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Yup, it snowed in Flagstaff, Arizona on the first day of fall


abc15.com
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:45 UTC
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The first day of fall in Arizona brought with it a buffet of weather: rain, wind, a tornado, and even snow!

Nearly all parts of the state -- northern Arizona, the Phoenix area, and southern Arizona -- saw rain and thunderstorms on Monday. More than three inches fell in some parts of the Phoenix area. Viewer video captured what appears to be a tornado in the New River area. Parts of the east Valley saw flooding.

And in Flagstaff, snow fell on the San Francisco Peaks, according to the National Weather Service in Flagstaff, and at Arizona Snowbowl.

"Yes, it did snow on the San Francisco Peaks this afternoon!" according to a tweet from NWS Flagstaff. "Our best estimate is that snow and graupel fell down to 11000-11500 feet and probably got several inches deep at the highest elevations."
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Second September snowfall hits the Alps

Patrick Thorne
Inthesnow.com
Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:27 UTC
The past 24 hours has seen a second wave of September snowfall in the Alps, with ski areas above 2000 metres in Austria where five glacier areas are already open seeing snow flurries.

Above 3,000 metres 5-15cm of snow accumulated at some areas, including the Stubai glacier , pictured yesterday:

Stubai glacier,

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Early snowfall hits plateau areas in SW China


CGTN
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:27 UTC
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Cold fronts on Saturday hit the plateau in the northwest of southwest China's Sichuan Province, bringing the autumn's first snowfall to the area.

It snowed in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture as well as the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the area 10 days earlier than last year.

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Fresh snow covers Utah's Alta


Deseret News
Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:12 UTC
Fresh snow covers a line of snowcats at Alta in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019.
© Steve GriffinFresh snow covers a line of snowcats at Alta in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019.
Fresh snow covered Alta in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday.

According to KSL meteorologist Grant Wayman, the storm that brought widespread rain to the Salt Lake Valley is expected to dump 1 to 3 inches of snow at high elevations.

The sun is expected to show itself Saturday, with highs in the upper 60s. Temperatures are then expected to climb into the mid-70s Sunday and well into the workweek.
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Coldest September morning EVER for six South Australia towns

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Wed, 18 Sep 2019 17:17 UTC
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The coldest town in South Australia on Wednesday morning was Yunta, east of Port Augusta, where a low of -3.2C was recorded just after 6am.

Elsewhere, Murray Bridge woke up to a bitter -3.1C, while Snowtown, Kingscote and Kadina were sitting at -2.3C, -2.2C and -1.7C respectively.

Strathalbyn, southeast of Adelaide, couldn't escape the cold either with a low of -0.2C.
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Mammoth Mountain in California gets first snow of the season after a very short summer

Chris Erskine
Los Angeles Times
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:44 UTC
Mammoth Mountain gets first dusting of the season.
© Peter Morning / Mammoth Mountain ResortMammoth Mountain gets first dusting of the season.
Like a movie trailer of things to come, Mammoth Lakes got its first snow of the season early Thursday. By noon it was mostly gone, although it served as a reminder that the Eastern Sierra ski season is only seven weeks away.

Lows on Thursday night were forecast for the mid-20s, another sign that as fall begins on Monday, winter in the Sierra will be close behind. Mammoth Mountain lifts will begin to spin Nov. 9, likely with mostly machine-produced snow, courtesy of the cooler nights.

Lake Tahoe's Squaw Valley and Mt. Rose ski resorts reported snow at high elevations earlier in the week from the same system.

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Summer snow on the ground for North America this week - photo journal

Matt Wiseman
Mountain Watch
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:23 UTC
A seasonally confused Squaw Valley on September 17.
© Squaw ValleyA seasonally confused Squaw Valley on September 17.
A smattering of snow has fallen across the Western U.S and Canada this week, despite the fact it's still officially summer in North America until September 23.

While there's plenty of riding left to be done down under and spring skiing is quite frankly the best, no doubt a lot of us have hung up the skis and boards and turned our attention to future trips north.

For those with their sights on North America, we've put together a quick gallery of shots taken this week which should stoke the fire and help you dream of whiter pastures.

The snow largely fell on the 16th and 17th of September, and while it's all but disappeared it's safe to say it's the first fall of many for the 2019/20 season!

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Earliest snowfall in Sweden in 20 years

Robert W. Felix
Ice Age Now
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 09:58 UTC
Snow chaos at Långberget in Värmland
Snow chaos at Långberget in Värmland
Winter appears to have arrived early in Northern Europe.

In the most northern parts of Värmland, it has been snowing all day, according to Dan Norström at Långberget's sports hotel in Sysslebäck.

"I've been here for almost 20 years," said Norström. "This is probably the earliest snow."

"When I came [to work] this morning at a quarter past eight, the first flakes came." "Now it is white everywhere and has come five to six centimeters."

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'This is not a drill': First snow of the season on Whistler summit in British Columbia

Kendra Mangione,
CTV News
Tue, 17 Sep 2019 14:55 UTC
A still image from web cam video shows snow on Whistler Blackcomb's 7th Heaven summit.
A still image from web cam video shows snow on Whistler Blackcomb's 7th Heaven summit.
We're still a few days from the start of fall, but already some parts of the province have seen a dose of winter weather.

A time-lapse video posted to Instagram showed clouds encroaching on a peak at Whistler Blackcomb Tuesday.

"This is not a drill," the ski resort posted, saying it was the first snowfall of the season on its 7th Heaven summit.


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Summer snow comes to Lapland in Finland


Yle
Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:34 UTC
Reindeer herder Per-Antti Labba captured the first snowfall on Wednesday.
© Per-Antti LabbaReindeer herder Per-Antti Labba captured the first snowfall on Wednesday.
The first snow of the season fell in Finland's northwestern arm on Wednesday morning, from the village of Karesuvanto in Enontekiö to the nearby fells, where reindeer herder Per-Antti Labba was looking after his livestock.

"It's snowed a few centimetres. It's foggy, cloudy and cold," he told Yle after sending in the above photo.

For local herders, the date of the first snowfall came as no surprise.

"It often snows for the first time exactly during this week of September in the northwestern fells. The snow will still melt many times before the real winter arrives, though," says Labba.
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