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Scientists Link Cold Spring to Dramatic Sea Ice Loss

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Weather.com - 3/26/13, John Vidal

 

 

 

Climate scientists have linked the massive snowstorms and bitter spring weather now being experienced across Britain and large parts of Europe and North America to the dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice.

 

Both the extent and the volume of the sea ice that forms and melts each year in the Arctic Ocean fell to an historic low last autumn, and satellite records published on Monday by the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado, show the ice extent is close to the minimum recorded for this time of year.

Katrina-level storm surges have more than doubled due to global warming

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Wunderblog.com-3/25/14, Dr.Jeff Masters

 

 

Figure 1. High water marks on East Ship Island, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Katrina brought the highest storm surge ever recorded on the U.S. coast, 27.8' at Pass Christian, MS. Left image: Bark stripped off a tree with salt-burned pine trees in the background (note the 25 ft (7.65 m) long survey rod for scale). Right: Massive beach and over wash erosion illustrated by damaged and snapped pine trees along the beach. Arrows show the the high water mark left by the storm surge. Image credit: Fritz et al., 2007, "Hurricane Katrina storm surge distribution and field observations on the Mississippi Barrier Islands" (PDF File), Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science (2007), doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.015

 

Relentless Lake-Effect Snow to Depart Soon

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Accuweather.com - 3/22/13, Courtney Spamer

 

 

The cold weather pattern for the month of March has included a great deal of snow for areas downwind of the Great Lakes into the Appalachians.

 

The towns south of Buffalo, N.Y. have received more snow this week than they have all winter off of Lake Erie.

 

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Coldest March in 50 years: Spring arrives with temperatures up to 20C lower than last year

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mirror.co.uk-3/19/13, Tom Perry

 

Today: A snowplough clears the A66 near Bowes

 

Britain is in the clutches of what is expected to be the coldest March in 50 years.

Forecasters said bitter weather showed no signs of letting up for the next ­fortnight and this month was a stark contrast to last year when temperatures were 20C higher on average.

 

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Hail, Tornadoes, Damaging Winds Hammer the Southeast

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Weather.com - 3/19/13

 

 

Winter Storm Ukko's severe side brought severe weather into the southern states, including intense thunderstorms that produced huge hailstones throughout the southern United States.  

 

In all, there were 264 reports of severe weather Monday and Monday night across seven states from southeast Arkansas and northeast Louisiana to South Carolina.  For the entire month of March prior to Monday, there had been a total of 165 severe reports, including just a single tornado. 

Big Story Weather

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Red Orbit.com - 3/15/13, Joshua Kelly

 

 

Big Story Weather from March 14: A few snow showers remained over the Eastern Great Lakes, otherwise a good portion of the country saw high pressure and nice weather. The cold air did settle in over the Southeast as there were many late season frost and freeze advisories and warnings issued last night for this area.

 

 

Snow: hundreds stranded with more travel chaos to come

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Telegraph.co.uk - 3/13/13, Haley Dixon

 

 

The Highways Agency said it had been working throughout the night with emergency services and local authorities to respond to "hundreds of incidents" which took place in heavy snow and strong winds on its network of roads in Kent and Sussex.

 

50mph winds created snow drifts of up to a metre in height, in many cases blowing snow back on to the carriageway as soon as it had been cleared, they added.

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