World extreme weather:January 2012 the globe's 19th warmest

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Pending validation of the value of Orihuela, if confirmed, is the European record for April. Cool on Eastern Europe, the minimum under the -10 ° C in the mountains, frost and snow in Ankara.

Saturday, April 9, the station Ceamet of Orihuela (Alicante in Comunidad Valenciana, but closer to Murcia) was due to the wind foehn of "West ", a maximum temperature was 39.0 ° C, a new European record for the month of April. The data are validated Ceamet, not immediately, but at the end of the month, then we can say that are pending validation (also on the website it states http://www.ceam.es "Estos datos son provisionales y de PENDIENTES validación). Ceamet is comparable to a comparison with Italy, a 'regional entity like ARPA and has qualifications and conditions for data collection, although not part of the network AEMET.

Sunday, April 10, but remained well above average seasonal temperatures are significantly decreased in Spain but also in France and Switzerland, other countries involved (along with Italy, of course) in the historical episode of heat wave in recent days. In Spain, 32.8 ° C in Murcia,31.4 ° C / Alcantarilla and Zaragoza 30.2 ° C in Malaga.In France, 29.7 ° C in Istres, 29.5 ° C in Carpentras, 29.2 ° C in Salon, 29.1 ° C in Nimes. In Switzerland, 26.9 ° C Locarno.

Heavy precipitation, including thunderstorms, in eastern Turkey Monday, April 11. Among the 18 GMT on Sunday and the same hours on Monday, 57 mm in Gaziantep, 34mm in Van, 33mm in Urfa, 29mm to Siirt. The storm was triggered by the arrival of cold air that has traveled throughout Eastern Europe, which led to very low temperatures on Monday the Balkan mountains (-14.0 ° C and Musala all'Omu, Bulgaria and Romania, 2925 and 2504 m, -10.5 ° C Vrah Cherni, m 2286, still in Bulgaria), but also frozen Anatolian plateau (-0.3 ° C Ankara, Bolu -1.4 ° C, even a few episodes snowy in these stations, as in many others in the region, 5.4 ° C the average minimum in April in Ankara).

Saturday, April 9 touched the record of Banjul, the capital of Gambia, in the resort district of Half Die (so called because an outbreak of cholera in the past killed half the population of the district, is also the poorest area of Banjul). The thermometer has reached 43.5 ° C, one tenth of the record.

The winds have turned Saturday from the hinterland to the coast in Senegal and Mauritania, so the Saint Louis of Senegal and Mauritania Nouakchott have received (so to speak) of hot dry winds with maximum temperatures 43.4 ° and 43.1 ° C, Saint Louis has a mean maximum of 31.7 ° C in April, in Nouakchott, the average is 31.0 ° C. Also Sunday and Saint Louis Nouakchott have recorded more than 40 ° C maximum, respectively 41.3 ° and 40.7 ° C.

Wednesday 6 and Thursday, April 7, the station of Eureka, in the far Canadian Arctic (79.6 ° N), minimum temperatures recorded -40.9 ° and -41.5 ° C. After rising Friday 8 (minimum -36.3 ° C), the temperature has dropped again on Saturday 9, with a minimum of -39.4 ° C, and Sunday 10, when they are touched again the -40.0 ° C . -32.2 ° C the average minimum in April at Eureka.

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[Macrocane]

Very interesting observations Crostorm, I always like to read about the weather and climate from other regions across the world.

[Crostorm]

Thanks Macrocane,i will writing here some extreme weather around globe
Winter is back in European Alps on 14.april

-20 ° C to Jungfraujoch, -15 ° C to the Zugspitze. In the former Yugoslavia the abundant snow in Bjelasnica and Zavizan. Snow on the hills in Germany and the Czech Republic,Sandstorm in Kuwait, Iraq and Iran. Fresco in much of the Middle East: Baghdad 22 ° C, 19 ° C Damascus, Cairo 25 ° C, 3 to 6 degrees below average. Heavy rains in southeastern Australia and Solomon Islands.

Thermal collapse on Alps and the countries of former Yugoslavia on Wednesday, April 13. In the Alps, some of these temperature records: Jungfraujoch (Switzerland, 3580 m) -19.9 ° C, Corvatsch (Switzerland, 3315 m) -16.8 ° C, Sonnblick (Austria, 3105 m) -15.7 ° C Zugspitze (Germany, 2962 m) -15.4 ° C, Weissflujoch (Switzerland, 2690 m) -13.3 ° C, Monte Rosa Hütte (Switzerland, 2885 m) -11.9 ° C, Saentis (Switzerland, 2490 m ) -11.4 ° C, Patscherkofel (Austria, 2290 m) -10.2 ° C. In Slovenia, Kredarica (2500 m) -11.8 ° C, -9.6 ° C in Bosnia to Bjelasnica (m 2090), where a beautiful snowfall (22 mm of snowfall between 18 GMT on Tuesday and the same time on Wednesday) has increased the snow cover from 27 to 41 cm. Plenty of snow even at Zavizan (m 1597, Croatia), with 46 mm of precipitation and 28 cm in fresh white snow on the ground.

