NPR’s snow ‘fact’: ‘Climate change may be causing it to rapidly disappear, especially in Western regions of the U.S.’
Watch: Crowds Cheer As Snowboarder Slides Through NYC Streets Behind A Jeep
Snowzilla, biggest snow on record in Baltimore, top 5 in D.C., has ended
D.C. airport flubs it! Snowfall total called into question after ‘improper measurement’ – Underreported total
It has become apparent this afternoon and evening, through multiple conversations with the weather observers at Reagan National Airport, that the snowfall totals submitted to the National Weather Service for that location have not been measured properly.
As of 8 p.m., 17.8 inches of snow had been recorded at National – Washington, D.C.’s official weather monitoring location. That reflects just a 0.3-inch increase in the three hours since 5 p.m. during which time light to moderate snowfall was being reported at the airport.
The National Weather Service has clear guidelines on how to measure snowfall for one, simple reason: snowstorms have a huge effect on the economy, life and property. They impact millions of people, and can result in millions of dollars lost. They also play an obvious important role in the historical record.
The way that the snowfall has been measured at National in this storm has led to snowfall totals that could be much lower than what has actually fallen, and may have unnecessarily withheld the storm from ending as one of the top-3 snowiest on record.…
It’s Official: ‘Snowiest day in New York City history’
Warmist Eric Holthaus of Slate Mag.: ‘Climate change is making this blizzard worse’
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Warmist Michael Mann pushing ‘global warming’ blizzard connection – “Take unusually warm Atlantic ocean surface temperatures (temperatures are in the 70s off the coast of Virginia), add a cold Arctic outbreak (something we’ll continue to get even as global warming proceeds), mix them together and you get huge amounts of energy and moisture, and monster snowfalls, like we’re about to see here,” said Michael Mann, a climate researcher who directs Penn State University’s earth systems science center. Mann said the ocean temperature anomalies of 5 to 6 degrees Fahrenheit above average would yield more than a 20% increase of the moisture content of the air overlying that layer of ocean waters. That air, in turn, “is getting entrained into the system to produce the heavy snowfalls,” he said in an email to Mashable. Mann said it isn’t clear how big of a role climate change might be playing, though, compared to other factors.
‘Blizzard for the Ages’ Headed for East Coast – ‘Climate change’ blamed – Slate Mag’s Eric Holthaus: ‘Climate change and El Niño have pushed water temperatures in the Atlantic to near record highs right now, which could offer something similar to the boost a landfalling hurricane sometimes gets when traversing the Gulf Stream—a rapidly strengthening storm, though with snow instead of rain. That means the most remarkable thing about this week’s snowstorm is the sheer amount of water that will be available to be turned into snowflakes.’
Reality Check: Record Ocean temperatures?How accurate are those estimates of ocean warming? ‘Margin of error’ may be larger than temperature change – ‘If the margin of error is just the same magnitude as that given below for NINO3.4 SST, then it is a magnitude larger than the ocean temperature change of 1955-2010 for the upper 2,000 m.’
NASA warns ‘global warming’ means ‘anything could happen’ — Huh?! So if ‘anything’ happens it proves ‘global warming!?’
Is this the end of El Niño? Nasa say phenomenon should start to disappear – but warn global warming means ‘anything could happen’
- Sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Pacific will decrease gradually over the next several months
- The main season for El Niño impacts in the U.S. is January–March
- ‘Given that the planet is hotter than at any time in the past 135 years, there are no guarantees,’ Nasa said
- February and March could be ‘very active months’ for El Niño-driven weather along the western US coast
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Warmist Michael Mann pushing ‘global warming’ blizzard connection
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‘Blizzard for the Ages’ Headed for East Coast – ‘Climate change’ blamed – Slate Mag’s Eric Holthaus: ‘Climate change and El Niño have pushed water temperatures in the Atlantic to near record highs right now, which could offer something similar to the boost a landfalling hurricane sometimes gets when traversing the Gulf Stream—a rapidly strengthening storm, though with snow instead of rain. That means the most remarkable thing about this week’s snowstorm is the sheer amount of water that will be available to be turned into snowflakes.’
