Snowfall in Northern Russia

[Shared Joy]

Yesterday a heavy snowfall happened in Vorutka.

According to the weather forecast which was given by the Russian meteorological experts that the cold wave and snowfall system had reached the Vorkuta from north pole and would continue to affect the region at least one week.

_http://en.cihan.com.tr/en/snowfall-hits-russian-city-of-vorkuta-in-the-middle-of-summer-1813540.htm

Quite big differences of temperatures across the BBM!

 

[Laura]

Wonder if it is a harbinger of "sudden glacial rebound"?

 

[Siberia]

Wonder if it is a harbinger of "sudden glacial rebound"?

Well, despite the fact that Vorkuta is located above the Arctic Circle and is rather cold in itself, something unusual IS indeed happening in the area this year: it's already the 3rd time when the weather turns from warm to snow-cold very abruptly there, thus breaking the news in Russia. This time the temperature sharply fell from +12 to below zero. The local authorities are planning to switch on the central heating because of such weather surprise. But meteorologists say that it's going to be +20 C there again soon.

Also, the sea port of Murmansk froze this winter too. It only happened 5 times during the last 100 years.

Russian climatologists say that these effects could be caused by the weakening Gulf Stream, but it's more than that, as we know. Here is the map of Murmansk and Vorkuta (sorry, couldn't find a better map of both cities to be clearly seen):

 

[Altair]

I posted an article about the snow in Vorkuta on Russian Sott. I think we should keep an eye on any unusual weather events in Northern Russia reported on the Russian internet. Added some new Google Alerts.

 

[Laura]

I posted an article about the snow in Vorkuta on Russian Sott. I think we should keep an eye on any unusual weather events in Northern Russia reported on the Russian internet. Added some new Google Alerts.

Good idea. Don't know if you read the Sci-fi book "The Sixth Winter", but it makes you think when taken with other information.

 

[Keit]

I posted an article about the snow in Vorkuta on Russian Sott. I think we should keep an eye on any unusual weather events in Northern Russia reported on the Russian internet. Added some new Google Alerts.

Just stumbled upon the following info about daily temperature and weather extremes around the world on meteoinfo.ru site. Maybe can be useful. Here it is translated into English.

 

[Siberia]

I posted an article about the snow in Vorkuta on Russian Sott. I think we should keep an eye on any unusual weather events in Northern Russia reported on the Russian internet. Added some new Google Alerts.

Here is the previous case of severe snow storm in Vorkuta which was included in May Sott Earth Changes video.

Also, there are three Exclusive articles on Russian Sott about unusual 2015 cold and snow weather worldwide (including Russia): this, this and this. fwiw

 

[Possibility of Being]

FWIW, here is Historical monthly averages for July for Vorkuta:

http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/Russia/Vorkuta/climate-profile.aspx

...
Temperature

Throughout the month of July daytime temperatures will generally reach highs of around 18°C that's about 65°F. At night the average minimum temperature drops down to around 8°C, that's 46°F.

In recent times the highest recorded temperature in July has been 33°C that's 92°F, with the lowest recorded temperature -7°C, about 19°F. ...

Precipitation

The average monthly amount of precipitation has been recorded at around 59 mm, that's 2 inches. Throughout the month you can expect to see rain or drizzle falling on 17 days of the month, with snow falling on 1 days.

 

[Siberia]

FWIW, here is Historical monthly averages for July for Vorkuta:

http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/Russia/Vorkuta/climate-profile.aspx

Wikipedia says that Vorkuta has no snowfalls in July and that the record low temp registered there in July was -1 C, but maybe they have old data, dunno.

What seems unusual for Vorkuta this year is the sharply falling temps and the amount of snow, or so I understood from the reports. fwiw

 

[Keit]

Wikipedia says that Vorkuta has no snowfalls in July and that the record low temp registered there in July was -1 C, but maybe they have old data, dunno.

