LibertyBell

With regards to temps though is the NE the fastest warming part of the country, Chris? Also, which year holds the top spot as the warmest- I've seen varying reports that it's either 2016 or 2020- why the discrepancy?

if you want to start increasing snowfall here just build an artificial lake N or NW of our area and relocate those pesky neighbors who live there.

I have something for you to read, my friend, and I believe you will enjoy it (ps the formation of the universe is thought to have been a reversal of entropy starting on a very small scale inside a larger universe): https://www.physics.princeton.edu//ph115/LQ.pdf The Last Question By Isaac Asimov This is by far my favorite story of all those I have written. After all, I undertook to tell several trillion years of human history in the space of a short story and I leave it to you as to how well I succeeded. I also undertook another task, but I won't tell you what that was lest l spoil the story for you. It is a curious fact that innumerable readers have asked me if I wrote this story. They seem never to remember the title of the story or (for sure) the author, except for the vague thought it might be me. But, of course, they never forget the story itself especially the ending. The idea seems to drown out everything -- and I'm satisfied that it should.

https://www.zmescience.com/science/coronavirus-crisis-accelerating-renewables-01052020/ some good news for a change https://www.zmescience.com/science/renewables-solar-energy-21102019/

Yep, this is called entropy and it applies all over the universe.

If you go by 2020 alone, according to the latest numbers, we've had 22 billion dollar storms that have cost us 95 billion dollars in total. It's the most number of billion dollar storms we've had and that's been on a rapid increase for the past 20 years or so.

It's interesting that the snowy pattern in the Mountainous West, which began early on in the fall looks to repeat itself. This has been the region most resistant to long-term warning (on our continent anyway.) On the other hand, if you look at a place like Chicago, which has had a pitiful winter, that looks like it will continue.

Sea effect snowfall is increasing for the same reason that lake effect snows are on a rapid increase....because of warmer waters fueling more moisture to precipitate.

You made up for it in March 2001 lol. The big busts down here were April 1997 (8-16 predicted, got 1-3), March 2001 (2 - 3 ft predicted and got 3-5 inches on the back end), January 2008 (last heavy snow warning event, it mostly rained with a few flakes mixed in) and some also consider January 2015 a bust since 2-3 feet were predicted and except for eastern LI, the rest of us were a foot or less.

Chicago hasn't had much of a winter, and I have extreme doubts this is going to radically change. It looks like Minnesota and points north and west of that are the places to be. The mountainous west, notably, has been the most resistant to the warming climate signal.

Interesting thing to throw out there is, in our new climate, it looks like Dixie Alley is the new hot spot for tornadoes. They seem to be getting it much more than the traditional tornado alley now......

funny thing was Feb 1985 was quite mild after the historic inauguration outbreak....by the way that was the last time we had a high in the single digits wasn't it?

once we no longer have any snow chances I want it to BAKE.

you can still get decent snow storms in the first half of April....so I'd rather the warmth start after the 15th and hopefully we have a roasting hot summer with multiple 100 degree days like we did in 2010.

the long term climate trend is far stronger than any ENSO state, I doubt there is going to be much if any cooling.....except for the usual suspects in the mountainous west, they seem to be the last to the warming climate party as always.

The entire planet is roasting, this is obviously part of the long term climate trend.

This is never going to be a "strong la nina" that was settled weeks ago.

the cfs is the least accurate model of them all, which makes all of this even more hilarious lol

They also do mass surveillance there on a scale similar to the US and the UK. Violence against minorities has also been on the rise there.

I'm grateful that cold and dry winters have become rare.

Yep there seems to be a trend of late for May to be our blockiest month. That did result in the latest snow I have ever seen (I was too young to remember May 1977).

I wish it was always like that with a storm that takes that track lol

Great opportunity for astrophotography with the moon in its "darker" phases. Looks like things will just in time *by mid month*

this isn't a surprise, we had this happen last year too and in many other winters especially in January (2001-02 comes to mind, as well as 2011-12). Many of these winters saw big snowfalls in the Carolinas, more than what we got.

Thanks Ray, I think you, Tom and I are on the same page, also I seem to recall seasons in which we have lackluster Februaries, winter usually makes a little comeback or at the very least, a last stand in March.