Drought buster? Up to 10 feet of snow this week for California’s Sierra Nevada
Drought buster? Up to 10 feet of snow this week for California’s Sierra Nevada
Here is some good news for drought-stricken California; the latest forecast model output from WeatherBell suggests that the Sierra Nevada snow-pack will get a fresh dump of up to 10 feet of snow. The Sierra snow-pack has already been reported as above normal (at 136 percent of normal) in the most recent snow survey conducted by the California […]
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Record 22 inch snowfall in Maine knocks out power – May affect voting tomorrow
http://mashable.com/2014/11/01/powerful-storm-south-new-england/…
Ice Still on Lake Superior in June!
By Climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer
Ice Still on Lake Superior in June!
http://www.drroyspencer.com/2014/06/ice-still-on-lake-superior-in-june/
Unless everything melted overnight, there is still ice on Lake Superior — and snow on the ground in Michigan — in freakin’ June.
Here’s the MODIS satellite image from early afternoon on 31 May, 2014…I’ve outlined the main areas of ice which are concentrated near the south shore of Lake Superior, mostly near Marquette and Pictured Rocks:
Also from yesterday, here’s what it looked like at ground level (photo courtesy of my friends at Lake Superior Photo in Marquette):
And here’s another photo from yesterday, showing that not even all of the snow on the ground has melted…this from Ben Musielak, in Paradise, Michigan (I’m sure there are lots of examples of this across the Upper Peninsula in the lake effect snow belt areas):
In case anyone needed to be told…this past winter’s persistent “polar vortex” was not that unusual, and wasn’t due to global warming climate change climate disruption.…
Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day in 30 years – Over 1 Million Sq Km Above Normal
Sea Ice Update April 17 2014 – Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day in 30 years – Over 1 Million Sq Km Above Normal
A quick update for sea ice extent:
Global Sea Ice Extent is 1,088,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 3 for the day.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,622,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -534,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 28 for the day.
Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.
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