Submitted by VishMeLuck t3_zzdphy in washingtondc
StinkinFinger t1_j2dr0f6 wrote
Reply to comment by X12NOP in Never thought I would see icy Potomac by VishMeLuck
It will again. We are in the positive (warm) phase of something called the North Atlantic Oscillation. It is a multi-decadal pattern in which the eastern seaboard experiences milder winters followed by decades of colder winters. When combined with El Niño we will have substantially more snow as well.
It can come out for a single winter. It’s pattern. We had a cold phase in 2010 and a strong El Niño and got hammered with ice storm after ice storm and had two blizzards. The coast got hit with three blizzards that winter
We’ve been in the positive phase since the late 80s.
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