powernoodle said:
The National Weather Service says that El Nino (5-7 year reoccurant region of warm pacific water) is helping to push the jet stream north, allowing warmer temps to temporarily move north as well.
It may help also explain why
record snowfall buried Anchorage, Alaska on January 3.
cheers
Hey that's us alright! (well not us specifically in the story - but me as in really tired of shoveling & snow blowing tons of snow!!! [Did I say TONS?!
YES!] Talk about hitting close to home - oh wait, that IS home!
Count us as the 22" (actually a little more than that!) on top of what we already had - I've got 5' in my yard! Yes, the Anchorage Police said every 6 minutes they had vehicles in ditches/distress/stuck & every 10 minutes a collision. We stayed home for 2 days!
Now the snow is deep, avalanche danger is extreme - but it's beautiful!! It's so peaceful & quiet when it snows like that - really nice!! Digging out sucks though, but makes life an adventure!
We'll make up for it in July when I'm on top of a mountain or fishing at 11:30 at night while bathing in daylight!!