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5th October 2010, 05:52 AM
Thank God there's a sales on jackets at The Sportsman Guide. >:(
Coldest winter in 1,000 years on its way
http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html
Edited 05 October, 2010, 16:30
Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last 1,000 years.
The change is reportedly connected with the speed of the Gulf Stream, which has shrunk in half in just the last couple of years. Polish scientists say that it means the stream will not be able to compensate for the cold from the Arctic winds. According to them, when the stream is completely stopped, a new Ice Age will begin in Europe.
Read more
So far, the results have been lower temperatures: for example, in Central Russia, they are a couple of degrees below the norm.
“Although the forecast for the next month is only 70 percent accurate, I find the cold winter scenario quite likely,” Vadim Zavodchenkov, a leading specialist at the Fobos weather center, told RT. “We will be able to judge with more certainty come November. As for last summer's heat, the statistical models that meteorologists use to draw up long-term forecasts aren't able to predict an anomaly like that.”
In order to meet the harsh winter head on, Moscow authorities are drawing up measures to help Muscovites survive the extreme cold.
Most of all, the government is concerned with homeless people who risk freezing to death if the forecast of the meteorologists come true. Social services and police are being ordered to take the situation under control even if they have to force the homeless to take help.
Moscow authorities have also started checking air conditioning systems in all socially important buildings. All the conditioners are being carefully cleaned from the remains of summer smog.
ADDITIONAL STORY
Freeze Warning overnight
By JIMMY SETTLE • The Leaf-Chronicle • October 4, 2010
The National Weather Service has upgraded its previous Frost Advisory for overnight tonight to a Freeze Warning — meaning freezing conditions are imminent or highly likely.
Forecasters say freezing conditions are more likely in low-lying areas of Middle Tennessee as temperatures dip overnight toward the freezing mark. The alert is in effect from midnight until 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Cover plants that are most susceptible to freeze damage.
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20101004/NEWS01/101004016/Freeze+Warning+overnight
Coldest winter in 1,000 years on its way
http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html
Edited 05 October, 2010, 16:30
Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last 1,000 years.
The change is reportedly connected with the speed of the Gulf Stream, which has shrunk in half in just the last couple of years. Polish scientists say that it means the stream will not be able to compensate for the cold from the Arctic winds. According to them, when the stream is completely stopped, a new Ice Age will begin in Europe.
Read more
So far, the results have been lower temperatures: for example, in Central Russia, they are a couple of degrees below the norm.
“Although the forecast for the next month is only 70 percent accurate, I find the cold winter scenario quite likely,” Vadim Zavodchenkov, a leading specialist at the Fobos weather center, told RT. “We will be able to judge with more certainty come November. As for last summer's heat, the statistical models that meteorologists use to draw up long-term forecasts aren't able to predict an anomaly like that.”
In order to meet the harsh winter head on, Moscow authorities are drawing up measures to help Muscovites survive the extreme cold.
Most of all, the government is concerned with homeless people who risk freezing to death if the forecast of the meteorologists come true. Social services and police are being ordered to take the situation under control even if they have to force the homeless to take help.
Moscow authorities have also started checking air conditioning systems in all socially important buildings. All the conditioners are being carefully cleaned from the remains of summer smog.
ADDITIONAL STORY
Freeze Warning overnight
By JIMMY SETTLE • The Leaf-Chronicle • October 4, 2010
The National Weather Service has upgraded its previous Frost Advisory for overnight tonight to a Freeze Warning — meaning freezing conditions are imminent or highly likely.
Forecasters say freezing conditions are more likely in low-lying areas of Middle Tennessee as temperatures dip overnight toward the freezing mark. The alert is in effect from midnight until 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Cover plants that are most susceptible to freeze damage.
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20101004/NEWS01/101004016/Freeze+Warning+overnight