Anchorage snowfall so far this winter is 2nd-lowest on record

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Alaska Dispatch

Anchorage snowfall so far this winter is 2nd-lowest on record
  
With only 19.4 inches of snow having fallen in Anchorage as of Monday, this winter has seen the second-lowest seasonal total so far, the National Weather Service said. Part of the problem has been too much rain.

http://www.adn.com/article/20150211/anchorage-snowfall-so-far-winter-2nd-lowest-record
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1. Wow

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2. Ski resorts are suffering nationwide...

Near-record low snowfall totals in Salt Lake City in January
February 02, 2015 3:26 pm

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City residents enjoyed a white Christmas, but snow has been nearly non-existent ever since.

National Weather Service meteorologist Christine Kruse said Monday that the snowfall total at the Salt Lake City International Airport for January was the fourth-lowest since 1885.

She says only 0.3 inches of snow fell. That's far less than the 30-year-average of 12.5 inches.

In some parts of the mountains east of Salt Lake City, snowfall levels were also below normal. At a station near the Alta Ski Area, 28.5 inches of snow were recorded. The average for that station is 71 inches.

Kruse says high pressure systems over the West kept temperatures above normal and prevented precipitation from becoming snow.

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/state-and-regional/utah/near-record-low-snowfall-totals-in-salt-lake-city-in/article_f685255b-ba12-5aab-8c8a-1d2e643c751f.html

In the ski business, there are no climate deniers
By Madeleine Thomas on 25 Nov 2014



If the debate about global warming still echoes around the world of politics, it has long since faded at ski areas.
“I don’t know of anybody in the industry who is saying that climate change is not an issue for us,” said Bob Roberts, president and chief executive of the California Ski Industry Association. “If you’re below 6,000 feet, it’s a real challenge.”

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Studies conducted by University of Colorado snow scientist Mark Williams and his colleagues predict that, if we continue to pollute the way we do now, skiing will be confined to the top quarter of Aspen Mountain in average years by the end of the century. Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort will have no snowpack whatsoever.The Great Melt will hit maritime ski resorts in the Cascades and Sierra even sooner. A study in New England found that only four of the region’s 14 major ski resorts will still be profitable by 2100 — if they even survive that long.

http://grist.org/list/in-the-ski-business-there-are-no-climate-deniers/

TYY

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3. Boston would like to export some snow. nt

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4. I'm thinking that right about now

the residents of Boston would probably trade places with Anchorage.

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