Since 2006 , federally declared weather-related disasters in the United States have affected counties housing 242 million people--or roughly four out of five Americans. That's the remarkable finding of Environment America, who last week released a detailed report on extreme weather events in the U.S. The report analyzed FEMA data to study the number of federally declared weather-related disasters. More than 15 million Americans live in counties that have averaged one or more weather-related disasters per year since the beginning of 2006. Ten U.S. counties--six in Oklahoma, two in Nebraska, and one each in Missouri and South Dakota--have each experienced ten or more declared weather-related disasters since 2006. South Carolina was the only state without a weather-related disaster since 2006. The report did a nice job explaining the linkages between extreme weather events and climate change, and concluded, "The increasing evidence linking global warming to certain types of extreme weather events--underscored by the degree to which those events are already both a common and an extremely disruptive fact of life in the United States--suggests that the nation should take the steps needed now to prevent the worst impacts of global warming and to prepare for the changes that are inevitably coming down the road."
Figure 1. County-level map of federally-declared weather-related disasters between 2006 - 2011. Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in the Midwest, and heavy rains and snows from Nor'easters, hurricanes, and other storms in the Northeast gave those two regions the most disaster declarations. An interactive version of this map that allows one to click and see the individual disasters by county is on the Environment America website.
Jeff Masters
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What is your estimation of how ENSO will be by the Summer?
and?
is that due to a snow machine from TWC? lol
i git 1 point for pointing out the troll first! :D
..well, were waiting.
: )
You get a +1 for that.
I also have 37 MPH steady winds, last check
and a 29.55 barometer
59725 = ZIP
OTOH, climate change, or whatever it is, has been great for SW Montana ... I don't think in this area it has been below zero all winter ... and this region is known for interminable below zero weather, save these last ten years.
You mean WE'RE waiting?
Link
Yes.
YEAH BOY!!!!! YEEHAW!! I WIN!!
ok im done now. *smiles*
No,I can search purty well.
I have the info,,,and its even well below 3 a gal in Montana,
2010 white Christmas contest, i remember watchin on television.
hahaha the i and e are on opposite sides of the board so none of that my finger slipped or hit two keys nonsense!
GeorgiaStormz, stop expanding it! :D
2012
2011
Hopefully you weren't holding out for a medal. LOL
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
208 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012
GMZ850-870-222015-
208 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS...
AT 206 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS OVER WESTERN
WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM...OR
ABOUT 54 NM SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 KNOTS.
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER
WAVES...DEADLY CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS
REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK
SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WATERSPOUTS WITH LITTLE OR NO
ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SAFETY IMMEDIATELY
Euro at hour 192.... Hmmm I'm more inclined to believe this than the GFS this winter....
Will do. Thanks for the open invitation. We love that museum. How is Robert doing? Yeah, that's one great thing about KW is the close proximity of everything lending itself to foot or bike travel. Hopefully this season doesn't send any monster storms your way.
I have a DD-214 available.
Maybe you can try your superior intellect to find it.
Looks like there heading toward FL. Looks as if some severe wx warnings may go up for Citrus & Pasco Counties here soon as this is an intense line of storms rolling in.
There has been little to no sun at all across Tennessee today, that I'm sure is holding back development for the time being.
Could be that the storms over the Gulf near Florida could be hampering the inflow up into Tennessee also.
Key West Gas Prices - Florida Gas Prices
www.floridastategasprices.com/Key_West/index.aspx
It's probably in a location where the sun don't shine.
I've never been anything but nice to you so I'm not sure when it was that you decided you had a problem with me but it sounds like a YP not an MP.
You can also visit gasbuddy.com
They have an app for smartphones too.
does this mean a little snow party for D.C.? of course if it plays out?
The "preview comment" feature is a under used asset here.
In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data to calculate how much Earth's melting land ice is adding to global sea level rise.
Using satellite measurements from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), the researchers measured ice loss in all of Earth's land ice between 2003 and 2010, with particular emphasis on glaciers and ice caps outside of Greenland and Antarctica.
The total global ice mass lost from Greenland, Antarctica and Earth's glaciers and ice caps during the study period was about 4.3 trillion tons (1,000 cubic miles), adding about 0.5 inches (12 millimeters) to global sea level. That's enough ice to cover the United States 1.5 feet (0.5 meters) deep.
"Earth is losing a huge amount of ice to the ocean annually, and these new results will help us answer important questions in terms of both sea rise and how the planet's cold regions are responding to global change," said University of Colorado Boulder physics professor John Wahr, who helped lead the study. "The strength of GRACE is it sees all the mass in the system, even though its resolution is not high enough to allow us to determine separate contributions from each individual glacier."
Hey smartass, I can pull up gas buddy on my phone and check prices there if I like but I thought I'd ask someone on here whom I know (kwgirl) about gas prices where SHE lives since sometimes those gas prices are not up to the minute.
For someone who doesn't like conflict you sure do like to ridicule others and run your mouth alot. Let me know when you get past whatever wackjob issue you have with me and I'll remove you from my iggy list.
Warm end of neutral.
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE
VALID 222013Z - 222215Z
CORRECTED TO CHANGE NS TO MS IN THE AREAS AFFECTED HEADLINE
CONTINUED AIRMASS DESTABILIZATION SUGGESTS INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 1-2
HOURS.
LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY PAIRED WITH SURFACE AND OBJECTIVE
ANALYSES REVEAL A CLEARLY DESTABILIZING BOUNDARY LAYER...BENEATH
WHAT HAS BEEN A PERSISTENT CAPPING INVERSION. AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER
CONTINUES TO WARM/SLOWLY MOISTEN...THE EWD SPREAD OF COOLER
AIR/STEEPER LAPSE RATES ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAK UPPER TROUGH
NOW PROGRESSING ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
DESTABILIZATION OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
WHILE A LOW-LEVEL FOCUS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS DIFFICULT TO
DISCERN -- AND THUS LOCATION OF A CONCENTRATED THREAT AREA REMAINS
UNCERTAIN...INCREASINGLY STRONG/VEERING FLOW WITH HEIGHT IS
PROVIDING A KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED/ROTATING
STORMS. THIS -- AND THE INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMICS --
SUGGEST THAT ANY STORMS WHICH CAN DEVELOP WILL LIKELY
ORGANIZE/INTENSIFY...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL POSSIBLE ALONG
WITH SOME ISOLATED TORNADO POTENTIAL.
ATTM...CU FIELD APPEARS MOST ROBUST ACROSS NERN MS AND EWD ACROSS
NRN AL AND INTO THE SRN APPALACHIANS. WITH THIS AREA ON THE NRN
FRINGE OF THE BETTER THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT AND NEAR THE SRN
BOUNDARY OF STRONGER UPPER FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRESSING
WAVE...THIS AREA APPEARS ATTM TO BE THE MOST LIKELY INITIATION ZONE
FOR INITIAL CONVECTION.
CU field developing over CAFB, MS right now...
Thanks for the answer. Here is another graphic that ilustrates what is going on.
I had a feeling this was going to happen today. I think the dry mid level air is enhancing these storms as they come ashore however they should weaken some as they come across but still producing frequent lightning, heavy rain, and strong straight line winds.
I think were heading toward a strong El-Nino JMO though based on the rapid increase in SST's across the equatorial Pacific.
According to a spokesman for the AvalancheControlCenter (a part of the Utah branch of the NationalWeatherService), "weather unlike any I've seen in my 15years here" has made the avalanche hazard exceptionally high this winter.
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