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Why was January so abnormally warm for Montana

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Bio_8
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I remember seeing something about how Montana was supposed to have 150% above average snow pack, but in the month of January I was getting rain instead of snow.
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Jems
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climate change?
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Meanwhile just below you in CO, we’re having record cold on the front range
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Vish-shoe
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Probably Republicans
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SurfaceIsdurable
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Was warm on the east coast as well shit just happens
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theabortionator
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Isn't it like negative 20 there now?
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Bio_8
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theabortionatorIsn't it like negative 20 there now?


Yes it was yesterday, but during the first week of January up to about last week was weirdly warm
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eheath
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Montana (and many other areas in the US) have always had january thaws, I remember it being in the 50s one winter in january in montana, and it was -40 two weeks later.

is it worse now cause of climate change? maybe.

OP im guessing you read the current snowpack was 150%, but then it didnt snow for 6 + weeks.
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Burrito
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Snow pack percentages are all relative to what is expected on whatever date the measurement is taken, not predictive of the future or of season as a whole. So like @eheath said you can have a snow pack that's 150% of normal on say Jan 1, but if it doesn't continue snowing at that 150% of normal rate by Feb 1 you'll have a very different number.
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Bio_8
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BurritoSnow pack percentages are all relative to what is expected on whatever date the measurement is taken, not predictive of the future or of season as a whole. So like @eheath said you can have a snow pack that's 150% of normal on say Jan 1, but if it doesn't continue snowing at that 150% of normal rate by Feb 1 you'll have a very different number.


Oh ok I guess I never really never paid attention to that, thanks
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chiknmcplanks
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cuz all the weather systems went south and nuked CA, UT, and CO

it never lasts all season, it's already trending north again
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tutipups
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we had the same thing in quebec and went skiing today and forgot how cold winter can be. icy as fuck too
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GayWolf420
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JITYProbably Republicans

Always the correct answer.
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Farmville420
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Give us some of that heat it was fuckin 0 degrees and windy all weekend I miss the sun
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Young_patty
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Huh weird,
wonder if it correlates with all of the flooding, unusually long wild fire seasons, record low winters, and droughts?
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Vish-shoe
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At this point if you don’t believe in climate change you must have had a couple too many concussions
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eheath
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JITYAt this point if you don’t believe in climate change you must have had a couple too many concussions


a warm spell in january is its completely normal, climate change might make it worse but 1 week of warm weather is just climate cycles.

Young_pattyHuh weird,
wonder if it correlates with all of the flooding, unusually long wild fire seasons, record low winters, and droughts?


while all of theses are signs of climate change, it doesn't have much to do with short term weather anomalies.
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