Extreme Temperatures

Record snowfall covers Japan

The Asahi Shimbun
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:37 UTC

A record amount of snowfall blanketed central Japan's Hokuriku region by the morning of Jan. 8, forcing residents to cope with slippery and treacherous snow-packed roads and sidewalks.

In Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, the snow accumulation during the 12-hour period through the early morning totalled 59 centimeters, a record high.

In Toyama, it reached 48 cm, the highest ever for the capital of the prefecture.

As of 9 a.m., the snow cover in Himi was six times more than usual. In the town of Asahi, it was 5.5 times more than in an average year.

A cyclone in the making passed through northern Japan, causing a winter pressure pattern around the country. A cold air mass, apparently the severest of the season, has made inroads into Japan.

Because of that, areas on the Sea of Japan side from Hokkaido to Kyushu, including flatlands, are expected to experience heavy snowfall until around Jan. 10.

Three killed after avalanche strikes ski resort in Arctic city of Norilsk, Russia

Ruptly
Sat, 09 Jan 2021 14:51 UTC

Three people were killed after an avalanche hit a ski resort in the Arctic city of Norilsk, Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) reported on Saturday.

The footage from Friday and Saturday shows rescue operations at Gora Otdelnaya ski resort whereby a 14-year-old boy was found alive and transported to a hospital.

According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the bodies of a 38-year-old woman, her 45-year-old husband and their one and half-year-old child were recovered.

The institution opened a criminal case in accordance with article 238 of the Criminal Code of Russia.

All rescue operations were completed on Saturday morning.

Intense cold wave hits Taiwan, rare snow in mountains that haven't seen any in years

RTI English
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 19:08 UTC

Snow falls on 6 mountains in Taiwan

An intense cold wave has hit Taiwan, bringing snow to high mountains, including some that haven't seen snowfall in years.

The cold weather has also brought thousands of motorists up into the mountains in search of rare wintry scenes.

They haven't been disappointed, but authorities are urging caution: people here are unused to driving in snow.

Extreme freezes and snowfall batters parts of world

Arirang News
YouTube
Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:01 UTC

Parts of the world have been struck by extreme cold and snowfall.

Spain saw a record MINUS 34-point-1 degrees Celsius in the Catalan Pyrenees on Wednesday their lowest temperature in history.

The BBC reports snow and "nasty" wet and wintry conditions are expected in the country and neighboring Portugal,... over the next few days.

It says cold air originating in Russia is moving across Europe.

In China, temperatures plummeted to minus 19-point-six in Beijing,... the lowest since 1966.

Beast from the East brings snow & ice as much of UK hit by severe Winter weather

Ellie Cambridge
The Sun (UK)
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 18:49 UTC

A1M Motorway in County Durham is currently grid locked with traffic queuing for miles

SNOW and ice warnings cover nearly all of the entire UK today as the Beast from the East II looms.

An arctic blast from Greenland has left the country shivering as snow was dumped overnight and leaving treacherous conditions on the roads.

Temperatures fell to -15C in some spots, with yellow warnings issued for most of the country today by the Met Office.

It comes as another Beast from the East is set to arrive next week, with snowstorms and extreme temperatures expected to batter Britain in the cold blast.

Cold wave freezes parts of China

CCTV Video News Agency
Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:39 UTC

A strong cold wave has swept multiple places across China on Wednesday, with some regions seeing heavy snow and thick fog.

Beijing freezes as temperature sinks to lowest since 1969

Channel News Asia
Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:21 UTC

Temperatures in Beijing fell to the lowest level since 1966 this week.

Temperatures in the Chinese capital plunged to their lowest for more than five decades on Thursday (Jan 7), as Beijing was hit by gale-force winds and bitter conditions.

On Thursday morning the mercury dropped to minus 19.6 degrees Celsius, breaking a previous cold weather record set in 1969.

The cold reading was the lowest since 1966, when temperatures in the city fell to minus 27.4 degrees Celsius.

Thousands took to social media to complain about the city's weather, with the hashtags "How cold is this winter?" and "Beijing's temperature reaches the lowest since 1966" both trending topics on Weibo and garnering a collective 240 million views.

