Winter '09 / '10 - NHEMI Snowcover mid-October - Update

Snow anomaly chart shown above was produced 14-OCT...two days before the on-going...record-breaking snowfall over the forecast area.

The large spike in mid-October snowcover is not unprecedented...altho it/s been absent in recent years.

More snowcover charts here.

Previous update here.

Northeast snowcover map (VT 17-OCT-09) courtesy NOHRSC.

Global snowcover anomaly map (VT 16-OCT-09) courtesy Rutgers Global Snow Lab