Saturday, January 4, 2014

Winter '13 / '14 - Storm #2 - Preliminary Verification



Preliminary storm-total snowfalls for Thursday and Friday from CDUS41...CXUS51...and PNS bulletins.  Good coverage and reporting.

An apparent SN:H20 outlier at BOS; however, vicinity reports suggest STP is accurate.

No climate snowfall data for CON reported on SAT...03-JAN.  DAY2 snowfall estimated at 3.35" based on 0.18 precipitation at SN:H20 of ~18-to-1 (DAY2 average SN:H20 for PWM and ORH)

SBY 2.75" STP estimated from PNSPHI vicinity reports at SELBYVILLE (4")...DELMAR (4.5)...LAUREL (5.1")...BRIDGEVILLE (6.1")...KGED precipitation (0.45")...and SBY precipitation (0.21") and National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center  - Interactive Snow Information.

Twelve new daily records.
Back-to-back records at ACY...EWR...ISP...and JFK

THU...02-JAN-14
BOS - 10.6" (8"; 1904)
ALB - 7.1" (6.8"; 1987)
ISP - 4.7" (3"; 2010)
ACY - 3.7" (1.1"; 1962)
EWR - 3.2" (2"; 1978)
IAD - 3" (2"; 1978)
JFK - 2.4" (1.1"; 1984)

FRI...03-JAN-14
ISP - 6.5" (2.1"; 2010)
EWR - 5.6" (1.2"; 1981)
JFK - 5.5" (1.2"; 1988)
PHL - 3.4" (1.5"; 1988)
ACY - 2.8" (0.4"; 1988)

Please report any errors and drop a link to the correct data in Comments.

Final results available SUN evening.

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