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Mammoth Lakes California gets first seasonal snowfall - one month earlier than usual

Chris Erskine
Los Angeles Times
Fri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
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It's snowing in the Sierra. Then again, when isn't it snowing in the Sierra?

Mammoth Lakes got more than a dusting Thursday in the first snowfall of the season, with three inches reported in the village. Snow coated the roads so heavily that the plows were out, and locals left footprints on sidewalks.

The snow comes about a month earlier than usual and arrives just as the aspen are beginning to turn. By mid-afternoon Thursday, the snow still coated the village and temps had dropped into the mid-30s. Warmer weather was forecast for the weekend, with highs in the 50s and nighttime lows in the 20s.
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Early snowfall in Norway makes driving hazardous


The Local (Norway)
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 22:07 UTC
Snow at the E6 near Hjerkinn on 20th September 2017.
© Statens vegvesen webkameraSnow at the E6 near Hjerkinn on 20th September 2017.
Chains and winter tyres were recommended by Norway's Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen, NPRA) for motorists travelling on the E6 motorway near Dovre after heavy snow fell in the area this morning.

The snowfall comes early in the autumn, when many motorists are still using summer tyres.

Several centimetres of snow are reported to have fallen in the region on Tuesday night.

"Large vehicles are recommended to use chains and motorists on summer tyres should wait," NPRA traffic operator Ingvill Bredeland told NRK.

The motorway was snowplowed early Wednesday morning, reports the broadcaster.
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Early snowfall leaves 12 foot snow base on mountains in Alaska (VIDEO)

Jonathan Desabris
Snowboard
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:09 UTC
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Holy Sh*t... this video is from yesterday, not February, not March, YESTERDAY. Can it be winter yet?

From Silverton Mountain Guides:
September 20, 2017.... Who loves skiing and snowboarding more than Silverton Mountain Guides? The Silverton Mountain Guides Alaska heli-skiing crew made the first turns of the season after a series of potent early storms recently pounded Alaska. The early season snowfall in Alaska has left a 12 foot base of snow at elevation, so the heli crew wasted no time firing up the chopper and skiing and snowboarding. What they found was incredible deep powder and miles and miles of untracked snow.

The Silverton Mountain Guides Alaska Heli team took 6 runs on the first day of the season (September 19th ) with each run steeper than the previous run as they discovered the snow was deep and stable. Many people can understand spring fever but this team has snow fever. As soon as the snow hits the ground they are ready to tear it up as Silverton Mountain Guides passion for the mountains and snow is unmatched in its authenticity. With the most heli terrain in Alaska, the Silverton Mountain Guides typically find new and amazing terrain each time they venture out and it's deep out there right now, folks!
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Technically record summer snowfall with summer cold storm warnings

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:57 UTC
Snow in September was met with plenty of grumbling on social media.
© Jessica WoldemichaelSnow in September was met with plenty of grumbling on social media.
Summer is still officially a few days away, but winter storms already sweeping across Edmonton and ski resorts of southern Canada along the US border breaking all time snow depth records. This also means summer snow in Montana and Washington state, but the weather man assures us it will pass quickly, never mentioning record snowfall in summer.

Edmonton Alberta Canada. Sept. 19 Snow in Edmonton, Stony Plane, calling for 15 cm. Average for Sept is 1cm, record 1971 7.5 cm, this storm 15cm. Whitecourt and Hinton area. Not that it never snows early, but it should not be snowing with the leaves still on the trees.


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Comment: See also: 'It's been coming down in bucketfuls': Jasper ski area in Alberta sees unprecedented early-season snowfall

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'It's been coming down in bucketfuls': Jasper ski area in Alberta sees unprecedented early-season snowfall


CBC News
Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:45 UTC
Snowfall at Marmot Basin Wednesday afternoon
© Marmot BasinSnowfall at Marmot Basin Wednesday afternoon
While the early snowfall in parts of north and central Alberta likely ruined more than a few late-summer plans this week, it already has some winter warriors thinking about heading to the slopes.

Marmot Basin ski resort in Jasper National Park posted a photo to its Facebook page Wednesday boasting a bounty of fresh snow that's fallen on the mountain in the past day.

Brian Rode, vice-president of marketing and sales at Marmot Basin, called the recent snowfall unprecedented.

"Next year will be my 40th season here, and I have never, never seen this kind of snow at the end of September," Rode said Wednesday. "It has just been snowing like mad all morning long."

The photo, taken at 1 p.m. Wednesday, has already garnered thousands of online reactions from alpine enthusiasts.
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Current Arctic sea ice extent is the eighth lowest on record

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That?
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:27 UTC
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I called the Arctic sea-ice turn upwards a few days ago here. From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER and the "you could also say 31st highest on record" department.

End-of-summer Arctic sea ice extent is eighth lowest on record.

Arctic sea ice appeared to have reached its yearly lowest extent on Sept. 13, NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder have reported. Analysis of satellite data by NSIDC and NASA showed that at 1.79 million square miles (4.64 million square kilometers), this year's Arctic sea ice minimum extent is the eighth lowest in the consistent long-term satellite record, which began in 1978.
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Weather bureau in the Netherlands erases record cold in De Bilt

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You Tube
Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:27 UTC
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The Netherlands Meteorological Institute erased the record cold temperatures recorded on Sept 16 in Amsterdam. Also anomalous numbers have already been filled out for the rest of the years months of average temperature. A new report about global cooling pegs London, Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon as cities to look for cold in, and Paris and Amsterdam are are already showing these signs.


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Abrupt turnaround: After months of dry weather, snow recorded in the Cascades, Washington


My Northwest
Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:15 UTC
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There wasn't much of a transitional period between Western Washington's dry summer weather and the inevitable wet fall and winter many of us dread.

After enjoying temperatures in the mid-to-high 70s Saturday, things cooled off Sunday and the rain returned.

Within three hours on Sunday, it rained five times as much in Seattle as it had between July through the first half of September.

By early Monday morning, it was snowing in the mountains.

"FIRST SNOW AT STEVENS PASS! September 18th, 2017!" a message on the Stevens Pass Mountain Resort Facebook page read.

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Up to a foot of snow dumps on fire burning in the Crazy Mountains, Montana


The Livingston Enterprise
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:41 UTC
Reconnaissance flight on Sept. 17 for the Blacktail Fire in the Crazy Mountains
© Jade MartinReconnaissance flight on Sept. 17 for the Blacktail Fire in the Crazy Mountains
No surprise — recent rain, snow and cooler weather has put a big dent into the Blacktail fire in the Crazy Mountains and will likely lead to lifting of Stage 1 fire restrictions in the area this week.

Eight to 12 inches of snow fell on parts of the Blacktail fire, U.S. Forest Service Public Affairs Officer Kathy Bushnell said Monday morning.

"It was definitely quite the change of weather conditions," Bushnell said. "... There hasn't been a lot of fire activity over the last few days just because the fuel is getting wet from all the moisture."
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Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, Oregon sees inches of snow before summer ends


katu.com
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:21 UTC
Timberline Lodge had several inches of snow on the ground on Tuesday, September 19, 2017.
© SBGTimberline Lodge had several inches of snow on the ground on Tuesday, September 19, 2017.
Timberline Lodge is getting a dose of winter weather - in September.

Several inches of snow have fallen at Timberline Lodge since Monday morning. Meteorologists say this type of weather is unusual this time of year.

Usually the lodge sees sticking snows in October, not before the first day of fall.

The snow begins about halfway up Timberline Road and it quickly turns to thick, slippery conditions a couple miles from the lodge.
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