Weather & Earth Science News

Spring storms cause chaos across New Zealand to end November whilst in SE Australia they await what is expected to be record rainfall over the next few days . 'Start panic buying bread!' Twitter users turn to #SnowWatch as two inches of the white stuff hits rush hour with temperatures plunging to -10C tonight on coldest night of year - it was -3.4c here this morning.  The same day last year saw -5.9c ......   The lowest I have seen for the UK this morning is -6.0c at Pershore (Throckmorton) - which is always colder than anywhere else locally in forsty weather.   Meanwhile, snow leads to accidents and closed schools in north east Scotland (but remember this? ) Flood hits Central Java, forces thousands to evacuate And it appear that the time between world-changing volcanic super-eruptions less than previously thought

Glencoe Mountain opens for snowsports but over in the east there's a row over webcam's removal at Cairn Gorm Bali volcano: 150,000 people to evacuate erupting Mt Agung, airport closes for another day   as terrifying pictures show tourist island being flooded with volcanic sludge from exploding Mt Agung .  Although today, Ngurah Rai Airport reopens after closure due to Mt Agung eruption BOM warns Victoria to be hit by 'unprecedented' thunderstorms, flash flooding A NASA satelite captures a great view of gravity wave clouds near Australia Cyclone kills 19 on Indonesian island of Java NOAA study could redefine '100-year' storm for Houston area A breakthrough in tornado short-term forecasting could mean earlier, more accurate warnings Decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide key to ancient climate transition 1mya From the Indus Valley, intriguing evidence that the river departed 'before Indus civilisation emergence...

Bali orders mass evacuation and raises volcanic eruption alert to its highest level as up to 60,000 travellers are trapped after airport is closed by huge ash cloud Mount Agung: Bali volcano eruption photos explained Blazing 'fireballs' shoot across the sky in southern England - the latest of many spotted around the world.   Are the Martians coming?!

Morocco prays for rain as shortage threatens agriculture Indonesia tornado injures dozens, damages hundreds of homes Our 4th air forst of the month here this morning!   Obviously not the tiniest slight hint of the merest prospect of snow, though.  But other parts have seen a bit, especially the Highlands where cold leads to boat false alarm on Loch Ness Spinning ice circle in frozen river attracts tourists to Inner Mongolia city Climate change could increase volcano eruptions in Iceland Eat more chips!  Deep fat fryers may help form cooling clouds More incomfortable scenes from picture postcard to plastic swamp: new images show how idyllic Caribbean island has been ruined by rubbish And with the Ministry Of Health looking onto changing Icelandic time zone by one hour back (west - which makes sense) a good map showing just why moving the UK's time zone one hour forward (east) is such utter nonsense.   Also worth n...

Emergency services rescue more than 70 from floods overnight as Britain is battered by heavy rain, 8 inches of snow and 70mph wind - but such weather is not unusual this time of year.  Meanwhile, in Eire, the army mobilised as Laois flood cleanup gets underway .  Here we just had a bright, breezy, day with a few spots of rain in the evening ....   We've only had around 425mm so far this year, against an annual average - in one of the driest parts of Britain - of just over 600mm.  Record-breaking heat blankets southern California ahead of Thanksgiving holiday In NZ, Cromwell in Central Otago heats up the record book Lightning, with a chance of antimatter And next time the schools shut because there's a forecast of a slight dusting of snow, or risk or icey pavements, take a look at this: Going home from school, Siberian-style, in violent storm force Arctic winds

There's already an avalanche risk in mountains amid wider warning of snow in the Scottish Highlands this week Beautiful Irish sandy beach which 'vanished' 12 years ago when it was washed away in a freak storm suddenly returns overnight - another beach, a few miles away, did the same earlier this year . Rain brings pain back to Jeddah And there's unexpected atmospheric vortex behavior on Saturn's moon Titan

In parts of SE Australia, November heatwave a 150-year record as the BOM announces short, weak La Nina probability for summer lacking rainfall but packing heatwaves Tropical Storm Kirogi hits Vietnam In Greece: Body recovered, bringing flood death toll to 21 Added Arctic data shows global warming didn't pause Antarctic glacier's rough belly exposed Previous evidence of water on Mars now identified as grainflows And whilst discussing the bizarre shape of interstellar asteroid scientists still don't seem to be considering it could just be a spaceship after all....  But with no signs of intelligent life in oir soalr system it just sailed right through....