Snow on hills in Germany. 29 mm of precipitation left 6 cm of snow on Zinnwald (m 882), 9 cm Fichtelberg (m 1215), 5cm to 1446 meters Grosser Arber, 2cm to 977 meters Hohenpeißenberg.

Sandstorm in Kuwait Wednesday, April 13. At the Kuwait International Airport has always been the visibility below 700 meters from 6 am to 5 pm, remaining in this period almost always about 300 meters, with winds from the north at about 30-35 km / h. Still north wind and dust in the late afternoon and evening, with visibility a bit but 'improved (up to 2 km). Dust and sand have shielded the sun and resulting in a maximum of only 25.2 ° C, compared to 31.5 ° C average maximum in April. Stopped at Kuwait port activity and thus the export of oil, closed the schools. Blocked incoming flights, while many have failed to take off.

Even in Abadan, in southern Iran, sand and dust storm Wednesday, with visibility less than 100 m from 5.30 am to noon and still 300-400 meters in the early afternoon, when the wind was blowing at 50 km / h. Also involved in the storm in southern Iraq, to Nasiriyah in tune with the visibility was 200 feet by midnight and only after the 14 was able to overcome the 1000 meters. Already at 19 on Tuesday, the front had reached Baghdad, wrapping it in a cloud of sand and dust, with visibility of only 100 meters between 19 and 20, from north with gusts up to 63 km / h. Visibility is still poor, but with gradual improvement in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday in the first half, much better situation in the afternoon, but always with fresh winds from the northwest and a maximum of only 21.8 ° C, 6 ° C below average.

Chilly in Jordan and Syria. Amman and Damascus, the two capitals, were Wednesday, April 13 extreme temperature 8.2 ° / 15.5 ° C and 3.2 ° / 19.2 ° C, compared with the April average 9.2 ° / 22.5 ° C and 7.0 ° / 24.1 ° C In northern Syria, 2.7 ° / 17.4 ° C in Aleppo, vs. 9.3 ° / 22.2 ° C on average.

Continue the fresh stage in Egypt. Wednesday, April 13, extremes 12.7 ° / 20.2 ° C in Alexandria, 13.6 ° / 19.5 ° C in Port Said, 12.6 ° / 22.6 ° C in Cairo, 9.6 ° / 25.0 ° C in Minya, 10.8 ° / 24.6 ° C at Asyut. These averages in April: Alessandria 13.5 ° / 24.4 º C, Port Said 16.3 ° / 22.5 ° C, Cairo 14.7 ° / 28.4 ° C. Minya 12.6 ° / 31.2 ° C, Asyut 14.5 ° / 31.4 ° C

Very heavy rains in the Solomon Islands, South Pacific, Wednesday, April 13. Among the 12 GMT on Tuesday and Wednesday the same time, 117 mm in Santa Cruz, 68 in Honiara,65 to Henderson.

Tuesday, April 12 had been heavy rains in Tasmania and in Victoria in southeast Australia. Among the 12 GMT on Tuesday and Wednesday the same time, 136 mm in St.Helens, 100 to Friendly Beaches, 69 to Maria Island, 68 in Latrobe Valley, 60 in Melbourne.

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Dust storms, rain and storms in Arabia. Spring Snow in Sofia on 15.april

Affected by the storm Riyadh, Dhahran, Doha, Manama. Visibility zero for several hours Wednesday in Ahwaz, Iran. 2 cm of snow in Sofia, flakes up to 200 meters in Bulgaria, snow on the mountains of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania. In Spain it is still summer: over 31 ° C in Jerez, Cordoba and Granada, 27 ° C in Madrid. 46 ° C in Mauritania. Zonda in Argentina: over 33 ° C in Mendoza and Cordoba.


Thunderstorms and gusty winds have affected large areas of Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states Thursday, April 14, bringing more dust storms, after those of Wednesday, the Middle East. The international airport of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, was one of the most affected, with visibility down to a few hundred meters in the morning. With the sun obscured by dust and sand and the fresh winds north, the maximum temperature has stopped at 25.0 ° C, compared to 32.9 ° C the average maximum in April. 25.0 ° C maximum even at Dhahran on the Gulf, compared with 32.7 ° C average, again with sandstorm (100 meters visibility to 11) and also rain in the evening.



