And while we’re at it, snow in Algeria.
Via the Stories from the Horn newsletter.
Tag Archives: weather
Snow in Istanbul
Istanbul’s Istiklal Caddesi today. More photos here.
More Scotland Snow
Further to yesterday’s post, Good Morning Scotland, here’s more Scotland in snow, from Ailish Sinclair’s lovely blog.
Good Morning Scotland
Scotland woke to a lovely morning today, 14 January, 2021. Here, the Campsie Fells, central Scotland, photo by Melanie Scott via The Scotsman.
Storms Brewing for Northern Europe
Reykjavík Streets Empty during Storm, says Iceland Monitor, and with good reason. It’s one of the strongest storms ever in the North Atlantic.
Hottest Temperature Ever in Antarctica
18.3°C = 64.94°F
Australia Bakes
Screen grab from a story headlined Like a Furnace from Independent.co.uk.
“Highs of over 50C are expected, with meteorologists warning the heat could break the country’s existing record of 50.7C measured at Oodnadatta, South Australia, in 1960.”
50C is 122F. Below, stock photos from Broome, Sydney and Darwin.
Odd Day in Doha
Noteable: looks like rainfall exceeded the yearly average in six hours yesterday:
“According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the suburb of Abu Hamor in the capital Doha, recorded 84mm of rain in less than 6 hours, making it the nation’s wettest October day on record.
The October average rainfall is just 1.1mm and the downpour easily exceeded Qatar’s average annual of 77mm.”
Monsoon India in Pictures
The flooding in Kerala looks just terrible, doesn’t it? One official declared it the worst in nearly a century. It makes this photo essay in Nowhere Magazine from the monsoon in Delhi look almost quaint.
A Different Weather Radar Perspective
Click it to have a look. Via Jan Lenaerts, @lenaertsjan
Common Sense and Whiskey 