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Tokyo hit with lowest recorded temperature in 48 years

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As cold air blanketed wide areas of the nation on Thursday morning, the mercury in central Tokyo fell to a low of minus 4 degrees Celsius, the capital's lowest figure in 48 years.

The bitter cold Wednesday - coming just days after the city's heaviest snowfall in four years - prompted the Meteorological Agency to issue a low temperature advisory for the 23 wards for the first time in over three decades. Shigeki Kawaguchi, an official of the agency's weather consultation center, said a similar warning was last issued in late January 1985.

An advisory of this kind is issued when water inside pipes might freeze or pipes might rupture - or when crops might be damaged - according to the agency.

Comment: Japan has been getting hit rather hard this winter. Tokyo recently just had the biggest snowfall in years, and the combination of snow and freezing cold has seen the most busiest day for ambulance calls in 80 years. Some global warming we have!


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All of Antarctica below freezing - Fake news says otherwise!

This week is the hottest week of the year in Antarctica, and the entire continent is below freezing. In the map below, I have masked out all above freezing temperatures.
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© University of MaineClimate Reanalyzer
Meanwhile, our fake news and fake science organizations tell us Antarctica is melting down, and it is bad news.

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Snowstorm smacks parts of Minnesota with up to 17 inches of snow in 24 hours (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

The morning after a large snowstorm dumped about a foot of snow on Minneapolis, good samaritan Doug Milek took over shoveling with a large fry pan
© David Joles – Star TribuneThe morning after a large snowstorm dumped about a foot of snow on Minneapolis, good samaritan Doug Milek took over shoveling with a large fry pan for Santiago Lopez, rear right, whose vehicle was stuck in his apartment's unplowed parking lot Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, in Minneapolis, MN.
The Twin Cities and southern Minnesota refilled their snow deficit when the largest snowstorm in six years dumped a foot of snow in many locations.

The 12.4 inches recorded at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Monday brought the seasonal total to 25.3 inches, cutting the shortfall nearly in half. Normally, 30.6 inches has accumulated by this time of year, the National Weather Service said.

That had many residents spending Tuesday digging out and waiting for plows to clear the way.

Fears of tough road conditions prompted Minneapolis, St. Paul and suburban school districts to call off classes. In Edina, officials canceled school after assessing road conditions, staff availability and a shortage of substitute teachers, according to an e-mail sent to families and students.


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Scientists buried in snow at Davos while giving lectures on global warming

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Scientists have once again set up a mock Arctic base camp to educate world leaders about man-made global warming at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Climate scientists hope their mock camp illustrates how global warming could impact the Arctic, but the "Gore effect" may make it harder to get the message across. Davos has seen frigid temperatures along with about six feet of snow in the last six days.

Comment: It's unsurprising that participants in the event were seemingly unaware of the irony. Global warming - buried in snow. What's wrong with this picture?

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Changes in Arctic conditions point to another massive cold blast in Eastern US

Erie snow storm
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Paul Dorian sends word that there's a change brewing in the Arctic that may result in a massive and extended cold outbreak for the Northern hemisphere, much like what we saw in late December and early January when record breaking cold swamped the eastern USA. He writes:

Overview
We are now experiencing warmer-than-normal weather conditions in the eastern US and there will be mild spells right into the first week of February, but the signs are increasing for a return to a cold pattern next month and it may very well last for an extended period of time. The MJO is a tropical disturbance that propagates around the global tropics and it will be transitioning into "phases" during the month of February that are conducive to colder-than-normal weather in the eastern US. In addition, stratospheric warming will unfold over the next week or so in the polar region of the Northern Hemisphere and this can set off a chain of events in the atmosphere that ultimately results in colder-than-normal weather for the eastern US. There are other signals as well that support the notion of a return to cold in the eastern US and it very well could stick around for awhile.

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00Z Euro forecast of the MJO index from today (lower arrow) to February 6th (upper arrow) which is displayed on a day-to-day basis by the green line.

