Posted on 12/22/2009 11:19:22 AM PST by civilwar2
One to 3 feet of snow fell in the western Plains yesterday, while up to 1/2 inch of freezing rain fell in the central Plains. The precipitation was in response to a potent upper low in the Southern Plains and an associated surface low, which caused upslope flow conditions. The heaviest snowfall amounts were observed in the Colorado Front Range and in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico. Strong surface winds in these areas caused much blowing and drifting snow.
Most of the snowpack across the West and western Plains is cool, with cold conditions at the lower elevations of the Great Basin. In the central Plains, where rain and snow fell yesterday, the snowpack there is warm, but snowmelt occurred along the southeastern edge of the central U.S. snowpack. Very warm conditions exist on the windward side of the Cascades where warm onshore flow occurred yesterday; slow snowmelt occurred there. Strong surface
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Oh noes! We're going to have to pump sulfur into the stratosphere to stop the warming. Then Superman and Ironman can use their cold breath.
Looks like the Ice Age.
It’s Global Warming!
By this time next year, there won’t be any ice at either pole. :(
I see Houston has cleared up from The Blizzard of Ought-9 we had back on December 4th. I think it was the earliest recorded snowfall in history for Houston.
Global warming! Will the madness ever stop??!?
When do the 2-mile high glaciers begin to engulf the northern ‘burbs on New York City?
Global warming. Yeah.
They will have to install a crystal lens in their navels, so they may see where they are going, their heads are jammed so far up their behinds.
The Mayon volcano in the Philippines is on that. (I wonder if the Philippine government bought carbon credits for that?)
And two inches of gloBull warming landed on my driveway last night.
Al Gore: “that’s not snow..that’s the heat emanating from man’s C02 which is the cause of global warming. Now if you’ll excuse me, I will be heading to the grocery store in my Gulfstream”.
Michael E. Mann.....you can figuratively ‘suck it’. Hopefully, one day soon you will be in prison and relegated to the ‘real thing’.....have fun tree-ring asshole!
Joya; ping
Can we ask Steven Chu if we still need to paint our roofs and roads white?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2259986/posts
No, no, no, that’s just soot from all the cars and it landed there.
Welcome to FR!
BRRRRR im cold!
OMG the horror of that blizzard!
Houstonians should have been able to relocate to New Orleans for assistance.
that shows snow in my county.
There is no snow here. Its 50 degrees here.
Everyone was too scared to drive! LOL...
Son: OMG! We only have 11 days left to fix GoreBull warming, or the Earth will die!!!
Daughter: Dad, is that true?
Dad: Yes.
Daughter: Will I die with the Earth?
Dad: Yes, we will all die, sweetheart.
Daughter: Dad, can I take my PS3 with me?
Dad: Don’t you have homework to do young lady?
man...i could sure use it
God have mercy on all the travelers.
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