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According to statistics from the National Weather Service (NWS), just 6.0 percent of the contiguous United States is blanketed with snow as of Dec. 3. This is the least amount of snow covering for this time of year since 2003 when tracking of the statistics on contiguous U.S. snow coverage began. In 2020, that number was 16.9%, while in 2019, over half of the country was blanketed in snow, with 45.4 percent of the country covered.

A blizzard warning has been issued for hawaii. the big island is forecasted to get up to a foot of snow in the mountain peaks. wind is also a major threat with wind gusts of 100 miles per hour. so, let's bring in meteorologist derek van dam. derek, what's going on here? there's no snow where there should be snow? and snow where there shouldn't be snow. >> it's backwards, kim. yes, from the u.s., we expect the snow with only 6% of snow coverage, it's dwindling as the days progress. i saw that go from 12th two days ago to 6%. then we skip across the pacific ocean as you mention to the harm tropi...

Early Week Snowmaker Tracks Into the East, But Won't Be a Major Storm The Weather Channel 2/22/2021 Linda Lam Replay Video UP NEXT A low-pressure system will spread snow and rain into the East to start this week, but the good news is that this snowmaker is not expected to be a major winter storm. This system won't be as strong as other recent storms and will move fairly quickly. This will keep snowfall totals generally on the light side. Portions of the Interstate 95 corridor could start out with a period of snow or a mix of rain and snow before a changeover to rain occurs....

Winter storm warnings right now from texas to maine. that storm churning toward the northeast, set to make for a messy morning commute. meteorologist pedram javaheri live from the weather center this morning. okay, so what is the latest? >> reporter: the timing couldn't be worse when it comes to the commute for the rush hour. you look outside, this is a live look out of atlanta's centennial olympic park. you see snow beginning to cover the grassy surfaces, grassy roadways, as well. enough to issue state of emergencies and cancel classes across much of the region. atlanta in particular. working...

Taking place there as well. look at the snowfall accumulations, as far as where we were this time last year, into early december, about 18% of normal across the sier yeahs. fast forward to the first week of 2015, doubling that number, 26% of snow coverage across the sierras. fantastic news that 70% of the drinking water comes from the sierras. rainfall in the seven-day forecast across portland as you would expect. you talk about significant accumulations, how about this. mt. ranier in se amount, the snowfall forecast is 142 to 182 inches inside the next four nights. we know no one lives across...