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Snowflake Cold

Cold snap envelops south-east Asia

Lee Seok Hwai
The Straits Times
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 19:12 UTC
Heavy snow in Beitun, in China's Xinjiang autonomous region, on Wednesday.
© REUTERSHeavy snow in Beitun, in China's Xinjiang autonomous region, on Wednesday.
Tropical South-east Asia has not been spared the wintry chills.

Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia have been enveloped by an unexpectedly cold front, which descended from China last week.

In Samoeng, a district in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai, the government distributed blankets and winter clothes to 7,000 residents last Friday as temperatures plunged to 5 deg C, The Nation newspaper reported.

Thailand's Meteorological Department has predicted that temperatures in areas, excluding the south, will drop by another 2 to 4 deg C during the New Year holidays.
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Ice Cube

Icy blast from the Arctic causes waterfalls to freeze in northern US

Regina F. Graham
Daily Mail
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:48 UTC
The arctic blast that's bringing negative temperatures to several states across the northern U.S.
The arctic blast that's bringing negative temperatures to several states across the northern U.S. is causing waterfalls to freeze, windows to crack and people to suffer life-threatening frostbite with just 30 minutes of exposure outside. Above the frozen Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota are pictured on Thursday
The arctic blast that's bringing negative temperatures to several states across the northern U.S. is causing waterfalls to freeze, windows to crack and people to suffer life-threatening frostbite with just 30 minutes of exposure outside.

Forecasters are warning for those who are outside to bundle up with layers to protect against hypothermia and frostbite that could happen with exposure in the bitter arctic.

The icy cold weather has turned the Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota into a beautiful frozen wonderland. The popular attraction has completely frozen over due to the super cold single-digit temperatures that have gripped the state over the past few days.

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Attention

Two thresher sharks found dead on Massachusetts beaches because it's so cold in the U.S. right now

Kristin Hugo
Newsweek
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:10 UTC
Two sharks were found dead Wednesday on beaches on Cape Cod, and experts say “cold shock” may have led to their stranding and death.
© Atlantic White Shark ConservancyTwo sharks were found dead Wednesday on beaches on Cape Cod, and experts say “cold shock” may have led to their stranding and death.
The end of the year is bringing freezing temperatures to New England, and it's not just humans who are feeling the cold. Two sharks were found dead Wednesday on beaches on Cape Cod, and experts say "cold shock" may have led to their stranding and death.

Cold shock happens when a person or animal is exposed to sudden, very cold temperatures. Humans can suffer a variety of symptoms such as muscle spasms and cardiac arrest. The program director of the Cape Cod - based Atlantic White Shark Conservancy told The Boston Globe that it's not uncommon for sea turtles to wash up on the beach after experiencing cold shock. However, sharks are water-breathing fish, so when they wash up on a beach, they can suffocate and die.
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Snowflake

Stunning satellite image shows lake effect snow over the Great Lakes

Brian Manzullo
USA Today
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 20:38 UTC
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellites
© NOAAThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellites Twitter account released this image of lake-effect snow and its impact across Michigan, the Great Lakes and the Eastern United States and Canada on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017. The satellite image was taken Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017
Chances are, you've seen a satellite photo similar to this one that shows Michigan and the Great Lakes during a snowstorm with lake effect. But the snowfall was especially amplified over the last week in places such as Erie, Pa., which was buried in more than 50 inches of snow over a 30-hour span. As of Wednesday, the area has seen more than 63 inches of snow since Saturday.

On Christmas Day, a stationary snow band off Lake Erie dumped nearly 3 feet of snow on Erie, Pa., more than four times the previous Christmas record and 14 inches more than the city's all-time record that has stood for more than 60 years.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellites Twitter account tweeted this image Wednesday that shows just how much of a lake effect the Great Lakes had on snowfall across Michigan, lower Ontario and several Eastern states such as New York and Pennsylvania.

Comment: See also these recent reports from places close to the Great Lakes:

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Snowflake Cold

Motorists abandon vehicles, hundreds stranded at airports as snow, ice and heavy winds batter UK

Mattha Busby and Patrick Greenfield
The Guardian
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:56 UTC
Snow M Gloucestershire December 2017
© Ben Birchall/PASnow reduces the M5 to two lanes between junctions 14 and 15 in south Gloucestershire.
Motorists have had to abandon their vehicles in icy conditions in the Lake District and hundreds of passengers have been stranded at airports after their flights were delayed, with the bad weather expected to cause further travel disruption across the UK.

