Experimental Winter Storm Scale

[IndianaWx]

I made this a while ago and I am experimenting with it. Tell me what you think:

Winter Storm Scale

1: Light Winter Storm, 1-4 inches at best.
2: Moderate Winter Storm, 4-6 Inches.
3: Significant Winter Storm, 6-12 Inches
4: Major Winter Storm, 1-2 feet
5: Historical Winter Storm ( 2+ Feet ), or white out conditions.

.1: Wind will not be present in this storm
.2: Winds will be light and barely noticeable
.3: Winds will be 10-15 mph and cause isolated blowing snow
.4: Winds will be 15-25 mph and cause blowing snow and visibilities will start to become lower.
.5: Winds will be 25-35 mph and cause significant blowing snow with visibilites becoming hazardous
.6: Winds will be 35-45 mph and cause dangerous blowing snow, visibilities will drop to below 3/4 of a mile. Blizzard Conditions.
.7: Winds will be 45-55 mph and cause significant drifting and blowing of snow. At this point blizzard conditions will become very likely and very hazardous. Power lines and trees will be down in some areas. Loss of power is likely.
.8: Winds will be 55+ mph and will knock down trees and powerlines. At this point power will likely be out and driving is impossible. A major and historical blizzard is taking place.


.01: This winter storm will not be a very long one. Most likely it will be under 4 hours long.
.02: This winter storm will be a short amount of time lasting 4-6 hours.
.03: This winter storm will be a moderate amount of time lasting 6-12 hours.
.04: This winter storm will take a long duration of time lasting 12-24 hours.
.05: This storm will take a very long duration of time lasting more than 1 day.


So a storm with a 4.55 Would have 1-2 feet of snow, 25-35 mph winds, and last more then one day March 1998 Blizzard was a 4.65

[Colin]

AWESOME!! I love it!

[ColdFront77]

Looks good IndianaWx.

You made this "Experimental Winter Storm Scale" and have been the only one to really use it?

[wx247]

Seems pretty well thought out although it might get complicated trying to explain to someone what a 3.75 winter storm is. To someone who has some knowledge in weather though it is very good IMHO.

[IndianaWx]

Looks good IndianaWx.

You made this "Experimental Winter Storm Scale" and have been the only one to really use it?

I get where your coming from, yes I did. I am just trying to see how it works and if it works. Looks good now but I am not too sure if it is all that good or not

[Stormsfury]

Actually it looks quite confusing due to the fact that the point numbers would get quite confusing to follow without having the charts right there and handy.

The idea isn't a bad one in itself but needs to be a little less complicated.

Keep up the efforts.

SF

[IndianaWx]

Actually it looks quite confusing due to the fact that the point numbers would get quite confusing to follow without having the charts right there and handy.

The idea isn't a bad one in itself but needs to be a little less complicated.

Keep up the efforts.

SF

If I ever used it on the boards I would say what it meant.

Thanks for the comments folks, keep em poring in!

[JCT777]

I think it's cool, IndianaWx. Now if we can just get the NWS to adopt this, they can issue a warning for a 5.85 storm for this winter!

[blizzard]

The only possible drawback that I see would be that a 1.2 storm in Minnesota would be nothing and the same classification in Oklahoma may be crippling.

Great concept though. Keep it up and let us know how it turns out.