Posted on 04/13/2022 2:29:49 PM PDT by george76
While it’s not entirely unusual for the Northern Plains to observe a snowstorm this late in the season, it’s the intensity of the latest storm, which is battering parts of North Dakota and eastern Montana today, that is truly “historic,” according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
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NWS said a “historic blizzard” has begun to impact the Northern Plains on Wednesday and will continue through Thursday. Heavy snow and strong winds will produce whiteout conditions. Travel across parts of eastern Montana and western and central North Dakota will be severely impacted. The regional snowfall total estimates could be as much as three feet.
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What’s concerning is the Northern Great Plains is an integral part of the nation’s food supply, with vasts land devoted to crops and livestock. NWS warns, “significant impacts to livestock are possible.” As the growing season begins, the snow could delay plantings or disrupt what was already planted. This all comes as global food prices are at a record high and supply chains are still mangled.
Do they people of newer generations still call it “Chinook winds”? My Mom talked of them since I was a kid.
There we had the Santa Anas. Same type weather system except they blew hot instead of cold. It seems the air force made strong winds a criteria for locating missile bases..
If it melts
Are you suggesting permanent winter?
Of course its going to melt.
Remember the ice age?
Anyone seen Greta? We need her input on this ‘Historic’ event! 🤓
A blizzard in June? Did Custer had a SUV to ruin the planet back then? I thought they had honouring horses...
Growing up in New England, I loved when I heard Bob Steele on WTIC tell me that my school was cancelled..🤓
A friend has a son posted to Minot air base. Temps have to be really low before they can stop work on those metal planes.
How many feet of global warming did they get?
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Not sure. Brandon needs to send that war hero Johnny Kerry up there to measure it!
April 1990 we had at least 18 or more inches of snow fall in one day up at Grand Forks. Had a mishap with a vehicle that got stuck out in the Minuteman missile field so I had to fly out to the site in a HH-1H chopper. The snow and surroundings were so bad from the previous day’s weather I had to have the pilot hover a couple feet above a farm field and I jumped out. Landed in snow over my knees.
This ain’t that. Surely you know that, right?
you know we are in a Maunder Minimum. You know what that means? We’re not talking weather and days.
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