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The National Weather Service defines a blizzard as a storm that contains large amounts of snow or blowing snow with winds in excess of 35 mph and visibilities of less than 1/4 mile for at least ...
A blast of Arctic air will bring punishing cold winds and bands of heavy lake-effect snow that will bury some towns in fresh feet of snow into Friday, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. However, the ...
Thursday's weather will feature an Arctic blast for the Midwest and Northeast and still more lake-effect snow for the Great Lakes. Cold air associated with a high-pressure area will move over the ...
The weather service office in Cleveland said Saturday that more than a foot of lake-effect snow was possible in parts of the region starting at noon Sunday and continuing through 7 a.m. Tuesday.
By May, temperatures are rising, as 24-hour daylight reaches many areas, but most of the Arctic is still snow-covered, so the Arctic surface reflects more than 70% of the sun's energy that reaches it over all areas but the Norwegian Sea and southern Bering Sea, where the ocean is ice free, and some of the land areas adjacent to these seas ...
Conditions during a snow squall can vary tremendously on the highway, ranging from dry, clear, and sunny one minute to heavy snow, poor visibility, and slippery conditions the next. The Arctic ...
The Arctic's indigenous people have a long relationship with its icy conditions, and face the loss of their cultural heritage. Further, there are numerous implications which go beyond the Arctic region. Sea ice loss not only enhances warming in the Arctic but also adds to global temperature increase through the ice-albedo feedback.
Conditions in Alert are cold, with only two months of the year seeing average temperatures above the freezing point. Like most places in the Arctic, snow is possible in any month of the year. However, Alert is not as cold as other locations further south, such as Eureka, because proximity to the Arctic Ocean has as a moderating effect. It is ...