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Snowflake Cold

Another winter storm hits UK, hundreds of drivers spend night in cars after 15 inches of snowfall

Mark Duell & Alexander Robertson
Daily Mail
Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:42 UTC
A jackknifed lorry is recovered on the M74 today after motorists spent the night stranded on the road in Abington, Scotland
A jackknifed lorry is recovered on the M74 today after motorists spent the night stranded on the road in Abington, Scotland
Hundreds of stranded drivers have spent a freezing night in their cars as thundersnow causes havoc over Britain.

Mountain rescue teams were drafted in to check on drivers stuck in their vehicles on the M74 in Lanarkshire after heavy snow showers struck the country, with up to 15in (39cm) of the white stuff hitting Dumfries and Galloway.

All schools in the Scottish Borders have been shut today along with 200 in Northern Ireland, while commuters across Britain have been warned of treacherous conditions following the arrival of Storm Fionn over Ireland.

Severe 'be prepared' weather warnings were upgraded across the UK last night, with much of Scotland and Northern Ireland blanketed in snow and ice and drivers warned of lengthy disruptions during rush hour.

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Snowflake Cold

Snow and ice across the southern US with record-breaking cold in Louisiana and Mississippi


DaIly Mail (UK)
Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:24 UTC
A snow covered downtown is seen, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Atlanta.
© Janelle CoganA snow covered downtown is seen, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, in Atlanta.
The South awoke Wednesday to a two-part Arctic mess. First came a thin blanket of snow and ice, and then came the below-zero wind chills and record-breaking low temperatures in New Orleans and other cities.

The snowfall sabotaged morning rush hour before it even began, sending cars crashing into each other on major thoroughfares. Officials urged people to stay off the roads if possible, and to bundle up if they ventured outside.

With temperature hovering around 10 degrees, store clerk Susan Brown got to work an hour late Wednesday in the north Alabama city of Decatur. Snow and ice blanketed grassy areas and roadsides, she said, and neighborhood roads were much whiter than main highways.
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Snowflake Cold

Oymyakon, Siberia: Thermometer breaks in world's coldest village as temperatures plunge to -62C

Mike Wright
The Telegraph
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:35 UTC
Coldest village in Siberia
© INSTAGRAM/@SIVTSEVA9452The thermometer in Oymyakon stopped working shortly after temperatures reached -62C
The thermometer in a remote Siberian village known as the coldest inhabited place on earth has broken as temperatures plunged to near-record depths.

The public device, which was installed in Oymyakon as a tourist attraction, recorded -62C, before malfunctioning this week.

Meanwhile the Siberian Times reports that some locals had readings as low as -67C - in touching distance of the record -67.7C, which was logged in the village in February 1933.

That temperature was the lowest ever recorded outside the Antarctic and cemented the village, in the Yakutia region, the coldest permanently-inhabited place on earth.

Yet it is still some way off the coldest temperature ever recorded on the planet, which was -94.7C captured by a NASA satellite in east Antarctica in 2013.

Comment: That is COLD!

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Snowflake Cold

143 people dead due to severe cold in India near Nepal border, 60 dead in latter country


The Big Wobble
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 15:41 UTC
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At least another 60 people have died in Nepal bringing the total to 71 after 11 died last week, with 143 more dead just over the border in Uttar Pradesh India from extreme cold in the area.

Twenty-six succumbed to the cold in Saptari while 17 died in Rautahat, nine in Parsa, seven in Siraha and six in Dhanusha. Sugawati Devi Sardar of Dakneswori Municipality-8 and Bisesh Kumar Pandit of Lalapatti at Chhinamasta Municipality-4 became the latest victims of cold today.

In Rautahat, two more persons died today.

With this, the death toll has reached 17 in the district.
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Snowflake

Snow blankets parts of central and northern Greece (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

Tasos Kokkinidis
Greek Reporter
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 15:22 UTC
Near Karpenisisi
Near Karpenisisi
A weather front called 'Theseus' has brought a wave of cold and wet weather to Greece.

Many central and northern parts of the country have been covered by a blanket of snow as temperatures have plummeted.

