Winter in Rusland
Afgelopen nacht werd het min 60 graden en niet "warmer" dan min 55 overdag. Zo is het de laatste week in Oymyakon in Rusland. Dit is het hart van de Siberische "koudepool" die, in de wintertijd, één van de koudste bewoonde plekken op aarde is.
Het record van deze winter (2004-2005) was een respectabele min 61 tot min 62, van afgelopen vrijdag en zaterdag. Deze data komen normaal overeen met het daggemiddelde in het midden van de winter in januari. Op dit moment is de normale gemiddelde temperatuur 63 tot 54 graden beneden het vriespunt.
Winter
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Weerstation Enschede
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Hogedruk
Het zou nu niet verkeerd zijn dat we een zeer standvastig hogedruk gebied boven noord Scandinavië en de Baltische staten zouden krijgen, misschien dat die diepvries uit Siberië dan deze kant op komt.
Groeten jos
Groeten jos
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Japan
Maandag was er relatieve stilte op het Noordelijk Eiland Hokkaido in Japan. Maar afgelopen weekeinde was het alles behalve rustig. Oost Hakkaido had te maken met zware winterstormen (blizzards) met 6 tot 24 inches driftende sneeuw tijdens windsnelheden tussen de 30 tot 50 mijl p/u. De steden Nemuro, Kushiro en Abashiri leden ook onder de blizzard. Verder naar het westen strooide de storm een zware lading natte sneeuw over de stad Sapporo. In vergelijking met regenwater ongeveer 2.9 inches, waarbij de sneeuwdiepte op maandag 15 inches was.
Canada
Maandag was het ook de koudste dag van dit seizoen in het hart vanAlberta in Canada. In Calgary kwam de koude wind na een uitdagende warmte-record op vrijdag. Toen was het 54 graden F, 21 graden hoger dan normaal. Maar ook Edmonton kwam daar na vrijdag een temperatuurval in naar 13 graden F beneden het vriespunt, aldus geobserveerd op het plaatselijke vliegveld.
Rusland
In Yakutsk, de hoofdstad van het Russische Yakutiya, waren er koudere koudegolven dan de laatste jaren. De gemiddelde temperatuur van de laatste 7 dagen lag 20 graden onder het normale gemiddelde. De temperatuur schommelde tussen de min 55 en min 44. Deze Siberische Republiek ligt in het koudste bewoonde gebied op aarde.
Groeten, Dick
Maandag was er relatieve stilte op het Noordelijk Eiland Hokkaido in Japan. Maar afgelopen weekeinde was het alles behalve rustig. Oost Hakkaido had te maken met zware winterstormen (blizzards) met 6 tot 24 inches driftende sneeuw tijdens windsnelheden tussen de 30 tot 50 mijl p/u. De steden Nemuro, Kushiro en Abashiri leden ook onder de blizzard. Verder naar het westen strooide de storm een zware lading natte sneeuw over de stad Sapporo. In vergelijking met regenwater ongeveer 2.9 inches, waarbij de sneeuwdiepte op maandag 15 inches was.
Canada
Maandag was het ook de koudste dag van dit seizoen in het hart vanAlberta in Canada. In Calgary kwam de koude wind na een uitdagende warmte-record op vrijdag. Toen was het 54 graden F, 21 graden hoger dan normaal. Maar ook Edmonton kwam daar na vrijdag een temperatuurval in naar 13 graden F beneden het vriespunt, aldus geobserveerd op het plaatselijke vliegveld.
Rusland
In Yakutsk, de hoofdstad van het Russische Yakutiya, waren er koudere koudegolven dan de laatste jaren. De gemiddelde temperatuur van de laatste 7 dagen lag 20 graden onder het normale gemiddelde. De temperatuur schommelde tussen de min 55 en min 44. Deze Siberische Republiek ligt in het koudste bewoonde gebied op aarde.
Groeten, Dick
Extreme Weather - Thunderstorms ! Devastating and Loud, Windy and Frightening but......always Exciting!
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Thunderknight
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bbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrr
Dat is me een paar jassen te koud.
Als je daar s'avonds je kunstgebit uit doet dan klappert het nog een kwartier na op het nachtkastje.
groet, Helmut
Als je daar s'avonds je kunstgebit uit doet dan klappert het nog een kwartier na op het nachtkastje.
groet, Helmut
Een dreigend gerommel, steeds luider, natuur wordt opeens stil.
