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Central PA Winter 2024/2025


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31 minutes ago, Festus said:

I mean this really is priceless - 

A slight chance of snow before 7am, then snow showers, mainly after 7am. High near 33. North wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.

A lot of times, NWS Flagstaff (AZ) will forecast snow showers, even when they're going to get 2 to 3 feet. 

 

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47 minutes ago, Voyager said:

A lot of times, NWS Flagstaff (AZ) will forecast snow showers, even when they're going to get 2 to 3 feet. 

 

Not to beat a dead horse but the phrase snow showers is defined as:

"Snow falling at varying intensities for brief periods of time. Some accumulation is possible."

At least in my neck of the woods, an 8 hour event depositing 4-8" is not brief and exceeds "some".  But as mentioned, 4-8" of flurries, snow showers or blizzard is still 4-8".  But alas, I remain amused by the terminology chosen is this case.

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