Global Warming threatens Denver with second blizzard in a week

[Regis Philbin]

Still digging out from the last one... :noway:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061228/D8MA45AO1.html

Colo. Snowstorm Threatens Airport Again

Dec 28, 5:17 PM (ET)

DENVER (AP) - New Year's travelers jammed the Denver airport Thursday, trying to get out of town ahead of a snowstorm that threatened to close runways and gum up the nation's busy holiday travel season for the second time in a week.

The storm was expected to dump up to 16 inches of snow on the Denver area overnight, a week after a pre-Christmas blizzard shut the airport for more than two days. The shutdown stranded 4,700 holiday travelers and backed up flights around the country.

Managers at the nation's fifth-busiest airport drew up snowplowing plans, and airlines urged ticket-holders to flee Denver early or delay departures until after the storm. By 2 p.m. United Airlines and Frontier, the two biggest carriers at Denver International Airport, had canceled more than 180 flights.

Mill and Ann Younkers arrived hours early to check in for an evening Frontier flight back home to Naples, Fla. The couple's trip to see their daughter in Denver was delayed three days by the first storm, and they did not arrive until Christmas morning.

[Richard Tafoya]

Exactly. And for those that need the remedial course in connecting the dots...

Global warming to bring heavier rains, snow



By Michael Kanellos
http://news.com.com/Global+warming+to+bring+heavier+rains%2C+snow/2100-11395_3-5895784.html

Story last modified Fri Oct 14 13:55:55 PDT 2005

In the forecast, more rain and snow. Rising temperatures in the world's atmosphere and oceans will lead to more intense storms as the century progresses, according to a new report from the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Evaporation increases when the surface temperature of the ocean rises and warmer air can hold more moisture. When this soggier-than-normal air moves over land, it results in storms wetter and more intense than those experienced in the past.

The greatest changes will occur over land in the tropics, according to the study, which was released Thursday. Heavier rain or snow, however, will also fall in northwestern and northeastern North America, northern Europe, northern and eastern Asia, southwestern Australia, and parts of South America during the current century.

"The models show most areas around the world will experience more intense precipitation for a given storm during this century," lead author Gerald Meehl said in a statement. "Information on which areas will be most affected could help communities to better manage water resources and anticipate possible flooding."

[tiger_rascal]

That does it! Im moving to Colorado! I want snow!!!

And dont get me started about "global warming"!

[Regis Philbin]

I thought it had to be cold to snow...

Anywho, there's talk of a third blizzard late next week...ENOUGH!!! :eek:

[Regis Philbin]

That does it! Im moving to Colorado! I want snow!!!

And dont get me started about "global warming"!

We will gladly ship you some of our snow... ;)

[pinky]

I thought it had to be cold to snow...

And I thought typing required a brain.

Who knew?

[WannaBreatheYou]

I've lived where I live my entire life and I've never seen us slammed so hard for so long with a constant barrage of storms. Wind and rain storms, thunderstorms, gale force winds, temperatures dropping into the teens while people are still trying to get their power back on, constant flooding, more rain, now avalanches in the mountains because the temperature has suddenly went up to the mid 50's in the lowlands, which means the mid to upper 30's in the mountains. We're back on a rain and wind storm now, when people are still recovering from our pre-Christmas wind and rain storm.

And we're only halfway through the season. I am dreading what February and March are going to bring us.

[Annoyedlistner]

regis.....so far here in NC we are having a mild winter.

also in artic Canada...an ice mass that has been around for thousands of years was reported recently that it had broken off and fallen into the ocean 16 months ago.

[Annoyedlistner]

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Crocuses are pushing out of the ground in New Jersey. Ice fishing tournaments in Minnesota are being canceled for lack of ice. And golfers are hitting the links in Chicago in January.

Much of the Midwest and the East Coast are experiencing remarkably warm winter, with temperatures running 10 and 20 degrees higher than normal in many places.

"I'm not complaining. I can take this," said Rudolph Williams, a doorman in New York City who normally wears a hat this time of year but stood outside in 50-degree weather with his shaved head uncovered.

"The Earth is recalibrating itself: Last year, we had a cold winter, and it's balancing itself out now. In January, it feels like the middle of April."

New York City saw a November and December without snow for the first time since 1877. And New Jersey had its warmest December since records started being kept 111 years ago.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/01/04/warm.winter.ap/index.html