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I've seen research that suggests Spring snow is not really impacted by warming climates, because the oceans are still frigid into early May, since they reach their coldest temperatures in Mid-March. No coincidence that the ice extent/volume peaks in March too for our hemisphere. Fall snow is impacted though, because Summer heat in the oceans lingers and the ice takes a bit longer to recover. Super late snowfalls also seem somewhat tied to solar activity, there are pretty massive differences in the historical frequency of a last measurable snow after early-mid April in Albuquerque over relatively long-periods of time. The NAO seems to go strongly negative sometime between Jan 15 & Apr 15, or even into mid-May when solar activity is low and the upper levels (above 6000 feet) are supposed to be colder with low solar activity. For whatever reason, the effect has a limited window here, on/after Apr 1 to on/after Apr 14, wth the peak at Apr 7-12. Last Snow Frequency of Last Snow in ABQ by Date (1 = Dec 20, 43 = Jan 31, etc): Significant in Early April Sunspots July-Jun Years <=31 <=60 <=73 <=85 >=85 >=98 >=110 >=115 >=140 >=55 53 3.8% 15.1% 26.4% 50.9% 50.9% 32.1% 13.2% 9.4% 0.0% <55 33 6.1% 18.2% 30.3% 42.4% 57.6% 45.5% 33.3% 30.3% 0.0%                       P<=0.05? y/n no no no no no no 0.02574 0.01278 no                 P<=0.05 104-117    

Thursday highs

Impressive winds here. Nothing crazy. Sounds like a ripping Noreaster