The Ice Age Cometh! Forget Global Warming!

[LQB]

In Split boora (fon: bu:ra - northeast cold wind - The Cleaner) is blowin'. Yeah - Air Cyro therapy, cleans everything - including "chem-trailz". First time this winter i put on my coat - which i almost forgot of...

Yozilla - in 1971 we did a family sailboat charter in those coastal Adriatic waters and got hit with a helacious storm that the locals called boora-boora. Many of the charterer's boats were lost.

 

[Yozilla]

Yes it is very dangerous wind, with sudden and violent blasts, and it is life threatening if you are navigating with small boats or yachts. We say here "Praise the Sea - stay onshore" (Fali more drž' se kraja). Even in summer there are many casualties when tourist (especially Checks) neglect warnings from meteorologists and set sail with Windsurfs, canoes and other light vessels. Road traffic is also difficult cause boora can easily turn over trucks and buses - as happened on several occasions... There are also some critical points on roads along the shoreline where is difficult to keep even the passenger car on the track... Bura is blowing everything away - even soil - and that is main reason why on large areas, exposed to this natural force, there are only rocks, just like Laura noticed when visited one of islands here (Mali Lošinj or Pag - i can't remember exactly).

But there is other about it - It is sunny; freezing an sunny - and people are at home or outside in some lee collecting vitamin D... I personally adore days when bura is in action

 

[Voyageur]

Same here in northwestern Canada. We had a horrible cold snap for three weeks, averaging around -25C and lots of snow. Then the last two weeks were +3C-ish, practically sweater weather with slush everywhere. Yesterday it suddenly changed again back to -11 days and -22 nights and we've had another six inches of snow. It's just nuts.

Was following that system also and sorry things turned so bad again. Just < 70 km. west of the eastern foothill's of the Rockies, that same system swung hard south skirting the mountains and then turned east. Here we had warm temperatures, (10 - 14C by day) some rain squalls inland from the coast and then nice sun today - missed that system thankfully by a hair.

 

[Muxel]

Snow + zero cloud cover + sun = snow blindness

[quote author=http://www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com/modules/vmmuseum/treasures/?artifactid=77] The intense sunlight of the springtime in the Arctic, when reflected from the snow-covered ground, causes a temporary condition called snow blindness. To prevent this, the Inuit made snow goggles. These were fashioned to fit the contours of the face snugly to allow light to enter only through narrow viewing slits that restricted the field of vision and reduced the amount of light that reached the optic nerve. The area behind each eye slit was hollowed out to prevent eye contact and blackened to eliminate glare. Earlier (dating back centuries) goggles were made of bone in the wood scarce Arctic, but later, when wood became more plentiful, such as the time these were made in the early twentieth century, wooden goggles began to appear. The width of the slits governs the width of lateral vision, and the narrower the slit, the more the acuity of vision.[/quote]

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[Graalsword]

Here in late "summer" of Buenos Aires we are having in the last 4 or 5 days an autumn-winter-like weather, seeing people with winter clothes in mid march is like seeing people with winter clothes in september for those who live in the northern hemisphere. So the autumn came earlier than before.

 

[Ben]

Yesterday felt like spring for the first time here in Northern England. By evening temperatures plummeted and forecast to stay low this week. Spring is once again on hold.

 

[Tomiro]

In Finland we're having the coldest March in 50 years, with temperatures some 10 degrees colder than average this time of year.

 

[JonnyRadar]

In northern Michigan we're looking at up to 2 ft. of snow over the next two days, and we're already slammed. This time last year, it was almost hitting 80 degrees and there was no snow anywhere.

I wouldn't be surprised in the least if we see snow on the ground here into June. This is by far the longest winter we've had in years...

 

[SovereignDove]

In Florida there has been unusual cold spells over the last two months or so-which is unusual as the last three years (I lived in the northern Midwest of the US previously) cold weather lasts a week or less. Last year around this time (March) it was 80-90 degrees Farhenheit.

SOTT covered this also:

http://www.sott.net/article/259800-Record-low-temperatures-giving-Florida-spring-breakers-a-chilly-welcome

Spring Breakers flocking south to Florida's typically warm and sunny beaches are bringing along a very unwelcome guest this year - Old Man Winter.

Temperatures averaging 10 to 20 degrees below normal have taken a southward dip into the southeastern portion of the U.S., with temperature highs sitting unseasonably low in the 50 and 60 degree range.

"Bathers may need a wet suit instead of a bathing suit for a couple of days," senior AccuWeather Meteorologist Dan Kottlowski joked in his report.

CapitalClimate reports that record low temperatures were set in Florida on Wednesday: Naples hit 36 degrees, Tallahassee hit 18 degrees and pockets of Florida saw it get even colder with the Gainesville area dropping to 10.7 degrees in northern Florida and the Lake Okeechobee area in southern Florida dipping down to 15.3 degrees.

Florida's chill will be accompanied by wind from the unseasonably cold jet stream, and snow showers are even threatening visitors to the Sunshine State.