Greece unveils flood relief measures as death toll hits 20 In Australia, Kalgoorlie storm wreaks havoc, leaving homes and businesses without power An upsurge in big earthquakes predicted for 2018 as Earth rotation slows (by a millisecond) And some good news for the family who got stranded at my bothy as Hogwarts Express rescue family reunited with canoe

The latest prediction is that 2017 likely to be Earth's second warmest year on record, NASA says - that's with no El Nino and very low solar activity .....  October was also the second warmest on record according to NASA data. Three feet of snow dumped over 48 hours in California as winter starts early In Australia, a thunderstorm brings damaging winds to parts of NSW and ACT whilst outback Northern Territory hit with soaking rain, breaking dry stretch - in some places, the first rain this year ! This is what’s behind the dramatic, deadly flooding in Greece - storm called Numa.  It's not a "medicane" yet though. Some climate change impacts already locked in, but the worst can still be avoided Iceland's volcanoes may be getting ready to blow Stunning NASA 'oil painting' image reveals a massive raging storm on Jupiter with clouds that are eight miles wide Caught on video, a fireball in northern Finnish skies eith...

Flash floods kill 15 people in western outskirts of Athens with many more pictures here Nasa forecast: Which cities will flood as ice melts? Amazon's recovery from forest losses limited by climate change A stunning NASA animation reveals the Earth's atmosphere in 2017 - complete with swirling smoke and hurricanes - the distance forest fire smoke travels is especially interesting The terrifying moment commercial plane is struck by huge lightning bolt just moments after taking-off - or, rather, the impressive moment the strike was captured on camera!   Aircraft are frequently hit by lightning and it's not normally the least bit dangerous. Four fireball meteors flashed across the sky over the U.S. and Europe on Tuesday night Pluto's hydrocarbon haze keeps dwarf planet colder than expected And a nearby planet is 'excellent' target in search for life as NASA expert says we will find alien life within 20 years

Iran-Iraq quake: Survivors complain of slow relief effort, battle freezing cold; more than 530 dead Tornadoes hit Sicily (possibly) More pictures of the devastation caused by Aegean storms Greek island of Symi in state of emergency after heavy storm And there could be more problems ahead with a rare tropical-like storm forming in Mediterranean 25 injured after tornado ravages homes, greenhouses in southwest Turkey Climate change blamed for Arabian Sea’s unexpected hurricanes The National Hurricane Center issued its best forecasts on record this year - by which they mean their most accurate And yet another warning that artificially cooling planet 'risky strategy'

Cars fall into the sea of Symi Island after Storm “Eurydice” hits the island 1 dead, 5 injured as powerful storm blasts western Washington There are hundreds of lightning strikes across Auckland as surprise spring storm heads east and south Iran earthquake survivors plead for help as death toll rises Antarctica's warm underbelly revealed 15,000 scientists in 184 countries warn about negative global environmental trends In 1770, a huge solar storm turned the skies of Asia red for two weeks And how missing weather data is a 'life and death' issue in Africa

Iran-Iraq earthquake: Deadly tremor hits border region Sunday saw the Australian media invent a new weather term as lightning showers and hail the size of golf balls as severe storms lash Perth (or have they just missed out a comma?) The first CO2 rise in four years puts pressure on Paris targets Here, Venus and Jupiter conjunction: Sky-watchers witness dawn display - though one of the pics the BBC have published is fake, as the Moon was not in the same part of the sky (though it will move closer over the next 2 days) And choking on democracy: Why Delhi's air worsens as Beijing's improves

