FEBRUARY 26, 2003 (Second Prelude Snow) | |||||
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Obs. Num. | Time of Observation February 26 - 2003 |
Total Frozen Precip. Inches | Total Melted Precip. Inches | Temp. °F | Remarks for the Time Period |
0 | 0400 hrs. | 0.0 | 0.00 | 24.7 | Snow started around 0400 as snow flurries |
1 | 0730 hrs. | 0.3 | 21.4 | This is the first snow in a long time with nice single dendrite crystals and no riming! | |
2 | 0800 hrs. | 0.5 | 21.7 | Snow already has aggregates and becoming heavier. | |
3 | 0930 hrs. | 1.0 | 22.0 | Snow started to tapper off to only flurries and all but ended at 0930. | |
4 | 1200 hrs. | 1.1 | 23.8 | Mainly flurries since the last observation. | |
5 | 1500 hrs. | 1.5 | 25.2 | Snow started again around 1215 and continued mostly very light since noon. | |
6 | 1630 hrs. | 1.8 | 0.17 | 25.6 | Water to snow ratio is 10.5 to 1.0 and the snow intensity is now VERY light. |
7 | 1800 hrs. | 1.9 | 0.18 | 24.6 | Very light snow during the last 1.5 hours. The radar shows the snow will probably tapper off to flurries by 1900 hours. |
8 | 2100 hrs. | 1.9 | 0.18 | 24.3 | No additional accumulation since the last observation and snow has stopped. |