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Storm dumps 4 FEET of snow in parts of Wyoming - Cheyenne sets record low of -19

Jimmy Orr
Cowboy State Daily
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:40 UTC
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The latest Arctic front to blast Wyoming put to rest any thoughts of an early spring as multiple feet of snow fell in at least three counties and sub-zero temperatures broke at least one record in the state on Wednesday and Thursday morning.

Carbon County was the gold medal winner for snowfall on Wednesday as 48 inches of snow was recorded at Battle Lake while campgrounds along Jack Creek and Sugar Loaf each received 42 inches.

Locations in Yellowstone National Park and Teton and Lincoln counties all received snow in excess of two feet.

The most snow in Cheyenne was in the northern areas with only 5 inches, but a 129-year record was broken when the temperature hit 19 degrees below zero early Thursday. The old record was set in 1894 at minus 13.

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Rare snow falling over Southern California as powerful winter storm is expected


FOX Weather
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:55 UTC
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FOX 5 San Diego reporter Heather Lake is in Pine Valley, California where they are getting something rather unusual: snow. They have gotten 2-4 inches thus far.

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Massive winter storm moving across US, dumping record snow


Bloomberg News
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:49 UTC
Cathy Morgan-Mace cleans snow and ice off her family's car during a snowstorm in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.
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Cathy Morgan-Mace cleans snow and ice off her family's car during a snowstorm in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.
A vast winter storm is pummeling the central US on the way to New England, dumping record amounts of snow, canceling hundreds of flights and coating roads with ice — but the same system is bringing record warmth to the South.

Storm warnings and advisories stretch across almost the entire northern US, with blizzard warnings in place in Minnesota and the Dakotas, which will get the brunt of the storm on Wednesday. The southern edge of the system will deliver sleet and freezing rain, leaving roads treacherous.

"We are looking at the potential for hazardous to impossible travel conditions," said Frank Pereira, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. "The bottom line is don't travel unless you absolutely have to."

Ice-storm warnings stretch from northern Iowa to Michigan, with the potential to down trees and power lines and knock out electricity.

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Three killed in avalanche in Cascade Mountains, Washington as heavy snow blocks rescuers from recovering bodies


The Independent (UK)
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:39 UTC
File - Rescue crews work to recover bodies after an avalanche

File - Rescue crews work to recover bodies after an avalanche
Heavy snowfall and high winds on Tuesday kept searchers away from a remote, jagged peak in Washington's Cascade Mountains, where an avalanche killed three climbers from the northeastern US over the weekend.

The slide struck Sunday as a group of six climbers were ascending a steep, snow-packed gulley on the 8,705-foot (2,653 meters) Colchuck Peak, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Seattle in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Chelan County sheriff's Sgt. Jason Reinfeld said Tuesday.

Four of the climbers were swept about 500 feet (152 meters) down the slope. One of the four survived, a 56-year-old man from New York, and despite some injuries he was able to confirm that the other three were killed before working his way back to their base camp at Colchuck Lake, Mr Reinfeld said.

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More than 461,000 without power after storm dumps ice, snow on Michigan

Charles E. Ramirez, Mark Hicks
The Detroit News
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:50 UTC
Ice forms on a string of light at a home on Grosse Ile, Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
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Ice forms on a string of light at a home on Grosse Ile, Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
Hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents were without power Thursday morning after an ice and snowstorm moved through the state, sparking thunder, downing thousands of ice-coated power lines and forcing school districts to cancel classes for a second day.

DTE Energy had more than 262,000 customers in the dark as of 8 a.m., mainly in Wayne and Washtenaw counties. Consumers Energy, meanwhile, reported more than 199,000 customers affected by power outages as of 8 a.m. Thursday, a large jump after ice and rain continued into the night. Many were clustered between Kalamazoo and Jackson.

"For a lot of Metro Detroit, it has been several years since they've seen any type of icing of this magnitude," said Steve Considine, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service station in White Lake Township.

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Storm buries Tooele, Utah with 2 feet of snow overnight

Karah Bracken
ksltv.com
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 12:10 UTC
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That storm brought several inches of snow to many parts of Utah but in Tooele, the white stuff was measured in feet.

