One day into meteorological winter and already global warming has gone missing. As ‘cold health alerts’ are activated, renewable energy has all but dried up leaving gas to take the strain of electricity generation. Even coal is outperforming wind power.
Update: Flights resume at Glasgow Airport [announced at 1020 am].
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Weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across swathes of the UK as temperatures plummeted below freezing overnight, reports Sky.com.
Forecasters have warned the wintry conditions could affect some road and rail journeys with icy surfaces posing the risk of injury from slips and falls.
Glasgow Airport has suspended flights due to heavy snow, with passengers urged to check with their airline for updates.
Yellow warnings have been issued by the Met Office for the northern coast and southwest of Scotland, as well as southwest and the eastern coast of England throughout Saturday morning.
Amber cold health alerts are also in place for five regions: the East Midlands, West Midlands, North West, North East and Yorkshire and the Humber until 5 December.
This means the impact of the cold weather is “likely to be felt across the whole health service for an extended period of time”.
Temperatures dipped as low as -10C (14F) in parts overnight, with Tulloch Bridge and Eskdalemuir in Scotland recording -8C (18F).
The freeze is expected to continue over the weekend, with several sporting events cancelled due to snow and icy conditions.
Full report here.
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COP weather strikes again: As I keep saying, when the Fish don’t appear in the Pond, the Herons don’t gather. Where are they – Dubai? Gridwatch UK tells me there’s 2% Solar with a miserable WAN-na bittie GW Wind, but that’s no use: No wind is like no fish: NO USE Providing MORE Windmills. THis is another case of wokeness: Less is more!
It’s called The Gore Effect it shows up when goreballs attends a global warming fest.
Heavy snowfall shuts down air, rail links in southern Germany
Flights grounded at Munich airport, Bayern Munich’s home match against Union Berlin also called off.
2 Dec 2023
“Snow falling from the roof at the Allianz Arena poses an incalculable risk for spectators. In addition, it is almost impossible to get to the stadium”.
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In Austria and Switzerland, the new snowfall led officials to raise the alarm about the danger of avalanches. The provinces of Tyrol and Vorarlberg in western Austria raised their avalanche warnings to the second-highest level after the region received up to 50cm (20 inches) of snow overnight.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/2/heavy-snowfall-shuts-down-air-and-rail-links-in-southern-germany
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Severe Low Temperature Warning
Severity: Moderate
Possible threat to life or property
Weather Event Onset
6:00 PM (GMT+1), December 2
Description:
There is a risk of severe frost (Level 2 of 2). Minimum temperature: > -12 °C; local minimum: particularly as the sky clears over snow ~ -15 °C
Action Recommended: Make preparations per the Description.
Urgency: Take action immediately.
Affected Area: Alb-Donau-Kreis and the city of Ulm
https://weatherkit.apple.com/alertDetails/index.html?ids=900cbc9d-84f0-561f-a4a5-fe22a601d350&lang=en-US&timezone=Europe/Berlin
(Donau = Danube, Ulm is on the border with southern Bavaria).
Winter is just starting.
Oh dear…
Ha ha, ha. Aye ye didnae hear that on the beebeecee ( No- see-ums )
– but you COULD have seen it all cming and happening in N German y , this past couple of days. And then the Skyline Webcams show us “wet”snow, or rain on snow … Flooding coming before the Xmas freeze ? Nothing new to see here, You want to hang around ? A bonny pickter here https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/schweiz/canton-of-valais/bagnes/verbier.html .
‘Major incident’ declared amid heavy snowfall in Cumbria
2 December 2023 • 11:23pm
Cumbria Police said it was aware of multiple reports of vehicles stuck in traffic in the South Lakes area, particularly in the Bowness and Grizedale areas, because of snow.
The M6 Southbound between J38 and J37 was blocked due to jackknifed lorries.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/02/snow-and-ice-warnings-issued-across-britain/
‘Smell of burnt clutches’ in Cumbrian town that ‘feels like ski resort’
https://news.sky.com/story/weather-latest-drivers-told-to-only-travel-if-necessary-as-forecasters-warn-up-to-10-15cm-of-snow-could-fall-tonight-13021275
Flights grounded and trains cancelled as snow paralyses Europe
Published 15 hours ago
Train and flight cancellations caused disruption to travellers in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic after heavy snow hit parts of Europe.
The German weather service has estimated that 30-40cm of snow could fall by Saturday evening and there are reports of numerous transport accidents and traffic jams on icy roads in the region.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-67603426
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Aviemore forecast this morning…
A long cold winter across Europe will almost certainly mean blackouts in the UK. France is going to be very smug with its nuclear fleet.