Even in Doha, Qatar, stormy day Thursday, April 14, with strong winds from the north-northwest, episodes of rain interspersed with moments of vision reduced to dust and sand, very small temperature range (extremes 23.1 ° / 28.7 ° C, average 20.6 ° / 31.9 ° C). Similar situation in Bahrain. At the airport in Manama's thermal extremes were 22.0 ° / 24.9 ° C (21.5 ° / 29.2 ° C average in April), the wind has blown by strong north-northwest reducing visibility to 1000 meters and between afternoon and evening it rained for a long time, with thunderstorm activity.

Wednesday, as well as in Kuwait and Iraq, the sandstorm has been violent in southwestern Iran. In particular, Ahwaz visibility fell to zero between 7.30 and 11, local time, but from 5 to 17.30 has never exceeded 500 meters. Closed schools and many offices, for the few passers-essential use dust masks.

Great snow in the mountains of the Czech Republic Thursday, April 14. Among the 18 GMT on Wednesday and the same hours on Thursday, 46 mm of snowfall at Lysa Hora (1324 m), with snowpack increased from 2 to 26 cm. Serak to 1328 meters, 15 mm of snowfall and thick coat of white rose from 6 to 27 cm. In Slovakia, the Tatra abundant snow has fallen on the peaks (15 mm to 2633 meters Lomnicky loans, snow fell from 78 to 84 cm, the lowest -11.8 ° C) but also at medium altitude (11 mm snowfall at 1355 m of Strbske Pleso, 8 cm of white coat deposited on the ground). Snow at times even in Poprad, even at 700 meters.

The snow fell Thursday in Bulgaria, abundant in the mountains, but it snowed in the night and morning, even in Sofia (586 m), with an accumulation of 2 cm to 6 GMT. During the night it snowed briefly to 217 meters of Veliko Tarnovo. The rainfall was abundant and widespread in the country. Among the 18 GMT on Wednesday and the same hours on Thursday, 35 mm in Veliko Tarnovo, Rousse and Svichtov to 28, and 22 to Burgas Elhovo, 21 and Lovetch Achtopol. Rain and cold in southern Romania, in the same 24 hours in 29 mm de Rosiori see, 26 to Buzau and Bucharest, Tulcea 23. Snow on the Carpathians.

While central Europe and Italy are back in the spring (and in some areas in winter ...) continues the early summer in Spain, especially in the south. Thursday, April 14, some of these maxims: Jerez 31.5 ° C, 31.3 ° C Cordoba, Badajoz 31.2 ° C, 31.1 ° C Granada, Murcia 29.4 ° C, Sevilla 29.0 ° C Caceres Ciudad Real and 28.4 ° C, Madrid / Barajas 26.7 ° C. Some of the highest averages in April, in ° C: 22.7 ° Seville, Cordoba 22.1 °, 21.5 ° Jerez, Badajoz 20.9 °, Murcia 19.9 °, 18.6 ° Caceres, Madrid / Barajas 18.0 °

The town of Kiffa, in Mauritania, has again touched 46.0 ° C Thursday, April 14. In sub-Saharan belt, some very high values ​​were recorded in Birni-N'konni (Niger), Abu Na'ama (Sudan) and Kayes (Mali), with 44.1 °, 43.5 ° and 43.4 ° C . The average maximum April-Birni N'Konni and Kayes are 40.0 ° and 41.4 ° C.

Hot autumn day to Wednesday, April 13 in the foothills of north-central Argentina, due to the zonda, the Andean version of the foehn. These are some significant maximum (in brackets the average maximum in April): Villa Reynolds 33.6 ° C, and Pilar Cordoba 33.4 ° C (24.9 ° and 24.0 °), Mendoza and Rio Cuarto 33.2 ° C (23.5 ° and 23.1 °), Catamarca and San Martin 33.0 ° C, Laboulaye 31.7 ° C (23.8 °), La Rioja 31.5 ° C (27.2 °) , Chamical 30.0 ° C (25.6 °).

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Strong hailstorm in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Heavy rains in southern Japan and in Sydney, Australia. Frost in Argentina, Estonia and southern Finland. 46 ° C in Mauritania, 45 ° C in Mali.

A violent storm accompanied by heavy rain, hail and strong gusts of wind, struck on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 13 the region of Santiago, Dominican Republic. South of the city, there have been serious damage to banana plantations in the hail. There are also many homes that have had damage to roofs, some have been completely uprooted by the force of the wind. In Santiago, the storm has downloaded 73 mm of rain in just over an hour, bringing down the temperature from 30 ° to 20 °

Friday, April 15 locally heavy rains in southern Japan and the smaller islands located between Kyushu (the southernmost of the large Japanese islands) and the Ryukyu. Among the 18 GMT on Thursday and Friday the same time, 108 mm in Yakushima, Tanegashima at 86, 79 to Shionomisaki.

