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

Harry Palmr · 29-11-2020 11:21am

Italy has yet again suffered a massive rainfall event, this time on Sardinia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX_P9bjQE28

It feels as if the Med has become a new hotspot for intense regional weather events.

https://floodlist.com/tag/italy

RobertKK · 30-12-2020 5:06pm

Not extreme but it can be recorded here.

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1344311971106185217?s=20

CelticRambler · 30-12-2020 5:19pm

Oooooh - that's really cool. Proper sci-fi CGI stuff! :pac:

Rougies · 30-12-2020 5:28pm

NASA satellite captured it too. Looks like the clouds fell down, which is pretty much what happened.

Supercell · 30-12-2020 5:29pm

RobertKK wrote: »

Not extreme but it can be recorded here.

https://twitter.com/MetEireann/status/1344311971106185217?s=20

I saw that earlier today and thought to myself that it looked like a hole punch formation, delighted to see it confirmed, never thought i'd see one myself outside of the internet.

Pa ElGrande · 07-01-2021 12:24pm

https://twitter.com/P4Estacions/status/1346712869069615105

Storm 'Filomena' leaves the lowest temperature ever recorded in the Iberian Peninsula: -34.1 ° C

This week has been very cold, with frosts in much of Spain even in areas very close to the coast. The early hours of this Wednesday were marked by intense cold and snowfall. The thermometers show such low figures that the temperature at the Clot de la Llança (Alto Aneu) weather station stands out: - 34.1 degrees. It is the lowest temperature in the Iberian Peninsula since there are records.

Nabber · 07-01-2021 12:46pm

Pa ElGrande wrote: »

Storm 'Filomena' leaves the lowest temperature ever recorded in the Iberian Peninsula: -34.1 ° C

Has it been verified, I read about this yesterday and they said the station was relatively new and other stations Pyrenees were not reflective.

For those interested, the station is about 2.5km above sea level.

fryup · 09-01-2021 11:41pm

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

RobertKK · 10-01-2021 12:07am

On the flip side, Malta got a record high for January thanks to Filomena.

https://twitter.com/severeweathereu/status/1348041885517012992?s=21

Gaoth Laidir · 10-01-2021 12:14am

Looking at snow depths in Japan and I noticed that North Korea seems to want to be top of Asia with their depths. Up to 400 cm (yes, 4 metres!) just within the confines of their country. And all perfectly round figures too. Again, North Korea is the best country in the world at everything it does!

Danno · 10-01-2021 12:19am

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 · 10-01-2021 2:02am

Brother in Madrid. Trees falling with weight of snow

fryup · 10-01-2021 11:55am

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 · 10-01-2021 2:29pm

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 · 10-01-2021 2:51pm

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 · 10-01-2021 7:39pm

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

Meteorite58 · 10-01-2021 8:41pm

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

theguzman · 10-01-2021 8:49pm

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 · 10-01-2021 8:50pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

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

wow... Just imagine being under!

Meteorite58 · 10-01-2021 8:51pm

ito wrote: »

wow... Just imagine being under!

Would get hammered.

ito · 10-01-2021 8:56pm

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 · 11-01-2021 10:28am

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

ito · 11-01-2021 10:40am

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 · 11-01-2021 4:13pm

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 · 23-01-2021 2:54am

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 · 23-01-2021 3:34am

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 · 23-01-2021 8:03pm

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 · 26-01-2021 1:06am

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

Tyrone212 · 26-01-2021 2:27am

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 · 27-01-2021 8:09am

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 · 27-01-2021 1:33pm

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 · 27-01-2021 3:24pm

odyboody wrote: »

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

Lol : ) apologies.

Tyrone212 · 07-02-2021 12:40am

Saharan dust: Orange skies and sandy snow in southern Europe

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

Davaeo09 · 07-02-2021 3:58pm

^ 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 · 15-02-2021 1:30am

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

Meteorite58 · 15-02-2021 11:57pm

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

Bsal · 16-02-2021 1:30am

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

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

bnt · 17-02-2021 2:51pm

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 · 17-02-2021 3:06pm

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 · 27-02-2021 3:39pm

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.

