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Record snowfall on Calgary, Alberta - month's worth of snow in 40 hours

Dave Dormer
CBC News
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 21:09 UTC
Calgarians can expect to be doing a lot of this over the weekend.
© Scott Dippel/CBCCalgarians can expect to be doing a lot of this over the weekend.
A 72-hour snow route parking ban will begin Sunday at 10 a.m. after a massive storm swept over the province, dumping a record amount of snow on Calgary.

This is the third parking ban the city has called in recent weeks. Affected streets are marked by a blue sign with a snowflake.

Environment Canada issued snow warnings for a large swath of the province Saturday morning, running from Edmonton in the north to the Crowsnest Pass and Pincher Creek in the southwest.

The warnings were lifted for southern Alberta later in the morning but remained in the northern part of the province.

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North Pole gull brought in by the 'Beast from the East' to Weymouth, UK

Stuart Winter
Express (UK)
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:50 UTC
Ross's gull at Lodmoor RSPB (Dorset)
© Peter CoeRoss's gull at Lodmoor RSPB (Dorset)
Ross's gull measures little more than a blackbird but is adapted to life in some of the most inhospitable seas on Earth, searching for food on the edge of the polar ice cap.

It breeds in Northern Greenland, Canada as well as Siberia and only rare drifts southwards.

Yet over the past few days, the snowy white gull has been delighting twitchers at the RSPB's Lodmoor reserve in Dorset.

For many, Ross's gull is the most beautiful of its family, with its dove-like features, diamond-shaped tail and white plumage suffused with pink.

They only turn up in exceptional circumstances every few years, and the arrival of bird on the South Coast even got mentioned in dispatches from the Met Office this week.

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Rare snow in the Azores, Portugal


Euronews
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 09:31 UTC
snow on Pico mountain, Azores
© euronews (screen capture)
Snow is a rare thing in the Azores, Portugal. Pico Montain is the highest mountain in Portugal, and now it is covered with snow.

It is like a snow cone in the middle of the ocean, and a rare thing to see.

Pico Is a stratovolcano located on Pico Island, in the mid-Atlantic archipelago of the Azores. It is 2,351 metres, (7,713 ft), above sea level, and is one of the highest Atlantic mountains; it is more than twice the elevation of any other peak in the Azores.

"Snow at Pico Mountain is a rare thing. When people arrived today...and I told them that we were going to climb the highest mountain in Portugal...with these unique conditions.....snow at the top...and the typical green of the Azores...and then see the ocean...completly blue...It's different to everything else in the whole world," says mountain guide Renato Goulart.


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Ice Cube

'This is a crisis' - Unusually brutal winter doubles farmers' costs and endangers cattle in Montana

Karl Puckett
Great Falls Tribune
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 08:35 UTC
Blackfee
© MSU Extension office/Blackfeet ReservationA series of snowstorms, force winds and subzero temperatures are draining emergency resources on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana.
Montana's memorable winter is making life miserable for ranchers whose cattle are struggling to survive in the deep snow, bitter temperatures and wind, particularly on the Blackfeet Reservation where significant losses are expected.

"This is a crisis," said Joe Kipp, chairman of the Blackfeet Nation Stockgrowers Association and a rancher with 200 head of cattle north of Browning. "This is a storm that has the potential to kill thousands of head of cattle."

The storm Kipp refers to actually is a series of storms that began in northern Montana beginning Jan. 1 that have produced record amounts of snow and a series of blizzards that have not only hammered communities but hemmed in livestock producers trying to reach cattle with feed.

Among the hardest hit has been the Blackfeet Reservation, where 38,000 head of cattle graze the landscape.

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Record cold, snow and high winds paralyzes Europe and claims lives


CBC
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:44 UTC
Balloch, Scotland. Freezing weather
© Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesA man makes his way through the snow on Thursday in Balloch, Scotland. Freezing weather conditions dubbed the 'Beast from the East' have combined with Storm Emma coming in from the southwest of Britain to bring further snow and sub-zero temperatures, causing chaos on roads and shutting schools.
An extreme cold snap across Europe claimed more lives, forced the closure of airports in Scotland, Switzerland, France and Ireland and left hundreds of drivers stranded on snowy highways Thursday.

Heavy snow and high winds halted all flights in and out of Dublin Airport, with authorities saying they are unlikely to resume until Saturday. Irish Rail said no trains are likely to run until Saturday.

Forecasters said a new storm is bringing blizzards, 100 km/h winds, freezing rain and thunderstorms to Ireland, southwestern England and Wales later Thursday. They predicted zero visibility and deep pockets of snow.


Comment: Beast from the East meets Storm Emma, causing UK's worst weather in years


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Heavy snowfall disrupts hundreds of flights, clogs expressways in northeast China (VIDEO)


The Standard (China)
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:00 UTC
A cyclist rides against snow in Siping City of northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 28, 2018. China's national observatory issued a yellow alert for snowstorm for Wednesday and Thursday as heavy snow continued to hit northeastern China.
© Xinhua/Zhang NanA cyclist rides against snow in Siping City of northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 28, 2018. China's national observatory issued a yellow alert for snowstorm for Wednesday and Thursday as heavy snow continued to hit northeastern China.
Heavy snow hit northeast China yesterday, causing flight delays and expressway shutdowns and the suspension of school classes.

