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Nice I understand it now. Typically out of a 1/4 inch of precip, what does that equate to snow wise? I know an inch of rain usually equals about 10 inches of snow.

 

lol, so 1/4" of rain would be 2.5" of snow, or 1/4 of 10 :)

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in a case like that a 1/4" of rain would be more than 2.5" because of temperatures. the lower the temps the fluffier the snow is and the more it adds up. theres a formula floating aroound out there that tells you snow ratios.

 

image below is Celcius

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LJZ5ArmANJQ/TRPKWIgi5JI/AAAAAAAABbo/wWvJWqSV8xE/s1600/snowratio.png

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Jeff, fox weather said this storm coming tomorrow night could bring a few inches????? Any info on that

 

heres the nam and gfs. i wouldnt count on more than an inch or two at this point.

 

GFS:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_zt1IrYTCrOo/TUr1Ez2uHqI/AAAAAAAABV0/YuUVS9DSw1Y/s800/12zgfs850mbTSLPp06054.gif

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_zt1IrYTCrOo/TUr1FaEuuDI/AAAAAAAABV4/2uWVCxG_kHk/s640/12zgfsp24066.gif

NAM: more potent than gfs

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_zt1IrYTCrOo/TUr1FoyPO3I/AAAAAAAABV8/Zd044O9v5Kk/s800/12znam850mbTSLPp06054.gif

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_zt1IrYTCrOo/TUr1F_gQe4I/AAAAAAAABWA/27iOmsVI8Xc/s800/12znamp24060.gif

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the image above is simply 6 hour precipitation forecast. its for reb 10th at 6am. the greens and blues are precipitation. the blue line is the freezing line. the black squiggly lines are isobars, they indicate pressure differences and often give a good indicator of wind. where the black lines are close together is wind.
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big potential for next weekend. the B word is being thrown around on accuweather. euro has us for a good shot(usually bad this early), gfs is still to our east,(good thing). will definitely be something to watch.

 

:rolleyes:

 

believe it when i see it and i can't get my car out

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