Enjoy it while it lasts — winter is moving north (with very cool interactive graphic)

[marmar]

(Grist) Those clever people over at Climate Central have done it again. These are the folks who broke the news that, by 2100, Phoenix will be as hot as Kuwait City. They observed, astutely, that downtown Las Vegas already feels like Kuwait City most days. And now they’re back, telling us, hey! No need to move to Florida when we retire! By the time many of us Northerners are ready to while away our final days chilling with umbrella drinks in the shade of palm trees, Florida will have come to us.

Here’s what they did: Using climate models, they looked at roughly 700 U.S. cities, and projected how many fewer freezing nights they’ll experience at the end of the century than they do today. (You can read about their methodology here.)

What’d they find? Boston, currently buried by blizzards (and getting burrieder by the day), will have winters like the ones in Marietta, Ga., today. Minneapolis will feel like Asheville, N.C. Portland, Ore., will score San Luis Obispo’s secondhand seasons. Here, type your hometown into Climate Central’s handy interactive infographic and see what your winters will be like. (Just don’t look at Seattle. The horror!) .......................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://grist.org/climate-energy/enjoy-it-while-it-lasts-winter-is-moving-north/

[hlthe2b]

1. I think far more signficant--is how hot the summers are going to be.

As well as how little water these communities (especially in the West) may have.

That is what they should "model".

[magical thyme]

3. some communities are being inundated

massive deluges (and snowfall) on the eastern seaboard.

There are models out there for things besides temperature, especially water.

[hlthe2b]

4. Of course there are-- my point is if we want climate change to be taken seriously, we should not let

the talking point be--"hey, great, less cold winters!"

[magical thyme]

5. acidification and desalinization of the seas is important too...nt

Also, I don't think "less cold winters" is great if you live in the south, where the climate will become tropical, including tropical diseases. I think dengue fever is already starting to re-appear.

[hlthe2b]

6. which underscores my point... n/t

[Brickbat]

2. I live up north for a reason. The lack of snow in northern Minnesota is a real drag right now.

[central scrutinizer]

7. Record low snowpack here in Oregon

Forest fire season will start a lot sooner and be a lot worse if we don't get some major snow storms in the next couple of months

link is to some traffic cameras - one at the top of Santiam Pass. In a normal year there would be eight feet or more of snow at this elevation. Completely bare.

http://tripcheck.com/Pages/RCMap.asp?curRegion=4