Record Cold And Heavy Snow Grip The UK; Norway Chills; Harsh Freeze Sweeps Siberia And Mongolia; + New Study: Decades Of Stable Greenland Temperatures Undermine Climate Alarm

The models are doubling-down, an absolute burial is coming.

Record Cold And Heavy Snow Grip The UK

An early cold snap has gripped the UK and Ireland, setting records and resulting in widespread disruption.

Braemar, Scotland, recorded -11.2C (12F), marking the region's coldest November temperature since 1998. While to the south, the likes of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire was dealing with -8C (17.6F) and heavy snow, and flakes were even falling in London.

Tower Bridge, London

The polar conditions brought significant snowfall and icy roads to a large portion of the UK, in fact, disrupting travel extensively on Monday and closing over 200 schools, delaying train services and cancelling flights.

November snow falls in the south of England. Here is Bristol.

The Met Office has increased its cold weather alerts for Wednesday. They now span Scotland, Northern Ireland, as well as southern and eastern England, and parts of Wales—you can't even clearly see the map for all the overlapping warnings:

Met Office warnings for Wednesday, Nov 20 [metoffice.gov.uk]

Ireland, too, has faced harsh weather with lows of -4C (27F) recorded.

Met Éireann has extended its cold weather warnings through Nov 21, with the anticipation of further heavy snow and tanking temps across all counties, particularly northern and western areas such as Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan.

Norway Chills

The cold is encroaching into the European mainland and all, into Scandinavia.

Wednesday morning saw Cuovddatmohkki and Suolovuopmi-Lulit, located in Finnmark, post Norway's lowest temperature's of the season. The mercury hit -25C (-13F) and -24.9C (-12.8F), respectively, marking readings some 17C below the historical average.

As the week professes, more and more of Europe will be impacted, from France and Spain to Poland and Ukraine.

As of Wednesday morning, Italian peaks—for example—are just beginning to feel the chill. At 6:00 AM local time, Monte Rosa logged -19.5C (-3.1F), while Colle Major on Mont Blanc dipped to -21.5C (-6.7F) at 5:30 AM.

In terms of snow, the models are doubling-down, an absolute burial is on the cards: