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As the planet warms, this will happen more frequently and snow extent and total water mass will continue to increase. Along with bone chilling cold.
"As temperatures rise and precipitation declines, annual snowpack and glaciers are vanishing from California’s high elevations, which in turn is straining reservoir and river levels in the state."
Of course some of us will object, and argue that we have been told snow is decreasing, snow is going away, a warming climate means less snow. Which of course makes sense.
However, since global warming/climate change is a fact, then warming must mean more snow in the cold season.
Nope. The sarcasm still doesn't work. I sound serious.
More like "verbal irony". I'm stating the exact opposite of reality. The problem these days, is no matter how "out there" of a claim you make, somebody is going to think you are serious.
Of course some of us will object, and argue that we have been told snow is decreasing, snow is going away, a warming climate means less snow. Which of course makes sense.
However, since global warming/climate change is a fact, then warming must mean more snow in the cold season.
Nope. The sarcasm still doesn't work. I sound serious.
Is it really so strange that it may snow more in some areas as it gets warmer? Just look at climates in East Asia and how dry they are. Although winters are bone-chillingly cold there, they hardly get any snow because of the Siberian anticyclone. It's not hard to imagine a different climate where the anticyclone is weaker in the winter, with warmer, snowier winters.
It can be hard to wrap one's head around everything a warming Earth entails...but that's not reason to claim that it's not really warming, which if I'm correct, seems to be the point of your post. There's no reason why it can't snow more in some places even as they get warmer, at least for a while, since warmer air holds more water vapor. After all, interior Antarctica is a polar desert.
So then it's about the seventh-snowiest winter since 1880 so far? That's quite impressive seeing as it's still March. I'd imagine there's a chance they'll beat the all-time record.
Looks like the earlier winters had higher maximum snow depths than recent years (probably because they were colder) even though I can't discern much trend in total snowfall. This lines up with retreating glaciers throughout the Western US and Canada--steadily accumulating snow on the ground, and temperatures cool enough to keep the ice around during the warm season, is what really matters to a glacier's progress.
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