That was the sound heard here in Oct 9/10 1979 when 4-10 inches of heavy wet snow fell on still leafed out (but turning) trees. Just the continuous pop, pow, snap, bam from trees breaking.
Not as much as I thought last night while at work, but gets me close to 20 for the year!
Dec 4.9
Jan 6.7
02/01 1.8
02/02 0.1
02/06 3.3
02/07 0.2
02/12 2.8
Total 19.8
Ultimately, 6.4 inches of dry, powdery snow fell at National Airport. The high temperature only reached only 23 degrees before the sun rose, and the very cold temperatures helped snowfall measurements to be fairly uniform across the area.
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