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Storm Ciara causes Amber 'danger to life' warning for the UK this weekend:
'Weather alerts for rain and dangerous winds have been put in place for the whole of the UK and eight inches of snow in Scotland.'
 
Heavy wind damage is being reported to have caused deaths in Slovenia and Poland.

Heavy winds disrupt traffic in Slovenia, kill one February 10, 2020
LJUBLJANA - Heavy winds knocked down numerous trees in Slovenia, disrupting traffic and killing one person on Monday while thousands of households in northern and eastern Slovenia were left without electricity.

A 52-year-old local man was killed near Podvelka in northern Slovenia while driving a car as a tree fell on his car, the Police said.

The wind blew with the speed of up to 100 kilometers per hour, the Slovenian Environment Agency said.

The Slovenian Forest Service issued a warning that people should not walk or work in forests while the vicious wind persists, saying that would be “extremely dangerous”.

Wind rips roof off in Polish ski resort, killing mother and two daughters February 10, 2020
A woman of 52 and her two daughters aged 15 and 21 were killed on Monday in Bukowina Tatrzanska, a ski resort in southern Poland, when high winds tore the roof off a ski rental shop.

The mother and her 15-year-old daughter died at the scene, while the 21-year-old died later in hospital, Polish media reported.

A fourth victim, the father of the family, is in hospital in a state of shock, private broadcaster Polsat News reported on its website.
 
Storm Ciara causes Amber 'danger to life' warning for the UK this weekend:
'Weather alerts for rain and dangerous winds have been put in place for the whole of the UK and eight inches of snow in Scotland.'
This was wild. Very high winds and torrential rain. I've never seen the river Nidd so high. The water levels were phenominal. Very unusual indeed.
 
This was wild. Very high winds and torrential rain. I've never seen the river Nidd so high. The water levels were phenominal. Very unusual indeed.
Not over yet Thebull, there is more in store for the UK:
with five new storms forming in the Atlantic to unleash snow and rain this week.

"The Met Office said the February storms come from a “super-charged, high-altitude Atlantic jet-stream wind firing tempests at Britain”.

Brace yourselves!
 
In Italy instead for the last couple fo weeks we had a nice weather with temperatures reaching sometimes 22° C during the day, though yesterday a strong wind rose and still continues to be ragging. In some areas of the country there are predicted winds reaching 70-80 km/h which is unusual for the Italian climate. Though I'd say that it's not so unusual considering all the strangeness that is happening all over the world. Anyways, since I live in Italy, never have I've seen such a mild winter.
 
Not over yet Thebull, there is more in store for the UK:
with five new storms forming in the Atlantic to unleash snow and rain this week.

"The Met Office said the February storms come from a “super-charged, high-altitude Atlantic jet-stream wind firing tempests at Britain”.

Brace yourselves!
We'll more to look forward to so it seems. Everywhere is saturated the rain has turned to sleet and snow today though not heavy. The high winds are still blowing strong.
 
In Italy instead for the last couple fo weeks we had a nice weather with temperatures reaching sometimes 22° C during the day... Anyways, since I live in Italy, never have I've seen such a mild winter.

That is really warm for a winter! What are the average temperatures usually around at the time of year?
 
That is really warm for a winter! What are the average temperatures usually around at the time of year?
During the winter, the average temperatures are ranging between -5° C to + 6-8° C, so it is not too warm, from April till September the average temperatures in the northern part of the country are ranging between 15-20 to 30-35 (During the summer). In any case since I live here, never did I experience such a mild winter. In some parts of the country the tree started to blossom so if the temperatures will drop suddenly in the next couple of weeks you can imagine what will be the outcome, that is, there may happen huge crop losses and as a consequence food shortages, at least this is the scenario I can think of at the moment. Will see, only time will tell. In any way it is a sign of times, that's for sure.
 
Not over yet Thebull, there is more in store for the UK:
with five new storms forming in the Atlantic to unleash snow and rain this week.

"The Met Office said the February storms come from a “super-charged, high-altitude Atlantic jet-stream wind firing tempests at Britain”.

Brace yourselves!

Pilots aboard Hurricane Hunter plane chasing a winter storm experience strange phenomenon
https://www.wnep.com/article/weathe...enon/607-52769051-4f0a-4178-b759-2f28dc75bbb5

February 19, 2020 - An experienced hurricane hunting crew chasing a winter storm came across a far different discovery this past weekend. In what is know as St. Elmo's fire, footage of the forking electric discharge was captured on Saturday by pilots as the spectacle flashed throughout the cockpit.

