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Snow present in 49 of the 50 U.S. states
After big snow and ice events in the Southeast, Plains, and Midwest this week, 49 out of the 50 states currently have snow on the ground - yes, even Hawaii, where snow falls in Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea all winter.
The only state that has avoided this icy blast is Florida. Does that make you want to go on a nice, warm vacation to the Sunshine State? You're not alone.
Put another way, that means snow is present in 69.4 percent of the lower 48, which is more than double than December. This is extremely unusual, though it's hard to put a date on when this last happened because records aren't kept on this kind of event.
The National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center combines ground reports and images from satellites in space to determine how much of the country is covered in snow. That's what you see in the image above. The images tell how deep and widespread the snow is, and that's important not only for images like this one, but also for computer weather models, which use the data to generate accurate forecasts. Such forecasts were very useful in predicting this week's winter storms.
Earlier this week, two storms began to churn: one in the northern Plains and Midwest, and one in Texas. The southern winter storm took a track across the Gulf Coast, pulling warm, moist air over an extreme arctic blast that set up over the eastern half of the United States late last week. This provided fuel for the storm to carve a path of snow, sleet, and freezing rain from Texas to the Carolinas.
Here in Atlanta, we're still coated in snow and ice and probably will be for the next couple of days. No one in the Southeast escaped the wrath except, of course, Florida.
But it's not over. Now that the southern-track storm has moved into the Atlantic and is moving north, the other Midwest storm is going to merge with it, creating a Nor'easter event that could dump up to two feet of snow in the Northeast. Winter storm warnings and advisories have been posted for the event - 32 states have winter storm advisories issued, by the way.
Here's how the snow forecast breaks down for some major cities:
Washington DC: 2-4 inches
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 4-6 inches
New York, N.Y.: 6-12 inches
Hartford, Connecticut: 15-20 inches
Boston, Massachusetts: 12-16 inches
The snow and cold started early this winter and has been extreme for most of the country. Usually the Southeast avoids the blast, but not in 2011. We're all feeling a little "snowed in" this winter.
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here in AL we have snow what about global warmin?????? Prez oBOONma and the libturds strike again.... that ape needs to starts listen to amereca ... what i dont get is that skidmark sits in his palace a laugh at us and libturds stil vote for him ... as far as i'm concerned he's a keyan comunist who take our fredom one day at time .... the only true amerecn left in office are ppl like bhoner and McConnell, GOD BLESS the true amerecans!!!! all the hippi librals should just go to san fran and get gay togethr.
It's 7:02 pm. Down to 57 degrees. Worried. How to stay warm. ..... ..... Oh! Reply to you Southern Style: Alabama!
Please return to your underground cave. Also, they have this newfangled thing called "spellcheck", learn it and be it.
If the term Climate Change makes you feel more warm and fuzzy, call it that. Global Warming is more than the planet heating up. Didn't you take science in high school? Get the facts and don't spout off about things you obviously know nothing about. It only makes you look like an ignorant red neck.
Wait until the ocean shuts down and we go into an ice age. Read National Geographic or some other credible source.
Yay for living in Florida! 🙂
Wait until the ocean shuts down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_thermohaline_circulation
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/big-thaw.html
These colder-than-usual winters are a result of the bleeding-out of the glaciers and ice caps. Once these death throes are over, we'll see that "An Inconvenient Truth" was indeed prophetic. No one will be inconvenienced by snow ever again.
Do you like Florida in Winter? Not me! It's almost freezing. People are fooled and don't bring the right types of clothes.
Voice of experience...layer up!
BAJA, California...truly wonderful temps; Take out the Mexicans and it's perfect....Don't come here...CRIME is rampant.
During the "Swine Flu" epidemic a woman was standing at the meat counter of my supermarket trying to convince people not to eat pork or ham. Those who think this extreme cold weather disproves Global Warming remind me of her...
I was thoroughly enjoying reading this banter between trolls... then someone brought Wikipedia into the arena. As soon as Wikipedia gets brought in to back up an argument, everyone loses.
I will sooner trust scientists who study climate change, weather, and other things than politicians who are paid by Big Oil and Coal.
Amen Cold in Florida. Amen!
'Global Warming' is a scam... Corporations and governments are making billions, ever ask yourself why the United States and China never signed the Kyoto Protocol? It's because they know the truth. The myth was created by a Maurice Strong, who has since gone into hiding in China. If you think what I'm saying is "bull", please, search on Google: 'Climategate' which contains hacked emails from leading scientists and politicians that indicate there is no data to support Global Warming. The earth may be going through a NATURAL cycle of heating, caused by many things. Among others, a deterioration of our magnetosphere, which protects the earth from UV rays and other energy coming from the sun. No need to get angry at me, just look for the facts. By the way, Al Gore will soon make billions from a new product he is involved with that will be required in nearly all corporations to 'monitor' pollution. If only they didn't have carbon credits to buy and sell.
thats write, here in AL we have snow what about global warmin?????? Prez oBOONma and the libturds strike again.... that ape needs to starts listen to amereca ... what i dont get is that skidmark sits in his palace a laugh at us and libturds stil vote for him ... as far as i'm concerned he's a keyan comunist who take our fredom one day at time .... the only true amerecn left in office are ppl like bhoner and McConnell, GOD BLESS the true amerecans!!!! all the hippi librals should just go to san fran and get gay togethr.
In Quebec, we get a lot of snow every year. We even got some on october 30. I don't see why you americans make such a big deal out of some snow. I used to live in california.
Well Matt...it's probably because we aren't in Quebec. I'm in Az...no snow where I am, although I did see it snow once in 1985. Snowed for about 15 minutes. It was really great. But, that's enough! It's cold here..57 degrees at 7:14 pm. Cold is relative. Friend of mine here is Aramean.
I completely agree. I'm from mighigan and we have the same thing. Some people just need to learn how to handle a little frozen water. Just sayin..
Yeah....So....I'm thinking of getting an electric blanket. When do your teeth start chattering? This reminds me of rain. We pray for it here, and when it looks like it might really happen...we panic.
You guys are all stupid and need lives... Yhis article means nothing yet you are arguing about it like school kids. This is worse then kids at high school!
Now you know what you have to look forward to after high school.
Oh yeah? Says you!
Kathy- Increased CO2 in atmosphere = increased acidity in ocean, it has also been warming oceans. Increased acidity and warmth is bleaching coral. Many fish populations rely on coral to repopulate. With less corral we have less fish. Less fish hurts the fishing industry and hurts our food supply. All proven science.
Oceans also convert a good portion of our CO2 into oxygen. What happens when the Ocean gets too acidic for certain photo plankton? I really do not want to find out.
As I'm reading through, I must comment. Global Warming is not a myth! But it's not just the co2 levels rising; it's not just the deforestation, or the radical changes in climate... it's all of these factors combined with a thousand others that has our planet rolling with the punches. The extreme climate changes, the shifting in the magnetosphere... all of these things have happened before and they'll happen again. We as humans, like every other life-form on our planet, must roll with the punches as well.
The contamination of our planet by our very presence upon it is irreversible, but by educating ourselves and our children about these effects, perhaps later generations will come up with a real solution that the scientists and politicians of today seem only interested in squabbling about. Who's right? Who's wrong? Who cares?? It's up to each of us to make a change.
global warming is joke, giant scam!!! move to san fran you libturd and git gay with some1
Hey...southern style...It gets much colder in San Francisco than here. No need to go there. But you go ahead and enjoy yourself when you get there. Even though you come from Alabama, I don't think ICE checks too thoroughly there for illegals.
Southern Style...
It's people like you that make me happy I left the South.