De wind trekt aan, het word iets kil.
Het gerommel zwelt aan, het geflits neemt toe.
De smaragd groene lucht.....I'am in heaven.
De wind trekt aan, het word iets kil.
Het gerommel zwelt aan, het geflits neemt toe.
De smaragd groene lucht.....I'am in heaven.
Winter in Amerika
Winter in Amerika
Van CNN
Midwest storm brings record snowfall
Motorists trapped in cars for hours on Indiana interstate
Thursday, December 23, 2004 Posted: 12:50 PM EST (1750 GMT)
(CNN) -- A storm that blew across the Midwest and East Coast was headed to Canada on Thursday, leaving more than 2 feet of snow in some areas and snarling holiday travel for many.
Ohio Valley residents were digging out of 5-foot drifts in some areas -- and bracing for icy conditions. A foot or more of snow was reported across southeastern Missouri, southern Indiana, northern Kentucky and into Ohio. Scottsburg, Indiana, received 29 inches of snow.
The Wednesday snowfall at Evansville of 19.3 inches shattered the record for any single day, set February 25, 1993, when 10.9 inches fell. It was also well over the normal yearly total of 14.2 inches. Paducah, Kentucky, got 14 inches, more than the yearly norm of 10. In Amarillo, Texas, 3.7 inches of snow fell Wednesday, more than triple the previous record for the date.
At least 11 traffic deaths were blamed on the bad weather. Power outages were reported in numerous locations.
The wintry blast forced authorities to shut down several stretches of Interstate 64 around Evansville, Indiana, leaving hundreds of motorists stranded.
"It is a big mess," said Sherman Greer, emergency management coordinator for Evansville and Vandenburgh County. He had no estimate on how many people were stranded, but he said more were being found hourly. Some had been stuck in their cars since Wednesday afternoon, he said.
"The big crisis right now is getting the people into shelter," Greer said. Members of the Indiana National Guard were using Humvees, he said, to transport motorists to hotels or American Red Cross shelters.
Workers were concentrating on clearing snow on Thursday from westbound lanes lanes of I-64, prompting anger among some stranded drivers in the eastbound lanes, Greer said. A Humvee trying to reach the eastbound lanes became stranded in the highway's median.
Greer said he had been in contact with many motorists via cell phone and most seemed to be in good spirits.
"I would be biting my nails by now," he said. But no medical or other emergencies had been reported, he said. Indiana State Police were broadcasting information for stranded motorists over the radio, advising them to run their vehicle engines for 10 minutes every hour to keep warm.
'We're still stuck here'
Snow forced Ken Sabatini, 52, of Leawood, Kansas, and his wife and two children to spend Wednesday night in their car stuck on Interstate 64, according to The Associated Press. "We're still stuck here. It's been about 13 hours," Sabatini, told the AP on Thursday morning. The Sabatinis are trying to get to Cincinnati for Christmas. "It's cold outside and we're doing our best to stay inside the car."
Stuck in Cincinnati's bus terminal, Susie Brown, 32, was waiting on Thursday for a Greyhound to take her north through western Ohio, the AP reported.
"My brother always told me that I would grow up someday to regret wanting a white Christmas," Brown, a Cincinnati resident, told the AP, "and this year he may be right."
Weather also threatened to delay travelers to the north across Interstate 70 through St. Louis, Missouri, and Indianapolis, Indiana.
Southern shivers
Snowfall was reported as far south as Nashville, Tennessee, and Dallas, Texas. Freezing rain and snow was also complicating travel on Interstates 75 and 65 in northern Kentucky, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Web site.
Mississippi motorists were urged to delay travel in the northern third of the state until at least mid-morning Thursday.
"There is extensive icing on the roads and highways north of a line from Greenville to Grenada to Tupelo," said an advisory issued by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. "If you must drive, do so with extreme caution."
In Arkansas, the Red Cross had opened a shelter just off Interstate 30 in Melvern, said Bill Muesham, spokesman for the state Department of Emergency Management. Although the interstate was not closed, about 120 people had taken advantage of the facility, he said.
Weather-related traffic accidents had killed six people in Texas, including a pedestrian who was assisting the driver of a stalled vehicle, authorities said. Three fatalities were reported in Oklahoma, one in Arkansas and one in New Mexico.
