Siberia overtakes Europe
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February 02 2012
In comparison with some chilly winters in recent years, the 2011-2012 winter could have looked balmy so far. However, that changed this week when a chilly continental wind brought cruel chills to most of Europe.
Temperature anomalies across the globe in °C right now, averaged over 8 days. Central Europe is 15 °C colder than the normal for this season; note that even 2 °C of warming – some people with big eyes expect in a century – wouldn't make a difference. A favorite map of Ron de Haan (hat tip); see many other maps by Ryan Maue.
The title contains the word "Siberia" and not "Arctic" because it's actually a wind from the East, and not from the North, that is bringing us the reduced energy per degree of freedom.
In Pilsen, we had about -17 °C today in the morning; an hour before the noon, we're approach near summer temperatures like –12 °C. The figure should drop to -20 °C tomorrow in the morning. The coldest places in Czechia – in chilly valleys – experienced about -30 °C; that's –22 °F if you're an uncompromising American when it comes to the units. Several homeless folks (including someone in Pilsen) have frozen to death. In Ukraine, 43 people died because of the chill. In Poland, fatalities grew by 9 folks in 24 hours, bringing the total to 29 in a week.
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i thought the moose lambs
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