Thaindian News

By Meena Kar
Jan 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) National Weather Service was awestruck on Wednesday, as there had been snow in 49 out of the 50 states of the country. What was much more surprising was that even Hawaii recorded snow on the ground. The only state that remained ‘free of snow’ was Florida. The state of Florida did not record any snowfall. National Weather Service estimated that almost 70.9% of the country was covered with snow. The public affairs officer of NSW, James Peronto said that it was not typical to have that kind of a weather.

Snow in the Northeastern states, and the states of the Rockies Mountain, is pretty natural in winter. Right at this point of time, the NSW recorded that the top of the dormant volcano, Mauna Kea on the Hawaii islands is covered with 7 inches snow. James Peronto said that the only unusual thing that took place was the winter storm that passed through the southeast of the country. He went on to say that generally the southern states do not get snowfall; it needs only a typical type of weather condition that could bring snowfall to the southern states, and that was exactly what actually happened. Snow in the eastern states is also particularly unusual during this time, since the air currents over the Pacific Ocean play a major role to keep out the snow.

Extended snow amounts, of more than 6 inches hit northern Alabama, northern Georgia, southern Arkansas, northern Mississippi and southern Tennessee. The local amount of accumulated snow rose up to 1 foot from the ground. Additionally, thee was notable accumulation of sleet and rain as far as southern Georgia and southern Alabama. With temperatures falling, will Florida remain ’snow-free’? All depends upon the climate.