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Extreme weather creates chaos across Europe


France 24
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:24 UTC
Cancelled flights at Brussels Airport
© Eric Lalmand, AFPCancelled flights at Brussels Airport December 11 2017
High winds and heavy snow in Europe on Monday stranded thousands of travelers, kept schoolchildren at home and even played havoc with international diplomacy.

It was the second day running of nasty weather across the continent, with Britain still digging out from its deepest snowfall in four years.

The snowed-over runways in Brussels on Monday provoked about 90 flight cancellations and some 100 delays, including for the plane carrying Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back home.

He tweeted a video from his plane that opened with a shot of the white tarmac at the close of his European visit marked by the US recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital.


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'Alberta Clipper' region set to bring 10-15 cm of snow by Tuesday night

Megan Gillis
Ottawa Citizen
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:02 UTC
snow shovels
© Julie Oliver / Ottawa CitizenGet those shovels ready.
By Tuesday night, the region will be under a blanket of 10 to 15 cm of snow, Environment Canada predicts.

The flakes that comes along with what's dubbed an Alberta Clipper is expected to hit Eastern Ontario Monday night and taper off Tuesday evening, according to a special weather statement.. Since the forecast is for snow stretching over 24 to 36 hours, it doesn't reach the level of a snowfall warning, when 15 cm is expected per 12 hours.
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Heavy snowfall in Netherlands triggers code orange weather warning

Janene Pieters
NL Times
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:07 UTC
Snow blankets Utrecht
© Zachary Newmark / NL TimesSnow blankets Utrecht, 10 Dec 2017.
The Netherlands was blanketed in snow over the weekend and more snow is expected this afternoon. Meteorological institute KMNI issued a code orange weather warning of extremely dangerous weather. And the Rijkswaterstaat warns people to rather work from home today if possible.

A code yellow weather warning is currently in effect for the entire country. Motorists are warned to to be careful of icy and slippery roads.
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Grand Solar Minimum report: Fall snow hits US South - Öræfajökull caldera deepens - Volcanic uptick globally (VIDEO)


Oppenheimer Ranch Project
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 12:19 UTC
Snow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
© Alaska Department of Transportation and Public FacilitiesSnow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
Jackson Mississippi sees highest snowfall since 1982

Record snow blankets Houston and Texas

Snow is falling in Houston, TX, last measurable snow there was 8 years ago.


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Snowstorm in Turkey drops 1 meter in 12 hours cutting off 45 villages (PHOTOS)


Strange Sounds
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 12:00 UTC
Huge snow accumulation in the backcountry of Artvin in Turkey.
Huge snow accumulation in the backcountry of Artvin in Turkey.
Like in Alaska, the snowstorm currently hitting the region of Artvin in Turkey is going biblical. More than 1 meter of dry powder has already accumulated within yesterday night and the snow is still falling. 45 villages are cut off from the world - 10 in the province center, 15 in the Kurdish province, 5 in the province of Şiran and 15 in the province of Torul - after roads are overloaded with snow. In Artvin the primary and secondary schools are closed. Pregnant employees working for public companies are also on holidays, today.
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Grand Solar Minimum report: San Diego firestorm - Agung plume - Mexico and Texas snow (VIDEO)


Oppenheimer Ranch Project
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:39 UTC
Thousands flee as winds whip California fires
Thousands flee as winds whip California fires
San Diego fire weather is so extreme, purple is the new red.


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Record snow covers Houston and Texas - UPDATE (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Blake Mathews
khou.com
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:42 UTC
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Say it ain't snow. It's not a dream or nightmare but reality: one of the biggest snowfalls in history just walloped the Texas gulf coast and has brought Houston to a crawl.

Mother Nature brought blockbuster amounts of snow to areas that only see it a few times per century - where even half melted flurries are enough to drive kids out of their minds with excitement. I'm not talking Dallas or Amarillo or Lubbock. As of this entry, it is snowing and snowing heavily in, of all places, Brownsville, marking only the third time since 1895 they have received accumulating snowfall.

Not to be outdone, Corpus Christi got their first snowfall in 13 years and recorded between five and seven inches of snow. What's more absurd than that? They reported a thunderstorm with heavy snow; in Corpus Christi! That is extremely rare --- in Buffalo. To have it happen not once but twice would make even the Jim Cantore breathe into a bag.

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Atmospheric compression snow event in Alaska and earliest ever snow in Texas

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:30 UTC
Snow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
© Alaska Department of Transportation and Public FacilitiesSnow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
What can only be described as an atmospheric compression snow event has just occurred in Alaska. The most snow fell ever recorded in 90 minutes. Even in the snowiest city in the USA , they termed this event as extreme. Super cooled ice bows in Finland, atmospheric compression event in Australia with record floods in Victoria. Earliest snow on record in Texas that knocked out power to 88,000 homes with record cold in Mexico.


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Comment: See also: Alaska records one of the most extreme snowfall rates on record, 10 inches per hour; highway near Valdez under 20 foot of snow

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Giant ocean fans to protect the Great Barrier Reef!

Joanne Nova
JoNova
Thu, 07 Dec 2017 01:48 UTC
"Air-conditioning" of The Great Barrier Reef begins soon

To calm a few panicking people, the Australian Government will pay for large fans to circulate water on a minuscule portion of the 2,300 kilometer long Great Barrier Reef. The reef creatures, which have been coping with higher temperatures and bleaching for two hundred million years, will hopefully avoid the moving parts. Marine life adapts to heatwaves by chucking out the symbionts that don't thrive in higher temperatures and replacing them up new inhabitants that do.

If the fans achieve anything, it may stop this natural process (called Symbiont Shuffling) thus possibly making small sections of the reef more vulnerable to future heatwaves and El Ninos. Who knows?
Recirc Fans
© JoNovaFans like this are used in the United States to circulate water.
Mark this one up as a pagan symbolic idol that symbolizes our grandiose delusions of weather-control.
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Alaska records one of the most extreme snowfall rates on record, 10 inches per hour; highway near Valdez under 20 foot of snow

John Hopewell
The Washington Post
Thu, 07 Dec 2017 20:42 UTC
Snow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
© Alaska Department of Transportation and Public FacilitiesSnow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
Imagine going into a movie theater to check out the latest science fiction flick and there is not a single flake of snow on the ground. A couple hours later, as the credits start to roll, you mosey outside and are stunned to find your car buried in more than a foot of snow.

Perhaps you'd wonder if you were still watching a movie.

Well that's kind of what happened Wednesday at Alaska's Thompson Pass, just outside of the town of Valdez, when an incredible 10 inches of snow piled up in one hour — around 1.7 inches every 10 minutes. This is an absolutely incredible snowfall rate.

The furious storm dropped another 5 inches in 30 minutes, for a remarkable 15 inches in a brief hour and a half period. In the end, 40 inches of heavy wet snow accumulated in 12 hours.

The Thompson Pass storm ranks among the most intense snowfalls that we know of, according to a quick analysis by Weather Underground's weather historian, Christopher Burt.
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