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Category: winter weather
US Winter Forecast: Cold, Snow to Seize Northeast; Wintry Blasts to Slick South
Though parts of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic had a gradual introduction to fall, winter will arrive without delay. Cold air and high snow amounts will define the season.
Farther south, ice storms and snow events will threaten the Tennessee Valley and parts of the southern Plains. Much of the South can prepare for a wet winter, with some severe weather encroaching on Florida.
Read More Here: http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/us-2014-2015-winter-forecast/35422753
Early 2014-15 Winter Forecast: A Region-by-Region Breakdown
This is a more simplified version of the preliminary 2014-15 winter forecast that I released on July 20th. In this post, I want to go region-by-region and tell you what I believe this winter entails for those areas. Before I do, please understand that this winter forecast is subject to change, but at this time, I am fairly confident in my current predictions for this upcoming winter. Only time will tell if my predictions verify, and if any changes need to be made, I will do so in my final winter forecast which will be coming out in October.
Two of the points that I made in my preliminary winter forecast was that the strength of the El Nino matters and the placement of the above-average sea surface temperatures across the equatorial Pacific matters. That’s why you can’t come out with one of those “this is your typical weak El Nino winter maps” and call it a winter forecast. It simply won’t work. Also, there are other factors that will be big drivers of this upcoming winter because we will likely only be in a weak to weakly moderate El Nino. The warmer waters in the northern Pacific over the Gulf of Alaska could again be partially responsible for another cold winter in the central and eastern United States, while the West has above-average temperatures.
Read More Here: http://firsthandweather.com/283/early-2014-15-winter-forecast-region-region-breakdown/
A year after Hurricane Sandy, recovery ongoing
By Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun1:08 p.m. EDT, October 28, 2013
A year ago, Hurricane Sandy was imminent, and now 12 months later, signs of recovery from the storm remain in Crisfield and Garrett County.
In Crisfield, charity workers will on Monday dedicate the first two houses to be rebuilt since Sandy’s winds and storm surge funneled floodwaters across the Eastern Shore town.
Garrett County meanwhile is putting the finishing touches on a new emergency operations center that could help coordinate rescue efforts in future storms like Sandy, which dumped up to 3 feet of heavy, wet snow, cutting off power and stranding residents.
1 year after Superstorm Sandy, Garrett County, Md., prepping for next catastrophic snowfall
By Associated Press, Published: October 26
Scattershot planning and outdated communications gear caused confusion and delays after a 29-inch snowfall Oct. 29-30 left some Garrett County residents snowbound and without power for more than a week. The problems prompted Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley to replace the county’s longtime emergency management chief to help the state improve the ability to respond to weather disasters.
A year later, as the season’s first snowflakes fall, first-responder communications have been upgraded, procedures have been revised, and work on a new emergency operations center at the county airport will be completed. That facility will replace the makeshift command center set up at the county courthouse after the snowstorm.
The Unpredictable Winter of 2012
Mother Nature simply cannot make up her mind this year, or so it seems. She brought spring-like weather to the mountaintop in February, but then enough snow early this week to close the schools for a day. Snow began falling late Sunday night, and the ground was white for most of the day Monday. With trees like this crab apple in full bloom and flowers wide open, the piles of white stuff did cause some damage, although not severe, as the temperature climbed back up Monday afternoon.
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Soon the snow was slush, and then just water. Rain is predicted over the weekend, although Friday is to be sunny. No point in guessing what the next month may hold, however. Photo by Lisa Broadwater.
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Snow drapes trees, power lines in highest elevations
From Staff Reports Cumberland Times-News
— CUMBERLAND — Heavy, wet snow draped trees and utility lines in the higher elevations Monday after an overnight storm hit that carried a warning to continue into early Tuesday morning.
Schools were canceled in Garrett and Somerset (Pa.) counties and in the Mountain Ridge district of Allegany County. The rest of the Allegany County school system delayed opening by two hours.
Road crews were in service throughout the area removing snow but no major accidents were reported by late morning.
The Allegany County 911 center said a power outage was reported in the North End of the city when a tree downed power lines. The outage occurred at about 4 a.m. and service was restored by Potomac Edison crews by 7 a.m., said a 911 dispatcher.
In Garrett County, the snow emergency plan was implemented after dawn Monday. Interstate 68 was reportedly “bare and wet” at late morning and back roads were described as “slushy.” No major accidents were reported despite reports of several inches of snow that had fallen throughout the county, according to a trooper at the McHenry barrack.
No weather-related calls were reported by the Garrett County 911 center after several inches of snow fell throughout the upper elevations of Western Maryland and nearby West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
In Mineral County, a 911 dispatcher said the emergency center received no weather-related emergency calls. “There’s nothing here. All we have is rain,” said the dispatcher.
At the Hampshire County 911 center, a dispatcher said about 2 inches of snow fell in the Romney area but no weather-related emergencies were reported by noon Monday.
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Baltimore's winter on track to see most-ever 50-plus-degree days
By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun
10:07 p.m. EST, February 22, 2012
February is coming to a close the same way it started — with unseasonable warmth — and climate experts say there is an increased probability that above-average temperatures will continue into summer….
…For the last two years, he said, snow and freezing temperatures kept golfers off the fairways between Halloween and St. Patrick’s Day. In February 2010, for instance, only five rounds — total, across all five courses — of golf were played. This year, the company surpassed its expected revenue for the first two months of the year by the end of January, Ladd said.
In Garrett County, the ski business at Savage River Lodge has been reduced from a normal season of more than 40 skiing days to just four days this season, said owner Mike Driesbach.
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A Rare Visitor
Genuine winter weather, usually a given in Garrett County, has become a rare visitor this year. The usual weeks of ongoing snow and ice are just not happening, allowing residents to save a bundle in heating costs, and the county roads department to stay well within its budget so far. Snow did come down in the traditional Mountaintop fashion on Saturday, though, resulting in nearly a foot of the drifting white stuff.
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But the warmth returned soon after, and today is a rainy February day. The temps are to remain in the 40s until Sunday, when more snow is predicted. Winter Fest is set in Oakland this weekend, and usually is in the midst of cold and snow. This year might be a little warmer, but the celebration is set to go on anyway, and all are invited to come out and have some wintertime fun. Photo by Lisa Broadwater.
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Let it snow (please?): Ski resorts hoping the rest of winter is more wintry
Sunday, February 05, 2012
By Lawrence Walsh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Unseasonably warm weather across the Midwest and Northeast this winter has dealt a blow to local and regional resorts for the first half of the snowsports season, delivering less natural snow and sustained snowmaking temperatures than in most years.
Still resort officials at Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, Wisp and Holiday Valley are staying the course, making snow at every opportunity and offering all-inclusive, money-saving packages to fill rooms and slopes.
And they’re crossing their fingers for more “normal” winter weather for the rest of the season.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12036/1207930-287.stm#ixzz1loKhYYjx
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