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Category 1 Rusty hits Australia; Chicago gets its biggest snow of the winter

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wunderground.com-2/27/13, Jeff Masters

 

 

 

 

Figure 1. Tropical Cyclone Rusty at 03:40 UTC on February 27, 2013 as seen by NASA's Terra satellite. At the time, Rusty was two hours from making landfall on the northwest Australian coast near Pardoo as a Category 1 storm with sustained 90 mph winds. Image credit: NASA.

 

Doubling, Tripling, Quadrupling Last Winter's Snow

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Topeka, Kan.

 

A spun out jeep sits in the middle of I-70 while cars pass by, Feb. 21, 2013, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/The Topeka Capital Journal, Chris Neal)

 

Last winter produced pitiful amounts of snow for many cities across the country. As a result, a low bar has been set for snow totals this winter season to exceed what we saw in the winter of 2011-2012. In fact, some places from the Northeast to the Midwest and Rockies have now doubled, tripled or quadrupled last winter's snow total.

We begin with the most recent additions to the list thanks to Winter Storm Q

 

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Winter Storm Rocky Road Closures, Whiteout Conditions Hitting Plains

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Ingalls, Kan.

Blowing snow creates whiteout conditions Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 near Ingalls, Kan. (AP Photo/Courtesy Jeff Powers)

 

Sometimes the atmosphere locks into repeating patterns, bringing repeated bouts of rain or snow, or a lack thereof.

That's exactly what is happening now, as yet another winter storm, Winter Storm Rocky, targets the Plains and Midwest, across many of the same areas impacted by Winter Storm Q.

 

 

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Live: Snow, Icy Mess Spreads Into East

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A deadly storm that shut down roads across the Midwest is now taking aim at the Northeast. Snow, sleet and freezing rain are pushing into the interior Northeast on Tuesday, creating slick travel conditions.

 

Roads are slippery due to the wintry weather across the corridor from western New York to central Pennsylvania and down the spine of the Appalachians.

 

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Winter Storm Q: How Much Snow?

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Nick Wiltgen Published: Feb 19, 2013, 7:36 AM EST weather.com

 

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West Coast Satellite

 

Winter Storm Q will lay down a swath of significant snowfall from the mountains of California all the way to the Midwest over the next several days.

 

As the upper-level dip in the jet stream, or trough, swings ashore in the West Coast Tuesday, the first significant snow from Winter Storm Q will sweep into California.

 

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