3.2? And I wonder if those stations account for settling/compaction. I just measure what's there- what's otg at the time, not what's fallen.
They definitely got some of the yellow bands that missed me. 3 miles away can make a difference with banding.
eta- LOL I see now- 32.13. A bit of a malfunction. Actual depth there is 1.7" which seems about right.
Just measured 1.5" several places otg in an area with no grass(moss/dirt) and is mostly shaded. Around 1.3" on the deck, which gets sun.
Steady light snow continues to fall with a temp of 31 now.
Temp fell to 32 here within an hour of precip starting but rates have generally been light since. That's the bigger problem when we are looking at a short duration event.
Started snowing here around 330 but at 34 and light intensity, lost an hour to non accum snow. Temp right at 32 now but mostly light snow outside of one moderate burst. Quarter inch or so on the deck and looks like some better returns on radar might be moving in shortly.
Yup. Understandable. Get under the FGEN bands and its a different story. Outside of that there is some uncertainty about how cold it gets how quick in conjunction with how long it actually snows moderately once it gets going.
The HRRR is inherently variable run to run. If you don't like the current edition, wait an hour and the next one might make ya feel a bit more warm and fuzzy. Take the avg of 5 runs, or, don't bother looking at it.