Well, this site (in Russian) also mentions the 1 day in July statistics. But maybe it uses the same source as the site Possibility of Being posted.

 

[Possibility of Being]

Wikipedia says that Vorkuta has no snowfalls in July and that the record low temp registered there in July was -1 C, but maybe they have old data, dunno.

What seems unusual for Vorkuta this year is the sharply falling temps and the amount of snow, or so I understood from the reports. fwiw

I don't want to sound as if I was insisting that nothing unusual happens with the climate in general, or in particular, in Vorkuta. We can see the signs nearly everywhere. Just keep in mind that an average of 0 days with snow in July can mean 2 snowy days one year, then 10 years without, etc. If you get an average of 0.4, it will be listed as 0.

In any case, it will be interesting to see how the next days develop as from the video I've got an impression that the snow was melting away pretty quickly.

 

[Altair]

I posted an article about the snow in Vorkuta on Russian Sott. I think we should keep an eye on any unusual weather events in Northern Russia reported on the Russian internet. Added some new Google Alerts.

Good idea. Don't know if you read the Sci-fi book "The Sixth Winter", but it makes you think when taken with other information.

Thank you for the recommendation. It will be an interesting read judging by the review _http://blogcritics.org/apocalyptically-sudden-climate-change-looking-at/.

 

[Siberia]

Wikipedia says that Vorkuta has no snowfalls in July and that the record low temp registered there in July was -1 C, but maybe they have old data, dunno.

What seems unusual for Vorkuta this year is the sharply falling temps and the amount of snow, or so I understood from the reports. fwiw

I don't want to sound as if I was insisting that nothing unusual happens with the climate in general, or in particular, in Vorkuta. We can see the signs nearly everywhere. Just keep in mind that an average of 0 days with snow in July can mean 2 snowy days one year, then 10 years without, etc. If you get an average of 0.4, it will be listed as 0.

Yeah, that makes sense, thank you Possibility of Being. I checked the previous meteorologists' reports (May 2015) on that area which say that the temps first hit record high +25 C (!) and then fell below zero overnight bringing up to one meter of snow. So that's what probably makes these events unusual: not the fact of snow or cold, but how it can first break the absolute warmth record and then sharply fall and bring massive precipitation. Anyway, will be interesting to follow further events. :)

 

[luc]

I posted an article about the snow in Vorkuta on Russian Sott. I think we should keep an eye on any unusual weather events in Northern Russia reported on the Russian internet. Added some new Google Alerts.

Good idea. Don't know if you read the Sci-fi book "The Sixth Winter", but it makes you think when taken with other information.

Thank you for the recommendation. It will be an interesting read judging by the review _http://blogcritics.org/apocalyptically-sudden-climate-change-looking-at/.

FWIW, I read that book a few months ago and it really is an interesting read in many ways, I think. The scenario is already frightening - add psychopaths in power to the equation and I really can't imagine the amount of suffering that may come our way...

 

[Siberia]

Today's news from Interfax (Google translation):

Moscow. July 7. INTERFAX.RU - July snow fell yesterday in the Salekhard, residents in social networks have published photographs of lawns and roads with drifting snow, in the morning the snow has melted.

Meteorologists, despite the fallen snow, consider this summer in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug warm.

The press office of the governor YaNAO reports that the average temperature this June was above normal for three to seven degrees. However, in the first days of July, it snowed in the south-western parts of the district during the night.

"Yamal snow in July is not new, but in terms of meteorology is still an anomaly. This fact repeats on average once every 50 years", - said Head of the Hydrometeorological Center of regional weather forecasts Sariba Zhernovaya.

According to her, the whole summer 2015 yet cannot be called abnormally cold. The absolute minimum of minus one degree in July was recorded in the district in 1960.

YaNAO is located in the Arctic zone of the West Siberian Plain, in the center of the Russian Far North. The climate is continental, determined by the presence of permafrost, the proximity of the cold Arctic Ocean, an abundance of bays, rivers, wetlands and lakes.