A major winter storm is affecting the Japanese archipelago Japan this week. The storm is producing typhoon-force winds and prolonged, intense sea-effect snow. Extreme amounts of snow have fallen in parts of Japan and claimed lives of at least 2 people. More than 40 were injured by Sunday morning UTC, January 15, 2017.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has issued warnings on snowstorms through Monday, January 16, 2017. It said snow will settle in plains along the Pacific through Sunday as strong cold air mass covers the archipelago.
Over a 24-hour period through Saturday morning, January 14, up to 70 cm (2.3 feet) of snow had fallen in Niigata, 52 cm (1.7 feet) in Nagano Prefecture and 46 cm (1.5 feet) in Toyama Prefecture, but it is important to understand that these values fell on top of the snow base that has already accumulated through the past several days. Okura and Aomori, for example, saw more than 2 m (6.6 feet) of snow by Friday while some ski resorts in Hokkaido reported nearly 3 m (9.8 feet). Up to 100 cm (3.28 feet) of snow was forecast to fall in the Hokuriku region through Sunday morning, 70 cm (2.3 feet) in Kanto-Koshin and Tokai, 60 cm (1.96 feet) in Kinki and Chugoku, 50 cm (1.64 feet) in Tohoku and 40 cm (1.31 feet) in Hokkaido.
These huge amounts of snow are brought by several days of intense sea-effect snowfall. "The winter weather setup dominating Japan this week usually lingers for 1 - 2 days at a time... rarely longer and not as potent as we are seeing this week," meteorologist Robert Speta of the NHK and WestPacWX said.
"This is thanks to a blocking high north of a low pressure area near Kamchatka. This is holding that low in place which in return forces it to continue to interact with the high pressure over China setting up a tight pressure gradient across the sea of Japan."
Today is the day when over 70 nations will meet and decide whether or not there will be a two-state solution. For those of you who have no idea of what I’m talking about, the two state solution seeks to divide present day Israel and give land to the so-called Palestinians, thus creating a two-state solution.
Most likely the 70-plus-nations will state that Israel will have to go back to the pre-1967 war boundaries, which will give Jerusalem, Israel’s eternal capital over to the Palestinians. This is national suicide for Israel and, in my opinion, this is what the Arab/Moslems/Islamists want, a divided Israel. One that can not possibly be defended, as if Israel goes back to her 1967 borders she can easily be cut in two, as there is less than 10 miles of territory. Does anyone really believe in land-for-peace? Think about this, Israel gave back the Gaza Strip and now, Gaza is the home of HAMAS, who has one goal, the destruction of Israel.
As we discussed in Watchers 9: Days of Chaos, when I sat down with Dan Gordon, as the Israeli’s were leaving Gaza, the rocket and mortar fire began.
These 70 nations will ram-rod this farce of a peace process down the Israeli’s throats. For those of you who have any doubts about Pope Francis and where the Vatican stands, Francis endorsed Mahmoud Abbas’ government and gave the PA (Palestinian Authority) an embassy at the Vatican.
The Rabbi’s have a saying. When the whole world goes against Israel then Messiah will come.
As Christian, my belief is that He already came the first time, as there are numerous prophecies that were fulfilled at His first coming. (Just read Isaiah 53 and explain who Isaiah is talking about.)
However, it would appear that the whole world is against Israel and even the USA, under the Obama administration has abandoned her.
Trump is still a few days away from taking office and anything is possible.
Bill Salus and I discussed this last night in a phone conversation. We’re both on Prophetic pins-and-needles, as it were.
So as watchmen we stand our ground and watch. As of this post there is nothing in the news about the 70 nations gathered in Paris and the outcome of this meeting. I will give an update and commentary the moment I hear something.
Do any of us really think anything is different when it comes to what the Arabs/Moslems really think about Israel? Watch the video… Res ipsa loquitur
