What's the weather where you are?

[Oxajil]

Thanks Palinurus, it's up on Sott.net now: http://www.sott.net/article/279883-The-Netherlands-Coldest-May-29th-on-record

 

[Dirgni]

It looks pretty bad. One commentator suggests weather weapon could have been used, but I wonder if that is possible; as it is there is enough going on all over the planet.

The weather weapon suggestion should take care that people do not look into what is really going on like comets etc. IMO. Pierre's book gives another view on these topics:

http://www.amazon.com/Changes-Human-Cosmic-Connection-Secret-History-ebook/dp/B00KI8KKWW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400964663&sr=8-1&keywords=earth+changes+and+the+human+cosmic

 

[Siberia]

It looks pretty bad. One commentator suggests weather weapon could have been used, but I wonder if that is possible; as it is there is enough going on all over the planet.

The weather weapon suggestion should take care that people do not look into what is really going on like comets etc. IMO. Pierre's book gives another view on these topics:

http://www.amazon.com/Changes-Human-Cosmic-Connection-Secret-History-ebook/dp/B00KI8KKWW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400964663&sr=8-1&keywords=earth+changes+and+the+human+cosmic

I don't know anything about hypothetical weather weapons, I just know that 2013 and 2014 are the years of both epic fires and floods in Siberia. Actually, this tendency started years ago, and it's been intensifying exponentially since then.

Over recent years, Siberia has been experiencing earlier and earlier thaws as average temperatures for the region jumped by about .4 degrees Celsius each decade. As the land’s permafrost began to draw back, it unlocked billions of tons of a peat-like under-layer. Organic material sequestered over hundreds of thousands of years of freezing conditions.

In moist areas, this carbon-rich layer produced methane gas as it thawed. In dry areas, its moisture steadily leeched out, creating a zone of highly combustible material beneath Siberia’s grasslands and forests.

By the mid-2000s enough of these flammable zones had been liberated to result in an increasingly severe fire hazard for much of Russian Siberia. At that time, a series of rather dangerous and intense fire seasons began to set up from late May to early June. Seasons that raged throughout summer and, in some years, produced clouds of smoke that blanketed large sections of the Northern Hemisphere.

2014 Fire Season Starts Far Too Soon

This year, the situation is markedly worse. A persistent high amplitude ridge in the Jet Stream has funneled heat up from China and Central Asia on into Siberia all throughout late winter and into early spring. The result was summer-like temperatures for a large section of Siberia during late March and into early April. This abnormal warmth set off an early thaw for large sections of Siberia and with that thaw has come an intense, far too soon, ignition to fire season.

Read more: http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/small-army-now-fighting-siberian-wildfires-in-april/

Our local meteorologists report:

Seventeen forest fires have already been reported across 2,000 hectares (for some perspective, that’s about 5,000 acres), and across Siberia last week century-old temperature records were shattered. In Siberia’s third largest city, Krasnoyarsk, it was 70ºF, and in Abakan, the capital city of Khakassia, it was a shocking 77ºF — temperatures typical of mid-summer for this area. Before this unusually balmy spring, the warmest temperatures these cities have seen since record keeping begin in 1014 were 60º and 65ºF respectively. That record was set back in 1938.

“It was the hottest April 1 on record for several western Siberian cities, including Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Barnaul and Gorno-Altaysk,” Renad Yagudin, of the Novosibirsk meteorological service told the Siberian Times. “The average temperature in Russia increased 0.4 degrees every ten years. Overall, the temperature in the area is 6.5-16.2 degrees Fahrenheit (2-9 Celsius) higher than the record set in 1989.”

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/06/3423410/siberia-wildfires-summer-heat/

Indeed, the beginning of spring was abnormally warm here. As a result, we had smog in the cities because of those wildfires. But now the picture is completely different: the weather in Siberia has been very chilly and rainy for several weeks already. It's raining almost every day and the water won't vaporize because it's too cold here. And now we have huge floods in the areas enveloped in flames one month ago. Here are the latest news:

Russia’s national emergency response center, part of the Emergency Situations Ministry, said on June 1 that its rescue workers have already evacuated more than 10,000 people from residential buildings in Siberia.

