US Northeast Snow Records Broken

2010 Year One of the Extremes?

In Winter Officially Starts Today! posted on December 20, 2009, Fire-Earth Warned ‘The Heaviest Blanket of Snow in 100 Years Covered Most of the Northeast US Yesterday’ would be

A Dry Run for Climate Chaos Heading Our Way

So far the Moderators’ prediction has proved 100 percent correct!

As the federal offices in the capital remained shut for a fourth day, public transport reduced by up to 95 percent of the services in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, on Thursday, and as thousands of flights canceled throughout the Northeast and many highways closed, due to blizzard conditions, new snow records were set in the area.

• The National Weather Service (NWS) reported that Wednesday’s blizzard had set a new record of 110cm (54.9 inches) in Washington breaking the capital’s 110-year-old record (54.5 inches set in 1898-99).
• Baltimore broke its all-time seasonal record with 183cm (72 inches).
• Philadelphia’s 2009-10 snowfall record of 179cm (70.5 inches) has so far surpassed its previous all-time record of the 65.5-inch total set in 1995-96  winter.

Meanwhile Maryland Governor Martin O’Mally declared a state of emergency, keeping government offices closed in the state.

FIRE-EARTH Forecast for the rest of 2010 (assuming there would be an end to the winter):

Expect soaring temperatures throughout North America and most of Europe. Prepare for primordial, swampy weather!

And this is just Year One for the weather extremes caused by climatic chaos that is heading our way!

• For a weather briefing by NWS click here.
  

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• December Snowstorm Only a Cat 3 on NESIS Scale
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• State of Emergency in Oklahoma, S. Dakota, Texas
• ‘Humongous’ storm spreads across the US
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• Winter Officially Starts Today!
• Deadly Winter Storm Paralyzes United States

Snow covers 70 pct of the U.S.

About 70% of the US blanketed in snow; winter’s largest snow cover

Late Spring, Summer and Fall May Well Prove to Be Entirely Different Scenarios with Soaring Temperatures throughout North America. Prepare for primordial, swampy weather!

The United States has recorded its most extensive snow cover of the winter.  Moderate to heavy snow and ice has covered up to 70% of the country in the past few days extending the snow coverage from 47.5% on January 27th to the largest snow cover of the winter at 69.7% on January 31st, the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) reported.

Source: National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) — Click image to enlarge and update.

January 31, 2010 (Metric Units)

Area Covered By Snow:	69.7%
Area Covered Last Month:	60.3%
Snow Depth
Average:	19.1 cm
Minimum:	0.0 cm
Maximum:	2341.7 cm
Std. Dev.:	27.1 cm
Snow Water Equivalent
Average:	3.9 cm
Minimum:	0.0 cm
Maximum:	1154.8 cm
Std. Dev.:	6.8 cm

January 31, 2010 (English Units)

Area Covered By Snow:	69.7%
Area Covered Last Month:	60.3%
Snow Depth
Average:	7.5 in
Minimum:	0.0 in
Maximum:	921.9 in
Std. Dev.:	10.7 in
Snow Water Equivalent
Average:	1.5 in
Minimum:	0.0 in
Maximum:	454.6 in
Std. Dev.:	2.7 in

Snow Cover Animations:

• Snow Water Equivalent: Season — Two weeks — One Day
• Snow Depth: Season — Two weeks — One Day
• Average Snowpack Temp: Season — Two weeks — One Day
  
• SWE Change: Season — Two weeks — One Day
• Snow Precipitation: Season — Two weeks — One Day
• Snow Melt: Season — Two weeks — One Day
• Blowing Snow Sublimation: Season — Two weeks — One Day
  
• Surface Sublimation: Season — Two weeks — One Day
• Non-Snow Precipitation: Season — Two weeks — One Day
  

Snow Reports

Top Ten:

English Units…

Station ID Name Elevation (meters) Snowfall (cm) Duration (hours) Report Date / Time(UTC) 37.6075_077.4772 LAKESIDE (528387LA) 56 35.560 1 2010-01-30 22 37.7589_077.4803 ASHLAND (703ASHL) 66 35.560 1 2010-01-30 22 37.5947_078.0622 TRENHOLM (616122TR) 107 33.020 1 2010-01-30 21 37.6503_077.6128 SHORT PUMP (195SHOR) 91 33.020 1 2010-01-30 21 37.9586_076.7583 WARSAW (673WAR) 43 33.020 1 2010-01-31 03 37.6756_077.2911 STUDLEY (719417ST) 53 32.512 1 2010-01-30 19 37.5183_077.6433 SALISBURY LAKE DAM (467531SA) 96 31.750 1 2010-01-30 22 37.5500_077.3667 HENRICO COUNTY (456HEN) 48 31.242 1 2010-01-31 02 37.7258_077.6786 ROCKVILLE (2068ROCK) 95 30.480 1 2010-01-30 18 37.5058_077.6494 MIDLOTHIAN (603MID) 110 29.972 1 2010-01-31 0

Click Station ID links above for detailed information including charts and graphical analysis of snow measurements at each monitoring station.

Other NOHRSC Links:

• Station Snowfall Reports
• Station Snow Water Equivalent Reports
• Station Snowdepth Reports

Fire-Earth Related Links:

• 6 feet of snow blankets the Alps
• 2010 Disaster Calender – January
• The Storms Attack on California
• California: Powerful new storm sails ashore
• Transitory Impact of AO is the ‘Good News’
• December Snowstorm Only a Cat 3 on NESIS Scale
• United Kingdom of Ice
• State of Emergency in Oklahoma, S. Dakota, Texas
• ‘Humongous’ storm spreads across the US
• You Don’t Bring A Gun To A Snowball Fight!
• Winter Officially Starts Today!
• Deadly Winter Storm Paralyzes United States