Dillonb3 · 25-03-2021 10:40pm

America starting to hit it's peak tornado season with an outbreak in the Dixie Alley area today

https://twitter.com/Livestormchaser/status/1375191323733557254

Wanderer78 · 26-03-2021 9:05am

Dillonb3 wrote:

America starting to hit it's peak tornado season with an outbreak in the Dixie Alley area today

Any idea what size it was, sounds like it was substantial, maybe f3/4?

lolie · 26-03-2021 11:32am

Dillonb3 wrote: »

America starting to hit it's peak tornado season with an outbreak in the Dixie Alley area today

https://twitter.com/Livestormchaser/status/1375191323733557254

https://twitter.com/IntelPointAlert/status/1375158265856790531

Dillonb3 · 26-03-2021 1:04pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Any idea what size it was, sounds like it was substantial, maybe f3/4?

Looks like a violent enough tornado. They should be doing the initial damage surveys this afternoon. One of the tornados struck James Spann's house while he was doing the weather coverage of it

Gaoth Laidir · 26-03-2021 1:59pm

lolie wrote: »

https://twitter.com/IntelPointAlert/status/1375158265856790531

Vertical video again...

lolie · 26-03-2021 2:16pm

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Vertical video again...

Ha yes, he may have been preoccupied though.

Supercell · 01-04-2021 9:54am

"Cloud avalanche" in Nepal, pretty cool, music background is a bit naff but worth a look all the same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAKCt6fcc4

M.T. Cranium · 29-05-2021 6:31pm

Freak late snowfalls in parts of Ontario, Canada. Toronto airport (CYYZ) measured 0.2 cm with a rainfall of 15 mm on 28th, daily max temp only 9 C. This snow is the latest measured snowfall in that location edging out May 26-27 1961 overnight.

The downtown location no longer specifies snow amounts and public video reports suggest trace amounts fell there. It would be the fifth latest trace of snow since reporting began in 1840. (only since 2017 has there been this absence of definite snow reports but I maintain a data base from indirect clues such as snow on ground and nearby reports). The latest traces of snow at the downtown location were 3 June 1859 and 1 June 1945, also late May traces in several years. The latest measurable snowfall at the downtown location remains 16 May (1884). The max of 11 C for the 28th and the min of 3 C are both near record values, and if it fell lower by morning of 29th (today) I will add the details. Due to the urban heat island that has developed since most cold records were set in the 1840-1890 period, daily record lows are unusual at Toronto downtown nowadays but one was set last year on 9th of May.

Most snow events in this region in May involve a cold rain that has snow mixing in occasionally, with a trend towards sticking snow on the higher ground west to northwest of the city. Elevations near Lake Ontario are only about 70-80 metres above sea level, but rise above 200 metres to the west of the Niagara Escarpment (the rock cliff that Niagara Falls cut into since the glacial era). There were video confirmed reports of 1-3 cm accumulations in the "highland" region northwest of Orangeville, ON specifically around Dundalk which is about 500 metres above sea level.

It had been a warmer than average May to the 27th (this will cut in) and at the airport the high on the 25th was 33.3 C, so the temperature fell from that point more or less continuously until the snow and 3-4 C readings arrived.

The snowfall was part of a larger rainfall event associated with low pressure tracking east-northeast through PA and NY states. It is therefore a somewhat similar event to the freak June 1816 inland New England snowfall from a coastal low. It also looked fairly similar to the reconstructed weather map for 3 June 1859 and some other late spring snow producers of the past.

Bsal · 18-06-2021 1:16am

Much of western USA is scorching

https://twitter.com/NWSSanDiego/status/1405668490791378946?s=20

CelticRambler · 20-06-2021 9:15am

Just west of Tours, a tornado ripped the bell tower off the church in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgeuil yesterday.
https://twitter.com/GuillDelanoue/status/1406254241065451523

Also damaged the community centre where voting was due to take place today, and associated hail ravaged local vineyards.

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