10 February 2012
Snow Drought A Major Concern – Cross post
Posted by Dan Satterfield
My friend Jim Gandy is the Chief Meteorologist for WLTX in Columbia, SC, and the image below links to his most recent post. Compare the maps of snow cover over the last three years. Water problems are very likely by summer in the Western U.S. if the spring is not wet and snowy.
Click the image to read his post:
Little snow here on Lake Erie this year but we are double our normal rain fall at this point for the year. I was skiing at Vail in January, the back bowls were all closed(south facing slopes) for lack of cover. Those folks may well have a problem next summer with water supply.