With record cold and sea effect snows continuing across eastern Europe and the Southern Mediterranean, beaches are blanketed with half a foot of snow, 6+ feet in mountain areas, Venice canals frozen, Turkey all time recorded snow depths and media tells us to remember that last summer was really hot.

The Northern Hemisphere Freezes….1st Week of January
Massive flooding Thailand in dry season http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1175929/more-aid-goes-to-10-flooded-provinces
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/weather
Unisys Ocean Surface Temperature Map http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sfc_daily.php?plot=ssa&inv=0&t=cur
Greek islands turn white http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/01/07/snow-and-frost-turn-the-greek-islands-white-photos/
Seven Feet of Snow Falls In The Sierra, With More On Its Way http://sfist.com/2017/01/05/seven_feet_of_snow_falls_in_the_sie.php
Wave of cold on eastern and southern Europe http://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/home/actualite/meteosuisse-blog.subpage.html/fr/data/blogs/2017/1/vague-de-froid-en-europe.html
Snow beaches of Italy http://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/content/meteoswiss/fr/data/blogs/2017/1/vague-de-froid-en-europe/_jcr_content/content/textimage0/image.mchimg.jpg/1483876226074.jpg
Canals of Venice freeze http://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/content/meteoswiss/fr/data/blogs/2017/1/vague-de-froid-en-europe/_jcr_content/content/textimage3/image.mchimg.jpg/1483876826561.jpg
Swiss temps Jan 09, 2017 http://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/content/meteoswiss/fr/data/blogs/2017/1/vague-de-froid-en-europe/_jcr_content/content/textimage6/image.mchimg.jpg/1483878048108.jpg
Swiss Plains Images http://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/content/meteoswiss/fr/data/blogs/2017/1/vague-de-froid-en-europe/_jcr_content/content/textimage9/image.mchimg.jpg/1483877664069.jpg
Severe weather and incredible snow images in Europe https://twitter.com/severeweatherEU
https://twitter.com/search?q=snow%20beach%20greece&src=typd
https://twitter.com/search?q=snow%20beach%20italy&src=typd
https://twitter.com/search?q=snow%20cyprus&src=typd
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38546998
Deep low over Eastern Europe snow and cold https://twitter.com/search?q=snow%20cyprus&src=typd
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1uHGuiXgAAjSdt.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1fUinPXEAAf-Vs.jpg
EU Temperature map https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1kZaGoWQAA0vDw.jpg
Greek Beaches https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1kUhqWXAAApcCK.jpg