covered with a white dusting of snow and more snow is expected in coming days.
These accompanying images taken by Mbl.is this morning are from Bláfjöll, the Blue Mountains just south of Reykjavik this morning.
They're a popular skiing resort in winter.
Comment: The following article is awash in global warming hysteria and its predicted catastrophes. Just remember when reading this that although sea levels have been slightly rising, that trend may be reversing. Ice is now growing at both poles (except for areas such as West Antarctica, where undersea volcanoes are providing a heat source) and scientists have noted that the earth is undergoing a major cooling event; many are warning that we are facing an impending ice age. Yes, coastal areas are flooding (and so are other areas). These 'once in a lifetime' floods that are becoming increasingly common along with other extreme weather patterns have nothing to do with rising CO2 levels or man-made global warming, but are part of a natural cyclical pattern. For a much more comprehensive explanation of these changes, read Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection - a review can be found here.
After her house flooded for the third year in a row, Elizabeth Boineau was ready to flee. She packed her possessions into dozens of boxes, tried not to think of the mold and mildew-covered furniture and retreated to a second-floor condo that should be beyond the reach of pounding rains and swelling seas.
Boineau is leaving behind a handsome, early 20th-century house in Charleston, South Carolina, the shutters painted in the city's eponymous shade of deep green. Last year, after Hurricane Irma introduced 8in of water into a home Boineau was still patching up from the last flood, local authorities agreed this historic slice of Charleston could be torn down.
"I was sloshing through the water with my puppy dog, debris was everywhere," she said. "I feel completely sunken. It would cost me around $500,000 to raise the house, demolish the first floor. I'm going to rent a place instead, on higher ground."
Millions of Americans will confront similarly hard choices as climate change conjures up brutal storms, flooding rains, receding coastlines and punishing heat. Many are already opting to shift to less perilous areas of the same city, or to havens in other states. Whole towns from Alaska to Louisiana are looking to relocate, in their entirety, to safer ground.
Comment: People might want to consider moving away from low-lying coastal areas due to the threat of extreme storms, but as mentioned above there is no evidence to suggest that 'global warming' is behind these weather patterns. Extremes of both heat and cold have been witnessed and are all part of a natural process that cannot be halted by ludicrous schemes to reduce greenhouse gasses.
- Earth's surface cooling 'dramatically', creating hurricane threat to US East Coast
- NOAA's own data reveals that global climate has cooled over 10 years
- Swedish climatologist explains that the climate is self-regulated and the outlook is very cold
- Anthropogenic global warming is a premeditated crime against science
- Intense, frequent storms of The Little Ice Age
- Massive flooding in Europe during the Little Ice Age
Just 8 months after what some call one of the worst winters on record. Browning is under a foot of snow. Chairman Davis said snow this early is nothing to the area.
"One year in 1972 it snowed every month of that year. We have experienced that and we have come to accept what we get, it is what it is and we can't change the weather that's one thing we can't change the weather the only thing we can do is adapt."
He said every year is a learning lesson but sometimes its hard to prepare when winter comes so soon.
© Sarah LawrynuikCalgary was hit by an early fall snowstorm Monday night.
"All crews and hired equipment available have been working overnight and will continue until all routes and pedestrian facilities are complete," reads an update provided to city council.
The city said the amount, accumulation rate and heavy moisture content of the snow means crews likely won't be done with the major roads until late afternoon or early evening.
Comment:
Update: CBC further reports:
Calgary is cleaning up after Tuesday's unseasonably harsh taste of winter.
The good news is, the weather system that wreaked havoc on western Alberta has pushed farther east and snowfall warnings that were in effect for three southeast Alberta regions Wednesday morning ended shortly before 9 a.m. MT.
But all that snow meant two separate weather records were broken in the city. Environment Canada said the 32.8 centimetres of snow that fell in Calgary on Tuesday shattered the Oct. 2 snowfall record of 4.6 centimetres set in 1954. And the snow also broke the record for one day in October, which was 30 centimetres set in 1914.
Calgary, comparatively, got off light as Environment Canada said both Kananaskis and the hamlet of Bragg Creek west of Calgary saw 60 centimetres fall as of 7 p.m., while the hamlet of Exshaw had 48 centimetres of snow as of 9 p.m.
"A big chunk of apple trees, broccoli, cauliflowers, iceberg lettuce and potatoes have perished in snow", said Suresh Vidyarthi, a farmer from Udaipur in the lower Pattan valley, the first area to start apple cultivation in Lahaul in the 1990s.
"Due to climate change, we have been facing freak spells of snow round the year", said Amar Singh, another farmer.
According to the preliminary estimate, more than 95 per cent of apple trees and crop have perished in the recent untimely snow, said Ashwani Chaudhary, DC, Lahaul-Spiti.
For the half-dozen ski areas currently open in the Alps it means that for many today is a powder day on October 2nd with up to 30cm (a foot) of fresh snow lying and now a return to blue skies.
The video below is from the Pitztal glacier this morning; the Kaunertal and Hintertux glaciers are also open, as are Saas Fee and Zermatt in Switzerland and Passo Stelvio in Italy.
Comment: Note that this is not the first heavy snowfall for the coming season in the region, there have already been two major snowing events during August: Global cooling: Extreme snowfall in SUMMER hits the Alps with a depth of one foot
Global cooling: Heavy snowfall in summer over the Alps for second weekend in a row - Up to 8 inches in 24 hours
© Brieanna Charlebois/Morning StarSnow falling at SilverStar Mountain Resort Sunday, Sept. 30.
The fluffy white stuff began to fall and leave a thin blanket in the village Sunday, Sept. 30, nearly two months before the Nordic season tentatively starts Nov. 16 and the Alpine season Nov. 22.
Last year, which was a record-breaking year at the resort, saw its first snowfall Sept. 18.
Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna also saw light snow Sunday.
© SkyTracker WeatherSeptember 2018 was 4 degrees colder than normal with slightly above average precipitation in Saskatoon.
Cool and wet September
September 2018 was way colder than normal in Saskatoon with temperatures trending a whopping four degrees cooler than normal overall.
Most of that was on the daytime high side of the scale with the mercury averaging out an impressive 5.4 degrees cooler than seasonal with overnight lows 2.5 degrees below normal.
Comment: Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Elements of the Grand Solar Minimum easily explained