Case Description

Reason for interest: Intense snowfall event.

This was a fast moving clipper type system resulting in a broader band of snow but very intense snowfall rates. This event was fairly well forecast by the operational models, including HiRes WRF and NMM - all predicted a band at least 48 h out. The location was somewhat uncertain. Total snowfall was 4-8" starting midday January 5th to early morning January 6th.

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Loop of 1km radar reflectivity

Regional snowfall ammounts