Snow in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast is getting Ridiculous

[cpinney]

el nino has nothing to do with it unfortunately on the east coast :\

In North America, El Niño creates warmer-than-average winters in the upper Midwest states and the Northwest, thus reduced snowfall than average during winter. Meanwhile, central and southern California, northwest Mexico and the southwestern U.S. become significantly wetter while the northern Gulf of Mexico states and Southeast states (including Tidewater and northeast Mexico) are wetter and cooler than average during the El Niño phase of the oscillation.[22][23] Summer is wetter in the intermountain regions of the U.S. The Pacific Northwest states, on the other hand, tend to experience dry, mild but foggy winters and warm, sunny and early springs.

In Canada, both warmer and drier winters (due to forcing of the Polar Jet further north) occur, although relatively little variation is seen in the Maritime Provinces. The following summer is less stormy and warmer over the middle of the country. It is believed that the ice-storm in January 1998, which devastated parts of Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec, may have been caused or at least accentuated by El Nino's warming effects.[24]

[Aiyas]

maine hasn't gotten any snow in like 2 weeks and i am pissed while you mid atlantic fuckers get it all >:(

but i still love you

If I could, I'd gladly give you some.

Has to be at least 15 inches out where I am(near Reading, PA)

[MrFudge]

maine hasn't gotten any snow in like 2 weeks and i am pissed while you mid atlantic fuckers get it all >:(

but i still love you

If I could, I'd gladly give you some.

Has to be at least 15 inches out where I am(near Reading, PA)

lucky, we are at 40.
yes 40 inches and about 55 for the winter.
the mounds of snow on the sidewalk are about 10 feet high because of the snow plows. And that's on the roads the plows are allowed to go on, they can't go on the rest because there's a 2 inch layer of ice at the bottom. Worst of all, had no cable the whole weekend so I had to endure watching local news 24/7 (they didnt even follow regular scheduled programming, just news news news.) I drove to UPS yesterday before this extra foot of snow fell and I saw like 4 cars stuck on the road and a dozen of those dealership trucks that literally carry the cars on their backs, cause the tow trucks arent allowed outside yet.

[XemnasXD]

el nino has nothing to do with it unfortunately on the east coast :\

In North America, El Niño creates warmer-than-average winters in the upper Midwest states and the Northwest, thus reduced snowfall than average during winter. Meanwhile, central and southern California, northwest Mexico and the southwestern U.S. become significantly wetter while the northern Gulf of Mexico states and Southeast states (including Tidewater and northeast Mexico) are wetter and cooler than average during the El Niño phase of the oscillation.[22][23] Summer is wetter in the intermountain regions of the U.S. The Pacific Northwest states, on the other hand, tend to experience dry, mild but foggy winters and warm, sunny and early springs.

In Canada, both warmer and drier winters (due to forcing of the Polar Jet further north) occur, although relatively little variation is seen in the Maritime Provinces. The following summer is less stormy and warmer over the middle of the country. It is believed that the ice-storm in January 1998, which devastated parts of Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec, may have been caused or at least accentuated by El Nino's warming effects.[24]

do not doubt the power of El Nino...

[cpinney]

el nino has nothing to do with it unfortunately on the east coast :\

In North America, El Niño creates warmer-than-average winters in the upper Midwest states and the Northwest, thus reduced snowfall than average during winter. Meanwhile, central and southern California, northwest Mexico and the southwestern U.S. become significantly wetter while the northern Gulf of Mexico states and Southeast states (including Tidewater and northeast Mexico) are wetter and cooler than average during the El Niño phase of the oscillation.[22][23] Summer is wetter in the intermountain regions of the U.S. The Pacific Northwest states, on the other hand, tend to experience dry, mild but foggy winters and warm, sunny and early springs.

In Canada, both warmer and drier winters (due to forcing of the Polar Jet further north) occur, although relatively little variation is seen in the Maritime Provinces. The following summer is less stormy and warmer over the middle of the country. It is believed that the ice-storm in January 1998, which devastated parts of Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec, may have been caused or at least accentuated by El Nino's warming effects.[24]

do not doubt the power of El Nino...

el viejo

[TheDrop]

With all these snow days, do they roll over into your summer vacation?

For instance, here in Texas, when I was in HS, if we missed for snow (twice in my life, total of 3 days) we had to make it up at the end of the year. So, our summer break was actually a few days shorter from making up the snow days.

Seems you wouldn't even have a summer with as much snow as you get up north.

In my school district, we have 3 snow days. if we get more snow days, they take away holidays like presidents day etc, then take away days from spring vacation. then they take away days from summer.

Yeah thats pretty much how it works in my area as well. But even though we get a lot of snow it doesnt paralyze everyone like it seems to do elsewhere.. its just snow. We dont have school called unless theres 15+ inches on the ground between 11pm-5am

well the thing here is we usually get like 1 snow storm per winter, and its usually around ~10 inches at most, so people around DC aren't equipped for it (don't have snow tires etc). I think this has been the snowiest winter of all time for DC.

Anyways, now we have thursday and friday off from school aswell

[Skyve]

I'd like to have snow... here in Calgary it can reach 10 degree(chinook ftw?) easly. Although it ruins the whole "winter/february" atmosphere -_-

[SM-Count]

Haha, I remember when I used to live in Bethesda, MD; when I was in middle school it looked like that. There was also one in '98 what was ridiculous, got off for one and a half weeks or something.

[salmissra]

in Seattle everyday it's: shit rain, rain + sunny, sunny, shit rain and repeat. This is regardless of winter and summer... although last summer for us was hotter then usual.

[EvGa]

Funny, after posting that classes have only ever been cancelled like 3 days in my lifetime here.. we get 6 inches last night, no class today. Most snow here in over 10 years.



Pic from my window 5secs after waking up..

Parents house:

[Muse]

Same here we got 2/3 feet of snow on the weekend and now another blizzard (Maryland,College Park). No school since Friday

I live in Silver Spring, Maryland.

You live close, sir.

OT: No school this whole week, so I guess it isn't all that bad.

[SnowShael]

GUYS, ITS COLD OUTSIDE, TAKE THAT GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE

[rek]

It was 102 degrees outside today. I need to get out of australia.

[SnowShael]

It was 102 degrees outside today. I need to get out of australia.

I cannot comprehend the "other" hemisphere.

I just can't.

[rek]

It was 102 degrees outside today. I need to get out of australia.

I cannot comprehend the "other" hemisphere.

I just can't.

Me too, i had to convert celsius to your crazy farenheit.

[cpinney]

GUYS, ITS COLD OUTSIDE, TAKE THAT GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE

bullshit its 40 degrees in Maine and there is like no snow on campus anymore everything's backwards.

[Isis]

It will be more then likely that everywhere that has had a bad winter, will end up with a good summer.

[Shadow]

the roads are shit, and trees are falling down left and right.

you need one of these.

I'd recommend one of these.. (You can even mount a heavy machinegun on the top! Awesome! A tree blocking the route? Just drive over it! Amphibious, too!)



It's just snow anyway, no big deal.