It was one of the hardest hit areas with some residents getting two feet of the white stuff.

One resident stepped out of her doorway this morning and sank into the snow.

"I'm not a tall human. It's full, full on two feet here at least," Ashley Bingham said.

The snow continued through much of the day. It's much needed as the state tries to recover from drought.

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Heavy snow, avalanches lead to traffic restrictions, power outages in Georgia


Agenda.ge
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:30 UTC
The overnight precipitation also led to power
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The overnight precipitation also led to power outages in the area, with up to 40 villages left without electricity. Speaking in the late hours between Monday and Tuesday, Zhorzholiani said crews would begin work on restoring power in the morning.
Heavy overnight snow and minor avalanches between Monday and Tuesday have led to traffic restrictions on sections of roads in Georgia's northwest, where villages have also been left without power, the Mayor of Svaneti province's Mestia municipality said on Tuesday.

Kapiton Zhorzholiani said the Jvari-Khaishi section of the Zugdidi-Jvari-Mestia highway between the western city and the highland location had been closed for all traffic following occurrences of avalanche on areas of the road.

He also said a number of vehicles were being evacuated from the affected sections, adding special hardware was being sent to locations for further efforts.

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Unprecedented snowstorm in Morocco leaves 87 villages isolated and 24,000 people in need of assistance - snow 2.2 meters (7.2 feet) deep


Atalayar.com
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:41 UTC
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The southeast of Morocco has been experiencing an unprecedented snowstorm since this weekend that has left 24,000 families in need of assistance and 87 isolated villages in the region of Ouarzazate and Zagora, which the authorities hope to access by Monday after having already unblocked most of them.

The Mohamed V Foundation for Solidarity has in recent days provided humanitarian assistance (food and blankets) to 9,000 families affected by the storm in the region of Ouarzazate, where snowfall reached 2.2 metres, 10,000 families in Taroudant and 5,000 in Zagora.

"The authorities' interventions in this area are progressing at a good pace despite the bad weather conditions," Sanae Berdikh, the Foundation's communications director, told EFE on Monday. Berdikh explained that during the intervention of the Moroccan troops they managed to evacuate by helicopter on Sunday morning a woman about to give birth who was trapped in a village in the area where the road was cut off. Both are in good condition in the provincial hospital. "An airlift has been set up between the airports of Casablanca, Ouarzazate, Zagora and Agadir with 20 rotations this weekend to bring humanitarian aid teams to the people affected," she said.

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Kona Low storm brings 13 inches of snow to Mauna Kea, Hawaii


Bigislandnow.com
Sun, 19 Feb 2023 15:45 UTC
Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea on Feb. 19 at 11:46 a.m.
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Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea on Feb. 19 at 11:46 a.m.
While many areas in East Hawai'i received more than 10 inches of rain from the passing Kona Low storm, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa were also blanketed with several inches of snow.

Both summits have been under a winter storm warning since Friday. It lifted at noon today.

According to www.snow-forecast.com, 13 inches of snow fell over a 48-hour period between Friday and this morning on the Mauna Kea summit.
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Temperature extremes: Heatwave to snowfall - Argentina's heat and cold records broken in 5 days


NDTV
Sat, 18 Feb 2023 13:23 UTC
Argentina broke records for heat and cold within a short window of just five days this week, with temperatures plummeting a jaw-dropping 30 degrees Celsius as a heatwave gave way to historic snowfalls.

Argentina broke records for heat and cold within a short window of just five days this week, with temperatures plummeting a jaw-dropping 30 degrees Celsius as a heatwave gave way to historic snowfalls.
Argentina broke records for heat and cold within a short window of just five days this week, with temperatures plummeting a jaw-dropping 30 degrees Celsius as a heatwave gave way to historic snowfalls.

A cold front from Patagonia caused temperatures in Buenos Aires to drop from a high of 38.1 C (100.6 degrees Fahrenheit) last Sunday to only 7.9C (46.2F) on Thursday -- a record low for the month of February since 1951, the National Meteorological Service reported.

The lowest ever was 4.2C in 1910.

The South American country this week battled its eighth heat wave so far this summer with temperatures shooting up to nearly 40C (104F) in the center and north.
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