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Terry Prather / AP
Snow falls early Sunday, March 17, 2013, as an Amish family travels to church services near Maysville, Ky.
A pair of storm systems that were moving across the country on Sunday could join forces to bring snow to the Northeast — even as the official start of spring approaches next week.
One storm was spreading snow showers from the Cascades and northern Rockies into the northern Plains and was expected to bring snow to the Dakotas, Minnesota and western Wisconsin tonight, the Weather Channel said.
There was also a chance of snow in West Virgina, southwest Pennsylvania and northwestern Virginia Sunday night, according to meteorologists.
Another storm system was moving over the Ohio Valley Sunday and was expected to continue moving east, joining the northern system to produce a "fairly potent storm off the New England coast Tuesday," the Weather Channel said.
In addition, severe thunderstorms were in Monday's forecast from southern Ohio down into Kentucky, Tennessee and parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and northeast Texas.
Snow was expected to close in on parts of the Northeast as the work week gets underway. The Weather Channel said the best chance for accumulating snow and freezing rain was in New England and other interior sections of the Northeast.
Snow is also possible on the I-95 corridor from Washington to Philadelphia Sunday night and from New York to Boston Monday night.
The National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration called for a chance of rain in New York City Monday, with showers also forecast for Tuesday. NOAA also forecasted snow early Tuesday morning in Boston, but little accumulation is expected as the precipitation turns to sleet and rain during the day.
Wednesday marks the first official day of spring.
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The groundhog should have been shot. Weather was a lot better before his prediction. No offense meant to Peta. It was just a joke.
I think PETA is too busy with their mass animal killing to read the article, I think your safe.
Late winter storm? What time was it supposed to be there? Screw PETA varmint hunting is fun.
Phil promised us an early spring and now there is going to be more snow? Ground hog stew anyone?
LOL I know right? that lying little varmit!
Ground hog? What about Al Gore? What about selling a cable network to big oil? What about his jet plane yacht and mansion? Good Lord this country has a brainwashed moronic population that is doomed for enslavement.
The groundhog is a rodent, not a meterologist!!
The last time I checked the calendar Spring falls on March 20th. Besides, it is not like it's a bad thing to get snow in March. Where I come from in New Hampshire I have seen it fall in May and September...followed by 80 degree weather!! We need the snow. It gets rid of germs. And without the snow on the mountain tops, there will be drought issues if we get little rain in the warmer months.
I sometimes wonder about people, if they think before they comment. Seriously, how many of you took oceanography, astronomy, physiology or anatomy in high school? Broaden your horizons, it will make you look smarter the next time you open your mouths or type a response on the next blog!!
Dave--Gore sold that cable station to Al-Jazeera. Worse yet!
Richard the Lionhear,
Ever read any articles from Al Jazeera???
Many articles are from leading reporters around the World, including the USA...
Are they Biased??? No more than the BBC or NBC, the TRUTH is in there some where...
Wow I am glad the Continent of America is made up of the NE and only the NE it sure is good to see that they have such good weather coverage, I would hate to see what happens if a storm of any type hits anywhere than the NE. Oh wait it does every time short of a hurricane weather hits other parts of the US !sr then the after thought the NE. Get over yourselves and start reporting on the weather in other parts who cares about the NE.....
The storm is heading to the NE, why would they report whats happening in Arizona. If you need to know the weather, look it up.
Amen, Jeremy.
Jeremy Mcclaren...they usually report weather stories about where something is happening, not where nothing unusual is happening. When there is an earthquake in Calif they don't discuss Philadelphia much, when there is a tornado in Oklahoma they seldom mention Alaska.
You have issues, get over yourself.
Get a real life. It's a story about a snowstorm headed to NE. It mentions many other states. For example, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, etc. Or is your brain so small that you think all of that is NE. Maybe every place besides where you live is NE?