"I'm supposed to be on Spring Break, getting a tan and that's not really going over too well, it's a little bit windy and cold," Ohio spring-breaker Elizabeth Young told Central Florida News.

According to AccWeather, Florida temperatures are forecast to bounce back to more seasonable levels later next week as some spring breakers head back home and a fresh new batch of northerners make the trip down South.

"I came from the cold to end up in the cold," Boston spring-breaker Ron Nadeau told Central Florida News.

Although temperatures will still sit above those in the north, much of Florida will remain in cold shock following the higher-than-average temperatures the Sunshine State has felt since Dec. 1 of last year.

 

[Yozilla]

State of emergency is declared in Kiev, Ukraine due to record snowfall:

_http://rt.com/news/ukraine-emergency-snowfall-yanukovich-716/

 

[Persej]

Ok this is very weird (to me ): a SAND STORM in Tokyo Are there any deserts in Japan? Never heard... And what any cold front has to to with this?

Meteorologists said the phenomenon was caused by a sudden cold front...
...
A rapidly developing low pressure system in the north was moving down south. It was bringing a snow storm in the north, and strong winds in Tokyo and surrounding areas...

_http://www.news.com.au/travel/world/dust-storm-darkens-skies-over-tokyo/story-e6frfqai-1226594332321

Added:... maybe space dust?

It's not space dust, it's Gobi dust. ;)

“A rapidly developing low pressure system in the north was moving down south. It was bringing a snow storm in the north, and strong winds in Tokyo and surrounding areas,” the spokesperson said. A visitor on the scene said that the temperature dropped 10 degrees as the dust rolled in. Rain is expected to follow, which should clear the air. The map from NASA shows the path of dust forms that form in the Gobi desert and then move out into the Pacific, occasionally covering Japan.

The Japan Times said that the dust storms, which are most likely in late winter and early spring because of a combination of atmospheric conditions, are becoming a growing nuisance. Although they have always occurred, Japanese researchers have evidence that the number and severity of the storms has increased in the last 20 years. Overgrazing and overforesting expose the soil in central China, including the Gobi Desert. Winters are drier with less snowfall, allowing massive quantities of dust to be picked up and carried from China to Japan.

The situation in China, where the dust storm hit Beijing about 10 AM local time on Sunday, was even worse. An English language newspaper from China, South China Morning Post, said that the dust storm hit like a wall and that the local description of the Chinese idiom to denote the storm could be translated as “flying sand and rolling pebbles.”

At least 41 flights were canceled, and many more had to be delayed. Beijing’s highspeed rail service had to reduce speed on its trains.

In China, the situation is especially dire because the air pollution is already often at toxic levels due to smog caused by the growing use of coal, as well as inefficient vehicles. At times, the problem has been so bad that the authorities have banned the use of government vehicles on the streets. Barbecues and firecrackers may also soon be banned in Beijing to cut down on smoke.

Officials from Japan, China, and South Korea have planned a meeting in May to see if they can find a way to reduce the number and severity of these dust storms.

_http://www.inquisitr.com/564868/dust-storm-hits-tokyo/#B2GDZtS718C3rPDQ.99

 

[mabar]

Couldn't stop my mind to think about the movie The Day After Tomorrow with this one:
http://www.sott.net/article/260290-Incredible-North-Atlantic-storm-spans-Atlantic-Ocean-coast-to-coast

Is getting too continuous those kind of news nowadays.

Not so cold at this part of the world (Mex) but still a little more of crazy March we are having, at least in Mexico City, from sunny -hot burn sunlight- to drop in temperatures as this week, accordingly to weather guys, it should had improve today, but I did not felt it improved that much, I am still using the jacket inside. And it rained atypically with lighting bolts, not strongly though. It usually rains atypically where it seems it is not needed.

 

[Niall]

Is the Ice Age here-eth?!

Spring Freeze to grip Britain until end of April, say forecasters after jet stream which brings us warm air diverts to Africa

Incredible North Atlantic storm spans Atlantic Ocean, coast to coast

 

[MikaelYosef]

Is the Ice Age here-eth?!

The expanse of the above cloud layer is also impressive when using Google Earth.

For anyone who has Google Earth installed (that is, not Google maps), and if you weren't already aware, you can view current global weather conditions. Under the 'Layers' tab you can choose to view cloud layer, radar, conditions/forecasts, and ocean observations.

 

[Brenda86]

We're still having below average temperatures here, too. I'm in Memphis, TN, USA and usually this time of year we are consistently in the 70s (between 21-25C). But we've had many more cooler days than warm ones and we're almost into May. Today the high is only 58 (14-15C) and it's currently only 46 (about 8C) outside!!

Normally, we'd see something like an 80 (25C) degree day followed by rain and maybe back into the mid-high 60s, low 70s (18-21C). But we're seeing much cooler rebound temperatures than usual.

I'm wondering how the rest of spring and summer is going to pan out.