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Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: snowmageddon ()
Date: March 25, 2013 03:22PM

I've lived in this area my entire life and I can never recall snow falling this late in the Season. At least never this much! And to think next Sunday is Easter. I guess it must be all that "global warming" we're having, lol.

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: zero personality ()
Date: March 25, 2013 06:38PM

Well I have lived here a LOT of years and it does snow even in April...today was not that unusual. FYI, "global warming" causes more frequent and intense tornadoes, hurricanes and snowstorms as well as higher ocean levels due to icecap melting. An early Spring snow does not disprove "global warming". Get your science from Scientists rather than FOX News, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and you'd know that. OH, and did you hear, the moon is NOT made of cheese!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/2013 06:55PM by zero personality.

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: March 25, 2013 06:40PM

snowmageddon Wrote:
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> I've lived in this area my entire life and I can
> never recall snow falling this late in the Season.
> At least never this much! And to think next Sunday
> is Easter. I guess it must be all that "global
> warming" we're having, lol.


We got an inch or 2 of snow in mid-April back in 2007.

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: Legg Mason ()
Date: March 25, 2013 09:12PM

Or was 70 in December, are ya really surprised?

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: Rachel tells me what to think ()
Date: March 25, 2013 09:50PM

zero personality Wrote:
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> Well I have lived here a LOT of years and it does
> snow even in April...today was not that unusual.
> FYI, "global warming" causes more frequent and
> intense tornadoes, hurricanes and snowstorms as
> well as higher ocean levels due to icecap melting.
> An early Spring snow does not disprove "global
> warming". Get your science from Scientists rather
> than FOX News, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and
> you'd know that. OH, and did you hear, the moon
> is NOT made of cheese!


Says the drone who gets theirs from MSNBC. lol

FYI, it hasn't.

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.

maue_ace_by-year.png?w=640&h=426


But you're right about snow in March and April not being unusual.

I posted the data that shows the latest snow more than 1" by year from a table that WaPo has but I'm too lazy to look for it again now.

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: snowmageddon ()
Date: March 25, 2013 10:14PM

Legg Mason Wrote:
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> Or was 70 in December, are ya really surprised?

Snow in April IS unsual in Virginia. At least outside of the mountains. Early March is our cut off point.

December is the Fall, and 70 does not surprise me. Our average December temp is actually in the upper 50s. But this weather in Spring is ridculous!

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: Legg Mason ()
Date: March 25, 2013 10:17PM

Okay......then.....lol

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: Gordon Barnes ()
Date: March 25, 2013 11:15PM

snowmageddon Wrote:
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> Legg Mason Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Or was 70 in December, are ya really surprised?
>
> Snow in April IS unsual in Virginia. At least
> outside of the mountains. Early March is our cut
> off point.
>
> December is the Fall, and 70 does not surprise me.
> Our average December temp is actually in the upper
> 50s. But this weather in Spring is ridculous!


Most Snow by Month (Dulles)

March
15.5" 1993
14.6" 1999
10.8" 1984
10.4" 1969
10.3" 1978

April
4.0" 1990
2.6" 1982
2.5" 1996
1.0" 1973
0.6" 1964

Earliest Measurable Snowfall 1.3" Oct 10, 1979

Latest Measurable Snowfall 1.0" Apr 12, 1973

Latest Measurable Snowfall (DCA) 0.5" Apr 28, 1898


The above goes up through 2010. Also this is measurable snow. I don't think that they count it if, for example, it snows and then rains to melt it or otherwise melts immediately.

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: Legg Mason ()
Date: March 25, 2013 11:26PM

neat

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: snowmageddon ()
Date: March 26, 2013 12:36PM

Gordon Barnes Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> snowmageddon Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Legg Mason Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Or was 70 in December, are ya really
> surprised?
> >
> > Snow in April IS unsual in Virginia. At least
> > outside of the mountains. Early March is our
> cut
> > off point.
> >
> > December is the Fall, and 70 does not surprise
> me.
> > Our average December temp is actually in the
> upper
> > 50s. But this weather in Spring is ridculous!
>
>
> Most Snow by Month (Dulles)
>
> March
> 15.5" 1993
> 14.6" 1999
> 10.8" 1984
> 10.4" 1969
> 10.3" 1978
>
> April
> 4.0" 1990
> 2.6" 1982
> 2.5" 1996
> 1.0" 1973
> 0.6" 1964
>
> Earliest Measurable Snowfall 1.3" Oct 10, 1979
>
> Latest Measurable Snowfall 1.0" Apr 12, 1973
>
> Latest Measurable Snowfall (DCA) 0.5" Apr 28,
> 1898
>
>
> The above goes up through 2010. Also this is
> measurable snow. I don't think that they count it
> if, for example, it snows and then rains to melt
> it or otherwise melts immediately.

Those are not averages, though. Those are just records of extremes. Having snow in Late March or April in this part of the state is extreme weather, not the norm.

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: snowmageddon ()
Date: March 26, 2013 12:38PM

zero personality Wrote:
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> Well I have lived here a LOT of years and it does
> snow even in April...today was not that unusual.
> FYI, "global warming" causes more frequent and
> intense tornadoes, hurricanes and snowstorms as
> well as higher ocean levels due to icecap melting.
> An early Spring snow does not disprove "global
> warming". Get your science from Scientists rather
> than FOX News, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and
> you'd know that. OH, and did you hear, the moon
> is NOT made of cheese!


But I watch MSNBC and CNN. I thought those were the good, honest news sources. Am I wrong? Who has the best news?

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: Easter came early ()
Date: March 26, 2013 02:03PM

snowmageddon Wrote:
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> I've lived in this area my entire life and I can
> never recall snow falling this late in the Season.
> At least never this much! And to think next Sunday
> is Easter. I guess it must be all that "global
> warming" we're having, lol.


Easter is usually in April too keep that in mind

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: Frozty ()
Date: March 26, 2013 02:36PM

snowmageddon Wrote:
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> Those are not averages, though. Those are just
> records of extremes. Having snow in Late March or
> April in this part of the state is extreme
> weather, not the norm.


Of course they're not averages. The question wasn't how much it snows on a relative basis versus other months. Obviously, it snows less both in terms of frequency and amounts in March and April.

Those are only the larger events. If you want to go find the numbers for any snow during the months, then the number of events will just be greater. Likewise if you want to pull temperature data when it's been more than cold enough but conditions just weren't right to have snow which will greatly increase the numbers.

They do show that it is not some extraordinarily rare event or "extreme" to get measurable amounts of snow in March and April.

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Re: Snow a week before Easter...
Posted by: bunny man ()
Date: March 27, 2013 07:43PM

easter bunny be freezing his cotton balls off!!!

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