Air travel was also hard-hit by the storm. As of Thursday morning, flights were delayed by about 30 minutes in Detroit, Michigan; and Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio, because of de-icing, said Kellye Serna, air traffic analyst for the Orbitz travel Web site. Snow in the Ohio Valley was tapering off, allowing crews to clear, sand and salt runways, she said.
As the storm moves northeast on Thursday, traffic congestion is expected at airports serving New York City, along with airports for Washington and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Serna said. Other busy airports in Atlanta, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois, will likely be affected by delays, she said, which is expected "any time there's anything less than perfect weather, coupled with volume."
Expert: Delay flying till Friday
In addition, airlines were still struggling to catch up from Wednesday's cancellations and delays, Serna said. Delays could reach about 45 minutes to an hour.
If travelers' plans are flexible, she said, the best thing to do would be to delay travel until Friday, when weather conditions will have improved and airlines will have more available seats. "It's not a good day to travel," she said.
"They're trying to open up the roadways," said Ohio Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Rick Zwayer. "As they open up the roadways, we have slideoffs and vehicle jackknifes."
No major Ohio thoroughfares were closed, he said, but travel on I-70 and I-75 in the western part of the state was hazardous and very slow.
A passenger train traveling through Cincinnati was delayed a couple of hours because of heavy snow, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said. Snow gets between the switches that route trains, he said, and must be cleaned out. The train -- the Cardinal -- was "back underway at restricted speed" because of cold weather and winds, which can affect the rail line's traffic control system, he said.
Van CNN
Midwest storm brings record snowfall
Motorists trapped in cars for hours on Indiana interstate
Thursday, December 23, 2004 Posted: 12:50 PM EST (1750 GMT)
(CNN) -- A storm that blew across the Midwest and East Coast was headed to Canada on Thursday, leaving more than 2 feet of snow in some areas and snarling holiday travel for many.
Ohio Valley residents were digging out of 5-foot drifts in some areas -- and bracing for icy conditions. A foot or more of snow was reported across southeastern Missouri, southern Indiana, northern Kentucky and into Ohio. Scottsburg, Indiana, received 29 inches of snow.
The Wednesday snowfall at Evansville of 19.3 inches shattered the record for any single day, set February 25, 1993, when 10.9 inches fell. It was also well over the normal yearly total of 14.2 inches. Paducah, Kentucky, got 14 inches, more than the yearly norm of 10. In Amarillo, Texas, 3.7 inches of snow fell Wednesday, more than triple the previous record for the date.
At least 11 traffic deaths were blamed on the bad weather. Power outages were reported in numerous locations.
The wintry blast forced authorities to shut down several stretches of Interstate 64 around Evansville, Indiana, leaving hundreds of motorists stranded.
"It is a big mess," said Sherman Greer, emergency management coordinator for Evansville and Vandenburgh County. He had no estimate on how many people were stranded, but he said more were being found hourly. Some had been stuck in their cars since Wednesday afternoon, he said.
"The big crisis right now is getting the people into shelter," Greer said. Members of the Indiana National Guard were using Humvees, he said, to transport motorists to hotels or American Red Cross shelters.
Workers were concentrating on clearing snow on Thursday from westbound lanes lanes of I-64, prompting anger among some stranded drivers in the eastbound lanes, Greer said. A Humvee trying to reach the eastbound lanes became stranded in the highway's median.
Greer said he had been in contact with many motorists via cell phone and most seemed to be in good spirits.
"I would be biting my nails by now," he said. But no medical or other emergencies had been reported, he said. Indiana State Police were broadcasting information for stranded motorists over the radio, advising them to run their vehicle engines for 10 minutes every hour to keep warm.
'We're still stuck here'
Snow forced Ken Sabatini, 52, of Leawood, Kansas, and his wife and two children to spend Wednesday night in their car stuck on Interstate 64, according to The Associated Press. "We're still stuck here. It's been about 13 hours," Sabatini, told the AP on Thursday morning. The Sabatinis are trying to get to Cincinnati for Christmas. "It's cold outside and we're doing our best to stay inside the car."
Stuck in Cincinnati's bus terminal, Susie Brown, 32, was waiting on Thursday for a Greyhound to take her north through western Ohio, the AP reported.
"My brother always told me that I would grow up someday to regret wanting a white Christmas," Brown, a Cincinnati resident, told the AP, "and this year he may be right."
Weather also threatened to delay travelers to the north across Interstate 70 through St. Louis, Missouri, and Indianapolis, Indiana.
