"Peter R." wrote in message
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On 2/19/2007 6:53:08 PM, wrote:

Glad to see global warming at work

Not sure if you are sarcastic or serious, but consider this: November,
December, and the first two weeks of January were about 10 to 20 degrees
warmer than average in the Northeast US.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2772.htm

This resulted in the water temperatures of the lower, eastern Great Lakes
(Huron, Erie, and Ontario) to remain well above freezing much longer into
the
winter. When the extremely cold, Canadian air aloft finally did drop into
the
area, the lake effect snow was more intense than average.

In a typical year, Lake Erie will almost completely freeze over and the
majority of Lake Ontario freezes over by mid-January or so, which turns
off
the lake effect snow "engine" and lowers the amount of snowfall produced
by
the lakes.

Personally, I am on the fence about global warming but the fact remains
that
the deep snow those who live downwind of the lakes are fighting now was
caused by warmer temperatures early in the winter.


--
Peter

Idaho, Colorado and Wyoming have had much less snowfall than usual, it has
been much colder than normal there.

Allen