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To: Ken Adams who wrote (130398)	1/7/2007 1:24:36 AM
From: richardred	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Saw the story Ken We have 4" of snow in Western NY so far. Lightest snow fall on record in Rochester, NY. Where's winter? El Niño said to cause startling warmth in East Matthew Daneman Staff writer Post Comment (January 4, 2007) — Maybe Rochester's winter hitched a ride out of town on the high-speed ferry. Regardless, winter weather has been notably absent. Last month, the Rochester area saw the least amount of snowfall of any December on record with the National Weather Service going back to 1940. And it was the warmest December locally in 136 years, according to the National Weather Service. The average temperature of 39 was nearly 10 degrees above normal. Winter will not be getting very wintry this week, either. According to National Weather Service forecasts, area residents can expect highs in the low 50s through Saturday and lows in the mid- to upper 30s. Rain is likely tonight through Friday night. Temperatures are expected to drop somewhat on Sunday with a high of 43, according to the National Weather Service. Much of the Midwest and Northeast has seen an unseasonably warm winter. New York's Central Park reported a temperature of 52 degrees on Wednesday, compared with a normal reading of 39 degrees, while Boston had 51 degrees, 13 degrees warmer than normal, the National Weather Service said. Cherry trees and roses have bloomed in parts of Rhode Island. The warm weather is largely due to El Niño, said Scott M. Rochette, associate professor of earth sciences at State University College at Brockport. El Niño is a usually a short-lived warm water current in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of South America, which every few years lasts for months longer and substantially influences weather around the globe. El Niño is currently in a strong phase, meaning warmer than normal weather across western New York. And El Niño conditions are expected through May, according to the National Weather Service. If that remains the case, Rochette said, "We're going to be looking at slightly warmer conditions. And warm doesn't translate into snow." Many area golf courses saw players out on the links Wednesday. And area parks — free of snow drifts — were busier than usual with playing children. Thomas and Vanessa Heverin moved to Rochester from New Hampshire in December, brought here by her job with Bausch & Lomb Inc. "We expected to get here and be under three feet of snow until April," Vanessa, 30, said as she watched their son, Miguel, 2, zoom down a slide at Cobbs Hill Park. Instead, the unseasonable weather has been a nice welcome. "We like the warm weather," said Thomas Heverin, 30. "We want to go out, play and see the city." Frank Ruggeri's firm, Henrietta Painting and Contracting, was doing exterior work on houses up until close to Thanksgiving. And Wednesday, the Avon 49-year-old was slightly regretful that he hadn't known to schedule more outdoor jobs beyond that. "I could be doing some siding and some roofing right now," he said as his daughter, Teresa Lee, 4, romped at Veterans Memorial Park in Henrietta. "This has been excellent weather. We take it when we can get it around here." MDANEMAN@DemocratandChronicle.com democratandchronicle.com _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Avalanche roars over Colorado highway DENVER, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- At least seven people were injured Saturday after a large avalanche dumped 15 feet of snow on a highway leading to the Colorado ski resort of Winter Park. The avalanche buried 100 feet of U.S. 40 under up to 15 feet of snow and covered two cars, the Denver Post reported. Six adults and a child were pulled from the cars and taken to a hospital in Denver by ambulance. Helicopters could not be used for evacuations because of the wind. The highway was closed in the area just south of 11,307-foot-high Berthoud Pass, and police continued to search for more buried cars. "It's one of the biggest slides we've ever seen," said Stacey Stegman of the Colorado Department of Transportation. Spencer Logan of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center's Boulder office said state troopers triggered avalanches with dynamite Wednesday to reduce the danger to drivers going through the pass. But another storm Thursday put 10 inches of powder snow on top of earlier drifts from two blizzards. Berthoud Pass, the main route to Winter Park, is vulnerable to avalanches because much of the pass is above the tree line, allowing high winds to create large drifts. Copyright 2007 by United Press International. All Rights Reserved.