"I heard the wind shouting at me: I want to kill you," wrote one.

Comment: 20 weather stations in China reach or break lowest temperatures recorded for December, affecting 80% of the country

205 roads blocked by heavy snow in Himachal Pradesh, India - up to 30 inches deep

The Tribune (India)
Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:04 UTC

A man removes snow from a car after the town

The tribal areas and other higher hills of the state received fresh snowfall while lower and middle hills witnessed widespread rains disrupting normal life. As many as 205 roads were closed due to heavy snow in the state.

The minimum and maximum temperatures rose marginally even as the sky remained heavily overcast and icy winds, accompanied by showers, blew across the region. The local Met office has warned of dense fog at isolated places in lower and middle hills in Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra and Mandi districts till January 9 and predicted rain and snow at isolated places in middle and high hills on January 8, followed by dry weather.

Kugaaruk, Canada suffers a record -47C (-52.6F) with a windchill below -60C (-76F)

Cap Allon
Electroverse
Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:40 UTC

While extreme Arctic conditions have spared southern Canada of late, instead favoring to dip deep into Asia where Russia and even the subtropical regions of China and India continue to suffer record-breaking sub-zero temperatures, things have played out very differently in northern Canada.

Taking Kugaaruk as an example, on the morning of Tuesday, January 5 the small Nunavut hamlet located on the shore of Pelly Bay registered -47C (-52.6F) — this was a temperature among the area's coldest on record, and it also comfortably broke the previous Jan. 5 all-time low of -42C (-43.6F) set back in 1985 (solar minimum of cycle 21).

In addition to the official new record low, a staggering windchill or "feels-like" benchmark was also set.

When speaking to Yahoo News, Jaclyn Whittal, meteorologist at the Weather Network, pointed out that Kugaaruk's windchill was over -60C (-76F) early Tuesday morning, a number she said is hard to even wrap your head around.

"Windchills of minus 60 would freeze your skin in less than two minutes," said Whittal. "Think about that. It takes two minutes to order a coffee at a drive-through".

Comment: Global temp plunges 0.26C in a month: "The next ice age has just started"

Sudden stratospheric warming could increase risk of snow over coming weeks

University of Exeter
Wed, 06 Jan 2021 23:20 UTC

© University of Exeter
Lead author of the study, Dr Richard Hall, said there was an increased chance of extreme cold, and potentially snow, over the next week or two.

A pioneering new study helps shed light on the chances of extreme cold, and potentially snow in the UK in the next fortnight.

A dramatic meteorological event, known as a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW), is currently unfolding high over the Arctic. SSW events are some of the most extreme of atmospheric phenomena, occurring in only about 6 of every 10 winters, and see polar stratospheric temperature increase by up to 50°C over the course of a few days.

The usual strong westerly winds of the stratospheric polar vortex also break down and reverse in direction.

The new study, by experts from the universities of Exeter, Bristol and Bath, involved the analysis of 40 observed SSW events which occurred over the last 60 years. Researchers developed a novel method for tracking the signal of an SSW downward from its onset in the stratosphere to the surface.

These events are linked to severe weather events, such as the infamous 2018 "Beast from the East" which covered the UK in swathes of snow.

The study is published in the Journal of Geophysical Research and funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

The stratosphere is the layer of the atmosphere from around 10-50km above the earth's surface.

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Extreme Temperatures

Record snowfall covers Japan

Three killed after avalanche strikes ski resort in Arctic city of Norilsk, Russia

Intense cold wave hits Taiwan, rare snow in mountains that haven't seen any in years

Extreme freezes and snowfall batters parts of world

Beast from the East brings snow & ice as much of UK hit by severe Winter weather

Cold wave freezes parts of China

Beijing freezes as temperature sinks to lowest since 1969

205 roads blocked by heavy snow in Himachal Pradesh, India - up to 30 inches deep

Kugaaruk, Canada suffers a record -47C (-52.6F) with a windchill below -60C (-76F)

Sudden stratospheric warming could increase risk of snow over coming weeks

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