Nevada que sólo se ve “una vez en la vida” afecta partes del sur de EEUU

A winter storm that azotaba el sur de Estados Unidos el martes estaba arrojando nieve en niveles que millones de habitantes no habían visto nunca antes.

The humidity of the Gulf of Mexico was combined with a system of low pressure and cold air to let significant amounts of snow fall in some places. Esto incl. 26.5 centimeters (10.5 inches) near Lafayette, Louisiana, at noon on Tuesday, approaching the state record of 33 centimeters (13 inches) established in 1960.

El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (NWS, por sus siglas en inglés) indicated that 18 to 20 centimeter (7 to 8 inches) of snow had been recorded between Baton Rouge and Nueva Orleans. El récord anterior de Nueva Orleans era de 6.8 centimeter (2.7 ingulas) established in 1963. In Texas, at Houston-Galveston, 5 and 10 centimeter (2 and 4 ingulas) de nieve antes del mediodía.

La oficina del NWS in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is issuing a primera alerta de tormenta de nieve el martes. The Officina of Mobile in the NWS Republic is a video on X of the people served with a guerra de bolas de nieve in Orange Beach, Alabama, a pasos of the Golfo de México.

“This is a unique event in life for many of the people there. Para los niños que nunca han tenido guerras de bolas de nieve… van a tener una”, comments Tom Kines, Meteorologist from AccuWeather.

The coast of the Gulf of Mexico is the region of the United States more exposed to hurricanes, and the snow is a “fairly rare phenomenon,” by Bradley Brokamp, ​​meteorologist of the NWS office in Houston. “No sueles tenerlos en las mismas áreas tan a menudo”, said Brokamp. La combinationa es más típica en el noreste que ve inviernos nevados y una storma tropical ocasional.

A Houston, el Yale Street Grill era practically el único negocio abierto en un barrio del centro de la ciudad. Un par de trabajadores del restaurante tivenon tiempo de salir y construir un muñeco de nieve de casi 1 metro (3 pies) de altura con todo y nariz de zanahoria y bufanda.

“He saw all the storms. He passed all the hurricanes. So this has been really fun. I have a 4-year-old daughter at home with whom I’m dying to return so she can play in the snow”, said Emma Kratky, camarera y assistant de gerente.

Parece que Florida has broken its state record of 10 centimeters (4 inches) of snow, established in Milton on March 6, 1954. The NWS office in Mobile reported that Pensacola received 12.5 centimeters (5 inches).

It is also reported that the Mobile airport received 15.7 centimeters (6.2 inches), surpassing the previous record of 12.5 centimeters (5 inches) established on January 24, 1881.

Pero incluso la nevada cerca de Lafayette quedó muy por debajo de la storma de nieve del Día de San Valentín que azotó parts de la costa del Gulfo de México en 1895. 15.4 ingulas) in Galveston.

Meanwhile, the cold is covering a large part of the continental territory of the United States thanks to a perturbation of the polar vortex. El vórtice polar arctic es una banda de vientos fuertes sobre el Pole Norte que usually mantiente a raya el aire extremamente frío, but ahora se está extendiendo hacia el south, permitiendo que el aire helado flya hacia latitudes can be lowered more. For example, se pronostica que partes del centro-sur y sureste de Texas experimenten sensaciones térmicas de hasta -12 degrees Celsius (10 °Fahrenheit) para el Wednesday, según una alerta de frío extremo del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.

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Associated Press reporter Kristie Rieken contributes from Houston.

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