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Please post your observations, and other data for the Coastal Crusher Feb 9th 2017 here - Thanks!

WeatherFox

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NorthShoreWx

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17 minutes ago, UlsterCountySnowZ said:

Max depth is concidered your snow total.... so no wiping... unless there's a changeover... whatever the highest total you reach on your snowboard for that 24hr duration is your total.... I know.. stupid

There is not an exception for changeover.  That's the part that I don't like.  Max depth is ok.

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Paragon

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5 minutes ago, UlsterCountySnowZ said:

Imo, an inch is an inch.... if an inch falls... and you wipe your board, and another inch falls... That's 2 "actual" inches... no risk of melt or compression...don't see how wiping "inflates" totals to the point that they did away with it... if anything were screwing ourselves now out of fallin snow being recorded and lost to melt/compression/wind especially like the sleet storm a few weeks ago... flawed system.. oh well

That's my thinking too, but what makes it tough is that let's say you have a late season snowfall that accumulates like a quarter of an inch an hour- vs a midwinter bomb that dumps 2 inches per hour.  To wipe off after every inch means a different interval for each storm because each storm has a different rate of snowfall.

Either way I think you're screwed because not all storms can be measured the same way, so there will be some inaccuracy if you try to apply the same rules to every type of storm.

 

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Paragon

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14 minutes ago, JerseyWx said:

I think it would be interesting if both measuring techniques were used.  Measure one area at the end of the storm without touching it, and then have another section that is cleared every __ hours.  I'd like to compare the two and see what happens.

I'd add in a third method, use liquid equivalent and apply a specific ratio based on the average temperature during the storm.  Yes, it doesn't take into account a lot of other factors, but frankly, liquid equivalent is the only objective quantity here, everything else is subject to the rules one uses to measure snowfall.

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NYCGreg

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Wind is really kicking here in Hoboken.  I haven't been outside, and the snow is blowing all over the place, but looking outside and at reports at weather.gov (and the accumulations listed there) and I would guess we fell right in the 10 or 11 inch range.  Certainly not an all-time great, but happy with this nonetheless.

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