NH Winter/SH Summer 2021-2022 Discussion Thread

Could You Handle Six Days At 45-46 Degrees?
( source: Weatherzone )

Northwestern Australia has just begun an oppressive six-day heatwave that will see temperatures reaching 46 degrees for several consecutive days in some areas.
A high pressure ridge passing to the south of Australia is allowing a heat trough to develop over the country's western tropics this week.
This broad area of low pressure will cause a stagnant pool of hot air to build up across parts of WA and the NT, allowing temperatures to soar.


Image: Forecast surface air temperature on Saturday afternoon, according to the ECMWF-HRES model.

The notoriously hot town of Marble Bar is likely to be one of the hottest places in the country over the coming days. After reaching 45.6°C on Wednesday, the town is forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology to reach 45°C on Thursday and 46°C every day between Friday and Monday.
While these temperatures may come as a shock to many Australians, they are not uncommon in Marble Bar at this time of year. The town's average maximum temperature in December is around 42°C and its record for the month is 49.3°C from 2018.
However, this heatwave will be a decent one, even by local standards. The temperature could get above 45.5°C for six days in a row, which would be a feat that has only happened during December on three occasions during the last two decades.
Increasing cloud and thunderstorm activity will help break down some of the heat in northern Australia early next week. Temperatures should return closer to average in Marble Bar from about Tuesday.

Eungella Range, west of Mackay – same place, just 3 years apart. At this time in 2018, many locations in Australia were burning from devastating bush fires. Today however, many are flooding after record-breaking rainfall associated with the current La Niña climate driver. We really do live in a land of extremes.
( Source: Mackay Weather Chasers, pics by Daniel Hair )

As of 22Z (3 PM MST). Note the 78°F highs in Jordan, MT and Buffalo, WY (latter shown as 79°F though):

Umeå city has actually been insanely cold lately. Even in January/February this would be extreme at the Uni station, but this is right on the Nov/Dec shift.

Slightly less snowy than in Latvia but colder. The coldest low, -16.4c  was recorded in Väike-Maarja last night in northeast.





South-central part is very snowy:




Officially Hiiumaa weather station has 2 cm of snow on the ground, in Kärdla, which is the center of the county, it seems that there is only a trace on the ground.






My  area and my photo I took today at about 11 am

The woodland round here looks like it's been hit by a bomb, tonnes of trees uprooted, pathways blocked. Someone's gonna have to clear all that. I'll take some photos next time I head down there.

Snow cover in Riga has increased to 23 cm. Heavy snow in Riga has resulted not only in roads full with snow and traffic accidents, but Riga airport has been closed because of an accident in the runway:
twitter.com/i/web/status/1466719609415950337
So much about "northern countries are prepared for snow".

Stockholm Arlanda and Helsinki Vantaa have never closed because of snow. Riga should be ashamed.

Never? The airport is still closed: