Tireman4 wrote:Nederlander wrote:Tireman4 wrote:Well I live in Humble, almost Kingwood...which is north of Houston...so I am not sure what I am expecting.
I would say less than an inch..
Disclaimer: Not a pro met, just gathering data from models, etc.
Understood...I was thinking an inch...but we are not talking accumlating...but from start to finish....but who knows....
I am not a pro met either...just a weather weenie!!!!
That doesn't sound right to me...I saw an earlier post on the snow maps...those maps should be "Accumulating" snow maps...meaning measured snow on the ground...not how much has fallen and melted...snow fallen but not sticking as a measurement in snow inches is not a statistic that the NWS collects
It has to be accumulated as there is no way to measure what melts directly....you would have to take the liquid equivalent and use some assumed ratio to estimate it....
Thus you can have snow in your forecast...have it fall for some time, and have no accumulations....which means you can be outside of those snow maps and still see snow...