Feet Of Spring Snow Pound Colorado; U.S. Braces For Record April Cold; Met Office's Antarctic Sea Ice Report; + Stock Market Behaving Eerily Similar To 1929

The warning signs are all there.

Feet Of Spring Snow Pound Colorado

Heavy snow is battering the high country this week, with a wide area, including Larimer County, receiving 3 feet.

The National Weather Service (NWS) says the aptly named Never Summer range as well as Medicine Bow saw even higher totals.

While across Colorado ski areas, snow enthusiasts are rejoicing the late season top up. In just a 24-hour period through Tuesday, well-over foot of fresh snow was reported at Loveland Ski Area, Vail Ski Resort and Copper Mountain, to name just three.

Eyeing up north (way up north), officials in Alaska have delayed the usual May 1 deadline for snow tire removal, as Anchorage approaches its all-time seasonal snowfall record (now in second place, as of last Friday).

Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Cockrell pushed the deadline back to May 15 for much of the state, including Anchorage. He cited heavy snow this winter, which has caused no end of problems--not least for AGW Party proclamations:

"The snowfall season is expected to decrease across Alaska, with snowpack decreasing by 20–90% in Southern and Western Alaska due to increasing temperatures."

Anchorage’s 2023-24 snowfall vs normal [NOAA].

"Many parts of Alaska are experiencing prolonged winter weather after a near record-setting snow season that has extended icy road conditions well into April," Cockrell said in a statement released earlier this week.

The heavy snow load has sunk at least 13 boats in Anchorage’s city harbor.

U.S. Braces For Record April Cold

"Protect your outside plants! A Freeze warning has been issued," warns newstalk870, speaking to the Tri-Cities of Washington.