The First Day of Observations for the Fifth Snow Event of 2003-2004
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Obs. Num.	Time of Observation January 25  -   2004	Total Frozen Precip. Inches	Total Melted Precip. Inches	Temp. °F	Remarks for the Time Period
0	1930 hrs.	0.0	0.00	19.0	Snow has finally started as a few snow flurries
1	2030 hrs.	0.3	0.02	15.7	Moderate snow rate now and our street is already white. Very fast drop in temperature in the past hour!
2	2100 hrs.	0.9	0.5	15.5	Heavy snow during the last half-hour. Snow is now mainly needles with only a very few snow pellets mixed in. HEATER IN THE SNOW BUCKET ISN'T KEEPING UP WITH THE SNOWFALL RATE.
3	2130 hrs.	1.8	0.18	15.1	Very Heavy snow rate in the last half-hour. Heat in snow bucket increased by 75 watts. Only a few snow needles this observation. More broken and irregular particles and aggregates of crystals and moderate riming.
4	2200 hrs.	2.4	0.21	14.8	Heavy snow rate again. Snow composition very much like the last observation.
5	2300 hrs.	3.3	0.30	14.9	Most of the snow crystals are broken and irregular and we still have snow pellets and graupel mixed in and a few stellar crystals and spatial dendrites. The snow rate is now decreasing and a dry slot appears on the radar to the west.
6	2400 hrs.	3.6	0.35	14.8	Very light snow now more like a frozen drizzle. The snow particles are very small and are broken needles and irregular.