If Northern Hemisphere snow cover keeps reaching the same general highs and lows year after year, that reinforces climate stability. If snow cover instead changes over the long term, the change nudges ...

WOWK — It may feel like April in January but that is kind of the problem. For our area, spring is our most active weather season with everything from snows to flooding rains, strong winds and storms.

A record snow drought with unprecedented heat is hitting most of the American West, depleting future water supplies, making it more vulnerable to wildfires and hurting winter tourism and recreation.