something to look at before winter..

[Extremeweatherguy]

While we wait for winter, here is a pretty good snow article to read. This article talks about all sorts of funky snowfalls and snow phenomena:

http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/WASL/Re ... owfalls%22

The craziest is when it talks about snow falling during severe storms. It would be weird to see 8" of snow fall during July!

[Scott Patterson]

Interesting.

Anyway, I've seen red snow fall in Utah. Sometimes a dust storm will proceed before a snowstorm, and the snow can fall red. I've only seen it once, but have heard of it at other times.

8" of snow in July would not be considered unusual in the mountains in the west, but wouold in Indiana. In July 1993, 1.5 feet fell in the Uinta Mountains in Utah and even more in the Tetons. The same storm canceled the 4th of July firework displays in places in Colorado such as Aspen. In the Cascade Mountains, even bigger snowstorms have hit in July.

Of course out west there is a flip side. Temperatures as high as 90 have been recorded in Colorado in February.

[Cyclenall]

Nice, learned some more information. Black snow? I'll take some!

[WeatherWiseGuy]

I'm envious of you all talking about snow. Down here, the only way we know it's winter is when you don't become immediately drenched in sweat when you step outside.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Here is another thing to look at. It is about a huge snowstorm in TX during December of 1930. Snowfall totals were as high as 26" in parts of the state. Snow also reached Houston and the coast during this event:

http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/058 ... 20texas%22

[Valkhorn]

How far east did that snowstorm get? I wish I could see the 1929 snowfall maps for LA and MS.

[Extremeweatherguy]

How far east did that snowstorm get? I wish I could see the 1929 snowfall maps for LA and MS.

I am not sure, but I would imagine it probably reached as far east as the FL panhandle if the conditions were right.

[Portastorm]

EWG, thanks for the postings ... especially the summary of the 1930 snowstorm. That was fascinating! I'm still trying to figure out the synoptic situation from the summary. Obviously a very strong arctic high was predominant. But what caused the precip? An active southern jet and a disturbance coming from the SW? Couldn't have been a gulf low because the heaviest precip was further north in the state. Anyhow ... makes me wonder.