In Thessaly heavy snowfall has created problems on roads. In areas of high altitude in the region of Larisa, Volos and Trikala snow ploughing vehicles are working overtime to clear the roads.

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Snowflake

Erie in Pennsylvania on pace for snowiest season with 136.5″ of snowfall so far this winter


Weather Nation
Sat, 13 Jan 2018 21:35 UTC
Erie, PA on pace for snowiest season
Erie, PA on pace for snowiest season
Snow. Something Erie, PA is probably tired of talking about this season. In fact, the city is on pace for the record snowiest season on record.

So far this winter season, the city has received 136.5″ of snowfall...an incredible 88″ more than a normal year.

The city was clobbered with more than 60″ of snow in a single lake effect snow event in December, prompting a state of emergency for the city. December, by far, was the big player in the seasonal snow, with nearly 121″ in that month alone!
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Snowflake

Nearly two feet of snow wallops Wilmington, Massachusetts

Lizzy Hill
Wilmington Town Crier
Sat, 13 Jan 2018 19:27 UTC
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Thursday's snowstorm brought almost two feet of snow in some areas of town, with snow falling from 7 a.m. on Thursday through into the night. Wilmington DPW, however, was ex­pecting the snow to start at 3 a.m., so they delayed their start plowing until about 10:30 a.m.

Operations Manager Jamie Ma­galdi explained that the excessive winds make it hard to quantify exactly how much snow fell, but he provided an average of 17.5 inches throughout the day. This storm fell in the midst of an extremely cold week, with temperatures in the negative degrees, which made the cleanup and the aftermath of the storm particularly difficult.

Magaldi shared that the town had a total of 90 workers plowing from Thursday morning to Friday afternoon.

"We had 45 staff and 45 contractors," he said.

The equipment they use ranges from snow plows to front loaders to sidewalk cleaners.
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Ice Cube

Record-cold wave recedes, but now ice jams are causing flooding in US northeast

Daniel Manzo
ABC News
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 18:57 UTC
River ice
Winter weather conditions continue to plague the Northeast.

The combination of melting snow, mild temperatures, and heavy rain have caused numerous ice jams to form in several Northeast states, including Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts. The ice jams have caused some evacuations in areas near rising creeks and rivers. The ice jams are also responsible for shutting down parts of roadways.

Despite much colder temperatures than the end of last week, the threat of ice jam-related flooding will remain on Sunday across much of the Northeast. Runoff from heavy rain in area waterways, combined with chunks of ice will continue to cause water levels to change. Some parts of the region have flood watches and advisories through Sunday. Some waterways will begin to refreeze on Sunday.

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Info

Evidence of something much bigger: New bee species found thriving in former Arctic nuke site - study


RT
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 17:29 UTC
Bees
© Sina Schuldt / AFP
A species of bee has been discovered that is miraculously capable of surviving in the high arctic region where the Soviet Union once tested nuclear weapons for decades, according to a new study.

The 'Bombus glacialis' species lives on the archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, which the Soviet Union closed off decades ago to carry out scores of nuclear tests. While previously considered to be a subspecies of the B. polaris - one of the only other arctic bee types in the world - a recent study published in Polar Biology confirmed B. glacialis to be its own species.

Specimens of the bees were often collected by explorers who visited the island in the early 20th century, and are now preserved in natural history museums. Their existence, however, could be evidence of something much bigger.

Comment: See also: Russian military deploys radar array facility on remote Arctic island

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Igloo

Academics and politicians looking to blot out the sun and make it colder!

Tony Heller
The Deplorable Climate Science Blog
Sat, 13 Jan 2018 18:04 UTC
With the US experiencing possibly the coldest January on record, our top scientists and Democratic Party politicians are looking to spray pollutants into the atmosphere and blot out the sun - in order to make the weather even colder.
Climate News
© The Deplorable Climate Science Blog
Temps over US
© The Deplorable Climate Science Blog10-Day Temperature Outlook for the Conterminous U.S.
Last time we had winters this cold was in the 1970's, and scientists wanted to spray pollutants on Arctic ice in order to melt the ice cap and stop global cooling.
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