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15 September 2024 06:32:35
https://watchers.news/2024/09/14/europe-hit-by-abrupt-weather-shift-as-heat-dome-collapses-bringing-early-snowfall-torrential-rainfall-and-cold-blast/ 

By an appropriate coincidence, it's cyclone Boris which is bringing chaos and disasteršŸ˜Ÿ
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DEW
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15 September 2024 06:32:36
https://watchers.news/2024/09/14/europe-hit-by-abrupt-weather-shift-as-heat-dome-collapses-bringing-early-snowfall-torrential-rainfall-and-cold-blast/ 

By an appropriate coincidence, it's cyclone Boris which is bringing chaos and disasteršŸ˜Ÿ
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15 September 2024 06:48:27
And not just Europe ...

Alau Dam collapse floods 40 percent of Maiduguri, leaves at least 30 dead and 1 million affected, Nigeria
https://watchers.news/2024/09/12/alau-dam-collapse-floods-40-percent-of-maiduguri-leaves-at-least-30-dead-and-1-million-affected-nigeria/ 
Though perhaps this should go in the (non-) hurricane thread, as the event is sub-Saharan, which area seems to have attracted all the tropical activity this year.
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Ally Pally Snowman
15 September 2024 15:25:26
Remarkable footage of the floods on X. Huge area affected.
Dam has burst in Poland . Lots more rain to come as well
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Jiries
15 September 2024 17:11:22

Remarkable footage of the floods on X. Huge area affected.
Dam has burst in Poland . Lots more rain to come as well

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 


Watch the weather news from BBC news it show the LP that was originally plagued London and the south coast for days with rain moved SE and the northerly feed wrap around this LP making it stuck over there for few days now.Ā  Imagine if this nasty LP was spining for days over London and the south coasts would had been disaster but saved by the northerly blast pushed it away.
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ozone_aurora
15 September 2024 17:22:26

Watch the weather news from BBC news it show the LP that was originally plagued London and the south coast for days with rain moved SE and the northerly feed wrap around this LP making it stuck over there for few days now.Ā  Imagine if this nasty LP was spining for days over London and the south coasts would had been disaster but saved by the northerly blast pushed it away.

Originally Posted by: Jiries 


We had a few of these, as you know very well, but as we're talking about September, one of the best example was the one occurring in 1968, causing much flooding along the Thames:-

https://runner500.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/the-1968-lewisham-floods/ .
Jiries
15 September 2024 17:48:10

We had a few of these, as you know very well, but as we're talking about September, one of the best example was the one occurring in 1968, causing much flooding along the Thames:-

https://runner500.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/the-1968-lewisham-floods/ .

Originally Posted by: ozone_aurora 


Interesting read and last time for a area that to get so much rain was Boscastle back in 2004 but was small area effected and most flood water straight to the sea.Ā Ā 
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15 September 2024 19:48:10

We had a few of these, as you know very well, but as we're talking about September, one of the best example was the one occurring in 1968, causing much flooding along the Thames:-

https://runner500.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/the-1968-lewisham-floods/ .

Originally Posted by: ozone_aurora 


An area I know well, but I missed the excitement as in 1968 we'd just moved to Manchester. But the flooding in the Weald (see mention of Edenbridge) was still very much in people's memories when we moved back to Kent in 1976.
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16 September 2024 17:09:12
Polish city urged to evacuate as floods batter central Europe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yjjqyv84eo 

Sorry, Caz; you'd best pause the Matt Taylor video at about 1:10. but you should see some *interesting* thunderstorms on the Adriatic part of your holiday!
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SydneyonTees
17 September 2024 11:32:08
After a usually warm August the weather in Australia has taken a much cooler turn with some rare cold records broken. There is also some unusual dry season rainfall for the Northern Territory.

Antarctic blast brings record cold spring temps and snow

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-16/nsw-vic-tas-spring-weather-breaks-records-south-east-australia/104357000 

https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/adelaides-coldest-spring-morning-on-record/1889897 

The mercury dropped down to a frigid 1.3Ā°C in Adelaide overnight, the city's lowest springtime temperature in 137 years of records.

https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/canberras-coldest-spring-morning-on-record/1889892 

The mercury plummeted overnight in Canberra, with a reading of ā€“6.9Ā°C recorded at 5:49am. That made it the coldest temperature in any spring month since meteorological records commenced in the national capital in 1923.

https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/darwin-hasnt-seen-september-rain-like-this-for-decades/1889903 

Rare dry season rain is soaking parts of northern Australia this week, with Darwin just copping its heaviest September rain in 43 years.

Perhaps all resulting from the VERY rare SSW we had in the southern hemisphere back in Augustā€¦maybe..