The center said it had moved some 1,500 people - including more than 500 children – into a camp with temporary dwellings.

Based on reporting by ITAR-TASS and Interfax

It's hard for me to say, whether we are moving to global warming or another ice age here, because we experience both extremes: droughts and fires combined with frosts and floods. Last summer was veeeery cold and wet here (raining and very chilly almost all summer long resulting in our harvests being ruined) and the same weather is now.

The following article of May 28th 2014, suggests that Siberia is at the cutting edge of global warming now. But I really can't say: is it indeed? Especially when it snows in June.. Judge for yourself: http://siberiantimes.com/ecology/opinion/news/siberia-is-warming-faster-than-anywhere-in-the-world-warns-top-russian-geophysicist/. I can only say that our weather here became highly inertial: once the fires started, they would last for weeks and the same with cold and rains.

 

[angelburst29]

This Is Why You Don't Hide Under A Tree During A Lightning Storm

The footage was captured Tuesday by a surveillance camera at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Between 2006 and 2012, 127 Americans died from being struck by lightning. To avoid joining their ranks, follow this handy advice from the National Weather Service: "When thunder roars, go indoors." Failing that, avoid tall objects (like trees) and get as close to the ground as possible without lying down. Basically, you want to crouch and cower – which should come more or less naturally if you find yourself out of doors during a raging thunderstorm.

_http://io9.com/this-is-why-you-dont-hide-under-a-tree-during-a-lightni-1587652722/+robertsorokanich

 

[LQB]

Last Friday from early morning to mid morning we got 6.5 inches of rain here in mid-south Tenn. There were a few trailer evacuations on bottom land and one death not far from me due to someone attempting to drive through a bottom land wash. More thunderstorm/tornado warnings last night. Ground here is pretty saturated. Much loss of soil around here from those that have plowed their fields recently.

 

[suelarue]

Here in Atlanta we are entering our pattern of evening pop up thunderstorms as the weather heats up. Nothing unusual about that, however a few days ago as the sun was going down, the sky turned a bright pinkish/red color which I have never seen before. It was very surreal and there was also a huge double rainbow that stretched across the sky. Here are some pictures that made the national news.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/06/07/319758138/photos-after-a-storm-a-red-sky-double-rainbow-over-atlanta

 

[Minas Tirith]

More heavy rains, storms, lightning and thunder in the UK:

Strange thing is, nobody can really say what's coming:

"Weekend weather: Take your pick from hail, sun or storms"

It could rain tomorrow, it could be sunny and we could see hailstones the size of marbles - these are the conflicting weather bulletins for conditions set for the West Midlands.

Some forecasters claim large parts of the region face a summer soaking with some areas expected to see nearly half of an entire month’s rain fall in just an hour. Others say the worst of the storms will pass over the region in darkness leading to a brighter day.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/weekend-weather-take-your-pick-7227443

This has been going on for several weeks now, severe weather was forecasted - and then - nothing happened.

M.T.

 

[Persej]

Here in Atlanta we are entering our pattern of evening pop up thunderstorms as the weather heats up. Nothing unusual about that, however a few days ago as the sun was going down, the sky turned a bright pinkish/red color which I have never seen before. It was very surreal and there was also a huge double rainbow that stretched across the sky. Here are some pictures that made the national news.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/06/07/319758138/photos-after-a-storm-a-red-sky-double-rainbow-over-atlanta

Wow! It looks like some other planet. :)

This has been going on for several weeks now, severe weather was forecasted - and then - nothing happened.

Maybe computer simulations cannot handle present weather. Too many unknown factors.

 

[miguel angel]

Here in Atlanta we are entering our pattern of evening pop up thunderstorms as the weather heats up. Nothing unusual about that, however a few days ago as the sun was going down, the sky turned a bright pinkish/red color which I have never seen before. It was very surreal and there was also a huge double rainbow that stretched across the sky. Here are some pictures that made the national news.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/06/07/319758138/photos-after-a-storm-a-red-sky-double-rainbow-over-atlanta

Wow! It looks like some other planet. :)

Indeed, very nice photos & strange weather.


