2024: Leas snow than normal

[B the Hiker]

Hopefully you can see the image

Brian

 

[Rhody Seth]

I think we can just say that this is now normal. It's one more reason I'm sick of living in Rhode Island. It's been years since we've had a decent winter!

 

[DavidG]

According to the long range forcasters heavy snow later. February and March. The la Nina is going to fizzle out.

 

[B the Hiker]

According to the long range forcasters heavy snow later. February and March. The la Nina is going to fizzle out.

Would you please be so kind as to cite a source?

 

[Ear Drum]

I think we can just say that this is now normal. It's one more reason I'm sick of living in Rhode Island. It's been years since we've had a decent winter!

Same here in central CT. Right next to my place, there's a short, steep hill, created when this site was developed. It's hill with a consistent angle, and would make a great sledding hill. Anyways I've really been wanting to practice ice axe self-arrest there, but we haven't had enough snow in like 3-4 years to be able to go play around on it, with axe or sled.

 

[TomK]

Is the prediction for less snow due to whatever precipitation falls being rain rather than snow, or is it due to less precipitation of any kind? Things have been pretty dry around here (CT) for the past couple of months, so if that lack of precipitation persists for a few more months, there will certainly be less snow.

But the only thing funnier than the folks who think they can predict the weather a few months from now are the folks who think they can predict the climate 50 years from now.

Course, they could get lucky...

TomK

 

[B the Hiker]

Is the prediction for less snow due to whatever precipitation falls being rain rather than snow, or is it due to less precipitation of any kind? Things have been pretty dry around here (CT) for the past couple of months, so if that lack of precipitation persists for a few more months, there will certainly be less snow.

But the only thing funnier than the folks who think they can predict the weather a few months from now are the folks who think they can predict the climate 50 years from now.

Course, they could get lucky...

Human induced global warming is an inconvenient truth. There is no denying it.

If folks have not read it, Greta Thunberg’s book, The Climate Book, is phenomenal. Little bite sized chapters, 2-4 pages, on one specific topic, written by the world’s leading scientists in plain English. If you have any doubts about climate change, you won’t after reading that.

Also, NPR’s show Marketplace has an excellent new podcast on how the U.S. is grappling with climate change (since their naval bases are flooding and the boots on the ground are dealing with more temperature extremes).

Brian

 

[DavidG]

Would you please be so kind as to cite a source?

Would you please be so kind as to cite a source?

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html

 

[B the Hiker]

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https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html

“In summary, La Niña is most likely to emerge in October-December 2024 (57% chance) and is expected to persist through January-March 2025.”

 

[DavidG]

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“In summary, La Niña is most likely to emerge in October-December 2024 (57% chance) and is expected to persist through January-March 2025.”

https://www.severe-weather.eu/long-...late-surprise-united-states-canada-europe-fa/
Look at the latest for February and March Northern US and Canada above average while everyone else below.
This one convinced me to get my snowblower tuned up.
A lot to parse here as well but I find them as accurate as most places forecasting a month out.

 

[DayTrip]

I think we can just say that this is now normal. It's one more reason I'm sick of living in Rhode Island. It's been years since we've had a decent winter!

I've gotten quite used to not shoveling here and driving up North for Winter when I'm in the mood for it.