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Global Warming causes summer snow in Britain, Hawaii and Salt Lake City

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Monday, June 13, 2011 1:40 AM

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This was the scene on top of Snowdon in the summertime

The summit of Snowdon under a white blanket of snow: it's a picture postcard cliche.

But if you thought this photograph was taken in the dark days of winter then think again.

The wintry scene, at the Snowdon Mountain Railway's terminus near Hafod Eryri, was photographed at 1300 BST on Friday - in the middle of June, days before the start of Wimbledon and just over a week before the summer solstice.

Around the UK this week counties have been declaring drought conditions after one of warmest and driest springs in memory. Parts of Wales, too, have been experiencing very dry weather.

No wonder, then, that there was an element of surprise among those working and walking at the top of Wales' highest mountain.

"It started hailing around lunchtime, then it snowed for about an hour," said Jonathan Tyler, manager of Snowdon Mountain Railway's visitor centre at the summit of the mountain.

"It wasn't cold, but people were arriving at the summit looking quite bemused. It was summer at the bottom of the mountain and winter at the top."

Given the vagaries of the Welsh weather and Snowdon's 1085m (3560ft) altitude, experts say such climatic contrasts are to be expected from time to time.

It was summer at the bottom of the mountain and winter at the top”

"It's not common but it's not unheard of," said BBC Wales weather presenter Behnaz Akhgar.

"We are going through a little bit of a cold spell at the moment, with temperatures of 12-13C when the average temperature for this time of year is 18-19C.

"It looks like heavy showers on top of the mountain dragged down colder air and into that came sleet, hail and, yes, even snow."

Ms Akhgar warned hillwalkers in north Wales to check weather forecasts before setting out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-13731216

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Monday, June 13, 2011 1:57 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

Noone disputes changes, its the nature of them that people dispute, and I should hope that people have given up the catch all term "global warming" because it isn't simplistic like that.

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Monday, June 13, 2011 2:22 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Yup, Climate Change theory predicts more radical events, stronger storms, bigger hurricanes, dryer droughts, more floods in flood-prone areas, more intense precipitation events (including - GASP! - SNOW in places where it snows!), higher highs, and lower lows.

What about this is shocking?

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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