The Met Office issued a yellow warning for ice across large parts of the UK stretching into Thursday morning, and isolated snowfall was expected on higher ground in England, Wales and Scotland.

About 300 people were stuck at Stansted airport late on Wednesday evening while waiting to rebook flights following a series of Ryanair and easyJet flight cancellations caused by the weather, the airport said.
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Igloo

Extreme arctic cold continues to grip Canada and northern US


Yahoo
Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:03 UTC
sledding
© AFP Photo/Mark Makela
A homeless man froze to death at a bus stop in Ohio and people in Pennsylvania resorted to a bulldozer to clear snow Wednesday, as an Arctic snap gripped most of Canada and the northern United States.

In Canada, extreme cold warnings were issued for scores of communities across the country, including the heavily-populated provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

In the United States, a homeless man froze to death at a bus stop in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, local media said, quoting police and a homeless charity.

While Toronto reported temperatures of minus 15 C (5 F) and Ottawa minus 25 C, the coldest spot in Canada was minus 42.8 C in Armstrong, Ontario, according to Environment Canada.

Extreme cold warnings are issued "when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia," the government agency said.
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Snowflake Cold

Siberia, Antarctica warmer than New Hampshire

Jeremy Lane
NH1
Wed, 27 Dec 2017 15:10 UTC
Hampton Beach
© NH1
Mother Nature is giving New Hampshire more than just the cold shoulder to end 2017, she's giving us the back of her hand.

Thanks to a blast of arctic air, we're bracing for temperatures about 20 degrees colder than normal averages over the next week. In Concord temperatures are expected to dip as low as -11.

Of course this doesn't even factor in the wind chill, which we all know provides an extra slap in the face when we walk out the door each morning.

But how does New Hampshire stack up against some of the coldest places on Earth? Should we really be complaining? The answer is yes.

Here are eight surprising places (as of 3 p.m. Wednesday) that will be warmer than New Hampshire over the next week, according to weather.com:

Comment: See also: US: Christmas brings Northeast blizzard, bitter cold in Midwest

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Snowflake

Michigan's Porcupine Mountains digging out after 6 feet of snow

Tanda Gmiter
mlive.com
Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:48 UTC
Heavy snowfall has rangers digging out the headquarters at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
© Michigan DNRHeavy snowfall has rangers digging out the headquarters at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
Rangers at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park were busy digging out their headquarters Wednesday.

More than 72 inches of snow have fallen in some areas of the park, and a groomer was headed out to pack down the cross-country trails today.

"Lower elevated areas have 36-60 inches and the higher elevations have 48-72 inches of snow," the park posted on its Facebook page today. "The National Weather Service is calling for additional snow."

The 60,000-acre park in the northwestern Upper Peninsula, along the shores of Lake Superior, is one of the last sprawling tracts of wilderness left in the Midwest.
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Snowflake

48-hour snow record broken in Redfield, New York with 62 inches!

Patrick Lohmann
syracuse.com
Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:29 UTC
Caroyln Yerdon, the NWS observer in Redfield, climbed atop a 15-foot pile of snow on Wednesday to celebrate Redfield's (unofficial) record for the most snow to fall in Oswego County in 48 hours.
© Carolyn YerdonCaroyln Yerdon, the NWS observer in Redfield, climbed atop a 15-foot pile of snow on Wednesday to celebrate Redfield's (unofficial) record for the most snow to fall in Oswego County in 48 hours.
Redfield in Oswego County has -- unofficially -- broken the county's 48-hour snow record, according to the weather service's observer in the town.

Over the last two days, 62.2 inches of snow has accumulated in the town of 550 people, said Carolyn Yerdon, the National Weather Service observer.

The record beats the previous Oswego County record of 57 inches in Bennetts Bridge in February 2008, according to the weather service.

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Snowflake

Dolomites ski resort in Italy reports 4 feet of snow in 24 hours; huge dumps of 80cms on other European mountains

Patrick Thorne
In The Snow
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:06 UTC
Arabba in the Italian Dolomites
Arabba in the Italian Dolomites
Arabba in the Italian Dolomites has reported 120cm (four feet) of snowfall in the past 24 hours.

It's the biggest accumulation in a list of hundreds of big totals across Europe with up to 80cm of snow reported in the Pyrenees and the same in the Alps.

The snowfall at Arabba appears to be the biggest snowfall in the region for nearly four years since the village was cut off by snow in early 2014 when a state of emergency was declared when roads were blocked and power cut off.

This is the snow falling last night:
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