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tallyho_83
13 February 2024 00:03:54
18z - Look @ The Mean snow depth for NYC tomorrow: 😲

https://www.wetterzentrale.de/en/ens_image.php?geoid=131181&var=203&run=12&date=2024-02-12&model=gfs&member=ENS&bw=1 
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tallyho_83
13 February 2024 00:47:08
Just love this forecast with weather involved in it and how passionate the presenter is: - re the nor-easter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWIiKWndu4Q 
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tallyho_83
14 February 2024 01:55:26
Interesting report here following that Nor-easter and winter storm across eastern seaboard:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/winter-storm-hits-the-tri-state-see-impacts-across-the-region/5134393/ 


3.2" of snow fell in central park - Never realised, it was the most snow the BIG apple had seen in years!😲
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doctormog
14 February 2024 07:21:03

Interesting report here following that Nor-easter and winter storm across eastern seaboard:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/winter-storm-hits-the-tri-state-see-impacts-across-the-region/5134393/ 


3.2" of snow fell in central park - Never realised, it was the most snow the BIG apple had seen in years!😲

Originally Posted by: tallyho_83 



Two years I believe.
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14 February 2024 08:31:18
Hailstorm in the desert
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-68289580 

The video is not informative - just skip through the visuals
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Gavin D
15 February 2024 11:49:29
Austria is currently 6.8c above average for February bar an exceptionally cold second half of the month, they are on course to have their warmest February since records began 256 years ago in 1768.
Gavin D
27 February 2024 17:18:38
Dallas hit 94f yesterday, which was the third-hottest February day on record and the seventh-earliest 90-degree day.

16 states in the USA could see record-high temperatures today, with expectations they'll be 20 to 40 degrees above average.
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27 February 2024 17:29:57

Dallas hit 94c yesterday, which was the third-hottest February day on record and the seventh-earliest 90-degree day.

16 states in the USA could see record-high temperatures today, with expectations they'll be 20 to 40 degrees above average.

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 



94C! Wow, that smashes the world record by about 40C . Now I know they are not exaggerating when they say it's been boiling hot. 
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Gavin D
27 February 2024 19:34:48
232 temperature high records were set yesterday across the USA, with Killeen in central Texas the hottest, hitting 100F.
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05 March 2024 07:34:35
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-68476139 
Pakistan: At least 35 die due to surprise snowfall
(seems to be hail as much as snow)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68460616 
US storm: Massive blizzard hits California and Nevada "More than 7ft of snow fell in parts of the Tahoe Basin"

Global warming being selective? One day these events may visit Britain

 
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polarwind
05 March 2024 12:50:36

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-68476139 
Pakistan: At least 35 die due to surprise snowfall
(seems to be hail as much as snow)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68460616 
US storm: Massive blizzard hits California and Nevada "More than 7ft of snow fell in parts of the Tahoe Basin"

Global warming being selective? One day these events may visit Britain

 

Originally Posted by: DEW 


How rare are these storms or how often might one reasonably expect similar storms to occur - one in ? years??
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05 March 2024 13:30:00

How rare are these storms or how often might one reasonably expect similar storms to occur - one in ? years??

Originally Posted by: polarwind 


See http://www.laalmanac.com/weather/we17.php 
 
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polarwind
05 March 2024 14:40:50

See http://www.laalmanac.com/weather/we17.php 
 

Originally Posted by: DEW 

Thanks. Interesting. Several decades ago it was the outlook of the most climatologists and 'experts' that such weather would be a thing of the past  by now - not so it seems.
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Gandalf The White
05 March 2024 14:55:35

Thanks. Interesting. Several decades ago it was the outlook of the most climatologists and 'experts' that such weather would be a thing of the past  by now - not so it seems.

Originally Posted by: polarwind 



I don’t recall reading any predictions for California?  After another virtually snowless winter for lowland England I would have thought the predictions were pretty good, as have been the prediction that our winters would become warmer and wetter.  Then there is the lack of snow and retreating glaciers across Alpine regions, also in line with climate change predictions.

But let’s focus on a freak snowstorm in a part of California…..
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lanky
05 March 2024 15:09:02

I don’t recall reading any predictions for California?  After another virtually snowless winter for lowland England I would have thought the predictions were pretty good, as have been the prediction that our winters would become warmer and wetter.  Then there is the lack of snow and retreating glaciers across Alpine regions, also in line with climate change predictions.

But let’s focus on a freak snowstorm in a part of California…..

Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 



Exactly so

Someone from our Met Office expressed this very neatly the other day when he said the global average temperature has risen by about 1C since the 1960's which is a huge change but the difference in maximum temperatures from day to day even in a temperate climate like the UK can vary by as much as 15C in an average winter. This is the difference between weather and climate

 
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Rob K
05 March 2024 16:05:21

I don’t recall reading any predictions for California?  After another virtually snowless winter for lowland England I would have thought the predictions were pretty good, as have been the prediction that our winters would become warmer and wetter.  Then there is the lack of snow and retreating glaciers across Alpine regions, also in line with climate change predictions.

But let’s focus on a freak snowstorm in a part of California…..

Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 



As a keen skier I have been watching the situation across the Alps with dismay. So often I have tuned in to the ski racing and seen bare green mountains with just a thin strip of artificial snow on the piste, struggling to survive. I would only choose a resort with glacier skiing, these days.
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05 March 2024 16:08:02

I don’t recall reading any predictions for California?  After another virtually snowless winter for lowland England I would have thought the predictions were pretty good, as have been the prediction that our winters would become warmer and wetter.  Then there is the lack of snow and retreating glaciers across Alpine regions, also in line with climate change predictions.