Comment: If this develops into a another deep freeze blast, it will be the 3rd time this winter that has happened. See here and here. It seems that we are inching ever closer to beginnings of an ice age. See also:


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Huge increase in snowfall over Antarctica say NASA, growing since 1900

2013-2014 MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica. Courtesy of National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA.
© National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA2013-2014 MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica.

Scientists have found large increases in snow accumulation in a vast region of eastern Antarctica, a trend that, if it continues or becomes more widespread, could lessen the ice sheet's contribution to sea level rise and mitigate one of the most feared consequences of climate change.

The study, conducted by scientists from NASA and several other institutions, examined snowfall in western Queen Maud Land, an area due south of the southern tip of Africa that is warming rapidly and contains 7 percent of Antarctica's ice.

Based on a more than 500-foot-long ice core extracted from the thick sheet and containing a snowfall record dating back 2,000 years, the researchers found snow accumulation levels had been rising since around 1900. And the increase is most marked in recent decades, up through the year 2010. It's a finding that aligns with the notion that climate change, by increasing the atmosphere's retention of water vapor, is increasing precipitation.

Comment: When we look at our planets recent history and compare it with our knowledge of Earth's climate and its cyclical nature, it's evident we're entering a cooling period, also known as an ice age: Also check out SOTT radio's: Ice Age Cometh? Extreme Weather Events and 'Climate Change'


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Kazakhstan hit by Arctic chill, temperatures down to -40 degrees Celsius with 3 people freezing to death

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A front descending from the Arctic has driven temperatures to around below 40 degrees Celsius. That's cold.

Northern Kazakhstan has succumbed to glacial conditions so extreme that is startling even many of the region's implacable residents.

Winter in the capital, Astana, is rarely anything but miserable, but this season is taking things to another level — the result, say scientists, of a front blowing in from the Arctic Ocean.

The actual temperature in Astana is around below 40 degrees Celsius, but weather apps on mobile phones warns people that it "feels" like below 50 degrees Celsius. That is in large part down to the fact that Astana is plonked right down in the middle of the open steppe and is accordingly open to being buffeted by cruel winds.


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Winter low of -44.5 deg C strikes Heilongjiang, China

A visitor climbs a snow hill before the opening of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin in China's northeast Heilongjiang province, on Jan 5, 2018
© APA visitor climbs a snow hill before the opening of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin in China's northeast Heilongjiang province, on Jan 5, 2018
Temperatures hit a low this winter of -44.5 deg C in Mohe, China's northernmost county in Heilongjiang province, according to Mr Wu Shusen, a senior engineer at the county's observatory.

"The temperature over the following two days will be around -46 deg C and it is expected to drop to -47 deg C on Thursday," Mr Wu said. "Then the temperature will increase slightly on Friday."

The region, regarded as the coldest in China, usually sees winters lasting eight months. Its record low is -52.3 deg C.

It's my first time in Beiji village in Mohe where I originally planned to experience the extreme cold," said Ms Xia Tian, 29, a tourist from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. "However, I never imagined that it would be so cold before I got here on Saturday."


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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: What scientists now know about the impending Mini Ice Age but aren't saying (VIDEO)

Polar bears on River Thames
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
There is now a concerted effort to switch the narrative of global warming to global cooling in the main stream media. Along with that a shift from oceans were rising to now they are not rising, warming will stop because the mini ice age is coming, orbits of our planet are moving, Antarctic ice is not growing and a massive effort to make you believe because of a tiny amount of Arctic sea ice loss its now creating record cold across parts of the Northern Hemisphere. This is what scientists know is coming but are afraid to say, as it has drastic effects for our society moving forward.


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Heavy snowfall causes chaos in Alpine region, highest accumulation of snow for 19 years in Switzerland

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Avalanche warnings across the Alps in Switzerland, Italy and Austria.

Heavy snow is causing chaos in much of Europe's Alpine region. Switzerland is under a level five danger of avalanches with the highest accumulation of snow for nineteen years..

The heavy snow, combined with higher than average temperatures for January, has put much of northern Italy on high alert for avalanches.