Russia - Surprise snowstorms - Two weeks of snow in two days (Video)

28 Sep 11 – In the Chita and Magadan regions, heavy snow and strong winds paralyzed road traffic and left entire districts without electricity.

GAO: 42% of USHCN Weather Stations Fail to Meet NOAA Standards

Washington, D.C.—Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today welcomed a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) entitled “NOAA Can Improve Their Management of the U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN).” This report quantifies lingering questions concerning proper siting of weather stations, finding about 42% of the active USHCN stations in 2010 did not meet one or more of NOAA’s siting standards. GAO says the two standards most commonly unmet are “distance to obstructions [such as buildings and trees] and distance to extensive concrete or paved surfaces.”

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