One Newfoundlander's response to Friday's blizzard in St John's:
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Not that I'm complaining, but.....all UK media-driven weather reports over the past week seemed to be filled with mildly-apocalyptic warnings of "Arctic Blast Approaching"....and the usual 'UK braced for impending cold-snap'. This weekend just past was when it was slated to start.
And what actually happens? Zilch. Perfect lovely weather. Weekend (certainly in Scotland, but media reports agree) it was glorious. Amazing red skies on Sunday night.
Predictions for next week look great. Temperatures appear amazing for the time of year.
So what the hell is going on? I don't think meteorology is as inexact as some forms of predictive processes. But it is massively-inaccurate, for much of the time.
My point is not that predicted weather formations were late. Or different on severity. They just didn't happen at all. And this is far from being a first, recently: certainly in the British Isles
I agree that the media thrives on hype, and it's disgusting, but Climate Change is a tangible threat, regardless of that hype or not. Ask Australia. They just got a wake-up call.*dons her conspiracy beret*
Because they like to make sensational headlines. "The weather is going to be nice and calm" doesn't feed into the climate change hysteria which pervades everything nowadays.
...but Climate Change is a tangible threat, regardless of that hype or not. Ask Australia. They just got a wake-up call.
The centre of Australia is a desert. The East Coast of the country is not desert, it varies between arable land, forests, hills, and mountains. Large portion of Australia's north is Rainforest (until it burns). Yes, it burns because eucalypts are native to Australia, and they renew themselves thru fire, but not on a scale like it has between November 2018-Present. That has never happened before in recorded history, as far as I am aware. The smoke has literally circled the globe now: link, and is coming back to Australia from the opposite direction. Show me evidence that this has happened before in recorded history and I will be considerably more likely to accept your opinion. If not, then this is an atrocious emergency and you should be taking it more seriously.Australia is a hot, dry desert. It burned before modern man; it would burn if people became extinct today.
1. That has never happened before in recorded history, as far as I am aware.
2. The smoke has literally circled the globe now: link, and is coming back to Australia from the opposite direction. Show me evidence that this has happened before in recorded history and I will be considerably more likely to accept your opinion.
Firstly, I don't think that you actually are putting these fires in their proper context. They are the equivalent of a major and extended volcanic eruption in terms of how much material they have put into the air. The sheer number of dead animals, (half a billion) should be immense cause for concern too. In terms of CO2 emissions, this is catastrophic.l am not downplaying the seriousness of the recent fires; merely trying to put them in context. maximus otter
Flooding events are often categorized based on averages over 10 yrs, 100 yrs, etc. We can't really make that judgment anymore because it's not going to hold in the future. Climate change means that we will see "novel" events happen more frequently. With the continuously changing conditions, we can't look at the past to determine what is probable for the future."Once in a lifetime floods" in France, two dead, more missing:
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(loads of terrifying clips on that page)
Seems to be more and more once in a lifetime weather events happening.
First hand experience this morning. When the second one came I saw the lightning flash and started to count, I got as far as on... and then the thunder came.
This happens every winter in Hungary. We Brits were fascinated but the locals took no notice!
Have experienced it a few times myself. On the west coast of Norway it's regular in the winter.This happens every winter in Hungary. We Brits were fascinated but the locals took no notice!
This strange phenomenon is called hair ice.
The crystals are formed on rotting wood on humid winter nights when the temperature is just below zero.
Scientists have discovered it is caused by a fungus which enables the ice to form thin hairs with a diameter of about 0.01mm.
Power plant causes 100-mile long snow plume
A combination of weather events Monday morning caused a snow plume for about 100 miles.
The plume originated from the smokestack at a power plant in Portage. ...
The Weather Watch 12 team determined the plant's operations were emitting enough condensation nuclei into the air to form snow.
Cold air allowed for the mist and steam to turn into snowflakes.
A westerly wind sent the plume of snow all the way to the shores of Lake Michigan.
The National Weather Service reported a half-inch of accumulation in Rio, Wisconsin, about 15 miles down the road from the plant.
The conditions allowed for the snow to fall for about four hours.
Ice covers the Sahara Desert for just 4th time in 50 years
On Tuesday (Jan. 19), one of the world's driest places awoke to an otherworldly dusting of frost.
In the Sahara Desert of northwestern Algeria, just outside the town of Ain Sefra, sand dunes were streaked with ice crystals as far as the eye could see. Local photographer Karim Bouchetata captured the unusual weather in pictures and videos that have since made headlines around the world.
Ain Sefra sits about 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) above sea level and is surrounded by the Atlas Mountains, near the Algerian-Moroccan border. While summer temperatures in the region regularly soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), January days average a much milder 57 F (14 C), according to Sky News. Tuesday's ethereal display of frost followed a rare night of 27-F (minus 3 C) temperatures.
Snow and ice accumulation in the northern Sahara is unusual, but not unprecedented. Tuesday's dusting marks the fourth time in 42 years that Ain Sefra has seen snow, with previous occurrences in 1979, 2016 and 2018. Those past snowfalls were much heavier than this week's display; in 2018, some areas of northwestern Algeria saw up to 15 inches (40 centimeters) of snow, while the 2016 blizzard dumped more than 3 feet (1 m) in select regions ...
I saw and unusual sky in Ealing tonight at just after nine o’clock. ...
It’s gone now. I don’t think it was a fire. The light seemed too high up in sky to be a fire. I’m guessing some unusual atmospheric phenomenon, it’s probably got a name. I’ll do a bit of googling.My first guess would be the light of a substantial fire in the distance (e.g., a major house or building fire).