Although the average snowpack in the West is up this year, the longterm trend continues down, and more winter rain is falling at the expense of snow. More on precipitation and snowpack on this week’s Climate Matters with Sean Sublette.
A changing climate means a warming season — all four of them. But is one heating up faster than the others? Chief meteorologist Bernadette Woods Placky has the answer in today's Climate Matters.
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This week, parts of Oswego County in New York got a stunning 3 feet of lake effect snow. It was a rare event for a February and one that can be pinned to near “rock bottom” ice cover on the Great Lakes, as one scientist put it. Ice cover on the lakes stood at a mere 12 percent as of Feb. 11 (compared to 63 percent at the same time last year) thank
MoreTired of winter yet? Brrrr! Well, the historically coldest days of the year may be behind you, depending in what part of the country you live. Here’s meteorologist Sean Sublette with the breakdown of when – and where – it’s usually the coldest.
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It’s looking to be an El Niño-dominated winter across much of the U.S., as the truly impressive event this year makes forecasters more confident that the climate phenomenon’s impacts will show up this coming season. In its monthly update of the seasonal outlook, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters on Thursday held steady
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