It’s almost as if the planet is trying to send a message to Washington. I find the choice of words from NOAA/NWS (see below the read more line) interesting when they say”
AS WITH ANY MAJOR CLIMATE RECORD ACHIEVEMENT…
Perhaps in this one case, weather is climate.
From NWS:
The seasonal snowfall total in Washington DC stands at 54.9 inches. This would break the previous all-time seasonal snowfall record for Washington DC of 54.4 inches set in the winter of 1898-99.
And the snow continues tonight. A blizzard warning remains in effect until 10PM EST with snow tapering off after that. Here are preliminary snowfall reports from the NOAA/NWS in Baltimore:
While there will be a break, my forecast engine says there may be more snow next Monday.
Here’s the details on the breaking of the all-time snowfall Wahington and Baltmore record from the NWS:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 300 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...PRELIMINARY ALL-TIME SEASONAL SNOWFALL RECORDS SET AT THE THREE MAJOR CLIMATE SITES IN THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON AREA... AS OF 2 PM TODAY...WITH THE 9.8 INCH TWO-DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL MEASURED AT RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT...THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL IN WASHINGTON DC STANDS AT 54.9 INCHES. THIS WOULD BREAK THE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME SEASONAL SNOWFALL RECORD FOR WASHINGTON DC OF 54.4 INCHES SET IN THE WINTER OF 1898-99. OFFICIAL SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR WASHINGTON DC DATE BACK 126 YEARS TO 1884. AS OF 1 PM TODAY...WITH THE 11.9 INCH TWO-DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL MEASURED AT BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL THURGOOD MARSHALL AIRPORT...THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL IN BALTIMORE STANDS AT 72.3 INCHES. THIS WOULD BREAK THE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME SEASONAL SNOWFALL RECORD FOR BALTIMORE OF 62.5 INCHES SET IN THE WINTER OF 1995-96. OFFICIAL SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR BALTIMORE DATE BACK 118 YEARS TO 1893. FINALLY...AS OF YESTERDAY...THIS YEARS SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL AT DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT STOOD AT 63.5 INCHES. THIS WOULD BREAK THE PREVIOUS SEASONAL SNOWFALL RECORD OF 61.9 INCHES SET IN 1995-96. AS OF 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THE TWO-DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL AT DULLES IS 8.5 INCHES...WHICH WOULD MAKE THIS YEARS SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL 72.0 INCHES. OFFICIAL SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR DULLES DATE BACK 48 YEARS TO 1962. THESE PRELIMINARY STORM TOTALS ARE AS OF THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 10 FEB 2010...AND WILL BE UPDATED AFTER THE CURRENT SNOW HAS ENDED. AS WITH ANY MAJOR CLIMATE RECORD ACHIEVEMENT...THESE PRELIMINARY RECORDS WILL BE QUALITY CONTROLLED BY NOAA`S NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 720 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 DCZ001-MDZ009-013-014-016-110300- /O.CON.KLWX.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100211T0300Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-MONTGOMERY-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL- CHARLES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...GAITHERSBURG...ANNAPOLIS... WALDORF 720 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 20 INCHES. DRIFTS 2 TO 4 FT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER 20S. WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR ANYONE WHO BECOMES STRANDED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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And here is the details on the Philadelphia record:
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 730 PM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...SNOWIEST YEAR (JULY THROUGH JUNE) ON RECORD FOR PHILADELPHIA... WITH THE 14.0 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL IN PHILADELPHIA THROUGH 7 PM, THE SEASON TOTAL JUMPED TO 70.3 INCHES. THIS TOTAL NOW RANKS AS THE SNOWIEST SEASON ON RECORD, SURPASSING THE 65.5 INCHES THAT FELL IN 1995-1996 SEASON.
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I cannot figure out why Dulles airport is included as DC. It’s about 25 miles west of DC. I lived near it for over 20 years.
Jeff…
DCA (Reagan National) is the official site for DC. When they reference records for DC, they refer to the DCA records. Interestingly, that site moved from NW DC down to Reagan sometime in the early half of the 20th century. This has caused some discussion in the area about DCA’s low snow records.
Dulles is included as another measuring site for the area since it’s a major airport and also the location of the NWS office. It’s not considered the site of record for DC. BWI is the third site since it’s another major airport and located within the CWA for the NWS office. Interestingly, BWI is located about 10-15 miles from Baltimore.
