2009 Meteorology - Global Storm Activity of 2009, Winter of 2009-2010 in Europe, 2009 Great Britain and Ireland Floods (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Global storm activity of 2009, Winter of 2009-2010 in Europe, 2009 Great Britain and Ireland floods, Winter of 2009-2010 in the United Kingdom, February 2009 Great Britain and Ireland snowfall, Winter storms of 2009-2010 in East Asia, North American blizzard of 2009, November 2009 Mid-Atlantic nor'easter, Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2009, World Weather in 2009, 2009 North American Christmas winter storm, October 2009 North American storm complex, 2009 European floods, 2009 Turkish flash floods, January 2009 Central Plains and Midwest ice storm, Quinten, June 2009 Southern Kentucky derecho. Excerpt: Global storm activity of 2009 profiles the major worldwide storms, including blizzards, ice storms, and other winter events, from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. Wintery storms are events in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm where ground temperatures are cold enough to allow ice to form (i.e. freezing rain). It may be marked by strong wind, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation, such as ice (ice storm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere (as in a dust storm, snowstorm, hailstorm, etc.). Summer storms including flooding, severe thunderstorms and extratropical cyclones (which can occur in summer or winter) are also included in this list to a certain extent. As this occurred a heat wave and/or unforeseen monsoon weather also hit parts of Australia in 2009 and 2010. Victoria, the scene of horrific bushfires the year before, had a far colder summer, with hot weather arriving more than a month later than usual in 2009. August 17 saw a dust storm at Laguna Mar Chiquita as a major drought hit Argentina, and flooding and hailstorms hit southeastern Australia and Queensland i...