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Late Season Snowfall Strikes New England & Upstate New York

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Wunderground.com-5/26/2013, Christopher C Burt

 



Heavy snow has fallen over the higher elevations (and valleys as well) this Memorial Day weekend in Upsate New York and New England. UPDATE: Whiteface Mountain in New York’s Adirondack Mountains (elev 4,867’) has reported an incredible 24-34” of snow since Friday and Greensboro, Vermont, located at just 904’ of elevation 4.5”. How unusual is this?

Latest Snowfall Totals

It would appear that snowflakes were observed in upstate New York and New England as low as 750’ on May 24-26 with general measurable accumulations at elevations from 1,500’ and up. Above 4,000’ heavy snowfall in the 6-24” range has fallen in the Adirondack Mountains of New York and Vermont. Here is a review of some of the snow reports (official and unofficial) but keep in mind these are not final totals or verified yet:

 

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Re~Post: What's In a Name? Fascinating Synchronicities, References, and Connections!

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The National Weather Service only names hurricanes, not winter storms, so the Weather Channel graciously stepped in last year, much to the annoyance of the NWS. The network began naming winter storm systems at the beginning of winter to raise awareness of the storms and to make it easier to follow a weather system’s progress, according to The Weather Channel’s website. Also, the network believes a named storm is easier to remember and to reference in communications.

Many of the names for 2012-2013 have Greek or Latin origins. TWC tends to prefer names with mythological or literary roots.

Here is the complete list of winter storm names: Athena, Brutus, Caesar, Draco, Euclid, Freyr, Gandolf, Helen, Iago, Jove, Khan, Luna, Magnus, Nemo, Orko, Plato, Q, Rocky, Saturn, Triton, Ukko, Virgil, Walda, Xerxes, Yogi, and Zeus.

 

2012/2013 Winter Storm Names and Meanings

 

2,000 Snow, Cold Records Broken So Far This March

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Accuweather.com-3/25/13, Jesse Ferrel

 

 

 

NCDC says that 1,222 daily snow records have been broken (in 44 states!) already this March 2013 through March 24. If that sounds like a lot, it is more than twice last year's 514 and is the most since 2006, when 2,030 were broken (tied records are not considered here)

 

Indeed it does sound impressive until you consider than there have been 934 record highs (or high minimums) so far the month:

 

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Schools, Roads Shut Down from Winter Storm Triton

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Weather.com-3/11/13, associated press

 

Snow blankets the Old Town Stables at 22347 Woodford-Tehachapi Rd. in Golden Hills on Friday morning March 8, 2013. Photo by Rodrigo Ortega

 

LINCOLN, Neb. — Omaha public schools are shut down Monday, March 11 as Winter Storm Triton blankets the region with heavy snow.  Interstate 80 was shut down for part of Sunday after multiple car accidents littered nearly 200 miles between Nebraska and Iowa.

The Nebraska State Patrol said the westbound lanes of I-80 were closed between Lincoln and Grand Island. State Patrol spokeswoman Deb Collins said there were several reports of vehicles hitting the median or going into ditches. She said the closure was due to those reports but also as a precaution because of whiteout conditions in the area.

 

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Storm Spreads Rain, Heavy Snow Across Arizona

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politics.kfyi.com- 3/9/13

 

 

PHOENIX - Stormy weather shrouded the state with rain, snow, hail and dust. You know the saying -- March roars in like a lion, and Mother Nature was roaring today.

Pretty much every corner of Arizona got hit by this late winter storm.

 

 

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Winter Snow: Studs and Duds

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Weather.com-3/3/13, John Erdman

 

 

Meteorologists group seasons into three-month blocks encompassing entire months.  Given "meteorological winter" just wrapped up (December-February), we wanted to see which cities have most "overachieved" and which have been most "disappointing" in the snow department. 

To find out, we combed through snowfall data from over 100 cities across the U.S, including Alaska, where regular snowfall data is kept, excluding mountain peaks and ski resorts.  Our rankings are based on percent of average season snow through Feb. 28

 

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Winter Storm Rocky Pummels Midwest, Heads East

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Wunderground.com-2/27/13,

 

Thanks to Jim Self for this pic! These "city limit" signs are mounted about 8-10 feet high! Amazing! pic.twitter.com/HaEQi4Uory

 

A massive, slow-moving storm paralyzed parts of the nation's midsection with heavy, wet snow Tuesday, straining power lines, closing schools, clogging roadways and delaying hundreds of flights before churning eastward, where forecasters expected it to dump 5-8 inches of snow in southeast Michigan on Wednesday afternoon and up to a foot in northern New England by later in the evening.

 

 

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