As of 5:30 p.m., all sections of expressway in northeastern Jilin Province were shut down due to snow, according to the local expressway authorities, Xinhua reports.

The airport in Changchun, capital of Jilin, was closed. More than 100 inbound and outbound flights were delayed, and some 20 inbound flights have been diverted to other airports.

Rescue workers have been dispatched to clear up snow and ice from roads and at railway stations.

In Liaoning province several sections of 15 expressways were closed or began traffic control due to snow, according to the provincial transportation authorities

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Freezing spring weather may wipe out fruit crops across Southern Europe


Fresh Plaza
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:58 UTC
snow damage
Today (1 March), spring has begun on the meteorological calendar; however, vicious winter cold will continue to be recorded until the weekend. The strong east wind, which in the Netherlands got the nickname "Russian Bear" and is known in the UK as "Beast from the East", has caused temperatures to drop well below the freezing point in many parts of Europe. Rome got a blanket of snow, and in Croatia the layer of snow was 1.80 metres thick. On the slopes in the Alps it was freezing, and the same cold has been measured in many parts of northern Europe. Does this winter weather affect the fruit and vegetable market?

The cold and snow have disrupted life in several European countries. In the Netherlands, code yellow was issued because of cold and local snow storms. In the United Kingdom, a weather alarm was issued, and Ireland temporarily issued a code red. The main consequences for the market are delays in the supply, consumers staying home and a rising demand for winter vegetables. The consequences in other parts of Europe may be greater. Further to the south and east, the first fruit trees were already in bloom or the flowers were about to sprout. The freezing cold may very well damage the early stone fruit harvest in these regions. In few other places did the mercury drop as low as in Poland, but trade remains calm. A day temperature of -10 degrees Celsius is perceived as historically very normal, according to a trader.

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More symbolism? Two frozen bald eagles locked together in fight rescued along Susquehanna River in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Maddie Crocenzi
witf.org
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:29 UTC
These two eagles were rescued by Rebecca Weaver and her daughter along the Susquehanna River bank near Bloomsburg on Sunday, Feb. 25.
© Submitted, Rebecca WeaverThese two eagles were rescued by Rebecca Weaver and her daughter along the Susquehanna River bank near Bloomsburg on Sunday, Feb. 25.
Two bald eagles were saved along the Susquehanna River bank near Bloomsburg on Sunday thanks to a concerned citizen.

Rebecca Weaver, from Almedia, said her daughter Alyssa heard a strange screeching sound when she was outside. Weaver and Alyssa found the two birds locked together, shivering from the cold water.

Weaver said Scott Township Police came to the property under the impression that they were supposed to collect two dead birds. When police realized the birds were alive, Columbia County Game Warden Rick Deiterich was dispatched.

"The eagles were likely fighting in the sky over territory and dropped to the ground near the river where they continued their battle," said Deiterich in a Pennsylvania Game Commission Facebook post. "They seem to have tumbled into the water and would not, or could not, let go of their grip on one another."

Comment: See also: Symbolic? Bald eagle found covered in ice in Osage County, Oklahoma (VIDEO)

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Austrian ski industry researcher declares "every mountain station" in the Alps shows "winters have gotten colder"

P Gosselin
No Tricks Zone
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:00 UTC
alps cooling
Hat-tip: Die kalte Sonne here.

Over the years we've all heard the dire predictions of snow becoming a thing of the past and that especially in the Alps the ski industry would in large part disappear. Warmer temperatures would put an end to snow as we know it.

Yet an analysis of the data tells a very different story, according to Austrian ski industry researcher Günther Aigner in a video presentation dubbed: Will the Arlberg see snow disappear? An analysis of historical temperature and snow datasets:

In the video Aigner shows what's going on concerning winters in the Alps. He begins by presenting some predictions of disappearing snow made by renowned scientists such David Viner and Mojib Latif. Other scientists such as Andreas Reiter, a future studies researcher, predicted Tirol would soon become mostly just a wine region. Other scientists made even more absurd predictions, Aigner shows.

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Record breaking frosts in central Russia


Earth Chronicles
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:00 UTC
Frosts in Belarus are breaking records
Frosts in Belarus are breaking records
The temperature record of the current winter is beaten in Belarus - according to the data of the Republican Center for Hydrometeorology, Control of Radioactive Contamination and Environmental Monitoring in Klichev, a temperature of -30.4 ° C was recorded last night.

Frosts came to Belarus in the middle of last week: in some places the night air temperatures approached the -30 ° C mark. The weather forecasters explained the cooling by the so-called ultrapolar invasion - the arrival of cold air masses to Belarus from the Arctic.


Comment: The polar vortex just split into a double vortex - cold temps for Europe will persist


According to Hydromet, last night the coldest was in Klichev (Mogilev region) - there was recorded a drop in temperature to -30.4 ° C. It was in the Mogilev region that five people died from frosts since the beginning of the year. At the same time, according to weather forecasters, the strongest frosts were observed on the night of February 27 in the Dnipro floodplain, where it was everywhere below -25 ° С.

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