Here, in north of Spain, summer has arrived this weekend. 33ºC (91,4ºF), blue skies and a light sultry wind.

 

[Dirgni]

Indeed, very nice photos & strange weather.


Here, in north of Spain, summer has arrived this weekend. 33ºC (91,4ºF), blue skies and a light sultry wind.

The same weather here in Bavaria - nice summer weather up to 30ºC, blue skies and a little wind. Even the contrails vanish very fast. The roses bloom very abundant this year.

Great Atlanta photos!

 

[angelburst29]

Canada : Lightning strikes moving Pickup Truck caught on Security Camera
_http://investmentwatchblog.com/canada-lightning-strikes-moving-pickup-truck-caught-on-security-camera/

Sunday June 8, 2014 - It's amazing the older couple in the truck were not harmed seriously. The effects of the strike, deployed the airbags and blew the electronics, causing the doors and windows to stay in a locked position, preventing them from exiting the truck.

 

[LQB]

Looks like more (sheets of) rain on the way here in Tenn and a tornado watch for the next 4 hours. Also a flood watch here thru Teus due to 8+ inches since Fri.

 

[lainey]

I live in Edinburgh and I have never experienced so much rain. I can usually judge how heavy it is by the broken gutter above my bedroom window and its like a mini waterfall then suddenly a beautiful sunny afternoon. "Sheets of rain" indeed!

 

[Dirgni]

Extreme weather in Western Germany during the last days...

source _http://www.dw.de/summer-storms-hit-western-germany-after-heat-wave/a-17694401

Deadly summer storms hit western Germany after heat wave

A summer hot spell has given way to deadly storms, especially in western Germany. High winds, thunder and lightning and heavy rains disrupted air traffic, public transport and the roads in several cities.

The state of North Rhine-Westphalia was worst hit by heavy storms in Germany on Monday evening, following a holiday weekend of scorching sunshine. State capital Düsseldorf was in the firing line, with fallen trees rendering several roads useless in the south of the city. Residents reported power failures; and damage to tram lines brought the public transport network to a standstill.

Düsseldorf's airport was forced to halt traffic for around an hour in response to gusts of wind measuring up to 150 kilometers per hour (93.2 miles per hour).

A Düsseldorf firefighter told the German DPA news agency early on Tuesday morning that three people were killed in the storm.

National rail operator Deutsche Bahn was also forced to delay or stop services in some of the worst-affected areas on Monday evening.

In Cologne, a 50-year-old cyclist was hit by a falling tree, sustaining such serious injuries that he died at the scene before help could arrive. A falling tree also killed a cyclist in Krefeld.

A man in Essen was killed while apparently cleaning up damage from the storm, police said. However, immediate details of his cause of death were unavailable.

Heavy hail storms hit several cities, with residents of Warstein to the east reporting hailstones roughly the diameter of bottle caps.

The storm front was moving east across the country overnight, heading towards Lower Saxony, with Germany's meteorological service issuing storm warnings for the regions around Hanover and Bremen. Stormy and wet weather was forecast to persist in much of the country for several days following a spell of high temperatures.

The bank-holiday "Pfingsten" or Pentecost weekend in Germany was the hottest since records began, according to information from the DWD German weather service. The mercury rose highest on Monday in the Bavarian town of Kitzingen, peaking at 36.7 degrees Celsius (98.06 Fahrenheit). The former record for the day, 33.8 Celsius in Nuremberg in 2000, was topped in several places around the country on Monday

msh/crh (AFP, dpa)

In Lower Bavaria on nearly all Autobahns only 80 km/h are allowed because extreme heat during the last days resulted in blowups.

 

[Andrian]

There is a heatwave(a week in a row) almost in all of Italy ,the temperatures arrived till 32-35 C°,today it must be the last day of this heatwave and from tomorrow it will arrive heavy rains for a couple of days(which will be a blessing after this heatwave),the weather forcasts told also that with these upcoming heavy rains possibly in some regions of Italy would be seen tornadoes.