Meanwhile, the swath of significant snowfall will continue Sunday from Missouri and southern Iowa into Illinois and Indiana, expanding east into Ohio Sunday afternoon. The snow is taking the form of a one-two punch, with an eastern lobe of snow being followed by a second zone of accumulating snow farther west, both tracking east across mostly the same areas.
The heaviest snow will wind down across Missouri late Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening, and the Ohio Valley later Sunday night. However, lighter snows will linger into Monday across most of this region even as Virgil focuses its heavier impacts on the Mid-Atlantic.AccuWeather is reporting 20 million people will be in the path of this storm.
From a reader in southwestern North Dakota:
We are at 3 degrees this morning. We have 4 inches of snow on the ground. I remember only one other spring this cold up north.The Bismarck Tribune is reporting record cold for March:
March is a popular time for North Dakota cows to calve. Some producers are in the middle of calving season, while others are just starting. Temperatures in March usually have climbed out of the deep freeze, making it easier on calves.
Of course, North Dakota’s winter has a way of overstaying its welcome. Recent days of snow and cold have shown that all too well. And while a long-lasting winter can be an annoyance for many here, it can be a dangerous time for newborn calves.
Take this month, for example. The average temperature for March in Bismarck, based on 20 years of data, is 29.9 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The average temperature so far this March has been 21.3 degrees through Thursday. The average high for March in Bismarck is 40.4; this March, the average high has been 31.2 through Thursday. The average low for March in Bismarck is 19.4 degrees; this year, it has been 11.4 through Thursday.Every road in Kansas is snow packed. For the global warming activists, a reminder: this is spring. (The link is dynamic; the posting was accurate at the time of posting.)
Meanwhile Algore is calling for a carbon tax NOW! No link; story easily found.
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A Note to the Granddaughter
Global warming alarmists should read Paul Collins' new book, The Birth of the West, c. 2013, to understand the effects of global warming a bit more. Just one excerpt, more to follow:
Throughout the classical period from the fifth century BC onward, much of the Mediterranean world was deforested by increasing population and the use of timber for shipbuilding and housing (and fuel, he could have added). After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the early fifth century [AD] until the tenth century, a sizable proportion of the forests recovered because the climate was warmer, which encouraged vegetation growth, and the population decreased after the Roman Empire collapsed.