Also, an original TWO poster here from way back at the very start making a visit, good to see the place still going :-)
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17 September 2024 14:44:11
Good to see you backšŸ˜Š
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17 September 2024 21:15:32
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgmrnwgm7zo 

andĀ https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/storm-boris-returns-to-italy-placing-emilia-romagna-and-marche-on-high-alert/


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18 September 2024 06:39:32

Polish city urged to evacuate as floods batter central Europe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yjjqyv84eo 

Sorry, Caz; you'd best pause the Matt Taylor video at about 1:10. but you should see some *interesting* thunderstorms on the Adriatic part of your holiday!

Originally Posted by: DEW 


I quite like a good thunderstorm but would prefer a little sunshine as well. Ā Iā€™m thinking our itinerary is likely to change due to the weather but Iā€™d rather that than be at sea in a storm. Ā Still, weā€™re on a nice ship where we can relax and have everything done for us. Ā Iā€™d better take extra books to read. Ā 
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SydneyonTees
18 September 2024 08:02:11

I quite like a good thunderstorm but would prefer a little sunshine as well. Ā Iā€™m thinking our itinerary is likely to change due to the weather but Iā€™d rather that than be at sea in a storm. Ā Still, weā€™re on a nice ship where we can relax and have everything done for us. Ā Iā€™d better take extra books to read. Ā 

Originally Posted by: Caz 


I made the mistake of coming back to the UK for this year's visit for the whole of April and early May.

We stayed in a barn conversion high up on the NYM. We had 1 good day and my Aussie wife and son spent the whole time frozen stiff... ha! šŸ˜ƒĀ 
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Chunky Pea
21 September 2024 12:00:20
Easy to forget that it is still winter in other parts of the world.Ā 

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Ally Pally Snowman
21 September 2024 12:23:21

Easy to forget that it is still winter in other parts of the world.Ā 

Originally Posted by: Chunky Pea 


That's nuts for South Africa.Ā  Especially this late
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21 September 2024 12:33:22

That's nuts for South Africa.Ā  Especially this late

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 


But allow for the town of Montrose being 2500 ft asl, and the photo probably taken out in the mountains which reach 4000 ft - is it much more remarkable than spring snow on Ben Nevis?
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doctormog
21 September 2024 12:40:27

But allow for the town of Montrose being 2500 ft asl, and the photo probably taken out in the mountains which reach 4000 ft - is it much more remarkable than spring snow on Ben Nevis?

Originally Posted by: DEW 


Given that it is at 29.5Ā° from the equator compared with Ben Nevisā€™ 57Ā° I would say it is probably more unusual. Although is the ā€œcontinentalā€ aspect of the SA location to consider too.
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21 September 2024 13:14:18

Given that it is at 29.5Ā° from the equator compared with Ben Nevisā€™ 57Ā° I would say it is probably more unusual. Although is the ā€œcontinentalā€ aspect of the SA location to consider too.

Originally Posted by: doctormog 


Fair point. A better place for comparison would be the ski resort of Ifrane in Morocco, 5000ft, 30deg N , which apparently gets regular snowfalls in March at the end of the N Hemisphere winter.

https://weatherspark.com/y/34044/Average-Weather-in-Ifrane-Morocco-Year-Round#google_vignette 

(snowfall is 7th chart down)
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johncs2016
21 September 2024 15:26:00

Easy to forget that it is still winter in other parts of the world.Ā 

Originally Posted by: Chunky Pea 


I guess that this is a reminder that anyone who believes that it can't possibly snow in Africa should possibly think again.

South Africa is of course, in the Southern Hemisphere so that this perhaps wouldn't be considered all that unusual if this was happening in July or August which is the height of their winter.

However, the Southern Hemisphere is now into its spring which means that they are no longer actually in their actual "winter", and that just makes this event all the more unusual.
The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.
Ulric
21 September 2024 20:49:20
France24 has an article on it.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240921-s-africa-snowfall-closes-roads-strands-motorists-overnight 
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ozone_aurora
21 September 2024 20:59:43
Johannesburg had a max temperature of 5 C today (21 Sept), according to timeanddate, cf of 29 C recorded on 15 Sept. HST, it does mentionĀ that it recorded very few readings for this month, some days may be missing.

Anyway, maybe this is linked with this rare southern hemisphere SSW event.Ā 
picturesareme
22 September 2024 23:21:01
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Not unknown but also not that common... And un spring.
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23 September 2024 05:54:38
One dead and several missing after 'unprecedented' rains in Japan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20pkwd4dg2o 
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23 September 2024 07:21:50
This seems to be the year of floods globally!Ā 
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