Maps depict widespread events, local conditions may vary.
CURRENT EVENTS
Avalanche: huge. At least 200 trapped in 54 vehicles, including 4 buses, completely covered along ½-mile of motorway. Record snowfall across much of Russia during past month.
RECENT EVENTS
w/e 24 NOV 2000
Cold Anomoly: Down to 13oC below normal with low of -46oC.
w/e 1 DEC 2000
Cold Anomoly: Down to 15oC below normal with low of -52oC.
w/e 8 DEC 2000
Cold Anomoly: Down to 17oC below normal with low of -51oC.
w/e 15 DEC 2000
Cold Anomoly: Down to 12oC below normal.
w/e 22 DEC 2000
Arctic Region - Huge fires in northern boreal forests (usually unnoticed). Lightning ignites dry timber/brush causing fires over huge snowy areas. More than 7 million acres per year burnt (3 million in 1960s).
Cold Anomoly: Down to 9oC below normal with local departures of -20oC.
w/e29 DEC 2000
Cold Anomoly: Down to 12oC below normal with low of -54oC.
w/e 7 JAN 2001
Cold Anomoly: Down to 22oC below normal. Coldest for half a centrury. Thick freezing fog. Frostbitten limbs are amputated daily.
w/e 14 JAN 2001
Cold Anomoly: Down to 22oC below normal, with low of -57oC. Power failures across region.
w/e 21 JAN 2001
Cold Anomoly: Down to 7oC below normal with low of -45oC.
w/e 4 FEB 2001
Freeze: Down to -70oC (-95oF)
w/e 11 FEB 2001
Cold Anomoly: Down to 8oC below normal with low of -52oC.
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