The video, captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Aircraft Operations Center (AOC), was taken as pilots flew across the Atlantic Ocean amid thunderstorms. NOAA deployed the hunters to support a project analyzing ocean surface winds in winter storms over the North Atlantic.

The flight took place as Storm Dennis chugged along in the North Atlantic approaching Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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Credit: NOAA Corps via AccuWeather Sprawling displays of St. Elmo's fire illuminated the cockpit of a crew flying across the Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA Corps)

Named after St. Erasmus of Formia, the patron saint of sailors, reports of St. Elmo's fire trace back thousands of years to ancient Greece and tales of the marvel were consistently shared by ship fleets.

St. Elmo's fire differs from lightning in that it is simply a glow of electrons in the air, whereas lightning is the movement of electricity from a charged cloud to the ground. In a thunderstorm, where the surrounding environment is electrically charged, the phenomenon is sparked when a charged object, such as a ship mast or airplane nose, causes a dramatic difference in charge, emitting a visual discharge. It can most simply be compared to a continuous spark.

"The point of the nose of an aircraft gives electricity an easy path to flow, as does the mast of the ship," Samuhel said. "These locations are where St. Elmo's fire is most common."

In historical recounts of St. Elmo's fire, writers such as Julius Caesar and Charles Darwin depict the instances as a steady glow.
"Everything is in flames: the sky with lightning, the water with luminous particles and even the very masts are pointed with a blue flame," Darwin wrote while aboard the Beagle as he traveled across the Atlantic.

For experienced pilots like the Hurricane Hunters, the light show in front of them likely wouldn't have induced any fear or panic, although the event could be a sign of stormy weather ahead.

"It lasted about three minutes," explained Maria Ines Rubio, a flight attendant who witnessed the phenomenon in 2017, to The Washington Post. "I wasn't nervous, because it a rather normal occurrence when you get into a strong enough storm."

The phenomenon, also known as a corona discharge, is "commonly observed on the periphery of propellers and along the wing tips, windshield, and nose of aircraft flying in dry snow, in ice crystals, or near thunderstorms," according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
 
In the Heaven's - this was lining up ... An eclipse-like event will cause Mars to vanish from the sky over North America early Tuesday morning (2.18.2020) in a rare event known to astronomers as a lunar occultation.

Moon, Mars and Earth to align before dawn on Tuesday

https://www.wnep.com/article/weathe...sday/607-ea09e125-3770-4e5e-9ad4-c819a5fc9040

Similar to an eclipse when the Earth, moon and sun fall in line, during an occultation, the Earth, moon and a planet align.
As a result, the Red Planet will be hidden from sight as it appears to pass directly behind the moon during Tuesday's event.

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Tuesday's event is one of the top 10 astronomy events of 2020, and the only one of its kind visible from North America.

Other areas of the world will be able to see similar events throughout the year, including a lunar occultation of Mercury across Europe on Dec. 14, according to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
 
Nearly 20 people have been killed in some of the worst storms to hit Egypt in decades, the country's prime minister said in a statement on Friday.

Egypt says nearly 20 killed in freak bad weather
A man rides a cart during a thunderstorm and heavy rains in Cairo, as the government announced a day off while the rain exceeds the infrastructure's capacity in most cities, Egypt March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A man rides a cart during a thunderstorm and heavy rains in Cairo, as the government announced a day off while the rain exceeds the infrastructure's capacity in most cities, Egypt March 12, 2020.

The North African country has been battered by heavy rain and strong winds that began in the earlier hours of Thursday and continued on Friday.

Egypt has not experienced such weather conditions for nearly 35 or 40 years,” Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said. “These weather conditions resulted in about 20 deaths across the country.” Traffic, trains, ports and flights were affected.

Thirteen people were injured on Thursday when two passenger trains collided in Cairo because of the weather, the government said. Local media reported several deaths because of electric shocks, partial collapse of buildings or road accidents over Thursday and Friday.
Videos and pictures of flooded Cairo streets were circulated widely on social media, with criticism of‮ ‬the government over poor infrastructure. Many complained of long power and water outages and inadequate drainage.

Government supporters says the administration of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has inherited mistakes of successive governments stretching back decades and is working to improve infrastructure and develop services.
 
Amidst all the covid mania, "A significant severe thunderstorm outbreak is likely for portions of the Midwest this afternoon and evening, especially from eastern Iowa into northern and central Illinois. The threats include tornadoes, a few which may be significant, large to very large hail, and damaging winds", the statement reads.

Tornado warnings are in place for Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri and Iowa and other states.

Stay safe for those of you who are out there.!
 
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