Europe is in a snow crisis..

[Aquawind]

Looks like Colorado and Kansas are getting all of the planets snow this year..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6185345.stm

[Yarrah]

Instead of snow, I get flowers. The first tulips and daffodils are already appearing in my garden.

I'm glad I skipped my yearly trip to the French Alps this year.

[P.K.]

I noticed this earlier as well, sure the daffodils shouldn't be sticking out of their pots already! The cacti in my room by the window are still growing as well, although the heat from the house must help. Still it gets very cold by the window at night usually in the winter.

[JonathanBelles]

daffofils in january, thats insane!

[Yarrah]

With temperatures forecasted to hover around 10 degrees Celsius (should be 5 degrees), I suspect we'll be seeing a lot more flowers popping out of the ground too early this winter.

[wbug1]

It's very warm in central finland too, we're seeing temperatures well above normal, and apparently december was the warmest on record. This doesn't seem to be letting up and right now the little snow we got a few days ago is all but gone.

[JonathanBelles]

well, in a month or so im thinking our change in temperatures here will move into your neck of the woods.

[wbug1]

Temps are now almost normal with no snow on the ground in mid-January, and it's expected to warm up again next week. On 10.1.2007, 15 places in Finland recorded record warm temperatures.

[wbug1]

Now we're back to seasonal, temp was -24 C last night and looks like we'll be in the teens all this week. Plenty of snow fell a few days ago. Winter is here.

[Dr. Jonah Rainwater]

Snow storms bring chaos to Europe
POSTED: 8:49 a.m. EST, January 24, 2007


LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Three people were killed as snow and ice caused travel chaos across Europe on Wednesday, halting trains and planes and cutting off electricity to thousands of homes.

In Germany, icy roads caused multiple accidents, killing three people and injuring dozens, police said.

In the southern city of Stuttgart, about a thousand airline passengers were stranded overnight as 70 flights were cancelled due to heavy snowfall, the airport said.

In Britain, the first snow of winter disrupted road and rail travel across the southeast.

Commuters faced severe delays on many routes into London. Southeastern, a train company serving the region, said it expected delays to continue into the afternoon and said its Web site crashed from a flood of passenger queries.

Britain's Met office said heavier snowfalls were expected in parts of the southeast on Thursday and Friday.

Temperatures dipped to minus 10 Celsius (14 Fahrenheit) in parts of France.

About 5,000 vehicles were stranded when the A6 motorway that runs through eastern France was cut off by snow and 200 police and firefighters were sent to help stranded motorists.

Power was cut off to about 85,000 homes in central France and train travel was disrupted.

In Austria's Carinthia province 12,000 homes lost electricity when heavy snow toppled trees onto power lines and officials issued an avalanche warning for nearby Alpine mountains.

A blizzard deposited more than a metre of snow within hours, stranding hundreds of vehicles on roads.

But the weather was good news for Europe's ski resorts which have been struggling due to a lack of snow. The cold weather is expected to continue for the rest of the week.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/24/europe.weather.reut/index.html

[Crostorm]

Hi to everybody!I am new here!I am writting from Croatia!Just to inform you that here is a lot of snow!Later i will post some pictures!!!!!You have a great forum

[Aquawind]

Welcome! Good to hear snow has come to you.

[Crostorm]

Welcome! Good to hear snow has come to you.

Thanks .Just to inform you,curent temp is 35°F,cloudy and for moment no snow.

[Crostorm]

Snow curent in Croatia

BEDENJA 8cm
BEGOVO RAZDOLJE 42cm
CRNI LUG-RISNJAK 18cm
HRVATSKA.KOSTAJNICA 10cm
KARLOVAC 11cm
KORENICA 17cm
KUTINA 8cm
OGULIN 12cm
PRAG-CABAR 10
PLITVICKA JEZERA 17cm
UDBINA 11cm
ZAVIŽAN 50cm

[P.K.]

Had a couple of cm of snow the other night, all melted by mid day though sadly. Still it is the most snow I've seen for a few years.

[Yarrah]

I wonder if I'll get to see some snow this year. Temperatures are forecasted to hover around 10°C in the coming 15 days though, so I have my doubts.