http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Sub-zero_weather_kills_another_13_in_Central_Europe_999.html
winter (70)
Dec 7, 2010; 8:08 AM ET
There is a good chance that a major storm will hit areas from the Midwest to the Northeast this weekend adding to a snow cover that will cover 50 percent of the country by Christmas Day.
AccuWeather.com meteorologists are predicting a storm will move from the northern Plains into the Ohio Valley, then redevelop off the mid-Atlantic coast. On that path, the storm will produce a swath of plowable snow from the Dakotas through the Midwest and Great Lakes and into the Northeast.
The storm has the potential to explode into a major snowstorm that could produce in excess of 6 inches of snow over a large area of the Northeast U.S. and eastern Canada.
AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Joe Bastardi says that it is the type of storm that could close roads in some areas.
For the major cities along the I-95 corridor, it would appear that the storm could bring a mix of rain and snow, but any deviation in the path of the storm could mean the difference between a sloppy storm or a major snowstorm.
For Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee, it appears that snow will fall and that travel problems in those cities could be significant this weekend.
The storm this weekend is part of a wintry weather pattern that has developed across the eastern part of the country. The storm is also potentially one of several storms that could bring a white Christmas to many areas across the Midwest and Northeast.
Bastardi is predicting that the pattern will result in over 50 percent of the country having a white Christmas which is well above the average coverage of less than 25 percent of the country which is usually covered by snow Christmas Day.
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/42585/lakeeffect-snow-to-bury-the-gr.asp
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Scotland-gripped-by-the-worst.6647107.jp
Fresh Food and Fuel In Short Supply
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Fresh-food-and-fuel-in.6647550.jp
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1332420/Snow-blizzard-warnings-weekend-Britain-temperatures-plummet.html
Just want to point out to those who don't believe the Gulf Stream has been affected (and I forget which blog we were talking about this), this forecast is indicative that it has been very much affected. We will see how it goes this winter.
Click the link to view the video.
http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html?fullstory
Coldest winter in 1,000 years on its way
Russia Times
Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:20 CDT
After the record heat wave this summer, Russia's weather seems to have acquired a taste for the extreme.
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.
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.