Heavy rains Saturday, April 16 in Sydney, the metropolis of New South Wales, in southeastern Australia. A Sydney Airport, 38 mm fell between 21 to Friday and 9 am on Saturday, local time, additional 19 mm between 9 and 21 on Saturday. A Sydney Observatory, 56 mm fell between 21 to Friday and 9 am on Saturday and a further 18 mm between 9 and 21 on Saturday. At Sydney Olympic Park, recorded 30 and 24 mm in the same two periods. At Gosford, just north of Sydney, 39 mm between 2 and 9 on Saturday, additional 61 mm between 9 and 23.

Is beginning to feel the cold in the fall of South America. Friday, April 15, in Argentina, El Calafate -5.4 ° C, -4.0 ° C Esquel, Bariloche and Maquinchao -3.0 ° C, Azul -2.9 ° C, Perito Moreno -2.2 ° C , San Antonio Oeste -, 9 ° C, -1.6 ° C Tandil, Malargue and San Julian -1.0 ° C, Rio Gallegos -0.7 ° C. Some of the minimum average of April, in ° C: San Antonio Oeste 9.8 °, Azul 7.9 °, Rio Gallegos 2.9 °, 2.2 ° Esquel, Maquinchao 1.8 °.

Severe frosts in Estonia Friday, April 15. Some minimum: Johvi -4.5 ° C, Valk-Maarja -4.4 ° C, Turi -4.1 ° C, -4.0 ° C Voru, Kuusiku -3.7 ° C, Tartu and Jõgeva -3 , 3 ° C, -2.5 ° C. Tallinn In southern Finland, Lahti to -4.4 ° C, -4.3 ° C at Tampere, Turku -3.0 ° C, -4.8 ° C to well Jyvaskyla. The average April minimum of Turku, Tampere and Jyvaskyla are -1.0 °, -1.8 ° and -3.3 ° C.

The "warm heart" of the Sahel was Friday, April 15 in southern Mauritania and Mali. In Mauritania, maximum 46.0 ° C to 43.0 ° C and Kiffa in El Aioun Atrouss. In Mali, Yelimane 45.0 ° C, 44.3 ° C Kayes, Segou 44.0 ° C, 43.9 ° C Hombori, Nara and Nioro 43.5 ° C. The averages of the highest in April of Kayes, Segou, Nara and Hombori are 41.4 °, 39.3 °, 39.7 ° and 41.0 ° C. Much too hot in some parts of Niger, with 44.4 ° C in Birni-N'Konni, Tillabery to 43.6 ° C, 43.5 ° C and 43.1 ° C at Gaya in N'Guigmi (averages of maximum in April of Gaya, Birni-N'Konni N'Guigmi and 40.3 °, 40.0 ° and 39.7 ° C).

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Advance summer for London and Paris, storms in Spain

Touched 30 ° C in Belgium, 27 ° C in London and Paris. 27 ° C is also in Frankfurt. 70 mm in 24 hours at Tortosa, 47 in Seville. 45 ° C in Pakistan, over 40 ° C in the UAE. Heavy rain in Japan.

Friday, April 22 at the epicenter of hot European is located between Belgium, Holland and Germany. In Holland, Hoek Van Holland 27.9 ° C, Gilze-Rijen 27.3 ° C, Wilhelminadorp 27.2 ° C, 26.9 ° C Eindhoven, Arcen Westdorpe and 26.8 ° C, Volkel 26.7 ° C , Deelen 26.5 ° C, De Bilt 26.3 ° C. In Belgium, Kleine Brogel 28.6 ° C, Schaffen 27.7 ° C, Munte 26.7 ° C, 26.5 ° C Beauvechain, Antwerp 26.1 ° C, Chievres 26.0 ° C. In Germany, Neuostheim 27.1 ° C, 26.9 ° C Bendorf, Frankfurt, Offenbach and Cologne-Bonn Ap 26.8 ° C, Bamberg and Nuremberg 26.6 ° C, Kalkar, Düsseldorf, Regensburg 26.5 ° C . Near the Belgian border, the French Dunkerque has touched 26.6 ° C, second only to Auxerre in the country (26.7 ° C) and Strasbourg, stopped at 26.5 ° C.

Hot in Austria, with 26.5 ° C in Salzburg and Schaerding, 26.0 ° C in Neusiedl, 25.6 ° C at Gmunden, Linz and Vienna, Ranshofen to 25.4 ° C, 25.2 ° C to Amstetten, Bad Goisern and Kremsmuenster.

Saturday, Kleine Brogel in Belgium, was close to 30 ° C, stopping at 29.5 ° C (but Brussels has reached 26.4 ° C), while in Germany it was the hottest Koeln-Bonn with 27, 5 ° C (27.4 ° C in Bendorf and Neusotheim). Still very hot in France, with 27.1 ° C in Paris-Montsouris, 26.8 ° C in Charleville, 26.4 ° C in Reims.

