Re: Dasm Global Cooling! NBC

You're a teacher? And you don't know that global warming not only is about *average global temperatures*, but that it causes weather patterns to change, and more severe storms and hurricanes, among other things. In fact, as the polar ice caps melt, dumping cold water into the ocean, the Gulf Stream, (which keeps the UK and Ireland from being frozen wastelands like Canada and Mongolia and Siberia) will be shut off, causing severe weather in that area. At the same time, the warmer waters in the Gulf itself will cause more severe hurricanes.

Laurie


William Longyard wrote:
Record-Shattering Cold Threatens Crops
(State College, PA) - A brutally cold surge of arctic air into the eastern half of the United States will easily bring record-low temperatures on Easter morning and could cause significant losses in some of the nation's most prolific agricultural areas.

High pressure building toward the Southeast will bring calm winds and clear skies, which combined with the very cold air mass in place, will allow temperatures in many cities to challenge the coldest lows ever reached during the month of April. The cold will severely tax peach orchards across Georgia, and strawberry orchards throughout the Southeast. Bitter cold will also be felt throughout the wheat-growing areas of the Midwest and central Plains.

A look at the Watches and Warnings shows freeze watches and warnings extending from the Ohio Valley all the way into northern Florida. In our News Summaries, we will take a look at why the cold snap is especially dangerous to agriculture this year and the South Regional News expands on some places where record-breaking cold will be felt during sunrise services on Easter morning.

The springtime arctic outbreak will also allow for snow in areas that very rarely see wintry precipitation this late in the year. Already this morning, snow has mixed with rain in much of North Carolina, and flurries were observed as far south as Atlanta. The system that caused this rare April snowfall will scrape the Northeast coast with some additional snow on Saturday. Already this morning, moderate snowfall has fallen in Washington, D.C.. The nation's capital has not received accumulating snow in April since 2001. The East Regional News discusses the coastal storm in further detail, as well as the continuing lake-effect snow in western New York.

Wintry conditions are not restricted to the Northeast this weekend. Snow continues to fall this morning across eastern Colorado, eastern New Mexico and West Texas. Among the cities that may receive snow or sleet over the next 24 hours are Denver, Dallas, and Austin. By Sunday, this storm will slide east, bringing a chilly rain to much of the Gulf Coast.

Snow will continue in the usual lake-effect areas of the Midwest today. Since Tuesday, parts of northern Michigan have been walloped by over three feet of snow. Since bitterly cold winds will continue to blow across Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, snow will continue for much of the weekend. Wintry weather forced the postponement of Major League Baseball games in Cleveland and Chicago. More information on the Easter weekend forecast is available in the Midwest Regional News.

The cold this weekend will keep a lid on severe weather, but our long range maps suggest a wetter pattern returning to the eastern part of the country within the next week. A storm system that will emerge into the central Plains on Tuesday will have the potential to bring severe weather across the Southeast, and significant snowfall to its north.



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