One year is ending, and technically seen weather it was a madness. This December broke in Austria alone again records:
*) of the coldest December since 1996 in Vienna (2-3 degrees below the average)
*) after a November, the 3 - 4 degrees above was the means (therefore legally the same these two months Temperature Moderately again).
*) 2 Südföhnperioden (06.bis 09th and from 19 to 23) provided a total for a "milder" West: and gale-force winds in the mountains: Feuerkogel 144 km / h (10); Schöckl 140 km / h (09); Patscherkofel 137 km / h (21)
*) were already in Vienna, the accumulated snow reached heights of almost all winter (50 cm since the end of November - falling in the middle in a Winter 58 cm).
*) with 17.6 degrees in Bludenz (580m, V) at 08.12. and -22.6 degrees Turnau (780 m, Aflenzer Basin, St) at 17.12. , the extreme values apart from valley close to 40 degrees.
It was December in other parts of Europe and the world anything but quiet. Here is a brief overview of the winter stories in Europe, garnished with a few images of various press agencies (see references).
In Germany
is after the snowy winter of 2009/10 (who does not remember the meter-high snowdrifts in the Baltic Sea?) this winter are a continuation of the northern neighbor geplant.Verbreitet 20 to 30 cm total snow. The December 2010 is as the coldest December in 40 years in the record books. This fall, as many as not since records began in Frankfurt in December now 59 cm of fresh snow.
( report orf.at )
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| A cross-country struggles through the Thuringian Forest near Oberhof (AP Photo / Jens Meyer) |
Frankfurt airport was blocked, the German railway struggled with outages. Not to mention all delays. Lastly, the German railway also issued a travel warning not to use trains.
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| Total Depth on 12/30/2010 (c) DWD |
the end of November broke into the UK the winter. According to various reports, this is one of the coldest December in 280 years. The temperature measurements are in England until the 18th Century ago, a fact which brings us today, many important climate-related information.
The consequences of snowfall before Christmas and the geperrten airports on the islands were also felt in Innsbruck. On 18 December was the air traffic in the Tyrolean capital reduced.
This has the British weather service, UK Met Office, to say .
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| sheep in the snow near Middleham in North England (REUTERS / Nigel Roddis) |
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| satellite image from NASA's Terra satellite at 20.12. AP Photo / NEODAAS / University of Dundee |
are in winter uncommon in the USA winter storms (blizzards), if such but from Georgia to Canada for a white Christmas and providing for a metropolis like New York is concerned, of course, makes the big headlines. A very detailed article gives HERE .
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| Philadelphia - Airport at 27.12. AP / Matt Rourke |
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| In New York at 27.12. after the Blizzard (about 50 cm of snow + snow drifts) AFP / Getty Images / Timothy A. Clary |
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| in Times Square, 27.12. FP / Getty Images / Stan Honda |
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| on cross-country skis through the 73 - Road to Central Park, FP / Getty Images / Stan Honda |
In Italy was the winter for a short time big issue - to Toscana, the cold air pushed on us caused a few inches of fresh snow.
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| Florence on 18 December - AP Photo / Claudio Scaccini |
Synoptic Summary
A very special flow pattern is responsible for keeping. A blocking high pressure zone located over the eastern Atlantic and provides a persistent northwest flow to Europe. This stored lows brought more snow to the north of England bi Balkans. Especially in Scandinavia, Poland and Germany is a continuous snow cover.
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| Visible image of Satreponline, of 300 hPa Geopotential (blue). On display is the massive high-northwest of the British Isles and the low pressure system over Spain. This blocking "high-over-low" situation brought Europe a continuous supply of cold and snowy Atlantic air |
Südweströmung can but is expected to set the end of next week.
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| amounts of snow in Europe, established by the NCEP |
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Sources:
Snow Germany: DWD
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010
http://blogs.sacbee.com/photos/2010/12/blizzard-menaces-us-east-coast.html
Satellite Image: satreponline
Schneebedekcung: weterzentrale.de
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