On the Easter Vigil was very hot even in the United Kingdom, particularly in England, with these maxims: Gravesend 27.5 ° C, London-Heathrow 27.4 ° C (fourth consecutive maximum over 26 ° C, the average maximum April is 12.6 ° C), Northolt 27.4 ° C, Charlwood 27.3 ° C.


Heavy rain, even thunderstorms, Friday, April 22 in Spain, with many processions of Good Friday disturbed by bad weather. Among the 18 GMT on Thursday and the same hours on Friday, 70 mm in Tortosa, 60 Navacerrada (almost all snow, we are at 1888 m), 47 in Seville, 46 in Valencia, 29 Madrid-Cuatro Vientos, Madrid 28 Barajas and Leon. Only 16.3 ° C maximum and 17.2 ° C in Granada to Seville, in April against averages of 20.1 ° and maximum 22.7 ° C.

Friday also rains in northern Morocco, with (always between 18 GMT on Thursday and Friday the same time) 37 mm in Larache, 31 to Chefchouaen, 25 in Tangier.

Saturday, April 23 very hot in Pakistan, where you get closer to the period (late May) where it is not so difficult to touch 50 ° C. Saturday these are the highest maximum: Nawabshah and Pad Idan 45.0 ° C, 44.5 ° C Jacobabad, Chhor, Hyderabad and Rohr 43.0 ° C, 42.0 ° C Badin, Sibi 41.8 ° C, Bahawalpur 41.3 ° C. 38.9 °, 39.2 ° and 37.7 ° C in April the average maximum of Hyderabad, Nawabshah and Sibi.

Saturday also very hot in the UAE, with maximum 40.4 ° ​​C in Abu Dhabi 40.2 ° C in Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah, 39.6 ° C in Dubai. 32.9 ° and 32.4 ° C in April the average maximum of Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Intense rainfall Saturday in Japan. Among the 18 GMT on Friday and Saturday the same time, 75 mm in Kochi, 70 to Morioka, 52 in Tokyo and Kushiro, 36 to Maizuru.

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Very hot in the Sahel and ... Benelux. Flood in the Philippines.

What is big news,47 ° C in Matam, Senegal or 30 ° C at Kleine Brogel in Belgium? Above 28 ° C also Holland and Germany. 564 mm in 48 hours at Catarman, the situation worsened with the arrival of tropical storm Aere. Snow late in China and Mongolia. Frost in Australia, -3 ° C in Canberra.

Saturday, May 7, great heat between Benelux and Germany. In Belgium, touched 30.0 ° C at Kleine Brogel, 28.5 ° C in Schaffen, 28.4 ° C in Ghent, Antwerp 27.8 ° C, 27.7 ° C in Brussels. In the Netherlands, Gilze-Rijen 28.6 ° C, Eindhoven Volkel and 28.5 ° C, and Rotterdam Arcen 28.3 ° C, Deelen, Groningen and Maastricht 28.1 ° C, Hoogeveen Hervijnen and 28.0 ° C. 27.3 ° C maximum in Amsterdam. In Germany, especially hot in the west, with 28.9 ° C Kalkar, Dusseldorf and Cologne-Bonn 28.5 ° C, Noervenich 28.4 ° C, and Neuostheim Rheinstetten 28.3 ° C, Lahr 28.2 ° C , Bendorf 28.1 ° C, Fribourg 28.0 ° C.

Also very hot Saturday in northeastern France, notably in the "pit Rhine", with 28.5 ° C and 27.9 ° C at Strasbourg airport Basel / Mulhouse, located in French territory.

In the nations of the Sahel, where the heat is intense these days, temperatures higher than Friday, May 6 remained 1.5 ° -2.5 ° C under various national records. Matam, Senegal, has touched 47.4 ° C, while in Mali the hottest were Gao and Timbuktu, with 46.0 ° C. 45.8 ° C maximum of Dongola (Sudan) and N'Guigmi (Niger), 45.5 ° C in Nara (Mali), 45.4 ° C to Nioro (Mali), Karima at 45.2 ° C (Sudan) and N'Djamena (Chad). The 45.0 ° C were affected in Kassala (Sudan), Kenieba (Mali), Niamey (Niger), but also in Aswan in southern Egypt.

Saturday, May 7, this is the "top five" of Africa: Matam 47.1 ° C, 46.5 ° C N'Guigmi, Wad Medani (Sudan) 46.2 ° C, Atbara (Sudan) 46.0 ° C, Dongola 45.8 ° C.

Heavy rains in the southern Philippines Friday, May 6. Among the 18 GMT on Thursday and Friday the same time, 154 mm in Catarman, 92 to Borongan, 72 in Catanduanes, 69 to Guiuan. Further deterioration in the next 24 hours, with 410 mm in Catarman, 214 to Catbalogan, 108 in Masbate, 94 in Daet. The bad weather is in the northern extension to the Philippines (between 18 GMT on Friday and Saturday the same time, to be recorded 90 mm in Legaspi, on Luzon), with all the land which is affected by the approach of tropical storm Aere, which around 18 GMT on Sunday should make landfall in the southeastern part of Luzon, accompanied by sustained winds up to 110 km / h.

