[Vision2020] Vancouver B. C. 2010 Warmest Jan., Trucks Olympic Snow, As US Northeast Sets Snowfall Records

[Ted Moffett]

Perhaps a few of NASA climate scientist James Hansen's "Storms of my
Grandchildren" are here now ( "*Storms of My Grandchildren*: The Truth About
the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity"
http://www.stormsofmygrandchildren.com/ ).

The US Northeast is setting winter season records for total snowfall
("Snowmageddon," as Obama called it), as Vancouver B. C. has its warmest
January on record, and a lack of snow, forcing snow to be trucked in for the
winter Olympics:

Vancouver: Record-warm January…February frost?

http://m.nbcolympics.com/inf/infomo?site=oly&view=topstory&feed:a=latest_news&feed:c=latest_news&feed:i=67E57552858BAAA2AE00BED2E8E4059F

VANCOUVER -- In light of recent news of a Pineapple Express in Greater
Vancouver and a shortage of snow at Cypress Mountain, it comes as little
surprise that this January will go down as the warmest in Vancouver history.
The 44.8-degree 31-day average easily eclipsed the previous mark of 43.3,
set in 2006. Since record-keeping began in 1937, the January average had
been 37.9.
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Record warm January in Vancouver on eve of 2010 Olympics

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Record+warm+January+Vancouver+2010+Olympics/2491944/story.html
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Second ferocious Nor'easter in a week pounds U.S. East Coast

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1428

This new low is predicted to "bomb" into a mighty Nor'easter with a central
pressure below 970 mb, the kind of pressure typically found in a Category 1
hurricane.

*Last Updated:* 3:38 PM GMT on February 10, 2010

*Snowiest winter on record for Baltimore, Wilmington, and Dulles*

The snow from this latest blizzard have pushed snow totals for the 2009 -
2010 winter season to a new record for Baltimore, Wilmington, and Dulles
Airport, and will likely set a new seasonal snowfall record in Philadelphia,
Atlantic City, and Washington National Airport later today. As of midnight
last night, here are the snowfall numbers so far for the 2009 - 2010 winter,
and the records they have broken:

Baltimore, MD, 64.4". Old record: 62.5", winter of 1995 - 1996.
Washington Dulles Airport, VA, 65.7". Old record: 61.9", winter of 1995 -
1996.
Wilmington, DE, 59.5". Old record: 55.9", winter of 1995 - 1996.

Cities close to breaking their seasonal snowfall record:

Philadelphia, PA, 62.3". Current record: 65.5", winter of 1995 - 1996.
Washington D.C. National Airport, 48.8". Current record: 54.4", winter of
1898 - 1899.
Atlantic City, NJ, 45.5". Current record: 46.9", winter of 1966 - 1967.

*Heavy snow events--a contradiction to global warming theory?*

As I discussed in my previous
post<http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1427>,
record-breaking snowstorms are not an indication that global warming is not
occurring. In fact, we can expect there may be more heavy snowstorms in
regions where it is cold enough to snow, due to the extra moisture global
warming has added to the atmosphere--an extra 4% since 1970.
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