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  1. cooler

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    Go West my little snowflakes, go west

    Major winter storm taking aim at West, Midwest
    By JOSH FUNK, Associated Press Writer Josh Funk, Associated Press Writer
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    OMAHA, Neb. – A major winter storm is promising to bring a white Christmas to much of the nation's midsection, though countless holiday travelers faced slick roads and scattered flight delays and cancellations Wednesday that only looked to get worse.

    This is a huge system," said Rick Hiltbrand, a meteorologist with National Weather Service in Chanhassen, Minn. "It's just going to kind of sit there through the weekend."
     
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    cooler, how's things going on your area there?:p
     
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    After we got the big dump here, i've told my snowflake friends to fly south for a vacation:D
     
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    In pictures: Frozen Germany

    In the meanwhile it has continued to snow on a regular basis for the first time in a whole lot of years (over here near the Atlantic/North Sea anyway) :cool:.

    Here some pics from Germany on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8450388.stm

    And a lovely pic of the UK as well :D

    [​IMG]
     
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    The Great thing about ...

    .....never listening to the weather forecast is that it frees you from that dull anticipation of the coming week. Every day dawns with a new surprise.:)
    Thus, I rode my bicycle home from work on bare steets at 10pm last night and woke, in complete ignorance, to see this:
    (diving smash returns are so much more fun in snow.)
     

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    ^^Snowing in your area, finally??..^^

    ..if so, then it's better late than never!..;)
     
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    a true diehard badminton nut is the one who owns an all season 24/7 badminton court:p
     
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    Vancouver is so warm this winter. The Olympics is a joke!!!
     
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    We're really struggling to put up with the bitter 8°C in Vancouver today ;):p
     
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    Haha, it has only been freezing for a week or so and nothing compared to the -30 in Poland and beyond still. And first real snow today [​IMG] 4-6 inches.

    Can barely believe it is -16 at the moment ... maybe I should stick my hand out for a bit longer :p? Dutch national championships are held here these 3 days as well [​IMG].

    tempgmt.png

    And an original to compare my previous slightly dramatized ones ;)

    IMG_1042-2.jpg
     
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    Windchill map (brrr):

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    Q&A: Why is it so cold across Europe?

    Temperatures have hit new lows across Europe, where a week-long cold snap has killed scores. Meanwhile, forecasters have warned that the freezing weather will continue through the weekend. Colin Seddon from the BBC Weather Centre takes a closer look at what is causing the phenomenon.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16873269

    Can only say I don't remember seeing temperatures like these ever in these parts (maybe -17~ but not lower). Funny related item on the news, -25 was a warm day in Siberia so time to go ice fishing. Some without gloves and barely a coat on :D.

    In pictures: Europe grapples with freeze
     
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    Even low-elevation Lucerne had a temperature of -24[SUP]o[/SUP]C.

    But no capital city can beat Ulan Bator for the rights to being the coldest.

     
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    Whistler is going to be overcrowded from all those cancelled European winter vacations :).
     
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    Low elevation? We are below sea level and 15 miles further down the road it was -22.9C at 9AM this morning ;). Afternoon was quite alright with practically no wind and now back down to -16C already an hour ago. Not too bad actually (provided absolutely no wind is blowing :D) ...
     
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    Not much change [​IMG]

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    You mean no tulips coming up yet?!

    You shivering Dutch could learn a thing or two from Canadians about how to cope with cold weather: Brag about our fortitude to foreigners online whilst staying inside continuously for 6 months and watching American Idol. :rolleyes:
     
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    :cool: Flowers were popping up last month already (not kidding) http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4332/Groe...eeuwklokjes-in-bloei-op-15-januari-2012.dhtml
    Crocuses in particular announce spring as they are planted all around (so easily visible) and were in bloom as well ... or they're Narcissus

    :D In fact we were already looking forward to spring! But this extreme cold weather more or less was predicted for this winter, only off by a month (or two) and not as cold as predicted for the non-extreme parts of it ;).

    Only -10 right now (at 3.30AM), clouds have come in ...
     
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    I mean, it's lowlands for Switzerland.
    -22.9[SUP]o[/SUP]C? That's incredibly cold for a coastal city, considering the fact that water in the oceans store up vast amounts of heat. Usually only land-locked regions and deserts get that type of plunge.
    An occasional short-spelled Arctic wind is probably a fun event for some if not for the fatalities and the suffering of the homeless in the colder north. I still remember that day, when a blast from Siberia caused snowfall in certain parts of London in May :eek:.
    A not so typical day in the Algerian desert:

    [video=youtube;Gd3Gh2AJFLM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd3Gh2AJFLM&feature=related[/video]

     
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