Why does it always seem that after a mild winter comes a very bad one?
151780
Actually, weather doesn't work like that.  Besides, there's still time - winter doesn't officially end until March 21st.  I bet you that before that time, and maybe even after, we will get a boatload of snow!  There's always a Nor'Easter to come here in New England... I remember from living in Michigan, that there was always a snowstorm around the bend before spring finally ushered in the warm winds...   but you're right.  This year is unusually mild.  But then again we've had some really cold days, and on those days we just didn't have any precipitation other than on the warmer days - (we DID have quite a bit of rain, ya know).  Maybe we got lucky.  And maybe next year we'll have the precipitation on the really cold days and have to drive through all that crap all the time!  Is it global warming?  Nah...  it's still pretty darn cold out!
393129
FIrst the temperature-It is extremely cold in the winter, and cool in the summer.  Then generally the wind-wind can play a major role, especially in mountainous tundra-also in mountainous tundra is the problem of UV radiation.
966258
We will have a mild winter,but not as warm as January 2006.Last year\nit was so mild we hardly even had a winter.
132013
Hi!  I'm not quite sure - but...\nMy grandmother used to say that when the summer did not have enough rainfall, the winter snow would make up for it, and vicaversa.  She was right then and about most issues having to do with the weather. I will be interested to see what answers come in on this one.  God Bless -
645682
That answer would be: B the harsh winter.
558722
Indeed, it's called SAD Seasonal Affective Disorder. Most people suffer from it during the winter months, when the days are shorter and darker.
802999
I hear that we are going to have an El Nino winter, which means in the states we will have a mild winter....hopefully this is true because I live in Michigan, and we get a lot of snow normally.  The flip side of this is ice storms, which can be worse than snow.
223726
if you also do this & other things like closing the blinds when it snows & is dreary otherwise, you may have seasonal affective disorder---a mild depression which can be treated easily...you need to look at some websites about it
646115
People are more depressed in winter because:\n-sunlight helps produce serotonin, which is a neurotrasmitter in the brain which helps keep us feeling happy\n-people without friends or familes know the holdays will arrive soon\n-it's too cold to enjoy the outdoors and the sun\n-mainly the first thing i said that's why people diagnosed with seasonal depression often are treated with sunlamps, to fool the brain into making more serotonin
427543
This can happen normally if you are cold and a chill runs through you. Sometimes it's just something spontaneous even if you aren't cold. But if it's somethign that happens all the time, I don't know what it could be.
1170597
It takes time to transfer the thermal energy to the snow.  Snow also has an insulating effect on lower layers of snow, making it difficult to transfer heat there, making snow more persistent than would be expected.
130620
here in san antonio we have had like one or two cold days this whole year.i know that in san antonio we have pretty warm weather anyway but when i was younger we used to have a ton of ice storms and at least one snow storm a year but now the temp rarely climb out of the 60s in the winter.right now the high is in the upper 70s and its feb.come on people lets get with it.global warming is not a theory it is observable fact
982259
They are very rare, but I think as long as there is cold air clashing with warmer air (which can happen even in the winter), you can create conditions favorable to tornado developement. We had a severe snow storm in which we had thunder and lightning, the sky even turned slightly yellow....scary.
1044273
Well like all the others you need warm air to rise to create that warming effect. but on rare occations there is what is called Thundersnow which I have experiance a few times with major snow storms. There aint as much thunder as in regular thunderstorms but it still can be heard.
740472
Gotta love the NJ weather.  You never know what you are going to get, it's a craps shoot.  One winter we may not have snow till Feb and it will melt by the end of the week, another winter will start in October.  I've seen the thermometer at 30 degrees below 0 and 45 degrees above 0 in the same month, different years.  Generally winters are on the mild side, a few snowstorms, freezing every night and above freezing some times during the day to help melt the snow.  We do get big blizzards with up to two feet of snow sometimes, but that is the exception to the rule.
183470
Because wather instability happens whenever there is contrasting temperatures. In March, you have a cold air running up against hot air, so this causes there to be areas of low pressure.\n\nLow pressure = wind.
536295
I have certainly gone through a few 'dry spells' although I wouldn't say I got 'frigid'. I have absolutely gotten the 'cold shoulder' and many times have been 'frozen out' of a situation. Hmm...HEAT? Certainly I've a gone through a 'thaw' or two, enjoyed the 'warmth' of spring and I have been know to 'fire up the furnace' and 'stoke the engines' and 'set the place ablaze' on occasion.