Cold air and a warm and wet air current will affect most regions in Central and East China starting January 19, bringing rain or snow, the National Meteorological Center forecast.

据中央气象台预报，19日起，受冷空气和暖湿气流的共同影响，我国中东部大部地区将出现较大范围雨雪天气。

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A woman walks through the snow in the early morning hours in Manhattan's East Village December 27, 2010 in New York City.

2010年12月27号，一名女士清晨在曼哈顿西村雪地上走过。

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Some meteorologists suspect unseasonal snow storms off the east coast of America in 2010 were partly caused by Arctic warming shifting wind patterns.

一些气象学家推测北极变暖造成的气流模式改变是造成2010年袭击美国东海岸的那场非季节性暴风雪的部分原因。

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In the East, one storm dropped lots of snow on communities from North Carolina to the New England states on the weekend before Christmas.

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Let your locks down on the slopes of Okemo Mountain, ranked in the top three by Ski Magazine for snow quality in the east.

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Retailers Costco and Limited Brands beat the estimates for January sales, despite a cold month that set a record for snow levels in the east coast.

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Weather was another factor last month, as a snow storm in the east coast kept shoppers away from stores during the last weekend of October.

FORBES: October Retail Sales Gain, But Fall Under Expectations