Serious cold wave europe- already 80 people frozen to death

The wave of cold originated in Siberia then flooded eastern europe and this week flooded reached as far south west as the western mediterranean countries.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/w...urope-cold-snap-sees-temperatures-plunge.html

masses of snow in Italy (videos)
http://www.meteosottoceneri.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=55

here the other winter thread "lots of snow"
http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=442812&highlight=snow&f=38

 

that's very odd, considering it's been 50 degrees farenheit pretty much all winter so far here in ohio. I hope they get snapped out of it soon

 

:freezing: i'm glad i live in africa :sunny: all year round

 

In your place its warmer like in almost all of the USA, theres some frost far north or in the north east.
To see the same temperatures as we have in central europe right now you have to go way up to northern Canada, so we have in europe a canadian like winter right now with snow and frost even in the mediterranean countries.

As for the question how long this can last, about half the global weather computer models this morning show continuing cold until mid february at least, the other part of the models show a possible warming up in a week or so, but such a cold air cushin is heavy and difficult to get rid of so I think chances are slightly over 50% that this cold stays until mid February or longer...

 

Well its bloody freezing in the UK...barely gets above 0C during the day at the moment.. brrrrr

 

Here a map from this morning- europe frozen but most of the USA quite warm.
Eastern europe all the way down to Turkey and Greece suffer from this cold for a weeks already, in western europe the cold wave arrived this week.
Even in parts of northern Africa the freezing air and snow have arrived.

 

Ancient stories forewarn of cold when the days are short.

 

Romania yesterday in the middle of the cold air flow

http://www.wzforum.de/forum2/read.php?32,2360816

 

that is crazy, the earth's axis is shifting at a fast speed. i am on the east coast USA and we got to almost 70F today when it is normally 30F and below.

 

We Are Experiencing The Coldest Summer Since The

1960's, For Example, Today Had A High Of 14c, This

Day Last Year It Was 36c...:sunny:

Tis 10-34pm Here And Im Debating As To Wether I

Should Turn On The Central Heating.

The Current Outside Temp Is 11c.

Feb Is Mid Summer Here, High Winds, High Temps, And

Almost Daily Bushfires.......I Don't Miss The Fires Though....



Cheers Glen.

 

now that you mention it , the nights are unusually cool for january and its only 31c here today, they are saying that winter will arrive earlier and stay longer here .We are also having serious veldfires in the Cape .The whole worlds weather is changing , and some people dont believe in global warming .Do they need any more proof ?

 

it has to do with the axis shift of the earth, we are in store for a next ice age very soon but before the iceage the water must melt. thus why the seasons are becoming opposite.

 

nah it's just the uneven heating of the earth causing all the fuss, no new ice age anytime (relatively) soon. Cold fronts come and go, but im sure it has something to do with climate change. Colder winters and harsher summers, welcome to the reality your politicians have been ignoring

I must admit, as a Texan seeing all that snow is kinda making me jealous seriously we hardy get snow down here.

 

Somethings up.

Last winter I nearly froze to death (in Arizona). This winter it's been almost t-shirt weather here. Very strange.

I just found this story today:

Forget Global Warming - It's Cycle 25 We Need to Worry About

more: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/240772-Forget-Global-Warming-It-s-Cycle-25-We-Need-to-Worry-About

This isn't the first time I've read about a "mini ice age" coming either, btw.

 

The large river of cold air originating from Siberia/Russia arrived as far south as Africa where we can see palm trees in the cold, windy air and snowfall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh2EhUuR-HI"]snow in sahara , snow in the desert - YouTube

 

some recent pics from Italy where the snowfalls continue

http://corrieredibologna.corriere.i...orifb/neve-vostre-foto-1903102538043.shtml#12

 

The temps in europe this morning.
In Iceland or Greenland its warmer than in big parts of Spain or Turkey.

 

Now there seem to be over 120 dead already, the deadliest weather we had in europe for a while

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/02/europe-freezes-cold-winter-weather

here the latest previsions for southern Poland, the highest temperatures in a week will be around -10°C, the lowest between -15°C and -20°C:

 

More than 150 dead so far...
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/02/world/europe/europe-cold-snap/index.html?hpt=ieu_c1

and the cold will stay for the next 10 days at least, with heavy snowfalls in some southern regions like Italy.

 

Loving your pictures Midgardsun, did you take them? Wow never will I complain about weather in the UK think our country is quite lucky.

Stay safe x