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Friday, 11 January 2008
Wacky weather everywhere... including Baghdad!
Wacky weather everywhere... including Baghdad!
By Janice Dean - Fox News Meteorologist
January 11, 2008 | 9:20 AM ET
G’morning!
Happy Friday everyone! Boy am I glad this week is over. It’s been one of the busiest weeks in the weather center that I can remember in terms of severe weather – and especially for this time of year! The NWS is reporting 21 tornadoes from yesterday across the Mississippi Valley into the southeast, and of course we had 40 tornados earlier in the week from the Upper Midwest into the Central Plains.
Thankfully it looks like the threat is letting up as the cold front moves eastward. There’s still the potential for isolated severe weather over the Mid Atlantic with strong winds, hail and heavy rain. Further north, a wintry mix of snow, sleet and or freezing rain will make driving treacherous. The center of low pressure will bring some snow and breezy conditions across the great lakes.
And as I mentioned earlier, we’re still keeping a close eye on a possible coastal storm that could bring some interesting weather to the northeast by the end of the weekend! Depending on the track this baby takes could mean either a whole lot of rain or a whopper snow storm.
And finally, BIG news out of Iraq. My good buddy David MacDougall emailed me early this morning to report on this pretty cool story: SNOW IN BAGHDAD!
Proof: An Iraqi couple enjoys a snow battle in a garden in Sulaimaniyah (courtesy of AFP, look above!)
Here’s the Story:
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Light snow fell in Baghdad early on Friday in what weather officials said was the first time in about a 100 years.Rare snowfalls were also recorded in the west and centre of Iraq, plunging temperatures to zero degrees Centigrade (32 degrees Fahrenheit) and even colder, an official said.The snow in Baghdad, which melted as it hit the ground, began falling before dawn and continued until after 9 am, residents said.”Snow has fallen in Baghdad for the first time in about a century as a result of two air flows meeting,” said a statement by the meteorology department.”The first one was cold and dry and the second one was warm and humid. They met above Iraq.”The director of the meteorology department, Dawood Shakir, told AFP that climate change was possibly to blame for the unusual event.”It’s very rare,” he said. “Baghdad has never seen snow falling in living memory.
“These snowfalls are linked to the climate change that is happening everywhere. We are finding some places in the world which are warm and are supposed to be cold.”
Snow was also reported in the mountainous Kurdish north of the country, where falls are common.
Here’s some video I found:
CLICK HERE FOR IRAQ SNOW VIDEO
By Janice Dean - Fox News Meteorologist
January 11, 2008 | 9:20 AM ET
G’morning!
Happy Friday everyone! Boy am I glad this week is over. It’s been one of the busiest weeks in the weather center that I can remember in terms of severe weather – and especially for this time of year! The NWS is reporting 21 tornadoes from yesterday across the Mississippi Valley into the southeast, and of course we had 40 tornados earlier in the week from the Upper Midwest into the Central Plains.
Thankfully it looks like the threat is letting up as the cold front moves eastward. There’s still the potential for isolated severe weather over the Mid Atlantic with strong winds, hail and heavy rain. Further north, a wintry mix of snow, sleet and or freezing rain will make driving treacherous. The center of low pressure will bring some snow and breezy conditions across the great lakes.
And as I mentioned earlier, we’re still keeping a close eye on a possible coastal storm that could bring some interesting weather to the northeast by the end of the weekend! Depending on the track this baby takes could mean either a whole lot of rain or a whopper snow storm.
And finally, BIG news out of Iraq. My good buddy David MacDougall emailed me early this morning to report on this pretty cool story: SNOW IN BAGHDAD!
Proof: An Iraqi couple enjoys a snow battle in a garden in Sulaimaniyah (courtesy of AFP, look above!)
Here’s the Story:
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Light snow fell in Baghdad early on Friday in what weather officials said was the first time in about a 100 years.Rare snowfalls were also recorded in the west and centre of Iraq, plunging temperatures to zero degrees Centigrade (32 degrees Fahrenheit) and even colder, an official said.The snow in Baghdad, which melted as it hit the ground, began falling before dawn and continued until after 9 am, residents said.”Snow has fallen in Baghdad for the first time in about a century as a result of two air flows meeting,” said a statement by the meteorology department.”The first one was cold and dry and the second one was warm and humid. They met above Iraq.”The director of the meteorology department, Dawood Shakir, told AFP that climate change was possibly to blame for the unusual event.”It’s very rare,” he said. “Baghdad has never seen snow falling in living memory.
“These snowfalls are linked to the climate change that is happening everywhere. We are finding some places in the world which are warm and are supposed to be cold.”
Snow was also reported in the mountainous Kurdish north of the country, where falls are common.
Here’s some video I found:
CLICK HERE FOR IRAQ SNOW VIDEO
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