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Record Snow Depth (for an official site) Measured in Japan

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Posted by: Christopher C. Burt, 8:38 PM GMT on February 21, 2013

An amazing 515 cm (202.8” or almost 17’) level snow depth was measured at Sukayu Onsen, Aomori on Honshu Island in Japan on February 21st, the deepest snow measured at an official weather site in Japan records. However, much deeper snow has accumulated at uninhabited sites in the Japanese Alps.

This snow depth map from February 21 at 13:00 local time displays the 515 cm figure for Sukayu Onsen. The climate zone is named northern Tohoku by JMA. Map of northern Honshu Island, JMA.

 

Winter and fall images of Sukayu Onsen where the record depth of 515 cm (203”) was just measured. The resort is one of Japan’s most popular hot springs. Top photo taken last December by Nogiuchi and bottom photo from Japanese tourism web site.

More tornadoes confirmed in Monday's storms

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KSLA.com - 2/21/13

A funnel cloud is seen over downtown Beckville, TX (Source: Angela Lovil)
A funnel cloud is seen over downtown Beckville, TX
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The National Weather Service has now confirmed 1 tornado touched down in Arkansas, 1 in Louisiana, and a total of 12 tornadoes struck in East Texas on Monday.

The tornadoes touched down in the following locations:

Big Story Weather – February 21, 2013

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redOrbit February 21, 2013

Daily weather forecast and wrap-up provided by redOrbit meteorologist Joshua Kelly.

 

redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly

 

Big Story Weather from February 20: Heavy snowfall over the Southwest tops all stories from yesterday as blizzard like conditions were seen in Arizona. Places like Phoenix that don’t often see snow got quite a bit of the white stuff. The other story was the colder air that has been in place over the Eastern two-thirds of the United States these past few days.

Volcanic activity worldwide 21 Feb 2013: Etna erupts again, tremor at White Island

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Volcano Discovery Thursday Feb 21, 2013 18:58 PM

The characteristic tall tremor peak of Etna's tremor signal

The characteristic tall tremor peak of Etna's tremor signal

Current seismic spectrum and amplitude from White Island (GeoNet)

Current seismic spectrum and amplitude from White Island (GeoNet)

 

Etna (Sicily, Italy): A 4th paroxysm from the New SE crater has occurred in rapid succession to the previous eruptions during the past 2 days. It will be interesting to see how long Etna will keep up this busy pace.

 

Intense tropical cyclone Haruna struck Madagascar

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AlertNet - 22 Feb 2013, Source: Content partner // Tropical Storm Risk

Intense tropical cyclone Haruna struck Madagascar at about 18:00 GMT on 21 February. Data supplied by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centersuggest that the point of landfall was near 22.2 S,42.4 E. Haruna brought 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 185 km/h (114 mph).Wind gusts in the area may have been considerably higher.

According to the Saffir-Simpson damage scale the potential property damage and flooding from a storm ofHaruna'sstrength (category 3)at landfall includes:

To read the rest of this story, visit AlertNet.

Experts: Little Hope For Drought Relief In Near Future

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Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan - 2/22/13, Nathan Johnson

Those hoping for major drought relief in the near future weren’t given much reason for optimism by climate experts Thursday.
“The winter has brought wetter and cooler conditions to the eastern part of the central region (of the United States), while drier and warmer-than-normal conditions have persisted in the western portion of the region,” said Wendy Ryan of the Colorado State Climate Office during the monthly Midwest and Great Plains Drought Impact and Outlook webinar. “Drought conditions are expected to persist in the western part of the central region.”

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~ Space Weather Update~ Chance of Flares~ 3 Comets!!!! Yeehaw

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CHANCE OF FLARES: New sunspot AR1678 has developed a delta-class magnetic field that harbors energy for strong explosions. NOAA forecasters estimate a 45% chance of M-flares and a 15% chance of X-flares during the next 24 hours. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

AURORA WATCH: Despite mostly-low solar activity, February has been a good month for auroras, with some observers reporting weeks of nightly Northern Lights around the Arctic Circle. "There were great auroras yesterday night outside the little Inuit village of Ivujivik in Nunavik, Quebec," says Sylvain Serre, who photographed some of the onlookers:

 

 

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