Sentences with phrase «lack of snow»

Despite the fact that here in the U.S. we've been experiencing what some are calling a «Winterless Wonderland» due to the record - setting lack of snow in parts of the country, we are still entering the high season for winter sports.

Observations from the North Pole Environmental Observatory indicate that freeze - up started in late August (almost a week earlier than in other recent years), surface ocean temperatures are at the freezing point, and a near lack of snow cover will promote rapid ice growth.

We already know that many ski resorts are suffering from lack of snow due to global warming, but now we're seeing it trickle down into the entire industry as well.

SARANAC LAKE — This year's challenging weather with warm temperatures and lack of snow provided an obstacle in itself for contestants of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival's Arctic Golf Build - an - Obstacle Contest, organizers reported.

While not as visually dramatic as the near - total lack of snow in 2015, 2017 featured at least the fifth consecutive winter where a below - average fraction of precipitation fell as snow (as opposed to rain).

Crouch said that the mild winter and lack of snow in much of the eastern U.S. makes the flood outlook for 2012 far less ominous than last year, when floods caused billions of dollars in damage and accounted for two of 2011's billion - dollar disasters.

This Winter's Warm Weather & Lack of Snow Due to Record Jet Stream Configuration Weather Underground's Jeff Masters has some interesting insight into why the winter of 2011/12 so far has been the winter - that - wasn't in most of the US:

The event had to be canceled earlier in the month due to a lack of snow.

Although it wasn't as wintery as some had hoped, the lack of snow forced the closure of the sledding hill and toboggan chutes, many families still attended the Jan. 27th event, having a great time doing the other activities.

New York ski mountains had an historically tough winter season due to the lack of snow, according to ORDA's annual report.

The DEC has closed Adirondack snowmobile and seasonal access roads, effective immediately, citing the area's warm temperatures and a lack of snow.

Lack of snow has moved cross country skiing and snowshoeing from Dutchess to Sullivan County, where the alpine skiing is scheduled, at Holiday Mountain Ski Area in Monticello.

Shallow lakes in northern Canada are drying up due to a lack of snow, yet another Arctic impact of climate change

More than affecting ski resorts, the lack of snow could spell trouble for water supplies and agriculture

Alaska saw its second - warmest winter in the books, which has contributed to a lack of snow in varied locations there.

Yet just one year prior, the lack of snow in the Cascade Mountains led to summer water shortages and irrigation restrictions.

The lack of snow in southern Alaska prompted the move of the iconic Iditarod race over 200 miles northward.

The heavy late - season snow in the East was not enough to compensate for the lack of snow in the West.

This was only the second time the race had to be moved northward due to lack of snow, with the first being in 2003.

Lack of snow and global warming affects our whitewater paddling season as well.

Regardless of the lack of snow, a pile of worn knits has piled up, in need of a good cleaning.

Definitely exciting to have spring coming up so quick, but as a senior I'm pretty disappointed in the lack of snow days.

I've been so thankful for the lack of snow so far here,»cause I know it's coming and you're so right, it's hard to smile when you're freezing!

The first is definitely the lack of snow.

The calendar may say we are halfway through the month of December, but you'd never know it to look out the window, where the rain and lack of snow are screaming, «It's spring!»

Looks like a great family trip and you guys made lemonade out of lemons in terms of the lack of snow — those llamas are too cute, and Lucas on his mini snowboard is even cuter!!

Since ski season is upon us (even though there is a lack of snow on the mountains), I thought it would be helpful to share some packing essentials to stay warm & still look chic!

But if those options are off the table due to lack of snow, they'll consider activities within the city.

While Lost Planet 2 ′ s lack of snow and a decent plot did disappoint me in comparison to the first, I hope Capcom will take the good parts of both games and incorporate them into something that is better than both.

Every climate record is «more evidence»; Kilamanjaro's lack of snow is now «another sign».

In Alaska, warm temperatures and a lack of snow on the ground forced the Iditarod to move its starting point from Willow, Alaska, to Fairbanks, 300 miles to the north.

This is partly due to the lack of snow - covered surfaces, but we just feel it very cold, because we are not used to low temperatures in recent winters.

The deaths could also be related to a lack of snow cover during warm years, Hik added.

Avalanches blocked Richardson Highway while some ski places shut down due to lack of snow.

«It's a mistake to use any one storm — or even a season's worth of storms — to disprove climate change (or to prove it; some environmentalists have wrongly tied the lack of snow in Vancouver, the site of the Winter Olympic Games, which begin this month, to global warming),» Walsh reminds his readers, in that infuriating way that global warming pseudoscience has of avoiding falsifiability.