Misty full moon

02/08/12, 4:15 am, looking west

The February full moon is called the Snow Moon and that is a bit out of sync with the climate in the US this year. The snow coverage today in the US is heaviest in the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada Mountains at more than two feet, and northern New England and New York with only 4-8 inches. Although 1-3 inches of snow is predicted northwest of Richmond today, we have only a light rain falling. It feels very unwinterly.


La Niña seems to be making the north wetter this winter, record snowfall in Washington and Colorado, and the south dryer, with drought in Texas and Florida. All these weather predictions seem to overlook the mid-Atlantic region. Maybe that means we'll have an ordinary winter, whatever that means.