Posted on 01/12/2011 11:08:37 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
UPDATE: The map and data have been updated from NOHRS. We now have added to yesterday’s total with new overnight snows, bringing the CONUS coverage to 70.9%. KGMB-TV in Hawaii reports, that with snowfall on Mauna Kea, 49 out of 50 states have snow on the ground, with Florida the exception. -Anthony
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Meanwhile, New York City declares a weather emergency due to snow.
Data from the National Weather Service National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center in Minnesota show that nearly 70 71% of the USA has snow cover.
January 12, 2011 Data:
| Area Covered By Snow: | 70.9% | |
| Area Covered Last Month: | 35.1% |
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| Snow Depth | ||
|---|---|---|
| Average: | 6.9 in | |
| Minimum: | 0.0 in | |
| Maximum: | 895.5 in | |
| Std. Dev.: | 11.3 in | |
| Snow Water Equivalent | ||
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Average: | 1.4 in |
| Minimum: | 0.0 in | |
| Maximum: | 435.1 in | |
| Std. Dev.: | 3.0 in | |
January 11, 2011 data:
| Area Covered By Snow: | 69.4% |
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| Area Covered Last Month: | 33.1% | |
| Snow Depth | ||
|---|---|---|
| Average: | 6.9 in | |
| Minimum: | 0.0 in | |
| Maximum: | 897.2 in | |
| Std. Dev.: | 11.4 in |
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The map above is done from snow reports from COOP stations and other observers. Here’s the map done by satellite:
The 70% value may be exceeded tomorrow as the area around Washington DC has picked up a couple of inches of snow, which is shown as no snow cover in Jan 11 maps above. See this from NWS Baltimore/Washington:
At the time of this post, the Northeastern USA was getting hammered with significant snowfall:
Earlier today, NYC mayor Bloomberg declared a snow emergency:
This from Notify NYC, a city email messaging service:
The Mayor has issued a Weather Emergency Declaration for NYC. The public is urged to avoid all unnecessary driving for the duration of the storm and use public transportation. For info on MTA service visit http://www.mta.info. Any vehicle found blocking roadways or impeding ability to plow streets will be towed at owner’s expense. Alternate Side Parking, payment at parking meters, and garbage collection are suspended citywide until further notice.
The NWS has issued this:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1054 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011
...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...
NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ072>075-176-178-121200- /O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110112T2300Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN- EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- EASTERN UNION-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN QUEENS- 1054 PM EST TUE JAN 11 2011
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
* HAZARDS...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS...GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES.
* TIMING...HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Looks like a fun day tomorrow in NYC.
Thanks for reminding me; I have to out and plow my global warming.
Flying fingers and an imaginative mind and all that LOL
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KPO says:
Last communication received by South African family recent emigrated to Canada.
Settled in to our new home in Canada, still amazed by the politeness and the way everybody follows the rules. Also cannot get over the new sense of security – no more burglar bars, razor wire etc. We had our first snow fall last night and in the morning the whole landscape was like a Christmas postcard – absolutely beautiful.
Day 2) White crystal flakes are still falling all around. This really is a winter wonderland. Ha ha, you guys are baking in the heat back home.
Day 3) Had to dig the SUV out of the driveway – hard work, but fun as it was our first “snow dig”. We also made a snowman and the kids had a great snowball fight.
Day 4) Had to dig the car out again, then nearly had three accidents on the way to town to fit snow tires. Another 5 inches today.
Day 5) Have been stuck inside for almost a week now, except for the near disastrous trip into town yesterday – can’t even see the bloody car now. Not going to dig again.
Day 6) I keep thinking about that movie “The shining”.
Day 7) It’ still F##king snowing – “all work and no play, all work and no play, all……………play”.
PS. only joking, you Canadians are great.
Thank you I was waiting for that!
I’m not in Canada...lol I’m in Michigan.
Larry David’s Ex trades up!
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MyersKL says:
It’s amazing how easy it is to gin up the surface-temperature results you want with the help of a little interpolation, homogenization and UHI manipulation. Presto! “Tie for the warmest year.”
The government-funded science charlatans at NCDC and GISS don’t know when to stop. They’ve become a laughingstock.
Another Little Ice Age may be just around the corner, and these tax-subsidized Cassandras are still sounding the global warming alarm. They all should be fired tomorrow.
Dont you mean Canada Jr.? ;^)
The only part of the U.S. that was part of Canada...twice.
Any bad vibes from the volcanoes?
I saw that...but you are closer than I am to Canada.
“Any bad vibes from the volcanoes?”
Local rules. You can “play through” the lava flows or you can take a 2 club length drop to avoid the hazard. Any balls landing in the lava flow incur a one stroke penalty like a water hazard.
But their depleted number of stations are meaningless to actually calculate temperatures. So it is all bullshit as we have come to find out. How about moving some of the stations off busy airport tarmac, and away from Air Conditioner exhaust and add about ten thousand back into the system into surface areas that are none biased then perhaps I will buy their bullshit.
Actually, it is beginning to appear as if they want to kill million of humans now with freezing. What else can a logical thinking person conclude ? Global Cooling is now apparent to a majority of the inhabitants on the planet. That means that either the average joe is smarter then these AGW over paid and over educated experts or they are purposely miss leading the public. They want the public to be completely unprepared for the Ice Age. They want to kill millions of mostly poor people to lower the population of the planet.
As a matter of fact, the MET in the UK has now admitted that the government forced them to change their cold winter forecast to normal or mild. Therefore, one must logically conclude that governments the world over are trying to kill us. Of course, that fact has actually been apparent for at least a hundred years (WW1, WW2, Nuclear Weapons, etc..)
Canada Jr??? LOL Learn something new everyday. I didn’t know that.
Al for Larry? Larry made his money the real way.
True,we are big fans of Larry David.He’s someone in Hollywood,who actually deserves the coin that he earns.
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