But let’s focus on a freak snowstorm in a part of California…..

Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 



It's more interesting than you imply, as I take your reply to mean that you regard it as a one-off event. 

I recommend reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droughts_in_California  which links an irregular cycle of dry years and wet years, each in turn lasting up to a decade, to the effects of global warming. Unfortunately some studies suggest that warming makes dry years more likely and other studies favour wetter years, just to muddy the waters as it were.

In the 2010s I remember reading articles predicting doom for Californian agriculture as not enough snowmelt was occurring to allow for the necessary irrigation. . So I regard this snowfall, yes, as an extreme example of what can happen when California is in a wet part of the cycle, but falling well within an area of interest for those who follow unusual weather, and not appropriate for casual dismissal.
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Retron
05 March 2024 16:27:37


Someone from our Met Office expressed this very neatly the other day when he said the global average temperature has risen by about 1C since the 1960's which is a huge change but the difference in maximum temperatures from day to day even in a temperate climate like the UK can vary by as much as 15C in an average winter. This is the difference between weather and climate
 

Originally Posted by: lanky 


There was an article on the BBC News website last week (going on about the warmth in February), and there was a quote saying that Edinburgh and Cumbria now see as many air frosts in a typical winter as Kent and Sussex used to get "50 years ago".

Still, best not to mourn for what you've lost, but be glad to have experienced it in the first place - that's my motto!
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Gandalf The White
05 March 2024 22:10:15

It's more interesting than you imply, as I take your reply to mean that you regard it as a one-off event. 

I recommend reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droughts_in_California  which links an irregular cycle of dry years and wet years, each in turn lasting up to a decade, to the effects of global warming. Unfortunately some studies suggest that warming makes dry years more likely and other studies favour wetter years, just to muddy the waters as it were.

In the 2010s I remember reading articles predicting doom for Californian agriculture as not enough snowmelt was occurring to allow for the necessary irrigation. . So I regard this snowfall, yes, as an extreme example of what can happen when California is in a wet part of the cycle, but falling well within an area of interest for those who follow unusual weather, and not appropriate for casual dismissal.

Originally Posted by: DEW 



No, David, I wasn’t suggesting it was a one off event; my comment was in the context of the title of this thread, ie unusual weather events.  You’re absolutely right that climate change means increasingly unpredictable weather, but around a trajectory of increasing temperatures.  

For many years in the old climate forum I made the point that we were tampering with a complex system where there would be tipping points and unpredictable consequences. 

My post was in no way ‘a casual dismissal’; it was about context.
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06 March 2024 07:51:40
While California gets a soaking, Panama, not far away in global terms, is suffering prolonged drought. Various expensive-looking countermeasures are being attempted.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68467529 

A lack of rain and the El Nino weather phenomenon have contributed to the second driest year in the canal's 110-year history. Last October was the driest month since records began. 

The number of vessels has been slashed from an average of 36 to 24. Each ship is also carrying less cargo now because of weight restrictions. The slowdown spells trouble for global trade.

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Gandalf The White
06 March 2024 21:50:31

While California gets a soaking, Panama, not far away in global terms, is suffering prolonged drought. Various expensive-looking countermeasures are being attempted.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68467529 

A lack of rain and the El Nino weather phenomenon have contributed to the second driest year in the canal's 110-year history. Last October was the driest month since records began. 

The number of vessels has been slashed from an average of 36 to 24. Each ship is also carrying less cargo now because of weight restrictions. The slowdown spells trouble for global trade.

Originally Posted by: DEW 



Panama is about 3,000 miles south of California, further than the distance between California and New York.  California’s climate is Mediterranean-like; Panama’s is tropical.

The drought has been having an increasing impact for about a year now.  I wonder why they haven’t considered pumping up sea water if it’s getting so serious?  Is it just too costly and difficult?
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Rob K
06 March 2024 21:57:38

Panama is about 3,000 miles south of California, further than the distance between California and New York.  California’s climate is Mediterranean-like; Panama’s is tropical.

The drought has been having an increasing impact for about a year now.  I wonder why they haven’t considered pumping up sea water if it’s getting so serious?  Is it just too costly and difficult?

Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 



The lakes that feed the canal also supply drinking water. So filling them with sea water, even if it was possible, would not be a great idea. (Presumably it would also be fairly catastrophic environmentally too!)
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Gandalf The White
06 March 2024 22:02:35

The lakes that feed the canal also supply drinking water. So filling them with sea water, even if it was possible, would not be a great idea. (Presumably it would also be fairly catastrophic environmentally too!)

Originally Posted by: Rob K 



😮🤣🤣🤣

I know. What I was suggesting was pumping sea water up, not polluting the lakes.
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BJBlake
07 March 2024 07:20:34

There was an article on the BBC News website last week (going on about the warmth in February), and there was a quote saying that Edinburgh and Cumbria now see as many air frosts in a typical winter as Kent and Sussex used to get "50 years ago".

Still, best not to mourn for what you've lost, but be glad to have experienced it in the first place - that's my motto!

Originally Posted by: Retron 

Yea - that’s reasonable. i do mourn the loss though, and think back with fondness to my childhood days in Sussex, walking on frozen ponds and frosts lasting days, snow days when the bus wouldn’t arrive and we all got a day playing in the snow. Such a wooded county, and very beautiful in the snow.
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Rob K
08 March 2024 19:55:16

😮🤣🤣🤣

I know. What I was suggesting was pumping sea water up, not polluting the lakes.

Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 


As I understand it the canal and the lakes are intimately connected, in fact long stretches of the canal are basically just a marked route through the lakes. I don’t see how you could use sea water really. 
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