Surprise to many residents of the central-eastern China and Mongolia. Behind the summer certain areas of the regions have been hit by an unexpected snowfall among the incredulous eyes of the population. Phenomena in snow this time of year, have told the local meteorologists, are very rare and has not happened in 30 years. Among the places in Mongolia, where it snowed, we quote Hovd, Tsetsen Uul, Uliastai and Altai.

Great ice Saturday, May 7 in South Australia. In addition to the mountains (Perisher Valley -4.1 ° C, -5.3 ° C Liawenee, Mount Hotham Airport -3.0 ° C), frost was intense in some hilly areas, including the capital Canberra: Cooma -7.3 ° C, -3.2 ° C Canberra, Bathurst and Tuggeranong -2.9 ° C, -2.4 ° C. Young

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Rain, snow and cold from Bavaria, Austria, Slovenia to the Balkans, with odds snow fell up to 1000 meters. 30 ° C Monday in Bucharest, 28 ° C Sunday in Belgrade. Above 46 ° C to 850 m in Pakistan, very hot in India and the UAE. Floods in Colombia. Heavy rains in the northeastern U.S.

Monday, May 16 marked by bad weather and cold in southern Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia, while further east, between Romania and Bulgaria, the prefrontal warm currents have pushed up very high thermometers. Among the 18 GMT on Sunday and the same hours on Monday, 51 mm in Tivat (Montenegro), 48 in Niksic (Montenegro), 35 in Dubrovnik (Croatia), 32 to Zavizan (Croatia), 31 in Sarajevo. At 1600 meters of Zavizan, precipitation is mostly snow, with 14 cm of fresh snow. Almost all the 16 mm of snow also fell to 2,070 meters of Bjelasnica, the mountains of Sarajevo, with 11 cm of fresh snow on the ground.

Sunday, May 15, rain and snow were concerned, as well as the northeastern Italian, Slovenia. Among the 18 GMT on Saturday and the same hours on Sunday, 50 mm Ratece, 45-Bezigrad Ljubljana, 44 in Slovenj Gradec, 42 to Kredarica. On Kredarica (m 2500), the precipitation is snow, with snow grew from 212 to 230 cm


Rain, snow and temperatures falling sharply Sunday in Austria. Among the 18 GMT on Saturday and the same hours on Sunday, 68 mm of snowfall all'Alpinzentrum Rudolfshuette (m 2304, snowy chin grew from 25 to 52 cm) and Sonnblick (m 3105), 63 mm of rainfall to Bregenz, 63 mm also Villacheralpe (2140 m, first rain then snow), 50 in Lienz, 49 in St. Veit Im Pongau, 48 in Dornbirn. The share of snow, beginning around 2000 meters during the day was declining, the snow fell locally up to 1000 m.

Sunday of rain and snow even in Bavaria. 7 cm of fresh snow at 1835 meters of the Wendelstein, where between 18 GMT on Saturday and the same hours on Sunday rushed 21 mm, initially in liquid form, from around midnight in the form of snow. Plenty of snow to the Zugspitze, solid all the 44 mm fell. On the evening of Sunday, the precipitation became snow also 986 m Hohenpeißenberg.

Said the heat in Romania and Bulgaria. In Romania, Monday, 29.6 ° C in Bucharest, Calarasi to 28.7 ° C, 28.4 ° C in De Rosiori see, 28.3 ° C in Buzau, Galati to 28.1 ° C, 26.3 ° C in Craiova. In Bulgaria, 30.4 ° ​​C Rousse, Silistra 28.9 ° C, 28.4 ° C Svichtov, Veliko Tarnovo 27.9 ° C, Elhovo and Lovetch 27.6 ° C, Pleven 27.2 ° C. Sunday, May 15, had been very hot in Serbia, with 29.9 ° C in Banatski Karlovac, 29.7 ° C to Cuprija, 29.3 ° C in Nis, Leskovac at 29.0 ° C, 28.9 ° C in Kragujevac, 28.1 ° C in Belgrade.

