Rain/Virga Storm Summary of the 2007-2008 Winter Season (November - April) - 7 Storms

Poga Mountain, North Carolina ( Elevation: 1137 m)

Home Storm Summary of the 2006-2007 Winter Season (November - April) Storm Summary of the 2007-2008 Winter Season (November - April) Storm Summary of the 2008-2009 Winter Season (November - April) SWE = Snow-water equivalent Orange = Virga/Light Rain * = average for snow days only ** = general trend 6 hours before storm Tall (> 4.0 km AGL)   Continuity for Storm Maturity Borderline ( 2.5-4.0 km AGL)   Scattered: Several Breaks Shallow (< 2.5 km AGL)		Storm Summary Rain 22 Rain to Virga (to Rain) 5 Virga to Rain (to Virga) 17 Rain/Virga 7 Rain to Snow 7 Snow (to Virga) 8 Virga (to Rain) to Snow 6 Virga (to Snow to Virga) 3 Continuity Continuous 14 Scattered 60 Continuous (Snow) 4 Scattered (Snow) 19	AGL Tall 24 Tall to Borderline 11 Tall to Shallow 13 Borderline 11 Borderline to Shallow 5 Borderline to Tall 4 Shallow (to Tall) 6 Average All Page Temp. (°C) 5.1 7.9 Wind Direction 218° 193° Wind Speed (m/s) 3.3 4.3 Duration (hrs) 14.8 11.1 Snowfall (in) * 0.33 --

Version 1.2, 18 August 2011

web page credits: Micheal Tai Bryant, Sandra Yuter, L. Baker Perry

This research is a collaboration between the
Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University
and the Department of Geography and Planning, Appalachian State University

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0544766. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

contacts:
Dr. Sandra Yuter seyuter@ncsu.edu

Dr. L. Baker Perry perrylb@appstate.edu