Dreaming of a White Christmas
Posted on August 15, 2012 - Filed Under Humor, News, Personal
My darling husband, I am sure that the first few bars of the familiar song, "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" makes you cringe, but I just had to share with you something that popped up on my facebook. It seems that AccuWeather is calling for a snowy winter. You remember, the year and winter you've decided to come for Christmas? 🙂
Northeast cities from Baltimore to New York could be in for a snowy winter, according to AccuWeather forecasters.
The weather service's winter 2012-2013 forecast calls for cold weather and large systems of moisture to converge, dumping above-average snow totals along the East Coast. The timing is expected to be in January and February.
El Nino, the global climate pattern expected to develop by the end of September, could contribute heavily, according to the forecast. It typically causes a strong southern branch of the jet stream across the country, which can often phase together with cold air and the northern branch of the jet stream around the mid-Atlantic, causing major winter storms.
If the right blocking occurs, when areas of high pressure settle over Canada or Greenland, forcing cold air down to the U.S., that can also contribute to a snowy winter. Moist systems need plenty of cold air to produce snow and not rain.
Normal snowfall in Baltimore is 20.2 inches in a season, on average. Last season fell far below that, at 1.8 inches, the least since 1972. The season before that was a bit below normal, at 14.4 inches, while the 2009-2010 season is by far the outlier for Baltimore, with 77 inches.
I guess don't worry too much, they've been wrong before. They keep predicting horrible and many hurricanes due to global warming and that hasn't happened either.
You're loving and WARM wife. (Boz)
xoxox
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