Good evening. We begin with another big bulletin about the recordbreaking heat and the melting at the north pole. A new study shows a global thaw under way, affecting everyone on the planet. And it comes today as we learn how little snow there is here in the United States. As the temperatures here keep rising and the records keep falling. Abc abcs meteorologist ginger zee tells us whats going on. Reporter nearly snowless in december. Right now, only 7 of the United States is covered in snow. Thats even less than this time last year, when 32 of the nation was laced in winter white. Not enough snow means no skiing. Yet. This resort in Washington State has had to wait. Impatiently. To get our show on the road here. Reporter less snow helped make it even warmer this past week. Almost 700 record high temperatures have been set in the past five days. All of that will contribute to 2012 likely becoming the warmest on record in the lower 48. While one week or one season can not tell a climate
Good evening. We begin with another big bulletin about the recordbreaking heat and the melting at the north pole. A new study shows a global thaw under way, affecting everyone on the planet. And it comes today as we learn how little snow there is here in the United States. As the temperatures here keep rising and the records keep falling. Abc abcs meteorologist ginger zee tells us whats going on. Reporter nearly snowless in december. Right now, only 7 of the United States is covered in snow. Thats even less than this time last year, when 32 of the nation was laced in winter white. Not enough snow means no skiing. Yet. This resort in Washington State has had to wait. Impatiently. To get our show on the road here. Reporter less snow helped make it even warmer this past week. Almost 700 record high temperatures have been set in the past five days. All of that will contribute to 2012 likely becoming the warmest on record in the lower 48. While one week or one season can not tell a climate
Americas women grab gold and bronze. As the showdown in sochi looms, two of americas best skiers ever, bode and ted finally about to face off. And good morning, america. Boy, you see the snow on the lens this morning. Boy, a lot to celebrate in sochi for team usa today. Gold, silver, and bronze in mens slopestyle. Only the third time the u. S. Has ever swept the medals in an olympic winter games event. You said the winter games. It seems more like the summer games there. We want to look at the pictures right now. Look at that. You know a little contrast. A little bit. Were 61 over there, 30 here. And you well, theyre in tshirts over there. And matt gutman went for a swim yesterday. A little bit different. Lets get to the storm. Its socking so much of the east coast right now. A live shot just outside of philadelphia. That area could get more than a foot of snow today. Ginger zee is leading the extreme weather team. Shes got coverage up and down the coast, including philadelphia. Lets g
Right now, only 7 of the United States is covered in snow. Thats even less than this time last year, when 32 of the nation was laced in winter white. Not enough snow means no skiing. Yet. This resort in Washington State has had to wait. Impatiently. To get our show on the road here. Reporter less snow helped make it even warmer this past week. Almost 700 record high temperatures have been set in the past five days. All of that will contribute to 2012 likely becoming the warmest on record in the lower 48. While one week or one season can not tell a climate story, a longer range report card was released by noaa today. The subject . The arctic, where records were broken this year. In 2012, there was less snow and more sea ice melting than theyve ever measured before. Satellites started measuring arctic ice in 1979. Since then, half has disappeared. And just this year, 4. 5 million square miles melted away, an area the size of the u. S. And mexico, combined. Melting on the green land ice s