Monday, May 16, the "usual" hot India and Pakistan has made ​​headlines mainly in the north of the two countries. In Pakistan, in fact, the 45.2 ° C to 42.5 ° C in Multan and Islamabad are well above the 40.4 ° ​​and 35.3 ° C of the average maximum in May. 46.5 ° C maximum 850 m from Bandini, 8.4 ° C above the mean maximum in May. Some top of the south (in brackets the average maximum in May): Bahawalnagar 46.5 ° C, 46.0 ° C Rohr, Jacobabad and Nokkundi 45.5 ° C, Sibi 45.5 ° C (43.5 °), Nawabshah 45.0 ° C (43.5 °), Khanpur and Pad Idan 45.0 ° C. In India, Ganganagar controls with 45.4 ° C, followed by Satna with 45.3 ° C, but in terms of deviation from the norm stands Amritsar, Punjab, where it reached 44.0 ° C compared with an average of 38 , 7 ° C. Other top India (average of the highest in May in parentheses): Kota 45.0 ° C (42.1 °), Agra and Bikaner 44.8 ° C (41.7 °), Hissar and Jaisalmer 44.7 ° C. Sunday, 46.0 ° C in Nawabshah, 45.9 ° C in Ganganagar, 45.0 ° C at Jacobabad, Rohr and Nokkundi.

Monday warm even in the UAE, with maximum 43.3 ° C in Ras Al Khaimah, 42.6 ° C in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, 41.5 ° C in Dubai. 37.5 ° and 36.8 ° C average maximum of May in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Fourteen departments ranging from the coast north to the south-west of Colombia were placed on alert because of heavy rain expected. Torrential rains have caused flooding and landslides in effect in many parts of the country. The most difficult situation is currently that of the Cundinamarca region, after the overflowing of the river Bogota. A dozen municipalities found themselves with their feet in water and more than 2000 people have been affected by these storms. On the north coast, a torrent of water flooded the streets of the city of Barranquilla, causing chaos and dragging many vehicles in its path.

[Bunkertor]

Spring Germany 2011

Dryest Spring since 1893 &

Sunniest Spring since 1951

[Bunkertor]

Jakutsk has set a new record with 38,4 ° C. Old record is 38,3 ( 1942 )

http://worldweather.wmo.int/107/c00917.htm

[SaskatchewanScreamer]

May, 2011 was the wettest such month on record for most of southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada.
Ironically, in Alberta, Canada a severe drought culminated in a wild fire that burned much of the town of Slave Lake to the ground.
Elsewhere in Canada the Assiniboine River in Manitoba reached its record flood stage on May 24th resulting in the intentional breeching of a levee to save Winnipeg from a potentially catastrophic flood. Damage to agriculture and lost structures were estimated at $1 billion, one of Canada’s costliest natural disasters.

"Prairie provinces such as Saskatchewan and Alberta saw both extremes: drought and floods.

Spring flooding in the southern parts of the provinces damaged infrastructure and delayed seeding while dry conditions in the north set off dozens of forest fires that devastated communities such as Slave Lake in Alberta and Wollaston Lake in Saskatchewan. The flooding continued, and by June 22, 26 communities in Saskatchewan had declared flood emergencies."

[apocalypt-flyer]

Germany (and the Benelux area as well unless I'm mistaken) is getting some really rather severe weather at the moment. Huge hail and downburst damage on Wednesday and tonight's probably going to be just as bad. I mean, just an example from Wednesday in Saxony-Anhalt:



Some of the folks from the Great Plains might shrug their shoulders at this but for German standards that's MASSIVE.

[SaskatchewanScreamer]

Germany (and the Benelux area as well unless I'm mistaken) is getting some really rather severe weather at the moment. Huge hail and downburst damage on Wednesday and tonight's probably going to be just as bad. I mean, just an example from Wednesday in Saxony-Anhalt:



Some of the folks from the Great Plains might shrug their shoulders at this but for German standards that's MASSIVE.

They are of the size we don't like seeing but yep they are rather normal sized here.

I've not seen one this size yet: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/30/no ... th-dakota/
"The stone was 8.0 inches in diameter, 18.62 inches in circumference, and weighed one pound, 15 ounces."




(South Dakota isn't too far away) but I have seen baseball sized ones.

[Sanibel]

Thai Floods:



http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-2 ... -says.html



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[Crostorm]

Scotland battered by severe gales

Severe storm-force winds and heavy snowfalls have hit Scotland, disrupting travel, damaging buildings and cutting power to tens of thousands of homes.
Gales gusted up to 100mph and heavy snowfalls affected higher routes. Many buildings were damaged.
There was disruption to air, rail, ferry and bus routes.
Wednesday is forecast to be a calmer day but the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has issued ten flood alerts, most of them for Tayside.
Late on Tuesday evening, the power companies said about 40,000 customers were still without electricity.
There have been blizzards on the A9 at Aviemore and many roads were affected by fallen trees. Commuters across Scotland have been urged to travel with caution.
Network Rail Scotland said chainsaw gangs were out on the network clearing multiple tree falls and that some debris was so large cranes were being brought in.
Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service said it had attended 488 incidents between 00:00 and 13:00 on Tuesday, with officers mostly having to deal with structural damage from fallen trees and collapsed buildings.
The fire and rescue service warned conditions were still "dangerous" and, with heavy rain forecast, warned the public of water getting into damaged buildings.
Fifteen people were rescued from a boat which was blown away as it was being repaired in a shipyard.
Clyde Coastguard said the fishing vessel was at Ferguson's yard in Port Glasgow when it broke loose and drifted away with the crewmen and workers onboard at about 10:00.
A coastguard spokesman said it was later anchored securely and no one was injured.
Violent storm
The crew of Helensburgh lifeboat rescued five people who had been on board yachts at Rhu marina.
As weather conditions were beyond the operational limits of the RNLI boat, the crew had to reach the yachts by crawling along walkways at the marina. Winds at the marina at the time of the rescue were force 11, violent storm.
Five people were injured when mobile homes were upturned by the wind at Stratheck holiday park near Inverchapel, between Loch Eck and the Holy Loch.
Three remain in hospital in Paisley. One of them, a 35-year-old woman, has been reported to be in a serious but stable condition.
The Aston Hotel in Dumfries suffered major structural damage after the storm ripped off part of its roof.
Wednesday is forecast to be another wet day with some persistent heavy rain, especially in the west, which could lead to some flooding.