Southern shivers
Snowfall was reported as far south as Nashville, Tennessee, and Dallas, Texas. Freezing rain and snow was also complicating travel on Interstates 75 and 65 in northern Kentucky, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Web site.
Mississippi motorists were urged to delay travel in the northern third of the state until at least mid-morning Thursday.
"There is extensive icing on the roads and highways north of a line from Greenville to Grenada to Tupelo," said an advisory issued by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. "If you must drive, do so with extreme caution."
In Arkansas, the Red Cross had opened a shelter just off Interstate 30 in Melvern, said Bill Muesham, spokesman for the state Department of Emergency Management. Although the interstate was not closed, about 120 people had taken advantage of the facility, he said.
Weather-related traffic accidents had killed six people in Texas, including a pedestrian who was assisting the driver of a stalled vehicle, authorities said. Three fatalities were reported in Oklahoma, one in Arkansas and one in New Mexico.
Air travel was also hard-hit by the storm. As of Thursday morning, flights were delayed by about 30 minutes in Detroit, Michigan; and Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio, because of de-icing, said Kellye Serna, air traffic analyst for the Orbitz travel Web site. Snow in the Ohio Valley was tapering off, allowing crews to clear, sand and salt runways, she said.
As the storm moves northeast on Thursday, traffic congestion is expected at airports serving New York City, along with airports for Washington and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Serna said. Other busy airports in Atlanta, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois, will likely be affected by delays, she said, which is expected "any time there's anything less than perfect weather, coupled with volume."
Expert: Delay flying till Friday
In addition, airlines were still struggling to catch up from Wednesday's cancellations and delays, Serna said. Delays could reach about 45 minutes to an hour.
If travelers' plans are flexible, she said, the best thing to do would be to delay travel until Friday, when weather conditions will have improved and airlines will have more available seats. "It's not a good day to travel," she said.
"They're trying to open up the roadways," said Ohio Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. Rick Zwayer. "As they open up the roadways, we have slideoffs and vehicle jackknifes."
No major Ohio thoroughfares were closed, he said, but travel on I-70 and I-75 in the western part of the state was hazardous and very slow.
A passenger train traveling through Cincinnati was delayed a couple of hours because of heavy snow, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said. Snow gets between the switches that route trains, he said, and must be cleaned out. The train -- the Cardinal -- was "back underway at restricted speed" because of cold weather and winds, which can affect the rail line's traffic control system, he said.
Extreme Weather - Thunderstorms ! Devastating and Loud, Windy and Frightening but......always Exciting!
Tientallen doden door sneeuwstormen VS en Canada
Tientallen doden door sneeuwstormen VS en Canada
WASHINGTON - Zeker twintig mensen zijn de afgelopen dagen in Canada en de Verenigde Staten om het leven gekomen door sneeuwstormen.
Op een snelweg in de staat Indiana zijn honderd auto's ingesneeuwd. Elders in het land zijn duizenden automobilisten gestrand. Volgens deskundigen komen zware sneeuwstormen zoals die van de afgelopen dagen zelden voor in de VS.
Vooral de Amerikaanse staten Ohio, Missouri, Kentucky en Indiana zijn zwaar getroffen. In Ohio zitten 300.000 huizen gedurende de kerstdagen zonder stroom, aldus de media.
Zelfs in de zuidelijk gelegen staten Texas en Louisiana viel sneeuw. Bewoners in delen van Arkansas hadden zaterdag voor het eerst in 120 jaar weer een 'witte kerst'.
WASHINGTON - Zeker twintig mensen zijn de afgelopen dagen in Canada en de Verenigde Staten om het leven gekomen door sneeuwstormen.
Op een snelweg in de staat Indiana zijn honderd auto's ingesneeuwd. Elders in het land zijn duizenden automobilisten gestrand. Volgens deskundigen komen zware sneeuwstormen zoals die van de afgelopen dagen zelden voor in de VS.
Vooral de Amerikaanse staten Ohio, Missouri, Kentucky en Indiana zijn zwaar getroffen. In Ohio zitten 300.000 huizen gedurende de kerstdagen zonder stroom, aldus de media.
Zelfs in de zuidelijk gelegen staten Texas en Louisiana viel sneeuw. Bewoners in delen van Arkansas hadden zaterdag voor het eerst in 120 jaar weer een 'witte kerst'.
Extreme Weather - Thunderstorms ! Devastating and Loud, Windy and Frightening but......always Exciting!