snow expected between Minneapolis and Boston.

[shortylickens]

I wonder if the reduction in CO2 emissions world wide is playing a part.

I think its too soon for that. As others have said this is more likely a result of global warming causing unusual weather including unexpected cold.

 

[Ajay]

Meh, it's impossible to relate any one weather event to global warming. Only cumulative effects. I've seen May snow storms before - NDB.

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

I think its too soon for that. As others have said this is more likely a result of global warming causing unusual weather including unexpected cold.

Holy crap, everything is global warming to you. Slightly colder than normal is global warming, slightly warmer than normal is global warming. 1% more rain in May is global warming, 1 extra hurricane is global warming, a less windy than average summer is global warming, yada yada yada.

There has been fluke weather since there has been weather and every second of every year that the Earth has existed there have been parts of the world where the weather has done something slightly out of the ordinary. It's going to snow a tiny bit, it's snowed in May in the northern US pretty much forever.

 

[vi edit]

Almost 80 degrees and not a cloud in the sky in Portland, OR. It's purty out.

 

[Spacehead]

If you been watching the news, lots of meteorologists are predicting a severe snow storm this weekend. I recommend you spend friday getting ready if you live in the north east.
Food. Water. Candles. The usual stuff.

for those of you too lazy or stupid to use google:

Potentially historic May snowstorm headed for Northeast and New England

In addition to snow, 75 million people will wake up to below freezing temperatures Saturday. For many cities it will be colder than it was on Christmas Day.

www.nbcnews.com

Holy shit!!! Why didn't i use the Google!

This Afternoon
Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight
New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday
New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible

 

[shortylickens]

Holy crap, everything is global warming to you.

it isnt.
but you're a loud mouthed moron and you need to be "right" so you run your loud mouth constantly and I'm finally fed up with it.

 

[ElFenix]

Holy crap, everything is global warming to you. Slightly colder than normal is global warming, slightly warmer than normal is global warming. 1% more rain in May is global warming, 1 extra hurricane is global warming, a less windy than average summer is global warming, yada yada yada.

There has been fluke weather since there has been weather and every second of every year that the Earth has existed there have been parts of the world where the weather has done something slightly out of the ordinary. It's going to snow a tiny bit, it's snowed in May in the northern US pretty much forever.

Q&A: How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?

The past week has seen some brutal weather hitting the US and Canada. With cold Arctic air plunging south down to the US midwest, six states have seen temperatures lower than the south pole and at least eight people have died due to the extreme cold.

www.carbonbrief.org

 

[Red Squirrel]

Global warming is probably part of the problem. Yeah there's always been anomolities but it seems everything is shifting. Having winter last till end of may is becoming pretty much the norm now, and winters starting later is also the norm, and more crazy weather, and overall average warmer temps. Ice caps melting at a rapid pace etc... There's just so much evidence all over backed by scientists.

But that said I'm so sick and tired of winter and cold. This time of year it's a different kind of cold, it's just more harsh. I can't want to be able to go outside without having to bundle up and freeze and start the car and scrape windows etc. Sometimes I didn't have to work and had lot of money I would buy a vacation home in Cuba and go live there for March, April and May just to get past this part of the year.

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

Q&A: How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?

The past week has seen some brutal weather hitting the US and Canada. With cold Arctic air plunging south down to the US midwest, six states have seen temperatures lower than the south pole and at least eight people have died due to the extreme cold.

www.carbonbrief.org

So? Is this tiny nothing snow storm in any way linked to global warming or is it one of millions of other such storms that have taken place in the Earth's history that were linked to nothing other than normal weather variations? On May 9th 1977 a REAL snowstorm hit New England and dumped 20 inches. Not a single person believes that was tied to global warming. Sioux City Iowa got 10 inches on May 28 1947. Want to make a case that a global warming polar vortex had anything to do with it? The history of fluke cold in May and fluke warmth in January is as old as history itself. The idea that this one is different and has to be a global warming event while the millions of other times it happened were not is pure idiocy.

May 1967 Blizzard in the Dakotas, 30+ inches in spots
May 1812, more than a foot covered areas from Philadelphia to New Hampshire
May 1966 record snow in Ohio and Pennsylvania
May 1834 2 to 3 FEET in northern New England
May 1894 8 inches in Kentucky

IT SNOWS IN MAY. This isn't a new thing. Explain to me in tiny, easy to understand words why this one is a global-warming induced sign of the apocalypse and all the other times were not.

 

[ElFenix]

So? Is this tiny nothing snow storm in any way linked to global warming or is it one of millions of other such storms that have taken place in the Earth's history that were linked to nothing other than normal weather variations? On May 9th 1977 a REAL snowstorm hit New England and dumped 20 inches. Not a single person believes that was tied to global warming. Sioux City Iowa got 10 inches on May 28 1947. Want to make a case that a global warming polar vortex had anything to do with it? The history of fluke cold in May and fluke warmth in January is as old as history itself. The idea that this one is different and has to be a global warming event while the millions of other times it happened were not is pure idiocy.

May 1967 Blizzard in the Dakotas, 30+ inches in spots
May 1812, more than a foot covered areas from Philadelphia to New Hampshire
May 1966 record snow in Ohio and Pennsylvania
May 1834 2 to 3 FEET in northern New England
May 1894 8 inches in Kentucky

IT SNOWS IN MAY. This isn't a new thing. Explain to me in tiny, easy to understand words why this one is a global-warming induced sign of the apocalypse and all the other times were not.

it isn't that any particular storm is caused by global warming, it's that freak snow storms in may and freak warm days in january are less freak and more likely as global warming advances. which is what shorty said.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah need to look at the overall picture. The weather is very different now than what it was say, 20 years ago. yeah even before that there may have been freak storms, but now they are more normal. When I was a kid I remember by May it was summer. Now days winter continues throughout most of May. But I also remember the winters starting in like October. There was always snow on the ground by Halloween. Now it's rare.

 

[snoopy7548]

Saw some very light flurries, almost like pollen just floating around. Now it's sunny and windy.

 

[Iron Woode]

it's been snowing all morning. It is cold and very windy.

 

[sdifox]

Flurries here. Melting on contact though.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Just cold and overcast here. It's actually only like 0 which is normally hot, but it's a different kind of cold lately. Feels more like an arctic cold.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

404 Snow not found in pictures.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Didn't really get much snow, just lot of cold. All of the surface snow melted about a week ago so all this is new.





Have not been in the bush in a while so not sure how it's looking there, usually there's more snow. I've seen snow in the bush in end of June. More shade.

 

[shortylickens]

we got snowflakes down here, well south of the mason dixon line.
they melted, but we should not have had them at all.

 

[shortylickens]

Also, its still pretty damn cold at night, and kinda cold during the day.
I dont mind cold so much, in fact I'm hoping it keeps people inside a little longer. I suspect many Americans are going to get antsy waiting for the quarantine to end.