Winter '21 / '22 - Snow Storm #5: Preliminary STP Verification

Preliminary verification of storm-total snowfalls for FRI and SAT from CDUS41 (CLI) ... CXUS51 (CF6) ... METARs ... and PNS bulletins.  Excellent coverage and reporting.

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STP estimated from PNSBOX reports using inverse distance weighting of vicinity reports within 5 miles of the station.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_distance_weighting

Trace amounts for SAT derived from METARs.

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Snow-to-liquid ratio (SLR) not reported for some stations with measurable snowfall b/c significant liquid and / or freezing precipitation also occurred during the verification period.

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Stations observing >= Trace:  18 (67%)
Given stations had measurable snowfall ... stations observing at least:
4" - 8 (30%)
6" - 6 (22%)
8" - 3 (11%)

Max snow melt-water (minimum SLR 8:1)
ORH - 0.95"
ALB - 0.77"
BOS - 0.70"

Max precipitation (frozen + freezing + liquid):
PVD - 1.04"
ORH - 0.95"
BDL - 0.91"

New daily record(s)
none

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Orange cells indicate new daily record.
Trace amounts (0.05") are not included in STP.

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Storm total snowfall
Image courtesy NOHRSC

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SFC analysis:  12z ... 25-FEB-22
Image courtesy DOC / NOAA / NWS / NCEP / WPC

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Please report any errors in Comments along with a link to the correct data.
FINAL results expected NLT SUN evening.