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Heavy Snow Slams Mongolia

An unusually heavy September snowstorm has buried parts of western Mongolia.

The National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring reported accumulations of 25-30 cm (10-12 inches) across Zavkhan province on Sunday and Monday, with depths surpassing 60 cm (2 feet) in the mountains.

The snow blanketed multiple soums, including Uliastai, Yaruu, Ider, Aldarkhaan, Tsagaankhairkhan, Shiluustei, and Otgon. In the aftermath, temperatures are forecast to plunge well-below freezing, compounding hazards for drivers and nomadic herders.

Zavkhan is no stranger to brutal winters, but such heavy falls this early in the season highlight the intensifying cold across Mongolia — a region where deadly dzuds have become an increasing hazard, a near-annual occurrence.

With Siberia already locking in exceptional early snow cover (map below), northern and central Asia appears primed for another brutal winter — one expected to spill west into Europe.

All of the snow cover in northern Russia is anomalous. None of it shouldn’t be here yet.

And there’s no letup in sight:

GFS Total Snowfall (cm) Sept 23 - Oct 9 [tropicaltidbits.com]

Siberia’s early-season COLD also continues to intensify, delivering historic readings this early in the calendar.