Topic: Weather
Winter Cancelled
Feb 27, 2007
Compared to winters since 1864 this winter ist still warmest in Switzerland. Basel reports a mean temperature of 5°C over last record from 1916 - diference of 0°C. Zurich had only 2 Days with snow (12cm in total).
Despite latest 2 cold and snowy ...>>
Cloud Streets [2007-02-24]
Feb 25, 2007
The Black Sea forms an enclosed basin, located between south-eastern Europe and Asia Minor. In this satellite picture, captured by Daily Terra , 2007-02-24, cold wind from North-East condensates water vapour in warmer air over the sea and forms clouds. ...>>
Storm Kyrill
Jan 23, 2007
Though Kyrill was not an extrem storm its footprint is impressive. The storm struck Europe with hurricane-force winds over the course of two days, causing significant flight, rail, ferry and power disruptions, flooding, and building damage over a large part ...>>
Bushfires
Jan 16, 2007
Today Bushfire swept through transmission lines near Benalla, caused a massive blackouts in Victoria and affected 200,000. Temperature was at 39°C and network came under demand by cooling devices. Seen by Daily Terra, 2007-01-15. ...>>
NCDC Report
Jan 13, 2007
Though presenting warmest year on record for US most surprising sentence in the 2006 report from National Climatic Data Center is this one:
A contributing factor to the unusually warm temperatures throughout 2006 also is the long-term warming trend,
w ...>>
Temperature Anomalies
Jan 10, 2007
Last december and this January appears unusually mild to many people of the northern hemisphere. There are not only reports of higher temperatures, trees and flowers started to bloom in winter, ice bears dropped hibernation and migratory birds decided to stay ...>>
Is Calendar Wrong?
Jan 9, 2007
Nice story written by Patrick Barkham, published in the Guardian 9th, January:
Hedgehogs shun hibernation to gambol amongst blooming daffodils. Cherry trees blossom and red admiral butterflies soar in the balmy breeze. From sheep to parrots, creatures pop o ...>>
Records
Jan 9, 2007
Australian annual mean temperature anomalies
(compared to the 1961-90 average) since 1910 to present
Data collected by the Bureau of Meteorology indicate that Australias annual mean temperature for 2006 was 0.47°C above the standard 1961-1990 average, ...>>
Dust Storm
Jan 6, 2007
The Cape Verde islands are in the mid-Atlantic, roughly off the coast of Mauritania and Senegal. Though 300miles away from continent Karman vortices are build and visible in this picture captured by Daily Terra, 2006-01-02. ...>>
Storm Clovis
Jan 3, 2007
Today tropical cyclone Clovis struck Madagascar. Clovis brought 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 120 km/h. Wind gusts in the area have been considerably higher. Captured by Daily Terra, 2007-01-02. ...>>
Fog
Dec 22, 2006
More than 40,000 travellers are affected by heavy fog descended on the capital. BA cancelling a further 174 flights today.
The Met Office says the current radiation fog, caused by a clear skies in recent days followed by a large high pressure front and ver ...>>
Alpine Sports
Dec 5, 2006
WMO reports cancelled sports events in Austria, Czech Republic, France, Slovakia and Switzerland caused by warm weather in these countries. With temperatures above 10°C and heavy rain even artificial snow is not an option.
Picture above shows the Alps last ...>>
Records
Dec 1, 2006
According to Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) this meteorological fall (September to November) was 1°C warmer than 1982 the last record holder and 2.5 degree warmer than the average. In Oberstdorf, Bavaria, the thermometer reached a maximum ...>>
Temperature Records
Nov 28, 2006
The Swiss National Weather Service, MeteoSwiss, announces autumn 2006 as warmest on record.
Previous high in 1987 was beaten by 1°C and the average temperature by 2°C to 3°C.
Systematic annual meteorological measurements in Switzerland were first car ...>>
Tornados
Nov 12, 2006
Big Storms of Tornado Alley9:31 min, added November 9th, 2006 by extremeinstability.
Compilation of different tornados from 2005 chased by Mike, extremeinstability.com.
The website presents an impressive collection of tornado photos and chasing tips. ...>>
METOP Satellite
Oct 28, 2006
MetOp-A, Europe's first polar-orbiting satellite dedicated to operational meteorology, was launched on 19 October 2006 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It complements Europe's Meteosat satellites positioned in geostationary orbit and provides better ...>>
Blizzard
Oct 18, 2006
Buffalo Blizzard3:02 min, added October 13th, 2006 by speca369.
The strong storm caused three deaths in western New York, at least 50cm snow on the state and left more than 300,000 without electricity for days. Sets new record for snowiest October in last ...>>
Weather Forum
Sep 27, 2006
The Third International Weather Forum is being organized by the French Meteorological Society in Ajaccio, Corsica, from 9 to 15 October 2006.
The accent will be on climate change and environmental issues. Two debates will be organized for the public: "The ...>>
