has fanned warm air from subtropical zones into Europe. Wim Thiery, a professor of climate science at the University of Brussels, said the same jet stream that pulled down cold air from the Arctic into the U.S. The German Weather Service reported readings of 20 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) and just above at four weather stations in southern Germany, news agency dpa reported. New Year’s Eve is believed to have been the warmest since reliable records began. Germany too has seen unusually springlike temperatures - as high as 16 degrees Celsius (61 Fahrenheit) in parts of the country on Monday. Then, last week, there was quite a bit of rain and warm temperatures, so a certain number of runs had to close again,” Laurent Reynaud of the Domaines Skiables de France industry group that represents French ski resorts, lift operators and others, said on C-News television. “There was a good start to the season with a cold wave in mid-December which provided some white to pretty much everyone.

Next door in France, national weather agency Meteo France said 2022 ended with some of the warmest weather the country has ever experienced at this time of year - capping an exceptionally warm year that saw temperature records broken and rampant forest fires and drought conditions. Its final tally on global temperature figures for 2022 will be released in mid-January. More broadly, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization says the past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record. The start to 2023 picked up where many countries had already left off: Last year was the hottest on record in both Switzerland and France. “Everything is difficult - not only to prepare a ski slope,” Hadi said. “The climate is a bit changing but what should we do here? Shall we stop with life?” he said by phone, noting that other challenges such as the coronavirus pandemic and war show “life is not easy” these days. Course director Toni Hadi acknowledged that the race will be run on 100% artificial snow this year.

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