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An overhead view of the massive snowstorm that swept across the midwest last week. (NASA/Suomi NPP)
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1978: A hot dog vendor tries to keep warm during a snowstorm in New York City. (AP Photo)
1947: Two men dig out a car after a record-breaking snowfall of 26.4 inches in New York City. (AP Photo)
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A storm of “historic” proportions is set to sweep across the northeastern United States, beginning with light flurries on Thursday night and lasting through Saturday evening. The powerful winter weather system is expected to dump snow, sleet, rain, and hurricane-force winds from Connecticut all the way up to Maine. Start stocking up on food and supplies; things could get pretty ugly out there. Here, everything you need to know about Winter Storm Nemo, 2013’s first nor’easter:
- How much snow are we talking about?
The National Weather Service says that southern New England, which will get the brunt of the storm, could see anywhere from 18 to 24 inches between Friday and Saturday. Suffolk County in New York is under blizzard watch, as are parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island,reports The Associated Press. New York City is expecting slightly less snow — somewhere between 4 and 6 inches. The storm could be as bad as the historic blizzard of 1978, which dumped more than 2 feet of snow and blew through New England with hurricane-level winds. A few analysts say Nemo could be one of the 10 most powerful storms in the history of the region. - What kind of damage are forecasters anticipating?
The area could see “widespread power outages with winds of this force,” says Weather.com. Highways will likely be paralyzed (plan your commute accordingly.) Communities in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Long Island could see some coastal flooding as well.
- How much snow are we talking about?
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The cheese wall is hammered, bread’s kind of hammered, milk’s kind of low.
— Aaron McFadden, a manager at a King Soopers store in Denver, Colorado. The National Weather Service says snow is falling at two inches an hour on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, and that up to two feet of snow could fall before Saturday morning. -
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The hottest, wettest year ever: By the numbers
Sounds more kinky than it is.
New data released Wednesday by the government indicates that 2010 was the warmest, wettest year on record (although it shared the “warmest year” title with 2005). “The warmth this year reinforces the notion that we are seeing climate change,” and “unequivocally” disproves notions that climate warming ended in 2005, says David Easterling, chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s scientific services division. Some numbers:
2010
Hottest year on record, globally, in a tie with 2005. It was also the wettest year ever recorded — “no surprise to the Pakistanis, Australians, Tennesseans, and Californians who lived through epic floods,” says Justin Gillis in The New York Times.34
Consecutive years that global temperatures have been above the average for the 20th century1880
Year scientists began keeping records of temperatures “in earnest”
23rd
Ranking for 2010 among the hottest years for the United States9
Number of the 10 warmest years on record that have taken place since 2000.49
Number of U.S. states, out of 50, that currently have snow on the ground. “Whatever the globe is doing, your local weather can have a completely different picture, that’s for sure,” says John Christy, an atmospheric science professor of at the University of Alabama.
