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Alternate Text: Cartoon of a tea kettle sitting on the ocean surface, releasing steam into the air that collides with a winter storm over the eastern US, producing snow. Text under the tea kettle says, "Warmer ocean temps".
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Cartoon of a tea kettle sitting on the ocean surface, releasing steam into the air that collides with a winter storm over the eastern US, producing snow. Text under the tea kettle says, "Warmer ocean temps".

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Warmer ocean temperatures may make the air aloft warmer and moister. That wetter air is then brought into the storm system, producing large amounts of snow.  NOAA Climate.gov cartoon by Emily Greenhalgh.