From TWC:
“73 Percent
of the U.S. Covered in Snow, the Most Widespread Coverage in 17 Years”
Snow cover
across the contiguous U.S. is the highest since at least 2003. Winter Storm Uri
added on a large amount of this recent snow cover gain. A siege of winter
storms since late January has contributed to the most widespread snow cover
across the contiguous U.S. in at least 17 years. Snow was on the ground in
73.2% of the Lower 48 on Feb. 16, according to the National Operational
Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC). That's the highest snow cover extent
for any day in the NOHRSC database dating to fall 2003, according to NOAA. Winter
Storm Uri's snowfall deep into the South played a big role in this large
expansion. Snow covered about half of the U.S. three days earlier prior to when
Uri tracked from coast to coast. Parts of the Southeast and Southwest are the
largest areas without snow cover right now. Some locations in central and
western Dakotas also have no snow, which is an odd exception when compared to
the rest of the northern U.S. Only one other year in the NOHRSC database has
had snow cover 70% or greater, according to Steve Bowen, a meteorologist with
the reinsurer, Aon. That was Jan. 12, 2011, when snow covered a broad area of
the country, including the Southeast.
^ This is an
interesting tidbit. ^
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