Thread: Whither winter?
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Old 12-03-2010, 08:28 AM   #18 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green
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Originally Posted by Craven Morehead View Post
Dealing with lake effect snow from Lake Michigan can become very trying.
We get lake effect snow here because of the Great Salt Lake. Certain areas of the valley can pretty much expect to tack on 4-12 extra inches on top of what the weatherman is predicting because of this. It's awesome!

One more reason to hate winter in the Salt Lake valley - we have horrendous pollution (inversions). I believe at one point last winter that we had the worst air quality in the US. Salt Lake City is basically at the bottom of a bowl and when the warmer air gets trapped by cooler air on top of it, the air in the valley becomes a smog soup - some days, you swear you're chewing it instead of breathing it. I can tell when there is an inversion without watching the weather because my tonsils become inflamed and I have a sore throat until a storm cleans the air up.

Is it spring yet?
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