onlooker wrote:While we are experiencing an unusually long and severe cold spell, Europe not so much
https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/?continent=europe
onlooker wrote:Yea, makes sense OS. I don't like insects. So the cold spell seems to be affecting much of the US and CANADA
The race in southwest Alaska had been scheduled to happen two weeks before. But warm weather — just above freezing — made the trails unsafe. Temperatures dropped and a dusting of snow fell. The entire race usually runs 35 miles up the frozen river. This time it had to run over land.
The river ice in some areas was feet thick in past years. It's now only inches. In other places, there's open water. This is a problem in a region with no roads connecting one village to another — locals refer to the river as an ice highway. ...
dohboi wrote:While The Eastern U.S. Freezes, It's Too Warm In Alaska
The race in southwest Alaska had been scheduled to happen two weeks before. But warm weather — just above freezing — made the trails unsafe. Temperatures dropped and a dusting of snow fell. The entire race usually runs 35 miles up the frozen river. This time it had to run over land.
The river ice in some areas was feet thick in past years. It's now only inches. In other places, there's open water. This is a problem in a region with no roads connecting one village to another — locals refer to the river as an ice highway. ...
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/05/57590577 ... -in-alaska
Plant, are you up there now? What are u experiencing?
onlooker wrote:It seems pretty evident that what is happening in North America is the warm air in the Arctic is displacing the cold and sending it southwards. Observations?
CLEVELAND, Ohio - A warm-up to over 50 degrees this week will melt away the snowpack completely for much of Northeast Ohio. With rain showers on tap, that could bring minor widespread flooding and the possibility of ice jams, says National Weather Service hydrologist Sarah Jamison. Ice jams lead to flooding as blocks of ice accumulate, restricting flow in rivers.
The warmest days this week in Northeast Ohio will be Wednesday and Thursday. The jet stream moved from ushering in frigid, arctic air and will instead blow in milder air from the west. At the surface, southerly winds are reinforcing the warming trend as air from the Gulf of Mexico surges in.
With the snowpack in the region still over a foot in some areas, widespread flooding could result. To make matters worse, scattered, light rain could fall across the area Wednesday, increasing in coverage Thursday and Friday.
Much of the snow in the city of Temirtau in central Kazakhstan is black.
Instead of the usual white powder that children love to play with, the snow looks more like coal after a mysterious dark dust settled on the city in the beginning of January.
Many residents, worried about their health, took to social media to call on the government to investigate the incident.
"We can't live like this. We're suffocating here," wrote one user.
A special group of scientists, made up of both independent ecologists and government experts, is working to identify the causes.
onlooker wrote:I watched for the second time "The Day after Tomorrow ", and the events depicted are disturbing to say the least. My impression is something this fast and drastic is unlikely. Sure hope so.
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