Yeah. California doesn't even count........ever notice how both the Weather Channel and Turner's lopsided news channel always station their weather forecasters right in front of the West Coast?
Snow??? New England?? OMG! Run for your lives!!! Oh, wait a minute, they have snow storms from October to April there. Two years ago it snowed a foot on April 1st. I remember snow in every month growing up in Vermont. I just don't get the avalanche of media coverage for snow. (Pun intended.) I think I'll go outside and enjoy the 70 plus degree temperatures today. Happy St. Patrick's day everyone.
MM and Jeff, and Dong
First of all I dont live in AZ. The weather that hits NE is usually in the Midwest 1st. Then heads to NE, but they never mention how it affects the Midwest. I am doing what is covered by the !st amendment and voicing an opinion u dont like it move to Europe. Dong if I have a small brain which can gaurantee you that iti s much larger than your Dong and your IQ that I dont think of everything east of my state as the NE.
Jeremy
I guess you don't consider what other people are doing is also covered under the 1st amendment. Perhaps we can create another amendment to the constitution, and everybody who disagrees with poor little Jeremy can move to Europe.
Some utopia follower call Al Gore and ask why he sold his cable Network to big oil. Oh Chicken little just support the Nazi state and cash in before it implodes.
Go to your local sister station of NBC. This one is the mother station...Headquatered in NYC!! DUH!!!
I live in the NE and I care less as to what you think Jeremy Mcclaren. So I hope you get snowed in. lol
Fact : Her Parents need to be Charge too! on how they Raise her.
You are posting in the wrong seed idiot the rape case is somewhere lese duhhhh
Strange Twist....yep, suitable name!! Who in the world are you talking about...Mother Nature?
Let Face Fact: She was no Mary Poppins.
Who? Mother Nature?
I can't believe we may get more snow - my hyacinths are up and blooming already!
Oh no!! Snow in March?? The world must be ending.
We have had 3 snowfalls in Iowa over a bout a 3 week span. Each one dropped more snow than the one before. The last one was wet and heavy. I hope that our spring sees more rain than last. We need the rain, but not like the rains we had 2 years ago.
BTW - the NE can just suck it up.
We do suck it up. That's why WE aren't in a drought.
This snow is from evil people who burn oil.
Shut up already Al.
1. Jan 2013 - The Northern Hemisphere now has one of the the highest snow coverage on record, since 1966. 48.64 million sq. km. BTY - The winter average thru Jan 2013 is the highest on record...
2. A 19 Feb 2010 report - Snow extent in Northern Hemisphere reaches second highest level. 52,166,840 million sq. km or 20,141,729 square miles...
3. January 2008 - Snow extent in Northern Hemisphere had an area coverage of 49.78 million sq. km...
4. By WILLIAM K. STEVENS, Published: October 30, 1990, New York Times
THE part of the Northern Hemisphere covered by snow has been shrinking in the last three years, and its expanse is among the smallest since scientists began making reliable satellite observations of snow cover in 1972, climatologists say. 45.42 million sq. km...
"If you did see a carbon dioxide effect, this is probably how it would look," said Dr. George Kukla of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, an authority on the climate and the role of snow... Ha! Ha!
5. The winter of 1978, then had the most snow ever recorded at 48.4 km2...
Climate scientists have been quick to remind the public that the storms were short term events and not indicative of a lack of global warming. However, they have neglected to point out that winter snow extent in the Northern Hemisphere has been steadily increasing almost every year for more than 20+years...
reference - http:// climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/chart_vis.php?ui_year=2010&ui_month=1&ui_set=1
Now the climate scientist are saying...
According to http:// nsidc.org/cryosphere/sotc/snow_extent.html
"We all associate snowstorms with cold weather, but snow's influence on the weather and climate continues long after the storm ends. Because snow is highly reflective, a vast amount of sunlight that hits the snow is reflected back into space instead of warming the planet. Without snow cover, the ground absorbs about four to six times more of the Sun's energy. The presence or absence of snow controls patterns of heating and cooling over Earth's land surface more than any other single land surface feature..."
