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Super Typhoon Wutip becomes the strongest February typhoon in West Pacific Ocean

Keoni Everington
Taiwan News
Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:15 UTC
Super Typhoon Wutip
© NOAA/RAMMBHimawari-8 infrared image of Super Typhoon Wutip taken at 7:00 am EST Saturday, February 23, 2019. At the time, Wutip was a Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds--the strongest February typhoon on record.

'Taiwan's Shield' expected to fend off Super Typhoon Wutip

Wutip is the first super typhoon recorded by the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) for the month of February since 1911, but forecasters believe "Taiwan's Shield" will hold up yet again and prevent it from impacting the country directly.

As of 2 a.m. this morning, Super Typhoon Wutip had a radius of 220 kilometers, and was located 2,350 kilometers east-southeast of Taiwan's southernmost tip of Eluanbi moving north-northwest at a speed of 8 kilometers per hour (kph). Wutip was packing maximum sustained winds of 183 kph and gusts of up of to 226 kph.

Over the weekend, Guam avoided the brunt of the storm as it veered to the southwest of the island, only coming within 165 miles at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Heavy rain and strong winds were reported on Guam that day, but other than a few downed signs and tree limbs, no structural damage was incurred, reported The Guam Daily Post.
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Snow and gale force winds sweep across Greece


Greek City Tmes
Sun, 24 Feb 2019 19:56 UTC
‘Oceanis’ Storm Buries Northern Greece in Snow
‘Oceanis’ Storm Buries Northern Greece in Snow
Temperatures dropped by around 10 degrees Celsius as the cold front "Oceanis" settled over Greece on Saturday, bringing icy cold weather that has disrupted both road and sea transport.

Gale force winds of 8-9 Beaufort, with gusts reaching up to 10 on the Beaufort scale, have led to the cancellation of all scheduled ferry departures from the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio on Saturday afternoon, as well as hydrofoil ferries to the Saronic Gulf ports. Also closed are the Rio-Antirrio, Kyllini-Kefallonia and Kyllini-Zakynthos ferry links.

A scheduled journey from Volos to the Sporades islands in the Aegean was cancelled on Saturday and the Keramoti-Kavala-Thassos, Alexandroupolis-Samothrace ferry lines were closed.

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Flagstaff, Arizona digs out from a 36-inch snowfall that shatters 126 year record - UPDATE

BrieAnna J Frank
AZCentral.com
Fri, 22 Feb 2019 05:00 UTC
Flagstaff snow
© Lisa AbernethyLisa Abernethy posted this photo to Twitter saying "I don't think the stop sign will be visible much longer."
Flagstaff shattered the all-time daily snowfall record by 5 p.m., Thursday when the Flagstaff Airport registered 31.6 inches of snow, the National Weather Service said.

The previous record, 31 inches, was set on Dec. 30, 1915.

Total snowfall from the storm, which included Wednesday night, was 33.1 inches in Flagstaff as of the latest update provided Thursday from the National Weather Service.

Flagstaff declared a state of emergency Thursday, as schools remained closed and travel was discouraged.

The storm also brought heavy snow to other parts of northern Arizona, including Payson, which saw nearly two feet of snow as of 5:30 p.m., according to the NWS. It prompted officials to close several long stretches of highways throughout the state by Thursday evening.

Other cities receiving significant snowfall amounts of 20 inches or more were Prescott and Williams, while other cities in northern Arizona had seen at least a foot of snow.


Comment: Winter Storm Petra bears down on US East Coast with 200 million people in parts of 39 states in its path

Update: Albuquerque Journal reports:
"This was a very cold and highly unusual event for northern Arizona," said Brian Klimowski, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service office in Flagstaff. "We had record snowfall in several locations - certainly a historical event."

Historical indeed. Flagstaff, Arizona, officially picked up 35.9 inches, its highest single-day snow total in the 126 years that records have been kept. It shatters the previous one-day total of 31 inches, which had stood since 1915.




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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Snow Los Angeles - Record snow Las Vegas & Flagstaff, Arizona - Floods Brazil


Adapt 2030
Sat, 23 Feb 2019 06:25 UTC
Las Vegas snow
© AP Photo/John LocherA man takes a picture of a small snowman at the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign along the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas is getting a rare taste of real winter weather, with significant snowfall across the metro area in the first event of its kind since record keeping started back in 1937.

