Foot Of Snow In 3 Hours Hits Northern Japan, Still Coming Down; Record Lows Sweep Kashmir; Eastern Europe Is An Ice Box, + U.S. NatGas Jumps Higher On “Extreme Cold” Forecast For Late-Jan
January 13, 2022 Cap Allon
Foot Of Snow In 3 Hours Hits Northern Japan, Still Coming Down
Rapidly developing low-pressure systems combining with a fierce Siberian blast are bringing heavy snowstorms to Japan’s northern prefecture of Hokkaido and northeastern region of Tohoku, hot on the heels of last months truly historic totals.
Otoineppu Village, Hokkaido, for example, registered a whopping 31cm (a foot+) of snow during a three hour period on Wednesday.
Blizzards are continuing across northern and eastern Japan, and local weather officials are warning of road closures and near-zero visibility. The substantial drifts have also seen the cancellation of hundreds of flights across the country.
James Reynolds, self-proclaimed “snow lover”, paints the picture:
https://electroverse.net/foot-of-snow-in-3-hours-japan-record-lows-kashmir-europe-ice-box-natgas-cold-late-jan/
