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Winter Storm Harper is already pummeling parts of the West with heavy snow and will spread its mess of snow, ice and wind into the Plains, Midwest and Northeast into this weekend.
Harper's heaviest snow, so far, is in the Sierra Nevada of California. Early Thursday morning, Lone Pine, California, reported 5 inches of snow had fallen in just 2 hours.
That storm will tap into cold air once it moves through the central and eastern states Friday through the weekend, delivering a widespread swath of significant snow.
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Winter storm watches and warnings and winter weather advisories have been posted by the National Weather Service from the northern and central Plains eastward through the southern Great Lakes and into the Northeast.
Cities included in the winter storm watches or warnings include Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, Hartford, Providence, Pittsburgh, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland and Des Moines.
In other words, air travel is going to be severely impacted with many delayed or cancelled flights. Even if your flight is not in the storm area, the plane may be delayed in coming from someplace that is. Better leave early on your tropical vacation.
(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Saturday January 19 2019, @08:19PM
"Kids these days experience snow in most of the areas that used to experience snow. They just don't experience it as often."
Exactly this. Eastern Washington when I grew up used to experience winters that averaged far more snowfall. Now when we have what used to be an average winter, it seems far worse. We still get the once a decade average winter from hell, but our averages have been trending higher in the last twenty years or so.
This year has been exceptionally warm as we're in the forties in January with rain and have only seen a couple of inch's since the start of winter. Lots of rain, but nearly no snow at all. Gotta love love an El Niño winter here. Saw a Robin yesterday, they don't usually show up till March.
As far as destroying homes yeah, it's a lot easier to design a sloped roof or a strong roof that resists the weight of an average winter snowfall than to design something to withstand wind. But even then an extremely harsh winter will result in big flat topped business buildings collapsing.
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