Record Hemispheric snow but moisture content BELOW normal: ‘You get record snow from unusually cold air unusually far south not unusually warm air unusually far north’
'The average anomaly of precipitable water from the surface to 18,000 feet from December 1, 2010 to February 3, 2011 is below the long term average in the region where the snow has been anomalously heavy - northern Europe and central and eastern U.S.'