Weather is not newsworthy ... it just is.
But Maryland gets 4.3 inches of snow all winter. Our usual is like 18.0 inches for the winter season. We got short changed here in Balto....
Actually I have seen it snow in the east even in May so this really should not be a big deal but I guess it is if you are riding a buggy with no windshield wipers ! At one time though I think it is curious Amish people say they live with no modern convenience . In reality the only thing we are born with is legs to walk and the wheel alone is a modern convenience no matter if it is on a car or a buggy ! The only difference between a car and buggy is the way it is propelled down the road . Both are a convenience .
This is BIG news. Snow in March in the NE. Snow in April isn't even big news.
Perhaps warmth in July was never news ? Just tune into Al Gores Old network he sold to big oil for "news".
And on the Great Plains another windy, cloudy, dreary, cold, miserable day much like the past month. So, break out the whiskey, vodka, bourbon or rum (did I miss any)? and make the most of it. Waiting for the Sun, ala The Doors.
It's been the same here. Dreary,cold and no sun. We've had the 3 snowstorms that passed through on the way to the NE, on top of all the snow that's been falling since Nov, and this one is hitting us also.
Maybe the news should report on how we Midwesties suffer for weeks on end not seeing the sun and having snowstorms and 20 degree and below days without killing each other by the time mid-March rolls around. Enough already! I'll be happy for global warming for crying out loud!! I wish I could be a snowbird for at least 3weeks during the winter.
GM StonePipe
"There's a Party at the End of the World....where people do the Tango Swirl" Jimmy Buffet
I/e 10 sux
Jeremy McClaren We in NE care
Weather reports should be confined to the local region unless it's catastrophic. National and world news should be just what the name describes. NBCnews should be renamed to The NE US news.
Not to worry. Mayor Loonberg is going to outlaw any snow storms past St. Patty's Day. Too many people will stay inside and consume oversized sugary drinks. And we can't have that, can we?
You people posting on these comment pages sure are nutty and amusing!
It's just the loony remnants of CPAC putting a weather-curse on the liberal NE for making fun of them!
Some utopia follower call Al Gore and ask why he sold his cable Network to big oil. Oh Chicken little just support the Nazi state and cash in before it implodes.
Repeating the same moronic stuff in post after post really doesn't change it into great wisdom. Still gibberish.
Yes,we in the NE do care indeed.Anyone wonder why it is a large chunk of the American population lives and works in one of the 6 areas of the world with the world's worst weather?I dont know either,lol but I can tell it's never boring living here and I've been here all my life.There's Antarctica,the Arctic,Siberia,Northern Japan,New England/Canadian Maritimes and the UK.Oh well,tis what it is..1 to 2 feet?...nathin.20 below zero with the wind blowing 40 mph..lil chilly...about normal.Mount Washington Observatory's always funny when they post their observations in late January..kinda like this: It is currently -38 with the wind at around 127 mph and light snow..normal day. As I say it is what it is..
The rodent lied to us
In other news...SUNRISE is approaching the NE tomorrow morning at 7:02 AM
FLEE! FLEE FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
And yet in MORE other news, a MONSTER STORM brewing 1500 miles off the coast of California is due to IMPACT THE NORTHEAST NEXT WEEKEND!!!
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It should be possible to read a little story about a snowstorm without then seeing 100 political comments after it... and a ton of anger from all regions of the country directed against each other
Have you lost your minds?
go on a vacation or something
I think you're making an unwarranted assumption about their starting condition.
LOL good point
Last year, March 17 I was outside on my porch with a powersaw cutting wood for a project I was building just outside my garage.
This year snow, overcast, cloudy, rain, 30 degrees. SICK AND TIRED OF THIS CRAP OHIO WEATHER
This is what you get when you launch the groundhog with a 6 inch mortar... idjits..