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128 Million Square Kilometers Were Covered By Snow At China (up to 20 inches)
China Meteorological News Press ^
| 02/01/08
| Lin Lin
Posted on 02/01/2008 9:10:34 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
128 Million Square Kilometers Were Covered By Snow At China
Source:China Meteorological News Press
According to CMA meteorological satellite remote sensing monitoring for snow cover, up to January 28, the total area covered by snow at 15 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) is 128.21 million square kilometers.
More than 90% of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei and Shannxi were covered by snow. The depth of snow cover at central Anhui and south Jiangsu is 30~45 cm and some areas even reached 50 cm.
China suffered rare and sustained low temperature, rain, snow and freezing weather since January 10.
Experts said that there are two reasons of this weather process, La Nina event and abnormal atmospheric circulation.
The La Nina event is the main reason of this weather process. The La Nina state came into being at August 2007 and developed rapidly. Up to January, 2008, the sea-surface temperature of east-central equatorial Pacific had been keeping over 0.5℃ lower than that of the conventional years. Stronger La Nina event can strengthen the middle latitudes atmospheric circulation and may consequently bring lower temperature and more precipitation to east China, especially Yangtze River basin and its north area.
The rare, sustained, steady abnormal atmospheric circulation at Eurasia is the direct reason of the weather process. The abnormal circulation had last 19 days (the average in January is 6 days), was favorable for invasion of cold air through Gansu Corridor. The strong northwest Pacific subtropical high has been staying above the sea southeast of China, so the cold and warm air join mainly at the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River and its south. The southern branch trough at south of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is most active for more than ten years and brings more warm and wet air to China. A temperature inversion layer caused by cold and warm air is the main reason of the widespread freezing rain. (Feb.1)
By Lin Lin
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: agw; catastrophism; china; disruption; globalwarming; snows; snowstorm; solar
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To: TigerLikesRooster; maui_hawaii; Jeff Head; Tainan; hedgetrimmer; Unam Sanctam; taxesareforever; ...
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:12:06 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
China suffered rare and sustained low temperature, rain, snow and freezing weather since January 10. See? Global warming must be to blame.
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:14:29 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Checkmate Cruiser")
To: TigerLikesRooster
..the sea-surface temperature of east-central equatorial Pacific had been keeping over 0.5 degrees lower than that of the conventional years. .. PINGING Al Gore, put your jacket on jack@$$.
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:14:47 PM PST
by
Henchster
(Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
To: neodad
You must have not gotten the memo. ALL weather is caused by global warming now! LOLOL
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:19:40 PM PST
by
gop4lyf
To: TigerLikesRooster
"By Lin Lin" They have a weather reporting bureau in a Giant Panda enclosure?
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:22:42 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(I had the solution for everything, but it got out of its container.)
To: neodad
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:23:43 PM PST
by
Fred Nerks
(FAIR DINKUM!)
To: gop4lyf; neodad
"You must have not gotten the memo. ALL weather is caused by global warming now!" Um ... it always has been.
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:24:36 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(I had the solution for everything, but it got out of its container.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I just wonder why Karl Rove turned his weather control machine against the Chicoms.
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:28:28 PM PST
by
Weaponier
(Close the Border!)
To: NicknamedBob
No, Lin lin is a dog:
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:29:20 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
t'ʌtʃd,ɑʊn!
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:32:11 PM PST
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(The Constitution does not give me the authority to run your life - Ron Paul)
To: TigerLikesRooster
The trouble isn't over when the snow stops. It's going to melt and cause some pretty severe flooding as the next act in this tragedy.
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:33:02 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: TigerLikesRooster
What a mess. Hope they can handle it.
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:34:54 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Elections have consequences.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Are you sure that’s not a panda?
I think I see a bamboo shoot sticking out of its mouth.
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:39:45 PM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(I had the solution for everything, but it got out of its container.)
To: Myrddin
I was sitting there and thinking about how all this snow eventually has to melt. Those folks in California always make a big deal about how this is good for them. You would think that there would be more dams built out in the rural sections of the country.
To: TigerLikesRooster
the heat is on, gotta cool it down...
this happens at a time when China claims it can control the weather
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:47:28 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: TigerLikesRooster
Someone at China has interesting English.
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:49:57 PM PST
by
PeterFinn
(A muslim in the White House would be an Obamination.)
To: pepsionice
I have a weather radio right next to my bed. This time of the year the radio is used to provide avalanche warnings. Usually around 7 AM. It's something that wouldn't have occurred to me while I was living in San Diego.
I wonder if the Three Gorges dam is going to get an unusual influx. The rural areas of China tend to be dirt poor. They aren't well prepared to handle this kind of emergency.
Another thread pointed out that we are about to discover how a disaster in China impacts the usual massive flow of goods in our direction.
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:53:16 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: PeterFinn
Someone at China has interesting English.Lin Lin, here's your sign!
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posted on
02/01/2008 9:55:30 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Chinese stranded at train stations:
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posted on
02/01/2008 10:01:21 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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