50cm of snow! (photos)

Although the middle of January was not so cold, the end of that month and the beginning of February had many days with snowfalls till Saturday 7/2, when the amount of snow finally reached 50cm here in the coastline! In the mainland the snow is much more! Here are some photos from neighborhood.

                  

The temperature is negative all day long, but because of sunny weather the snow melts in sunshine and froze again after sunset so big icicles form. 

The temperatures at night get down to -15oC, so the sea and the lakes have frost. Even a small waterfall close to my house has frost!

(Summer)

(11th February)

 

If the cold weather will continue, is not sure since the graphs show a temperature raise for Arendal...

http://www.meteociel.fr/cartes_obs/gens_display.php?ext=1&lat=58.460&lon=8.767

There have been severe snowfalls in Oslo, too causing many problems like flight delays. Many photos from the snowfalls in Norway's capital can be found here:

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.6470821
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.6438824
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/1.6471561

Frozen landscapes (photos)

Well, I hadn't the time to post so much this month, but I had the chance to take some beautiful photos!
The new year started with very low temperatures, but there was no precipitation, except of Sunday 4/1. All lakes and most of the sea areas, where the water was calm, got frost and dry snow covered the ice! At the same day, Hovden was the coldest place in Norway with -28,8oC, while the temperature around Arendal was down to -14oC!
  

I was ice skating with a friends on a lake that Sunday and took some beautiful photos.
 
 

Even some small waterfalls froze!


The same temperatures were experienced even in UK, France and Germany with frozen rivers, lakes and seas.
http://www.tv2veret.no/article2497415.ece

Weird Cirrus formation-like a tornado! (photo)

26 December 2008, Arendal-South Norway.
A strange formation of Cirrus clouds, that looked like tornado a cold day. I don't know what it really is... Maybe just a virga or something else?
I don't think it's something important, but if you know please comment.