J Paul Gordon

Really ripping out there now...guess the band made it home!

still nothing to sneeze at...figured it would be a SE SNE monster, just hoped to get in on one of those bands...

Decent snow here...but not the mega-band type.... so close and yet so far....

Think it will make it to Worcester?

I see it too...looks like my side of Worcester should see it soon. Meantime snow has lightened but still moderate temp down to -3C/27F been going down slowly all morning. Wind here is 10 mph near surface, but stronger up in the tree tops.

Good to see you Southern folks enjoying an early snow. Stay safe on the roads. We expect a good snowfall here tomorrow (6-8") and the direction seems to heading upwards. You might not believe it but when the first snow comes, it seems like everyone forgets that we average 65-70" here in Worcester, MA and starts driving like its a snowstorm in Pensacola, FL! LOL

Will the bottoming out of solar irradiation due to decreased sunspot activity affect sea ice minima in the Arctic basin?

Thank you. This helps. So, the good news (tongue in cheek) is that if we were to enter a larger scale cooling phase, AGW (GHG?) would compensate at least in part. A poor reason to foul the only nest we've got! I'm perplexed as to why to politicians and political GW experts are focusing on wind power, solar power, etc. instead of putting massive funding into fusion power research and /or other hydrogen power sources. Low pollution factors and just about nil contribution to CO2. Anyhow thanks again for a clear and understandable response

I asked this question on another thread but got no answer. Hope it is appropriate here. If GW is mostly anthropogenic, then there is little doubt (actually no doubt) that the trend will continue. If it is only in small part anthropogenic, then can we assume it will continue at (or greater than) the current rate? Warm/cold multi-decadal fluctuations are common. My point is not to debate the obvious. The warming trend is measurable and beyond any serious contention. Since I have no idea how much of it is AG (5%,25%, 60%, 95%) and doubt anyone else can state how much is human caused with certainty, my question is purely just that. Do we have models that can give us a pretty clear idea that the overwhelming data points to continued, unabated GW? Or, is there room for longer term stasis or even cooling? PS It seems certain that some of the warming is human related, so let's not go down that street and get into an argument over it. The question is about certainty. For the sake of argument, let's assume that AG contribution is <50%.

What are the ratios for various cities in SNE (and NNE). If anyone wants to throw in a list of predicted amounts, that would be great.

Interesting that the cold predicted for after this storm is MUCH more significant than after 2013. It is also more significant than after 1969 and 1978 ('69, of course, came at the end of Feb). And you know what's really funny is that I've gone from being thankful about a 1-3 inch snowfall to worrying about whether I break 2 feet!

I hate to do a IMBY, but what does this mean for ORH considering fluff, etc. I'm near the junction of 190/290.

Pretty insane over ORH for awhile on that Canadian. Feb 8-9 2013 gave us 28.7". Wonder if we'll beat that.