Reality Check: Record Ocean temperatures?How accurate are those estimates of ocean warming? ‘Margin of error’ may be larger than temperature change – ‘If the margin of error is just the same magnitude as that given below for NINO3.4 SST, then it is a magnitude larger than the ocean temperature change of 1955-2010 for the upper 2,000 m.’
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Blizzards, extreme cold, & heavy snow hammer many parts of the world – Moscow Sees Snowfall DOUBLED – 90% of China ‘gripped by extreme cold’
As the U.S. prepares to be pummeled by an historic blizzard, the many parts of the world are also getting hammered by heavy snow and extreme cold.
Blizzards in Moldavia – Entire villages snowbound – Snow exceeds 1 meter high (more than 3 ft) in some places.
South Korea – Record power demand brought on by severe cold – South Korea’s power demand soared to an all-time high on Tuesday as the country was hit by a severe cold wave, the government said Tuesday.
Moscow has already DOUBLED normal January snowfall – & the month is not over yet
China – 90 percent of country gripped by extreme cold – Temperatures drop to the lowest they’ve been in 30 years.
Fishing boats frozen by sea ice at the sea area in Qinhuangdao, a port city in north China’s Hebei Province
Mongolia snowfalls contribute to dzud (mass death of livestock) – Snow covers 90 percent of Mongolia with conditions getting more severe, ReliefWeb reports.
Japan – Heavy snowfall cuts power to more than 50,000 – Some 232 cm (7½ ft) of snowfall in the Sukayu hot spring resort in Aomori.
A rapidly developing low pressure system dumped vast quantities of snow onto northern Japan from the night of Jan. 18 to early Jan. 19, cutting power to more than 50,000 households across the region and prompting an evacuation advisory for part of Hokkaido.
Heavy snowfall in northern Japan – Residents evacuate – Four feet (120 cm) of snow is expected in areas of Hokkaido by Wednesday morning, according to local media.
Heavy snowfall across Greece – More than 2 feet of snow in some areas. Traffic in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas conducted only with snow chains.
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Flashback 1772: DC’s Largest Snowstorm Ever Noted – 36 inches! – WASHINGTON’S HISTORIC WINTER STORMS AND COLD WAVES – National Weather Service
Via: http://www.weather.gov/lwx/winter_DC-Winters
WASHINGTON’S HISTORIC WINTER STORMS AND COLD WAVES:
January 28, 1772: This storm was named the Washington and Jefferson Snow Storm since both of their diaries recorded it. The storm left 36 inches of snow (3 feet) in central and northern Virginia and the Washington area. Official weather records did not begin until after the Civil War. Therefore, this storm is not listed as the record, but it was the largest snow for this area ever noted.
Winter of 1779-1780: This winter was so cold that ice was piled 20 feet high along the Virginia Coast and stayed there until spring! The upper portion of the Chesapeake Bay was frozen allowing people to walk from Annapolis to Kent Island, Maryland. In March, a regiment of the Virginia Infantry marched from Falmouth to Fredericksburg. They walked across ice on the Rappahannock River which had been frozen since the previous November.
January 16-18, 1857: This was the great blizzard and freeze. More than a foot of snow fell with temperatures near zero. Strong winds caused structural damage on land and wrecked ships at sea. Great drifts blocked transportation through the state. Richmond was cut off from Washington for seven days. Norfolk was buried under 20 foot drifts of snow! The cold became so extreme that allVirginia rivers were frozen over. The Chesapeake Bay was solid ice a mile and a half out from its coastline. At Cape Henry (at the mouth of the Chesapeake), one could walk out 100 yards from the lighthouse on the frozen ocean.
January 21, 1863: A severe coastal storm dropped heavy rains on the Fredericksburg area. It disrupted the Union Army offensive operation in the ill-famed “Mud March”.
December 1880: Parts of western and central Maryland received nearly two feet of snow which aided in plummeting temperatures. The coldest temperatures occurred between December 30, 1880, and January 1, 1881. Baltimore dropped to -6° F, Emmitsburg -19° F, Woodstock (Howard County) -17° F, and Northwest Washington, DC was -15° F.
March 11-13, 1888: The Blizzard of ’88 was also known as the White Hurricane. The storm began in Washington the morning of March 11 and by evening, the city and surrounding area was an ice-entangled mess with fallen tree limbs, electric lines and downed telegraph poles. The city was completely blacked out with the exception of a few …