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Conditions Ripe for a White Christmas
Sphere ^
| December 11, 2009
Posted on 12/13/2009 3:32:38 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
(Dec. 11) -- The weather might seem complex, but the recipe for snow isn't as complicated as the recipe for Grandma's fruitcake. All that's needed is cold air and precipitation, and both look potentially abundant throughout the rest of the month, leading to the possibility of a more widespread white Christmas in 2009 than in recent years.
The likelihood of a white Christmas is always high -- greater than 75 percent -- in the northern tier of the country and in the mountains of the West. However, the presence of an El Niño and the threat of colder-than-normal weather will increase the chances of a white Christmas in the Deep South and along the Eastern Seaboard.
The cold air part of the snow recipe has been predicted by computer models that we meteorologists use to help with long-range forecasts. The coupled forecast system, a U.S. government forecasting model, has consistently predicted (since November) that temperatures in the entire eastern half of the country, including the Deep South, will be 1 to 3 degrees colder than normal in December, and it's currently forecasting cold weather for most of the nation for the remainder of the month.
Cold air without storms won't result in snow, of course, but storms combined with cold air might. And storms are more likely than normal where the cold weather is forecast because of a strengthening El Niño. An El Niño is when sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific are warmer than normal, and the moisture and energy from this warm ocean water promotes a storm track across the southern part of the United States. These storms often turn northward along the East Coast.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christmas; snowstorm; weather; whitechristmas
To: MinorityRepublican
We already snow capped mountains here in Sierra Vista Arizona.
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posted on
12/13/2009 3:34:35 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: MinorityRepublican
Man made global climate warming, change, polar melting, ALGORE profit, missing data, panic e-mailed, Bull Crap.
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posted on
12/13/2009 3:36:58 PM PST
by
bmwcyle
(When do they collect and jail the homeless when they don't buy their health care?)
To: MinorityRepublican
Heavy rain and snow here in NorCal, nice early winter, ski areas all opening up (Squaw showing 60" base now, more on the way)
Global Warming is just awful, I tellya
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posted on
12/13/2009 3:37:39 PM PST
by
Regulator
(Welcome to Zimbabwe! Now hand over your property....)
To: MinorityRepublican
Conditions Ripe for a White Christmas
Somehow it wouldn't feel right in the "Age of Obama" not to post this! ; )
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posted on
12/13/2009 3:37:40 PM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: MinorityRepublican
“Conditions Ripe for a White Christmas”
***
And that’s on top of the snow job we’re getting from Washington.
To: SandRat
Carr Peak looks especially Christmasy this year. I wish I could take the children up there to play in the snow, but I was told it is closed down during this time of year.
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posted on
12/13/2009 3:47:55 PM PST
by
wbarmy
(Hard core, extremist, and right-wing is a little too mild for my tastes.)
To: MinorityRepublican
So much for global warming.
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posted on
12/13/2009 3:49:24 PM PST
by
kalee
(01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
To: SandRat
We’ve got snow capped everything here in Iowa.
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posted on
12/13/2009 3:55:00 PM PST
by
2111USMC
To: MinorityRepublican
Yup. We saw snow here in Alabama last weekend, and sleet on Friday. It's been a lot colder than normal, and a lot sooner. I've only lived here for eleven years, but ask anyone who's lived down here all their lives, and they can't remember this much winter weather in one calendar year - we also got 5" of snow at the end of February. If this keeps up, it's going to be an interesting winter. Back home in western Maryland, it's been snowing for weeks now - a lot of areas are still covered and waiting for the next round, so I'd imagine that our annual Christmas pilgrimage up there should be nice and white.
To: SandRat
It is seven below zero and snowing out of Helena. El Nino usually causes us to have a warm, dry winter but so far our winter has been unusually cold and snowy.
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posted on
12/13/2009 4:14:41 PM PST
by
jesseam
(Been there, done that)
To: MinorityRepublican
Friday Joe Biden came to Hartford, CT to attend a luncheon for Dodd to raise money for his campaign, even though Dodd didn’t attend. The temperature was in the twenties with 20 mph winds. There were several dump Dodd protesters outside the location. We were chanting “What do we want? Global Warming! When do we want it? Now!”
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posted on
12/13/2009 4:53:48 PM PST
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
To: SandRat
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posted on
12/13/2009 4:58:44 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: Man50D
We were chanting What do we want? Global Warming! When do we want it? Now! lol, and thank you!!!
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posted on
12/13/2009 5:24:02 PM PST
by
theymakemesick
(Full of hatred for those that disagree, liberal democrats are the most intolerant bigots on Earth)
To: wbarmy
Forest Service gets a little nervous about folks driving up. Check with them though. A good substitute may be Ramsey Canyon, give them a call to see how much snow they have though.
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posted on
12/14/2009 5:16:18 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: MinorityRepublican
That's racist..
wait... what?
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posted on
12/14/2009 5:17:42 PM PST
by
AFreeBird
(Going Rogue in 2012)
To: freekitty
Merry Christ - Mass freekitty
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posted on
12/14/2009 5:19:47 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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