BBC


Some of the highest gusts were at Malin Hd (Ireland) 105mph, Edinburgh Blackford Hill 102 mph and on the Tay Bridge (unofficial), Salsburgh 97mph, Islay 96mph, Inverkip nr Greenock 95mph (unofficial) Aberdaron (W Wales) 93mph, Macrihanish & Drumalbin 92mph, Glasgow Bishopston & Campeltown 91mph & at Portland (Dorset ,south coast) 91mph.
http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum

[Crostorm]

Strong gale, as already widely reported in other articles, in Central Europe Thursday, January 5th. In the Alps, gusts exceeded 200 km / h, but even at low altitude were widely exceeded 110-120 km / h. We quote some gust speed in Switzerland: Konkordiahuette (2856 m) 270 km / h (second value ever in Switzerland), Masegn Crap (2580 m) 185 km / h, Jungfraujoch (3580 m) 174 Chasseral (m 1599) 170, Pilatus (2106 m) 169, Saentis (m 2490) 165, Dole (m 1670) and Gran San Bernado (2473 m) 156, Monte Rosa Hütte (2885 m) 150, Altdorf (449 m) 143, Zurich (556 m) 132. Many flights canceled at Zurich airport. The stau with the first current from the west from the northwest was so impressive, Saentis to 64 mm of snowfall between 6 and 18 GMT, but with the snow cover increase of only 5 cm (from 355 to 360), probably scaccianeve strong. In contrast, only 21 mm of precipitation, always between 6 and 18 GMT, to Ulrichen (1357 m, Valais) have resulted in an increase in snow from 178 to 248 cm.

In Germany, the winds associated with storm Andrea have exceeded 176 km / h at Feldberg (Black Forest, m 1493) and Zugspitze (Bavarian Alps, m 2962), 169 km / h at Wendelstein (m 1835), 162 the Brocken (m 1142), but also 119 km / h at Heligoland, 104 in Hamburg and Bremen. The wind has also caused a victim.

Mistral gusts to 170 km / h in the afternoon of Thursday, Mont Aigoual in the south of France. Other values ​​of maximum speed in the gusts registered in the country trans: Cap Cepet 121 km / h, 112 Calais, Boulogne 111, 109 Metz-Nancy, The Hague, Rouen and Le Havre, 108, 106 Leucate, Millau 104. In the morning, in the north 7000 users were left without electric power lines brought down by fallen trees in the wind. Heavy snowfall in Savoy. In Corsica, gusts up to 161 km / h at Cape Corso, Pertusato 126 to, 122 in Ile Rousse.



meteogirnale

[Extratropical94]

Lowest pressure from the above mentioned storm "Andrea" at my place was 971 mbars. I measured winds of 80-90 km/h on the sea shore when the sun was shining and a sustained 105 km/h with gusts of up to 123 km/h during showers.
The sea level was about 1,8-2,3 m above average at high tide and 3,3-3,6 m above average at low tide.
Because of the low tide which was just as high as the normal high tide, rivers and canals can't empty into the North Sea because the sea level is constantly higher than the water levels of inland rivers and canals. This has filled up inland water retention basins to their maximum capacities. Additionally, one if the wettest starts to a year with 3 inches of rain from Jan 1st to 5th increased the amount of water that has to be somehow brought to the sea.
All in all, a nice redress for the fail-winter 2011/12

[Crostorm]

Alaskan town buried after EIGHTEEN FEET of snow collapses buildings, triggers avalanches and traps dozens in their homes

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1j0nRbsCE

Heavy snow blankets West Austria region of Vorarlberg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16467352



http://www.skywarn.at/forum/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=12139

[Bunkertor]

It´s so cold. Even the Piss-Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsaNkMh0lN0 in Brussels has gone off duty

[jasons2k]

I read that there was snow in Rome today - first time in many years!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/eur ... story.html