A few years ago, alarmists were telling us that sled dog racing in Alaska was doomed by global warming. Now they tell us that the record cold and snow is due to unprecedented warmth.
FAIRBANKS — The Copper Basin 300 sled dog race is the latest victim of Alaska’s weird winter weather pattern as race officials canceled the event Sunday morning, less than a day after the race started.
The race came to a halt when a section of trail was deemed impassible.
A statement by race marshal Greg Parvin said the trail between Meier’s Lake and Sourdough had unusually deep snow conditions, with high winds and bitter cold.
Two Rivers musher Allen Moore, who was one of the race leaders, told his handlers that the trail got bad about 12 miles out of Meiers Lake and snowmachines were getting stuck in attempts to break a trail for the race.
Meier’s Lake is about 75 miles into the race route.
Temperatures were consistently 45 to 50 below zero, according to race officials.
h/t to Marc Morano and Joe D’Aleo
GISS summary will show Pink for Alaska for January…we may have to wait a year or 2 for adjustments to get it there…but they should be line with the warmcold Alaska has had…Children are not going to know what a chinook is….
Ummm,
Dogs bred to run all day long, appetites ravenous, is anyone safe ?
News at 9:00.
Tell us about all the ships stuck in the Baltic Steve instead, oh no you can’t so you switch to another “cold” story. Next year it will be something else showing winter is cold. This summer you will switch to the southern hemisphere to get your cold story fix!
And for the last time, amount of snow has nothing to do with how cold it is, it is more down to amount of moisture. Little tip there
Andy
Andy
The Met Office seem to disagree with you.
“If mean UK temperature for November-December-January ends up below normal we would expect the frequency of snow and ice to be markedly above normal.”
and
“The forecast slant towards drier-than-average conditions should not be misinterpreted as implying less snow than normal. The frequency of snow and ice is more closely related to temperature – for example last winter was relatively ‘dry’ , but very cold, and snow and ice occurred very often”
http://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/uk-winter-forecast-from-the-met-office/
Now I wonder who I should believe? Umm?
The village idiot reappears
http://www.real-science.com/anchorage-water-vapour-year
Will heavy snow in the (European) Alps do instead?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/heavy-snow-buries-western-austria-central-alps/2012/01/10/gIQAd1NHoP_blog.html
When will the alarmist pinpoint where this unprecedented warmth is coming from?
The extreme cold in Alaska (and mild winter in most of Canada) has to do with the jet-stream:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3&stormfile=jet_stream_to_blame_for_snow_100112?ref=ccbox_weather_category1