The weather in the USA...

[bcuster]

Big pile pile up in Wyoming

I-80 in Wyoming Reopens Following Winter Blast, Fatal Pileup

After days of closures due to winter conditions and Saturday afternoon's fatal pileup in Carbon County, Interstate 80 in Wyoming is now open.

kgab.com

 

[bcuster]

Southern California Blizzard Warning:

Why SoCal's winter storm is so unusual: Rain, big waves, rare blizzard warning

Snow has already started to fall in the Antelope Valley, and forecasters are warning of possible dangerous conditions that could last through Sunday.

www.latimes.com

The blizzard warning, which is in effect Friday and Saturday for Southern California’s highest mountain ranges, is likely only the second on record for the Los Angeles area, according to the National Weather Service, Officials initially called this week’s warning the first on record, then later confirmed a blizzard warning was also issued in 1989, when a strong winter storm brought rare snowfall to Southern California, from Palm Springs to the hillsides of Malibu.

 

[Serene]

Une tempete frappe la californie.

 

[bcuster]

you can view it by clicking: weather insanity in Lake Tahoe

 

[petee]

should not be paywalled

Maps: Tracking Air Quality and Smoke From Wildfires

See maps of where smoke is traveling and how harmful the air has become.

www.nytimes.com

 

[yield]

should not be paywalled

Maps: Tracking Air Quality and Smoke From Wildfires

See maps of where smoke is traveling and how harmful the air has become.

www.nytimes.com

Paywalled for me. bcuster, posted similar articles here General world climate crisis articles

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Paywalled for me. bcuster, posted similar articles here General world climate crisis articles

Its been pretty constant for a couple of weeks. I wake up in the morning to the smell of burning wood and I'm at least a thousand miles away. I hate to think how bad it is in Canada.

 

[teqniq]

 

[krtek a houby]

That must be frightening. It's like a scene from Blade Runner 2049.

 

[yield]

 

[Yossarian]

should not be paywalled

Maps: Tracking Air Quality and Smoke From Wildfires

See maps of where smoke is traveling and how harmful the air has become.

www.nytimes.com

Not a forecast I'm used to seeing

 

[Graymalkin]

In the Toronto area? Most of them are in North Ontario or North Western Quebec.

 

[petee]

Its been pretty constant for a couple of weeks. I wake up in the morning to the smell of burning wood and I'm at least a thousand miles away. I hate to think how bad it is in Canada.

 

[not-bono-ever]

You like in a country of natural wonders Petee, but the environment going to shit across there

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I'm used to April being ungodly with smoke because of controlled burns in Kansas, but I think they'd have to find me a clean room if I lived in Canada. This is going to really hurt a lot of people with respiratory problems. I do understand why they're doing it that way. To a certain extent, this is a natural process in the ecosystem of forests, but burning for months on end can't be normal.

 

[bluescreen]

I'm used to April being ungodly with smoke because of controlled burns in Kansas, but I think they'd have to find me a clean room if I lived in Canada. This is going to really hurt a lot of people with respiratory problems. I do understand why they're doing it that way. To a certain extent, this is a natural process in the ecosystem of forests, but burning for months on end can't be normal.

Isn't one of the problems that what's burning are plantations rather than natural forests so it's more monoculture with less moisture and less resistance?

(Apart from global heating, obviously)

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Isn't one of the problems that what's burning are plantations rather than natural forests so it's more monoculture with less moisture and less resistance?

(Apart from global heating, obviously)

That could well be, but I'm no expert. The Flint hills in Kansas have less biodiversity than they once did. Several species of plants and animals are extinct. Then, there's species creep. As the growing zones change, the animals and plants migrate north. This isn't an even process and a lot of tree species, for example, can't move north fast enough to maintain their usual growing conditions.

 

[petee]

here's a little good news

California's Lake Oroville now at 100% capacity following megadrought; 1st time since 2019

Once a stark example of the drastic effects of California's yearslong megadrought, Lake Oroville has rebounded and is once again filled to capacity, data from the state's Department of Water Resources shows.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[bcuster]

NYC set to be clouded in smoke, haze once again as Canadian wildfires rage

Smoke and haze could cloud New York City once again, though air quality levels may only become unhealthy for sensitive groups — if at all — forecasters say as winds continue to propel smoke from po…

nypost.com

 

[petee]

NYC set to be clouded in smoke, haze once again as Canadian wildfires rage

Smoke and haze could cloud New York City once again, though air quality levels may only become unhealthy for sensitive groups — if at all — forecasters say as winds continue to propel smoke from po…

nypost.com

the maps are telling me that this time it's worse in your part of the world

 

[bcuster]

the maps are telling me that this time it's worse in your part of the world

that is true but, slowly improving....

 

[petee]

"As a heat dome settled over Texas in June, trapping brutal heat and humidity underneath, high temperature records were broken across the state. It was so hot in Texas, meteorologist Ben Noll noted, that the only rivals on planet Earth were "the Sahara Desert and Persian Gulf area." "

How solar and wind energy are saving Texans from a record heatwave

The same sun that is scorching Texas is keeping the air conditioning running, no matter what certain Lone Star legislators say

news.yahoo.com

of course,

"This past legislative session Republicans advanced a bill to kneecap wind and solar power through onerous permitting requirements, and they gave a boost to natural gas plants with special financial incentives"

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Woke up this morning to a clear blue sky. Haven't seen that in a while because we've had this persistent white/pink sky for months. I think some rain last night washed out the smoke from Canada so I don't expect it to last.

 

[bcuster]

A Canadian friend of mine said there is a heat wave in Ottawa. He’s a roofer and he’s having a tough time of it…

 

[bcuster]

 

[LDC]

Big section on Channel 4 news this evening about the weather in the US, pretty shocking.

 

[petee]

Southern Woman Bakes Bread in Mailbox During Heat Wave [PHOTOS]

Roberta Wright decided to try something we've always wondered about, can you bake bread in your mailbox during the summer months?

999ktdy.com

Roberta Wright, who lives in a suburb of Houston, Tx., decided to try something we've always wondered about, can you bake bread in your mailbox during the summer months?

Well, according to the photos here that have gone viral, the answer appears to be yes.

 

[petee]

this was bad and is still bad. west point and other hudson river towns got 7 and 8 inches over the course of one evening. it continued northeast and vermont's been wrecked.

What to Know About Vermont’s Devastating Floods

One person died after the state was inundated by days of heavy rain that flooded rivers to some of their highest levels on record.

www.nytimes.com

or

https://archive.ph/vupMo

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Woke up this morning to the smell of woodsmoke. The sky has gone back to that pinkish brown haze.

 

[petee]

phoenix