ice age ... NOW?

Old snow stays in Rockies, adds to glaciers' size

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Scientists who monitor the effects of global warming are watching glaciers shrink all over the world, but this year could be an exception in parts of the Rocky Mountains.

Snow is already piling up in the high country, but not all of the unusually deep snow from last winter has melted. As a result, some glaciers and snowfields are actually gaining volume this year....

Blizzard expected in Colorado today

Total accumulations of 5 to 10 inches possible. Travel likely impossible across the plains later tonight.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO… WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON COLORADO… SNOW… HEAVY AT TIMES…OVER THE  PALMER DIVIDE…EASTERN ELBERT COUNTY AND LINCOLN COUNTY. SNOWFALL  RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON....

BIG SIBERIAN FREEZE TO HIT BRITAIN

BRITAIN faces a sudden shivering end to the exceptionally warm late autumn with temperatures plunging towards Siberian levels.

Winter weather will arrive with a vengeance with temperatures well below zero within the next fortnight.

Experts then predict a bitterly cold December with thermometers falling at least as low as -15C (5F).

Snow could hit the country even earlier than last year when a big freeze at the end of November sent temperatures to -20C (-4F), crippling transport. And some forecast...