In fact, many major airports are located a fair distance from the actual metropolitan area they reference. This is, I’m guessing, a result in the relatively recent boom in air travel and the need for incredibly large, flat areas when building international airports. Pittsburgh’s airport is about 15-20 miles west of downtown. Airports for Detroit and Denver are over 20 miles from downtown. And those airports are the site of record for those cities. In this sense, DC is lucky to have Reagan so close to downtown.
Steve, What I was referring to is that whenever some news organization mentions Dulles, they call it DC. It’s just irritating.
Turns out, it was record breaking! This was announced last night, but has been updated this morning to reflect additional snowfall overnight:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php?pil=PNSFWD
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
410 AM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
…SNOW EVENT ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS…
AT MIDNIGHT ON FEBRUARY 11TH…DFW AIRPORT HAD RECORDED 11.2 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 11TH OF 1.4 INCHES SET IN 1988. THIS ALSO BREAKS THE PREVIOUS 24-HOUR RECORD FOR FEBRUARY…7.5 INCHES ON FEBRUARY 17, 1978 AND FEBRUARY 25, 1924.
AT 4 AM ON FEBRUARY 12TH…DFW AIRPORT HAD REPORTED A 24-HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 12.5 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS ALL TIME 24-HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL RECORD OF 12.1 INCHES SET JANUARY 15-16, 1964.
THE SNOWFALL TOTAL ON FEBRUARY 11TH IS THE GREATEST CALENDAR-DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL ON RECORD FOR DALLAS/FORT WORTH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 7.8 INCHES ON JANUARY 15, 1964 AND JANUARY 14, 1917.
THIS BRINGS THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL TO 15.7 INCHES…WHICH IS THE 2ND HIGHEST SEASONAL TOTAL ON RECORD FOR DALLAS/FORT WORTH. THIS IS THE SNOWIEST WINTER IN 32 SEASONS (SINCE 1977-1978).
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DALLAS/FORT WORTH – SNOWIEST SEASONS
1 17.6 1977-78
2 15.7 2009-10*
3 15.3 1963-64
4 13.5 1923-24
5 10.4 1976-77
6 9.5 1909-10
7 9.2 1916-17
8 8.8 1947-48
9 8.1 1937-38
10 7.3 1965-66
7.3 1941-42
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DALLAS/FORT WORTH – MOST SNOW IN FEBRUARY
1 13.5 1978
2 12.5 2010*
3 7.5 1924
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DALLAS/FORT WORTH – GREATEST 24-HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS
1 12.5 FEBRUARY 11-12, 2010*
2 12.1 JANUARY 15-16, 1964
3 8.2 JANUARY 14-15, 1917
4 7.5 FEBRUARY 17, 1978
7.5 FEBRUARY 25, 1924
6 6.0 MARCH 13, 1924
7 5.5 DECEMBER 9, 1898
8 5.0 NOVEMBER 22, 1937
5.0 JANUARY 5, 1910
10 4.7 NOVEMBER 13, 1976
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R. Gates (16:40:00):
In being “out of the norm” and involving heavy amounts of precipitation, they are consistent with AGW models– but do not prove anything.
Correct, but only because AGW models “predict” anything and everything Warmists want them to, so are in themselves meaningless.
Without water vapor having left the building so to speak, the atmospheric window in the area of 10 um (LWIR) is w-i-d-e-r than it normally is … allowing the direct transmission (or I could use the word radiation, which means the act or process of radiating) of energy into … space!
Recall that earth’s surface temperature results in a EM ‘spectral curve’ (Planck curve) with a peak in/around this atmospheric window … click my name for representative curves.
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The storms represent jet stream tracks further towards the equator than they were which indicates global cooling in progress.
Of course the jets pick up more moisture in such a situation because they are above warmer seas before they hit land.
In this case they are dragging moisture up from the Gulf of Mexico.
We were all told that the jets had moved poleward because we were warming the globe. What can they say now that the jets have been moving back equatorward for the past 10 years and the consequences are there for all to see ?
Snow on the ground in all fifty states!!!!!!!!!
http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=11973034
Ric Werme (05:57:57) :
“That was one of the basic tenets of the impending Ice Age worry in the mid 1970s.”
What rot.
I live 60 miles north of Dallas. We just had a snow storm that started 4am Thursday and ended approx 4 am Friday, 2-12-10. 12.5 inches in a 24 hour period, breaking the old record of 12.2 in a 24 hour period. The most snow in a day in January since the 60’s. And beat the 24 hour record in the 1880’s.
Not to mention that there is now snow in all 50 states, including the mountain peaks of Hawaii.
I think this would be a good article for posting on wattsupwiththat.com:
Climate science: observations vs. models
http://rkmdocs.blogspot.com/2010/01/climate-science-observations-vs-models.html