Snowfall Measurement More than you need to know

General Chatter
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Look at these NOAA web pages for some examples of snowfall measurement.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn/tools/waterequiv.htm
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/den/coopsnow.html
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/coop/snowhelp.htm
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/techpapers/arp20/20-05.html

Now look at the readings below and tell me how to estimate
the amount of snow from the amount of water recorded (i.e. Liquid Equivalent/Snowfall Conversion.

ABUS21 KGSP 201445
STPAVL

MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILLS REPORTS FOR NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
941 AM EST SAT DEC 20 2003

THIS IS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILLS REPORT…
WHICH INCLUDES THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION
FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AROUND 7 AM THIS MORNING.

[code:1]STATION ELEV HIGH LOW PCPN SNOWFALL SNOW DEPTH

BCHN7:BEECH MOUNTAIN 5069: 16/ 8/ 0.31/ 14.0/ 25
BOON7:BOONE 3800: 25/ 17/ 0.25/ 4.5/ 12
FLAN7:FLAT TOP 4330: 22/ 12/ 0.12/ 3.6/ 6
JFFN7:JEFFERSON 2770: 26/ 18/ 0.08/ 2.0/ 10
MRHN7:MARSHALL 1800: 31/ 20/ 0.20/ 6.0/ 8
MMTN7:MOUNT MITCHELL 6240: 11/ 3/ 0.19/ 16.0/ 30
ROBN7:ROBBINSVILLE 1996: 33/ 25/ 0.30/ 3.0/ 5
[/code:1]

HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION TOTALS ARE
FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AROUND 7 AM THIS MORNING.

$$

SBK

Good luck estimating the amount of snow fall from precipitation amounts.
I think I will stick with a yard stick and forget it when I can

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BTW Sorry, the forum does not take mono fonts, tabs, or more than one space between words.
Try using the code tag, it usually helps. I cut and paste this from your post, it may well have come out better if it had been posted as code to start with. [code:1]STATION ELEV HIGH LOW PCPN SNOWFALL SNOW DEPTH

BCHN7:BEECH MOUNTAIN 5069: 16/ 8/ 0.31/ 14.0/ 25
BOON7:BOONE 3800: 25/ 17/ 0.25/ 4.5/ 12
FLAN7:FLAT TOP 4330: 22/ 12/ 0.12/ 3.6/ 6
JFFN7:JEFFERSON 2770: 26/ 18/ 0.08/ 2.0/ 10
MRHN7:MARSHALL 1800: 31/ 20/ 0.20/ 6.0/ 8
MMTN7:MOUNT MITCHELL 6240: 11/ 3/ 0.19/ 16.0/ 30
ROBN7:ROBBINSVILLE 1996: 33/ 25/ 0.30/ 3.0/ 5[/code:1]

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BTW Sorry, the forum does not take mono fonts, tabs, or more than one space between words.
Try using the code tag, it usually helps.
It is amazing! That is it. I edited the post. I tried the code tag on the original post but it did not change anything. The code tag worked better when I unchecked "Disable BBCode in this post".

Thank you nikoshepherd. As always you give good pointers. :smiley: