It was the warmest year on record for Europe or something, and Spain just got hit with some heat snow. I’m guessing school kids will know what snow looks like
Rare Snowstorm Closes Madrid Airport, Creates Travel Chaos
Heavy snowfall from Storm Filomena left thousands of Spanish drivers trapped in their cars on Friday as roads were blocked and Madrid airport was closed.
The M-30 and M-40 motorways near Madrid were among more than 400 roads where snow hindered vehicles, traffic authorities said. Citizens were asked to avoid non-essential travel because of the highly unusual blizzard.
“I drove to see my husband in hospital and have been stuck here for three hours. It’s a journey which should take 15 minutes,” a woman told Spanish television RNE from her car.
Meteorologists expected Friday’s snowfall to total 20 cm (8 inches), and temperatures hovered around freezing. The Red Cross took food to trapped lorry drivers on the A4 in Madrid.
Airports were closed all over the country
#Climate #Spain #Weather #Snow ????????
Storm ? #Filomena (Greek for ‘friend of strength’) blanket #Spain with exceptional snowfall, much more expected today ?? pic.twitter.com/0ZVdDVt9KR
— Mena Commodities ® (@MenaCommodities) January 9, 2021
Madrid and eight provinces were under the most severe weather advisory for the first time since the system was created in 2007.
Large parks in the capital, including the Retiro next to the Prado museum, were closed as a precaution.
Rare, and probably your fault for that fossil fueled trip you took for Christmas. Why close parks? Isn’t that where the fun happens?
High-speed rail services between Madrid and the southeastern cities of Alicante and Valencia were suspended.
So, we’ll all be stuck when we’re forced onto AOC’s trains?
A record temperature of -35.6 degrees C (-32 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded at Vega de Lourdes in Leon, northern Spain, the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) said.
That’s the coldest temperature ever recorded in Spain.
https://twitter.com/WeelTelt/status/1347855598197596161
Storm Filomena: Spain sees 'exceptional' snowfall. I defy anyone to say this is not down to climate change, this is in the warmest part of Spain. If it can snow there it can snow any where & when it melts it will bring local flooding. https://t.co/ksh8Zjpn1J
— phil (@ppjkis) January 9, 2021
There’s not a lot of that yet, but, it is around. Oh, and that BBC article has lots of great pictures
