Talking 'bout the weather

From Australia's The Weather Zone:

A snowy dusting in Victoria's summer
Most people consider summer a time to wear shorts and thongs wherever one pleases, with little thought of ski jackets or snowboards. However Victoria's Mount Baw Baw saw a light dusting of snow, and it's already two weeks into summer.

A cold front crossed the nation's southeast during Thursday, bringing gusty winds and some good falls to southern Victoria.

From the Cape Cod Times:

Winter weather increases dolphin, turtle strandings
The high tides and harsh winds have wreaked havoc on marine mammals in the past 10 days, causing several dolphin strandings, according to a local animal rescue official.

The past week and a half has brought almost "a dolphin a day" stranding on Cape shorelines, said C.T. Harry, assistant coordinator of the International Fund for Animal Welfare's stranding network.

Early yesterday morning, the stranding team was busy responded to a sick common dolphin at Rock Harbor, Harry said. Then they were headed to Campround Beach in Eastham for another dolphin stranded and struggling in ice-covered water, according to the Eastham police and Harry.

The high tides, strong winds and now bitter cold have combined to make it difficult for the marine mammals moving through the region, Harry said. It was 2-degrees with the wind chill at Rock Harbor Friday, Harry said.

From Canadian Broadcasting Company:

Snowstorm buries central Ontario
A storm blasted heavy snow through central Ontario Friday, and was expected to bury some areas waist-deep overnight, forcing the closure of a major highway.

A snow squall warning was in effect through much of the region east of Lake Huron and the Georgian Bay Friday evening. Strong, cold westerly winds coming off the lake were generating whiteout conditions, Environment Canada reported.

West Parry Sound OPP closed a section of Highway 400 until further notice due to deteriorating weather and road conditions.

And El Ni�o is here with a vengeance -- from the Los Angeles Times:

Rainstorm wallops Southern California
The strongest of three back-to-back rainstorms is expected to clear out by midday today after walloping Southern California on Saturday, sending mud and rocks tumbling onto roads, trapping about 90 vehicles on mountainous Angeles Crest Highway for hours and causing officials to issue mandatory evacuation orders for more than 40 homes.

There were no reports of major damage or injuries late Saturday night. But more rainfall was expected overnight and into the morning, further saturating wildfire-denuded hillsides.

And of course, there was the post earlier this morning about Copenhagen. Sure could use some of that warming...