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January 17th, 2016 Wintry Event OBS


superjames1992

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In Western Suffolk, near 460/Kings Fork Road...  Snow mixed in around 10:15am and turned all snow at 10:40.  Been snowing moderate/heavy ever since.  Trees, grass, and driveway covered (not roads)...  around an inch on the grass; slushy.  flakes have been fairly big for the most part.  temp around 33.5 on average since 10:30.

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Light, moderate, heavy, hard are all such subjective terms. Photos are about he only way to convey how much or how hard. Unless you're trained to identify types of snow.

 

Not really...

 

>1km visibility: light snow

1-0.5km visibility: moderate snow

<0.5km visibility: heavy snow

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^Dang, I didn't realize it snowed up there. Great pics. :) I wonder if Paris Mountain got any. 

 

Paris Mountain did! I go to Furman so it's literally right next to us, drove up there about 6:45 while it was still dark and the rain turned to snow halfway up the mountain. 39 at the base and 33 at the top. Couldn't get a pic of the snow but here's the Greenville skyline as viewed from the Paris Mtn summit. The haze in the sky is from all the snowflakes.

 

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Light, moderate, heavy, hard are all such subjective terms. Photos are about he only way to convey how much or how hard. Unless you're trained to identify types of snow.

 

Not really...

 

>1km visibility: light snow

1-0.5km visibility: moderate snow

<0.5km visibility: heavy snow

And for the metric challenged.

Since the output of the ASOS visibility instrument is in 1/4-mi increments for visibilities less than 2 mi, the snowfall intensity is defined as heavy for visibilities of 1/4 mi or less, moderate for 1/2-mi visibility, and light for visibilities of 3/4 mi or greater (National Weather Service 1994). 

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And for the metric challenged.

Since the output of the ASOS visibility instrument is in 1/4-mi increments for visibilities less than 2 mi, the snowfall intensity is defined as heavy for visibilities of 1/4 mi or less, moderate for 1/2-mi visibility, and light for visibilities of 3/4 mi or greater (National Weather Service 1994).

I'm sure the average person has the ability to estimate visibility in 1/4 mile increments, Right?
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snow accumulated about 0.25 of an inch on the cars; less than that on grassy surfaces.  It was pretty but short.  Sun popped thru the clouds around 11am and it was all melted 5 minutes latter.  Boundry layer temps killed what could have been close to an inch.

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Who's the hottie?

 

I knocked on the door of the farmhouse up the road asking permission to take photos on the property. The farmer told me his crop had failed; he needed to marry his daughter off to someone with means who could take care of her. He saw that I arrived in an automobile and knew I was successful. The wedding date is in March.

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