An upside-down winter: coldest in 25 years in U.S., warmest on record in Canada

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http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1447

 

[Metamorpho1977]

It's weird, I've seen more snow in Georgia this year than I have the last 10 years combined I think.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

It's ManBearPig! And don't laugh, I'm being totally serial.

 

[E-Man]

It's ManBearPig! And don't laugh, I'm being totally serial.

Thank you Al Gore. Excelsior!

 

[katie_girl09]

I know that this winter was pretty lame for me. Not nearly enough snow.

 

[JStorm]

I know that this winter was pretty lame for me. Not nearly enough snow.

My genderpal lives in Baltimore, and she had more snow than most expected.

 

[Majic Walrus]

I know that this winter was pretty lame for me. Not nearly enough snow.

Yeah thanks for making the Winter Olympics suck.

 

[Yurka]

We had the most snow on record here in Pittsburgh, over 3 feet in 3 weeks in February alone.

 

[katie_girl09]

My genderpal lives in Baltimore, and she had more snow than most expected.

Yeah, the States got the snow. Hmph.

Yeah thanks for making the Winter Olympics suck.

Pretty good for us, I'd say. Go Canada!

 

[E-Man]

Yeah thanks for making the Winter Olympics suck.

They're the Winter Olympics, they always suck!

 

[Morg]

We had the most snow on record here in Pittsburgh, over 3 feet in 3 weeks in February alone.

Be thankful you don't live in Arizona, they got the most snow this season

Flagstaff's snowy season
11 feet has fallen; more likely

With a high in the Valley expected to reach 72 degrees today, it seems almost impossible that Flagstaff, a mere two hours up the road, is on the way to one of its snowiest seasons ever.

So far this year, more than 11 feet of snow has fallen. With a total of 138.2 inches, this season is already Flagstaff's 11th snowiest on record, according to the National Weather Service.

And because March is annually the snowiest month, a top-five finish is a real possibility.

The most likely reason for the heavy snowfall is El Niño - warmer than normal sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific that can steer wetter storms to Arizona.

With more snow than Anchorage, Alaska, and Buffalo, N.Y., combined, people up north are beginning to think of spring.

"I'm ready for it to be over," the Weather Service's David Blanchard said of the snow. "We're all getting a little tired of shoveling."

 

[The Battousai]

Increased heat in the atmosphere => more evaporation => more water in the air => more precipitation => more pronounced weather (hotter summers and colder winters, generally). When you get closer to the poles, though, it's mostly warmer than usual.

 

[Immortalfire]

No wonder all the snow was melting during the Olympics.

 

[KevanG]

Well, we are used to trudging through all the snow for the winter, so since it was so warm this year we were able to go much faster during the olympics.