The Fifth Storm of the Winter of 2004-2005
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Obs. Num.	Time of Observation FEB. 28   -   2005	Total Frozen Precip. Inches	Total Melted Precip. Inches	Temp. °F	Remarks for the Time Period
0	0910 hrs.	0.0	0.00	32.3	First snow flakes observed after a VERY slow snow arrival.
1	1000 hrs.	0.1	Trace	31.4	Very light snow now. Snow is melting as it falls on cement walks and streets.
2	1100 hrs.	0.3	0.03	31.7	Snow is melting as it falls on cement walks and streets. Light snow rate now.
3	1200 hrs.	0.5	0.05	32.1	Snow continues to melt as it falls on cement walks and streets and the temperature is above freezing now. Snow is being measured on a snowboard. Flakes are larger this past hour falling as aggregates of many crystals.
4	1300 hrs.	0.9	0.08	32.0	Flakes are large and falling as aggregates of many crystals. Snowfall rate should increase in the next hour.
5	1400 hrs.	1.6	0.14	32.0	Flakes are large and falling as aggregates of many crystals. Snow rate was moderate during the past hour and snow is sticking on cement walks and starting to stick to streets.
6	1500 hrs.	2.2	0.20	32.1	Moderate to heavy snow this past hour and the back streets are now white with snow. Currently the flakes are aggregates and the snowfall intensity is moderate to heavy.
7	1600 hrs.	2.5	0.26	32.1	Very light snow now and slush on the street. Very wet snow this past hour sticking to trees branches and limbs.
8	1700 hrs.	2.6	0.31	31.8	Light snow now but expect heavier snow in the next hour and the temperature is now below freezing. Melting of the accumulation of snow since 1500 has caused the snow to liquid ratio to decrease.
9	1800 hrs.	2.6	0.32	31.7	Snow has currently stopped and not enough snow to measure this past hour but a heavier band of precip. is still south of Annandale and headed northward but slower than expected last hour.
10	1900 hrs.	3.3	0.34	31.4	Snowing so hard this pass hour that the heater hasn't melted all the snow in the guage so the liquid amount is more than recorded here but the auxiliary heat source was put on and will catch up by the next hour.
11	2030 hrs.	3.9	0.49	31.1	Current snow rate is moderate and should continue into the next hour.
12	2100 hrs.	4.0	0.51	30.9	Current snow rate is light to moderate but should decrease in the next hour.
13	2200 hrs.	4.2	0.52	30.6	Current snow rate is light but should increase in the next hour to moderate.
14	2300 hrs.	4.4	0.54	30.0	Current snow rate is light and should continue to be light until midnight.
15	2400 hrs.	4.4	0.54	30.0	No additional accumulation this past hour with only flurries occurring. This will be the last observation tonight. The snowboard was cleared and any additional accumulations will be recorded tomorrow morning.
					Some snow flurries occurred until 0230 of March 1st but with no additional accumulation.