What's the weather where you are?

[EmeraldR]

here in ireland we have a storm warning
also big thunder storms last night - shook the ground bigtime !

Storm Bram will bring very strong to gale force southerly winds with the strongest winds along the coast.

Impacts:
• Flooding of low-lying coastal areas, especially during high tide
• Wave overtopping
• Difficult travel conditions
• Debris, loose objects displaced
• Outdoor events impacted
• Power outages


Valid: 07:00 Tuesday 09/12/2025 to 15:00 Tuesday 09/12/2025

 

[jess]

In my location, we are under a winter storm warning. It will be snowing from 11:00 AM and will continue with some breaks throughout the day and night, with temperatures currently at -1°C, but dropping to -17°C in the early hours of the following day. Lows for the next few days will remain between -17°C and -16°C.

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ​

 

[Nienna]

In my location, we are under a winter storm warning

What is your location? It's always nice to know where someone is talking about when they report on the weather conditions in their area.

 

[jess]

What is your location? It's always nice to know where someone is talking about when they report on the weather conditions in their area.

Hi Nienna, my location is Mason, Ohio, southwestern Warren County.

 

[Angchop]

Here in western Washington we are having historic flooding. The town I live in became an island for 2 days and this has only happened years ago. Here is a pic of Duvall, wa from last Thursday Dec. 11th

 

[Nienna]

Here in western Washington we are having historic flooding. The town I live in became an island for 2 days and this has only happened years ago. Here is a pic of Duvall, wa from last Thursday Dec. 11th

I read about the atmospheric river that has gone through that area. It said that there were more on the way. I used to live in Arlington, WA in the foothills, and roads into Arlington would flood after some heavy rain. I can only imagine what it is like around there now.

Hope you are not having any problems with all that water. Stay safe.

 

[SlipNet]

Well we've had our second fall of snow so far this winter. Very chilly outside, and I had to run some errands earlier today. Man, I nearly slipped on a couple of occasions on the compacted snow on the pavements. It was certainly energising going for a 5 mile walk, and the shops were very quiet.

However, the landscape looked beautiful when I woke up this morning, and I'm guessing the local schoolkids had the day off!

 

[XPan]

Stockholm, Sweden
7 January 2026 • 17:30 (-7°C)


Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
And boy, snow we got aplenty. Especially in some places, far far away from the Norwegian mountains. Usually you get the deepest snow depths in the extreme North (most of the time), which is right at the border between Sweden and Norway, kalled Katterjåkk / Riksgränsen. Which reported this morning 75 cm.

This time however, it is a place ("Kungsberget") which lies around 170 km NW of Stockholm, a bit inland not far away from the coastal town of Gävle, with a whopping 92 cm snow.

Here you see a snow depth chart with 7 days in between; 1 Jan. vs 7 Jan. 2026

It is funny how little cyclones
insignificant looking on satellite charts can dump huge amounts of snow in relatively little time. The snow depth in the larger Stockholm region are quite different from place to place. The City reported 22 cm this morning, while 7 km to the south, where I live, I measure around 28-30 cm. A bit further away both to the NE as well to the SW, places like Rimbo reports 55 cm, and Gnesta 65 cm !

Since the Baltic Sea is still an open see, snow "cannons" took up the latent energy from the water, transporting it as snow shows inland. Like a feeding mechanism - a snow effect which is well known in the US at the Greater Lakes.

Here some photo impressions:
Last night i had an education night at my work as a subway driver at the Metro in Stockholm. On my way there, it snowed pretty strong, and that went on for another 2-3 hours. As i exited the place, walking a couple kilometers to a busstation that hopefully would bring me closer to home (and it did) - the walk was to me like a fairy tale. Again i was 9 years old, stomping through the snow, whistling little songs and felt like the happiest... (and thanked the universe, for letting me experience this - and i loved it all the way into my bones... vibrating).

It just felt MAGIC !

PS: If some photos are a bit "heavier" in kilobytes - it is because the finer details a photo has (like many tree branches for example), the heavier the JPG gets, despite compressing images very strongly.

Going back 7 days starting from there:

1 January 2026, 00:02 at our balcony - barely any snow (perhaps 1 cm)

2 January 2026, early evening in the middle of Stockholm, as we were out having dinner with our Sicilien visitors

2 January 2026, late evening - in the southern suburbs, Mariella from Sicily was enchanted about snow on every tree and bush branch while in Stockholm

4 January 2026, After a couple days of snow and overcast wether, the clouds started to break up, and La Luna came through

6 January 2026, at 05.45 - coming home from work. it begun snowing quite a lot ... adding another 5-6 cm i guess

6 January 2026, at 03.54 - after the education night, i walked home, passing my old neighbourhood near the Globe Arena. The sky was very bright, the wind calm, and the snow cover made even the ugly look magic

6 January 2026, at 04.01.... well, it was simply magic to experience the ambience, while walking through the villa area of Enskede...

You just have to giggle of joy, especially from a child's view - when seeing so much beauty coming down "just like that". Everything is silent, everyone is sleeping... and the world becomes for a moment or two, endless, open and limitless.

 

[Arwenn]

What a winter wonderland @XPan, thanks for sharing the pictures & the update. Meanwhile in the antipodes and in complete contrast to parts of the northern hemisphere, we are in the midst of a heatwave. Temperatures in Perth almost 50*C, Melbourne 44*C and Sydney is sweltering too, with a very high risk of bushfires.

Heatwave hits Australia as officials warn of 'catastrophic' fire risk

The fire danger level for northern Victoria will be set at the highest level.

www.bbc.com

WA reaches nearly 50 degrees as record-breaking heatwave continues

www.9news.com.au

 

[SasaM]

Freezing temperatures and quite a nice amount of snow last few days on the coast of Istria and Kvarner Bay, Croatia. Not something that can be experienced every season, that is more like a once in a decade event for these parts of Adriatic.

 

[EmeraldR]

In the Uk

Storm Goretti batters UK with heavy winds and snow

Met Office issues rare red warning as winter storm causes power cuts, travel disruption and school closures

www.theguardian.com

 

[youlik]

I've been wanting to write about this for several days now. I was just waiting for the authorities to publish at least some figures.

All December we had no snow at all, and since New Year's Eve it has been snowing almost non-stop, and now we have the way we have loved since childhood - where the wind does not blow, the snow is about knee-deep for an adult, and where the wind blows, it can sweep up snowdrifts taller than a man.

Moscow has experienced one of the most powerful snowfalls in the last 150 years (VIDEO)

Moscow has experienced one of the heaviest snowfalls in the last 150 years.

He entered the top 5 in the history of observations and the top three records since the beginning of the 21st century. In 146 years, such precipitation volumes have been recorded only 24 times, the Hydrometeorological Center reported.

The height of the snow cover reached 45-50 centimeters in the Moscow region last night.

Thus, according to weather forecasters, the largest amount of precipitation per day in winter was observed at the main Moscow weather station located at VDNKh on February 4, 2018 (24.2 mm), December 14, 1981 (23.2 mm), January 8, 1970 (23.0 mm), December 12, 2022 (22.6 mm) and January 9, 2026 (21.4 mm).

Heavy snow and ice are expected in the Moscow region until Monday morning, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Я уже несколько дней хочу написать об этом. Ждал только когда власти опубликуют хоть какие-нибудь цифры.
Весь декабрь у нас совсем не было снега, а начиная с новогодней ночи снег идет практически не переставая и теперь у нас так, как мы любим с детства- там где не дует ветер снегу примерно по колено взрослому человеку, а там где ветер дует может намести сугробы выше человеческого роста.