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| Thread ID: 136170 | 2014-01-29 03:03:00 | Fascinating natural cold weather phenomena in the USA | Johnnz (7246) | PC World Chat |
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| 1366356 | 2014-01-29 03:03:00 | I thought I had heard of most things that can occur in nature but the polar vortex that has been covering much of the US lately has thrown up some fascinating phenomena that I had previously never heard of: Large (3m plus diameter) spinning "ice disks" - slowly spinning like a revolving restaurant on the side of partial frozen rivers within the static ice attached to the river banks . "Snow doughnuts" - wind blown snow that rolls across fields into tube like forms . "Ice quakes" - apparently like an earthquake that are strong enough to rattle a house . Something to do with explosive contraction or expansion of underground water . If anyone is interested I will find the links later and post them . Are there others that I have missed? Interesting to hear what else is going on in these weather extremes . . . |
Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 1366357 | 2014-01-29 03:10:00 | www.google.co.nz These.....some really cool cold phenomena..... Post your links. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1366358 | 2014-01-29 04:06:00 | I've enjoyed the cooler weather the past few days and I live in Wellington. Went to Auckland a few summers ago, the weather is sure more warmer and humid. South Island summers can get real hot too, fortunate with aircon these days :D | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1366359 | 2014-01-29 09:17:00 | I was going to find links for the news articles to what I listed above but actually just goggling the terms brings up some great pictures in Google images anyway. | Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 1366360 | 2014-01-29 17:48:00 | I've enjoyed the cooler weather the past few days and I live in Wellington. Went to Auckland a few summers ago, the weather is sure more warmer and humid. South Island summers can get real hot too, fortunate with aircon these days :D Not so much this year summer hasn't been very good, Monday Mt Hutt had 200mm of snow and several nights its been down to +5C this month |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1366361 | 2014-01-29 18:14:00 | Not so much this year summer hasn't been very good, Monday Mt Hutt had 200mm of snow and several nights its been down to +5C this month I just remembered why I left Nelson for Auckland many years ago. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1366362 | 2014-01-29 18:15:00 | Went to Auckland a few summers ago, the weather is sure more warmer and humid. The last 2 summers have been really dry. Bad for the garden watering and absolutely brilliant for the nasty humidity problem. I'm happy for Auckland to stay this way - it's so nice having heat with the steam bath we used to get. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1366363 | 2014-01-30 00:31:00 | it's so nice having heat without the steam bath we used to get. :D |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1366364 | 2014-01-30 06:12:00 | I just remembered why I left Nelson for Auckland many years ago. My own fault I guess for leaving Nelson for Christchurch, give it 2 more years and I'll move back |
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