Snow over the last day in Los Angeles, the last time snow was seen 1962, with new cold record in Santa Barbara. Flagstaff, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada break their all time snow fall records. Sao Paula, Brazil atmospheric compression event and biblical floods blast through the city. More signs the Grand Solar Minimum is intensifying.


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Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Winter Storm PETRA - Record snow roofs collapse Canada


Adapt 2030
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:28 UTC
LAS VEGAS SNOW
As winter Storm Petra bears down on the US with thunderstorms to the South, ice in the east and massive snows to the desert S.W Quebec received record snow that is collapsing roofs, Saskatchewan coldest in 80 year, and Las Vegas record snow. The grand solar minimum continues to intensify.


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18 trillion gallons of rain in California in February with more on the way

Hannah Fry
Los Angeles Times
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:30 UTC
California rain
© Mark Boster / For The TimesOrange County Public Works' Shannon Widor surveys damage where Trabuco Creek overflowed the Trabuco Canyon Road bridge last week.
California has already received an 18-trillion-gallon soaking this month - enough water to fill 27 million Olympic-sized pools - and the state's wild winter isn't over yet.

A series of storms, including a moisture-packed atmospheric river that slammed the state last week, has brought consistent rainfall in February that has reached nearly half the volume of Lake Tahoe.

Los Angeles has received its fair share of the rain, with more than 4 inches falling on the Southland since Feb. 1. San Diego has had more than 10 inches of rain this month, passing its average for the entire winter season, according to the National Weather Service.

The totals are likely to increase this week - though not by much - as another storm rolls into the region Wednesday night. That low pressure system is expected to bring less than a quarter of an inch of precipitation through Thursday, said Lisa Phillips, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.

Comment: History says California overdue for biblical, catastrophic flooding

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Explosive cyclogenesis in North Atlantic Ocean


Severe Weather Europe
Wed, 20 Feb 2019 08:41 UTC
Hurricane-force low in the North Atlantic Ocean
© UW-CIMSS, TWHurricane-force low in the North Atlantic Ocean at 11:00 UTC on February 20, 2019.
As expected, the impressive cyclone we discussed yesterday has gone through an incredibly rapid intensification and deepened below 940 mbar this morning. A very deep cyclone (a "weather bomb") is moving across the north Atlantic and is expected to pass just west of Iceland tomorrow before it hits south Greenland overnight to Friday.

Mean sea level pressure analysis reveals the central pressure had already fallen below 940 mbar by this morning, into 938-939 mbar range. Notice the incredibly steep pressure gradient through the NW and SW quadrants of the system - this is undoubtedly producing some violent winds, in excess of 150 km/h!

Atlantic cyclone
© 2019 Meteociel.fr
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Flake news: Sierra ski resort of Squaw Valley hits 503 inches of total snowfall for season

David Caraccio
The Fresno Bee
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:14 UTC
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows
Sierra ski resorts are emerging from under a monster storm that pushed Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows past 500 inches of total snowfall so far this season.

That's enough snow to easily cover a standard telephone pole (430 inches) and nearly enough to cover the tallest letter in the iconic Hollywood sign (590 inches).

Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows stands at 503 inches. Sierra-at-Tahoe has seen 407 total inches. Heavenly reports 365 inches.

In 2017, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows had 496 inches of total snow.


Comment: Squaw Vallley in California sets February snowfall record before the month is over at 17 feet

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Rain and hailstorms across parts of India cause immense crop damage


RSOE EDIS
Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:57 UTC
hail
Rain and hailstorm across many parts of the country have been wreaking havoc, and the worst sufferers are the currently sowed crops. North and central parts of India have seen immense crop damage in the past few days. Now, as the rain belt also covered the northeastern regions of the country, the crop damage saga continues.

Yesterday, rain along with along with hailstorm activities have caused damage to vast areas furthermore damaging crops in Assam. Areas of Dirak and Kakopathar areas were the ones that suffered the most amount of damage with several acres of tea as well as mustard plantations being on top of the list. As per locals, the hailstorm was as big as oranges and even accumulated up to a whopping 2 feet.

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'Snownado' filmed during storm near Tinian, New Mexico


abc7.com
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:14 UTC
'Snownado' touches down on Navajo reservation
'Snownado' touches down on Navajo reservation
A rancher in New Mexico captured video of a "snownado."

It's when a snow storm meets a tornado. Parts of the state were under winter storm warnings and advisories.

Forecasters said more storms are expected to hit the state later this week.

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