Since I live in a country in the "middle" of America [the continent] I would like to know if this winter is worst, better [less inclement] or similar than others.
Do you think that is due to "El Niño" or to the global warming ?
Pelican From Germany, joined Apr 2004, 2530 posts, RR: 8 Reply 3, posted (7 years 3 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 1570 times:
I'm living in Potsdam, Germany, that's a town close to Berlin. And I can't remember a winter with as much snow as this year. We had nearly continuous snow since Christmas. There were only a few days were the snow melted, but it never took long til it snowed again. Currently we still have some remaining snow, although it slowly melts away. I can't wait for spring which is now overdue.
I don't think this has much to do with long term climate effects like global warming. It's just that the last years were too warm and this winter is a bit too cold.
TACAA320 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (7 years 3 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 1565 times:
Quoting Pelican (Reply 3):
I don't think this has much to do with long term climate effects like global warming. It's just that the last years were too warm and this winter is a bit too cold.
Thanks for the info, but don't you think that the phenomena described in your second sentence, is precisely due to the global warming?
Pelican From Germany, joined Apr 2004, 2530 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (7 years 3 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1545 times:
Quoting TACAA320 (Reply 4): Thanks for the info, but don't you think that the phenomena described in your second sentence, is precisely due to the global warming?
Sure, here in Potsdam we've a lot of meteorological research institutes. One is the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, which is renown for their research - and they don't doubt the trend called global warming, caused by human interferences (oh I know some still want to believe in some fairy tales, instead of facts). So who would am I, to doubt these researchers?
P.S. I'm curious whether this is going to be the 101st thread about global warming were some ****** try to argue against global warming and its cause.
Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (7 years 3 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1544 times:
Quoting Pelican (Reply 3): And I can't remember a winter with as much snow as this year. We had nearly continuous snow since Christmas. There were only a few days were the snow melted, but it never took long til it snowed again.
Same here, it is long ago that we had such a snowy, cold. and long winter. I am sick to death of it and I can't wait for warmer temperatures.
Bushpilot From South Africa, joined Jul 2007, 0 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (7 years 3 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1530 times:
Here in Western Alaska it has been slightly above average for snow. We have had over 4feet of snow on the ground, some has melted, the area has seen over a foot in the last 4 days though. But in short, yes more snow this year than in the last few.
Texan From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 4206 posts, RR: 53 Reply 8, posted (7 years 3 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1518 times:
It's been in the 70s-90s pretty much all winter long in Dallas, with no rain and no snow. Temperatures way above average and precipitation well below average. Now that spring is here, we're having more than our fair share of rain today (11+ inches so far, or 29 cm, in the past 24 hours, plus another 3 inches yesterday).
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StuckinMAF From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (7 years 3 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1515 times:
Quoting Texan (Reply 8): It's been in the 70s-90s pretty much all winter long in Dallas, with no rain and no snow. Temperatures way above average and precipitation well below average.
That's how it's been here in West Texas, too (50's-70's). We normally have a couple of snow events each season with accumulations of about 3", but we had no snow at all this year.
Hope that helps answer your question TACAA320. Interesting picture you sent the link for, too.
TACAA320 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (7 years 3 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1512 times:
Quoting Texan (Reply 8): It's been in the 70s-90s pretty much all winter long in Dallas, with no rain and no snow. Temperatures way above average and precipitation well below average. Now that spring is here, we're having more than our fair share of rain today (11+ inches so far, or 29 cm, in the past 24 hours, plus another 3 inches yesterday).
It's more than obvious that the climate is changing all over the world.
My biggest concocern in this regard is not "El Niño" but the global warming.
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NeilYYZ From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (7 years 3 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1509 times:
It's been a pretty mild winter in Southern Ontario. I can't say as though I'm complaining, I don't think that it's all that unusual, although people will say that it's from global warming, I don't know or care either way. If it is global warming, well, at least I don't have to shovel the drive everyday.
KSYR From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (7 years 3 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1503 times:
No snow here in North Carolina, although this was my first winter here in 8 years.
Up in NY, however, a different story. I lived in KART (an hour north of Syracuse) for 3 years, and the region east of Lake Ontario arguably has the worst winters of any place east of the rockies.
Montague, NY, just to the south of where I lived, seem to have it the worst. A few years ago in 24 hours they picked up 77 inches (195 cm) of snow, the largest one-day snowfall amount ever recorded anywhere in the US. However, because four measurements were taken that day instead of three (the maximum allowed by the NWS), that record still can't officially be claimed by Montague.
Also, in 2001, in one storm (the infamous "Bald Eagle" storm) Montague picked up 127 inches (322 cm). Real amazing stuff, I still have pictures in my album of that event!
Yea, your winters suck. Cold enough to be a nuisance, but also damp which makes it worse. And dreary, rainy chilly wind. Bah!
It's colder in MDZ, below freezing and stuff quite a few times, but it's a bit sunnier, and yea it's snows a few times and in the higher elevations a lot!
Last winter there was so much snow Las Leñas decided to open thru the summer! They had that much snow thru the middle of summer.
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Boeing744 From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 1774 posts, RR: 25 Reply 20, posted (7 years 3 months 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1473 times:
Where I live (Victoria BC), it has been a very mild winter. However, due to how much precipitation we have had, the ski mountain up-island has had a huge amount of snow. Around 500cms on average throughout the second half of winter, and still now.
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