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A thread for weather extremes that don’t normally get reported

RobertKK

I thought it might be interesting to have a thread where people can post weather extremes from other countries that might appear on their news feeds but are not generally reported on.

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Danno

fryup wrote: »

a blizzard in spain, surely that confirms climate change to the doubters???

I bet you think that the Spanish Climate is the sum total of a Budget Travel brochure. :rolleyes:

pauldry

Brother in Madrid. Trees falling with weight of snow

fryup

Danno wrote: »

I bet you think that the Spanish Climate is the sum total of a Budget Travel brochure. :rolleyes:

well eh, no i don't........but this is the heaviest snowfall there in over 50 years so not exactly normal spanish weather

so no need for the snide comment

lolie

pauldry wrote: »

Brother in Madrid. Trees falling with weight of snow

Good video here, scary stuff.
https://twitter.com/MarcusWadsak/status/1347949757885521926

https://twitter.com/MarcusWadsak/status/1347913118433878018

Gaoth Laidir

Meanwhile in Japan the snow continues. The station of Yasuzuka, just 126 m amsl, registered over 3 metres depth overnight. That's 3 metres on the flat, not drifts. Several other stations reported even higher.

ito

Oh... I am in Madrid at the moment... I was supposed to be flying to Dublin yesterday but... SURPRISE!!!!!

Meteorite58

https://twitter.com/MeteoIberiaEs/status/1348291218116120577?s=20

theguzman

Would houses in Madrid be insulated like here or have radiators and central heating or would they be relying on the Air Con operating as a heater?

ito

Meteorite58 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/MeteoIberiaEs/status/1348291218116120577?s=20

wow... Just imagine being under!

Meteorite58

ito wrote: »

wow... Just imagine being under!

Would get hammered.

ito

theguzman wrote: »

Would houses in Madrid be insulated like here or have radiators and central heating or would they be relying on the Air Con operating as a heater?

In Madrid city we are not used to houses but to apartments, but the insulation normally is better than in Dublin (or what I have seen so far in the last 6 years).

There are old block of apartments with central system, meaning that there is a central boiler for the whole block (apparently is more efficient like that).

The new apartments or the houses have their own boilers.

Normally they are all connected to pipes in the street that supply gas for the boiler, but some houses might have their own deposit where they store liqud gas for their own bolier.

Last, but not least, the heating system is way different to Ireland. When you have your own boiler, you will have a thermostat where you control the temperature that you want to be in your home (let's say 21 degrees) and set a time frame. The boiler will automatically stop when the place reaches those 21 degrees, rather than (what I have seen in all the places I have been here) staying all the time on for a period of time.

Another thing different is that we instantly have hot water all the time, we don't need an innersion or something similar.

TLDR: radiators, boilers, etc. Heating with AC is way more expensive.

pauldry

They are a bit over imaginative with their snowman building in Madrid

ito

pauldry wrote: »

They are a bit over imaginative with their snowman building in Madrid

snowcouple! Or maybe they were surprised by the storm and are frozen there :pac:

BonnieSituation

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Meanwhile in Japan the snow continues. The station of Yasuzuka, just 126 m amsl, registered over 3 metres depth overnight. That's 3 metres on the flat, not drifts. Several other stations reported even higher.

Talking to a friend in Tokyo last night and she was saying there's not a dribble there at all [as you can see on the maps], I would have expected something drifting over. Mountains doing their job.

lolie

Seen this earlier, for some reason it reminded me of the scene in the movie Ghost when the demons come up out of the ground :pac:
https://twitter.com/ERMurray/status/1348269720642977794

Danno

lolie wrote: »

Seen this earlier, for some reason it reminded me of the scene in the movie Ghost when the demons come up out of the ground :pac:

That's rather freaky!

Around two weeks ago there were similar scenes nearby on the hills - never bothered recording though.

lolie

Danno wrote: »

That's rather freaky!

Around two weeks ago there were similar scenes nearby on the hills - never bothered recording though.

Freeky but I'd love to see it, lots of rivers froze near here in 09/10 so it would've been cool to see.

lolie

A stunning sun halo in Sweden on sunday.
https://twitter.com/WeatherSarov1/status/1353793933252440064

Tyrone212

lolie wrote: »

Seen this earlier, for some reason it reminded me of the scene in the movie Ghost when the demons come up out of the ground :pac:
https://twitter.com/ERMurray/status/1348269720642977794

Looks like Alien tadpoles.

bazlers

https://www.severe-weather.eu/recent-events/brutal-cold-in-yakutia-russia-mk/

Now if we all breath in from the east and exhale to the west there is a slight chance we might bring it a little closer ; )

odyboody

bazlers wrote: »

https://www.severe-weather.eu/recent-events/brutal-cold-in-yakutia-russia-mk/

Now if we all breath in from the east and exhale to the west there is a slight chance we might bring it a little closer ; )

Unfortunately that is from last year!!
Wonder what its showing in 2021

bazlers

odyboody wrote: »

Unfortunately that is from last year!!
Wonder what its showing in 2021

Lol : ) apologies.

Tyrone212

Saharan dust: Orange skies and sandy snow in southern Europe

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-55966867

Davaeo09

^ that stuff is a pain

Worked in Tenerife before having to move home in March (thanks covid)
The place was destroyed by those "calima" events.
The winds at night were the worst I've experienced and the next day there was 5cms of clay/dust every where.

Had to sweep the floors 2-3 times a day
https://tenerifeguru.com/tenerife-another-calima-january-2020/

BonnieSituation

I remember we got a pretty hefty dusting back in the early 90s here from the Sahara. It was very very weird.

Meteorite58

A lot of dust blowing off the Sahara today towards the Canary Islands.

Bsal

Dallas Texas today -15C and snow, expecting a low of -18C Tuesday morning

https://twitter.com/csweirich/status/1361422316668739584?s=20

bnt

I have friends just south of Houston, and they were without power for a while, then without gas and water. The forecast for today is freezing rain. I imagine the wildlife is a bit confused about the last week.

Elmer Blooker

There was a time when temperatures close to freezing or above in polar regions would have been news worthy but as its now an annual occurrence it doesn't even get reported anymore.
As always in the Svalbard area. It can only be as a result of higher sea surface temps in the Gulf Stream. The future is bleak for snow lovers in Ireland and the UK.

https://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/gfse_cartes.php?&ech=6&mode=9&carte=1

Tyrone212

The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) Thursday reported a new national high temperature for February — 16.8 degrees Celsius.

Record temperatures were also reported Thursday in Poland where Makow Podhalanski hit 21.7 degrees Celsius, and in Slovakia, where the southwestern city of Hurbanovo reported a high of 20.8 Celsius.

Thursday’s records come as western and central Europe is seeing something of a winter heat wave, with records falling earlier in the week in the Czech Republic, Austria, and in Germany, where on Monday, Hamburg hit 21.1 degrees Celsius — the warmest temperature recorded there in any winter month.

Some of the records that fell this week had stood for more than a century.

The heat wave comes two weeks after western and central Europe saw a frigid blast of winter, with heavy snowfalls in Britain, Germany and the Netherlands.

Washington Post meteorologist Matthew Cappucci says the region has seen the wild swing in temperatures thanks to a seesaw effect in the jet stream that earlier in the month brought freezing air down from the pole, and this week brought warm air from the south, including dust from the Sahara Desert in Africa.