Vietnam braced for second storm after devastating impact of Typhoon Damrey Colombia mudslide: Three dead as Corinto town inundated Ben Nevis gets automatic weather station - but only for 3 weeks .... Winter is here! Polar air brings storms, sleet and snow to Germany Here comes La Nina, El Nino's flip side, but it will be weak How the onset of the Neoglacial ended the African Humid Period: Cooling in high and mid-latitudes led to aridification in Northern Afric a 5.5kya Western Canada's ice age melt offers preview for modern climate change Britain's Antarctic base comes out of deep freeze for the summer Hot news from the Antarctic underground - study bolsters 30 year old theory of a mantle plume under West Antarctica And how the site of asteroid impact changed the history of life 66mya

After record rainfall last month, is this the "severe weather capital of the world"?  Bundaberg storm clean-up continues but thousands of residents still without power Typhoon Damrey: Drone footage shows Hoi An floodwaters after deadly storm in Vietnam In New Delhi: Off-the-scale pollution prompts public health emergency, school closures A study shows Jordan water crisis 'to get worse' due to climate change And there were spectacular views of Northern Lights from Scotland last night - I forgot to go out and look, although down here they may have only be visible on camera, if at all.

Tropical Storm Rina forms in the Atlantic; how often do we get this deep into a named storm list? - not often! In Australia, hail, wild winds sweep south-east Queensland, some Bundaberg homes damaged whilst severe NSW weather blows roofs from buildings, brings unseasonal snow and 'giant hail' Death toll from Vietnam storm tops 60 and dams near bursting Malaysians unite in Penang flood relief efforts France shivers under cold front as first snow of season arrives In south Africa, Capetonians hold onto poles as strong winds cause chaos in city And 2017 'very likely' in top three warmest years on record - the warmest two years on record were 2015 and 2016 .......  whither now the so-called "pause"?

In Vietnam: At least 27 killed by Typhoon Damrey over the weekend.  Today, Vietnam's death toll from Typhoon Damrey nears 50 And flash floods kill five in Malaysia, army deploys to rescue thousands of displaced First air first of the season in my garden this mkorning - though it took it's time to finally, very briefly, dip down to -0.1c.  Normally second half of the month before we see a frost though, so a nice start.  Over the weekend the first snow hits the UK (I think some light snow had fallen already on Scottish hills, but there was the first noticeable, widespread, covering). In Ireland, too the 'first dusting of snow this season' - Stunning views from the top of Carrauntoohil mountain .  And the first snow of the winter has fallen in Italy October hottest month recorded since 1902 in Bahrain And do you believe chemtrails are real? Study finds 10% of Americans think the conspiracy theory is true - which is somewhat less than believe in...

First Argentina, now Bolivia: Intense hail storms trigger disruption in Bogota Damrey becomes strongest typhoon in 16 years to make landfall in southern Vietnam Down in the Antarctic, warm air helped make 2017 ozone hole smallest since 1988 Is there another close-by planetary system?    Evidence of planets around Proxima Centauri And US report finds climate change 90% manmade, contradicting Trump officials - I am sure Frump will just declare it a Russian plot and ignore it ....

Heavy monsoon rain sparks fear for India's Chennai with a repeat of the deadly 2015 floods possible Send some here! Snow falls in Tasmania after warmest October on record Freeview blames air pressure for TV disruption - pressure was fairly high at the time, but not unusually so. New Greenland maps show more glaciers at risk of melting Wind may be driving the melting of East Antarctica’s largest glacier UK's Halley Antarctic base set for second closure this winter due to nearby cracks in the ice (and the difficulties of evacuation in winter should that become necessary) We now have a clearer picture on how the Chicxulub asteroid impact plunged dinosaurs into catastrophic 'winter' An opinion piece in Forbes: Calling every bad storm a 'superstorm' or 'weather bomb' is why people tune out weather forecasts is as applicable to the UK as it is the US.   And it doesn't help either when the popular media publish stories biza...