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2nd Annual Snow Thread for the Mountains


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Disdrometer(Autonomous Parsivel Units APU04)data from the mtn top is now live:

 

http://wallops-prf.gsfc.nasa.gov/Field_Campaigns/IPHEx/Disdrometer/index.html

 

Shows very clearly when the snow started/stopped this morning

 

You can see the number of particles that were detected over a 10 second interval. (In this case showed up to 600 snowflakes/objects measured between the 2 heads of the disdrometer.) Neat!  :sled: (Note that the precip total algorithm doesn't work very well.)

 

Remember May 1 is the big day that the warm season field campaign starts.  Probably the most meteorological equipment ever deployed in Western NC will occur. Much of the observations will be made available live on the internet including some mobile advanced doppler on wheels type equipment. No more beam blockage in the mtns! Very cool time to be a weather weenie!  :whistle:

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Disdrometer data from the mtn top is now live:

 

http://wallops-prf.gsfc.nasa.gov/Field_Campaigns/IPHEx/Disdrometer/index.html

 

Shows very clearly when the snow started/stopped this morning

 

You can see the number of particles that were detected over a 10 second interval. (In this case showed up to 600 snowflakes/objects measured between the 2 heads of the disdrometer.) Neat!  :sled: (Note that the precip total algorithm doesn't work very well.)

 

Remember May 1 is the big day that the warm season field campaign starts.  Probably the most meteorological equipment ever deployed in Western NC will occur. Much of the observations will be made available live on the internet including some mobile advanced doppler on wheels type equipment. No more beam blockage in the mtns! Very cool time to be a weather weenie!  :whistle:

 

 

Wow that is awesome Mike!  I am now really looking forward to the difference that will make!

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Wow that is awesome Mike!  I am now really looking forward to the difference that will make!

This one is going to be practically in MET's backyard!  It will be placed on a mtn top near Clyde for the Summer.

 

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/tools/radar/mobile/

 

It will have a great line of sight on my mtn top.

 

The radar data will be available here: ftp://wallops-prf.gsfc.nasa.gov/Field_Campaigns/IPHEx/Radar  (Link not live yet..should be a few days before May 1.) 

 

FYI..the first images from the GPM satellite are now available.

 

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/march/first-images-available-from-nasa-jaxa-global-rain-and-snowfall-satellite/#.UzGngahdWxq

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This one is going to be practically in MET's backyard!  It will be placed on a mtn top near Clyde for the Summer.

 

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/tools/radar/mobile/

 

It will have a great line of sight on my mtn top.

 

The radar data will be available here: ftp://wallops-prf.gsfc.nasa.gov/Field_Campaigns/IPHEx/Radar  (Link not live yet..should be a few days before May 1.) 

Wow again very very cool! Will be great to follow it this summer!

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UNC Asheville is getting crushed by heavy snow right now. Ground whited up in 5 minutes and I think we'll get an inch when this is done. This is easily the heaviest snow of the entire winter right here.

 

EDIT: What a paste job... got 1/2 inch of snow in 10 minutes before it ended. All of that snow melted in 5 minutes thanks to strong sun.

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Just saw this from GSP @ 4:38 pm:

 

ALONG THE TENN BORDER...SHSN IN UPSLOPE FLOW ALSO CONTINUE...AND WE
CONSIDERED UPGRADING THE WINTER WX ADVY TO A WARNING GIVEN THE
TOTALS ALREADY RECEIVED AND THE POTENTIAL FOR NOTABLE FURTHER
ACCUMS. GROUND TRUTH REPORTS INDICATE DECENT MELTING HAS OCCURRED
OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY...AND LITTLE IMPACT ON ROAD CONDITIONS

EVEN AS MODERATE SHOWERS CONTINUE. RATES MAY PICK UP AS THE FLOW
TURNS MORE ORTHOGONAL AND MOIST LATER THIS EVENING.
..BUT FOR NOW IT
APPEARS AN ADVISORY WILL SUFFICE.

 

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Just saw this from GSP @ 4:38 pm:

 

ALONG THE TENN BORDER...SHSN IN UPSLOPE FLOW ALSO CONTINUE...AND WE

CONSIDERED UPGRADING THE WINTER WX ADVY TO A WARNING GIVEN THE

TOTALS ALREADY RECEIVED AND THE POTENTIAL FOR NOTABLE FURTHER

ACCUMS. GROUND TRUTH REPORTS INDICATE DECENT MELTING HAS OCCURRED

OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY...AND LITTLE IMPACT ON ROAD CONDITIONS

EVEN AS MODERATE SHOWERS CONTINUE. RATES MAY PICK UP AS THE FLOW

TURNS MORE ORTHOGONAL AND MOIST LATER THIS EVENING...BUT FOR NOW IT

APPEARS AN ADVISORY WILL SUFFICE.

 

 

 

I can't imagine rates picking up. Just got home. My car turned completely white in no more than 2 minutes. This is nuts.

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Just saw this from GSP @ 4:38 pm:

 

ALONG THE TENN BORDER...SHSN IN UPSLOPE FLOW ALSO CONTINUE...AND WE

CONSIDERED UPGRADING THE WINTER WX ADVY TO A WARNING GIVEN THE

TOTALS ALREADY RECEIVED AND THE POTENTIAL FOR NOTABLE FURTHER

ACCUMS. GROUND TRUTH REPORTS INDICATE DECENT MELTING HAS OCCURRED

OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY...AND LITTLE IMPACT ON ROAD CONDITIONS

EVEN AS MODERATE SHOWERS CONTINUE. RATES MAY PICK UP AS THE FLOW

TURNS MORE ORTHOGONAL AND MOIST LATER THIS EVENING...BUT FOR NOW IT

APPEARS AN ADVISORY WILL SUFFICE.

 

Nice! Well things just got real here. Went from flurries to heavy heavy snow. Visibility down below quarter of a mile. Snow accumulation rapidly. we have 4.5 inches. Very nice event as Joe said. Wish I could enjoy t though. The whole family has the GI bug.

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