As the snow melts in spring, the forests are exposed to the sunlight.

BBC: Earthshine map helps predict weather

When that snow falls in the spring, it often warms up quickly, creating unstable conditions, he said.

NPR: Wash. Searchers Wait To Seek Avalanche Victim

The clean-energy glut was predictable, given the tendency of snow to melt in the spring and given whopping increases in the region's wind-generating capacity.

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Although the changing weather patterns may have harmed the start of the season, it appears they have had a beneficial effect on the end as more snow now falls in the Spring.

BBC: Snow cannons pump out artificial snow

"Following a winter of wind and heavy snow disrupting sporting fixtures and with spring in the air, we thought all our troubles were over, " says BBC Wales' head of sport, Geoff Williams.

BBC: Scrum V team beat the ash cloud for Leinster v Ospreys

Naykary Silva, a 26-year-old Mexican woman in the country illegally, joined about 200 people who marched in Denver's spring snow, hoping for legislation that would ensure medical care for her 3-year-old autistic son.

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The Cold Spring Harbor district used its built-in snow days after Superstorm Sandy hit the region Oct. 29, she said.

WSJ: Slushy snow begins to taper off in NY region

Now he faces a difficult decision of whether to risk further funds by planting spring crops in the fields that remain under snow.

BBC: Herefordshire crop failures lead to farming losses