Poga Mountain, NC: 2007-2008 Winter Season Storms

Rain Storm Summary of 2007-2008 Winter Season (November - April) - 22 Storms

Poga Mountain, North Carolina ( Elevation: 1137 m)

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Storm Summary of 2007-2008 Winter Season (November - April)

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SWE = Snow-water equivalent

Orange = Rain/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)	Classification of All Storms

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	8.7
Wind Direction	218°	253°
Wind Speed (m/s)	3.3	2.8
Duration (hrs)	14.8	11.2
Snowfall (in) *	0.33	--

												Trends
												Temperature		RH		Pressure
Year	Month	Day	AGL	Continuity	Start Time (UTC)	Duration (hrs)	Avg. Temp. (°C)	Avg. Wind Direction	Wind Speed (m/s)	Avg. RH	Avg. Pressure (hPa)	before**	during	before**	during	before**	during
2007	11	6	Tall to Borderline	Scattered	01:30	9	8.5	W	2.9	87%	1014	decreasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	decreasing	decreasing
2007	11	19	Borderline	Scattered	10:30	10	9.6	W	2.0	87%	1026	down - up	flat	decreasing	increasing	decreasing	up - down
2007	11	26	Tall to Shallow	Scattered	09:30	27	10.0	SW	3.5	89%	1017	increasing	decreasing	flat	flat	decreasing	down - up
2007	12	3	Tall	Continuous	00:00	8.5	11.2	SW	3.4	85%	1016	increasing	up - down	increasing	increasing	decreasing	decreasing
2007	12	8	Borderline	Scattered	13:00	14.5	11.7	W	2.3	94%	1027	increasing	increasing	increasing	increasing	increasing	increasing
2007	12	9	Tall to Borderline	Continuous	16:00	4.5	14.4	SW	1.1	86%	1028	increasing	decreasing	decreasing	increasing	flat	decreasing
2007	12	12	Tall	Scattered	17:00	5.5	12.9	W	2.3	92%	1023	increasing	decreasing	flat	increasing	flat	flat
2007	12	13	Shallow to Tall	Scattered	16:30	7	12.3	NW	3.7	82%	1019	increasing	decreasing	decreasing	increasing	decreasing	down - up
2007	12	28	Tall to Borderline	Scattered	15:00	16	9.5	SE	3.3	93%	1019	increasing	increasing	decreasing	flat	flat	decreasing
2008	1	6	Tall	Scattered	6:00	14.5	8.7	SW	1.4	78%	1026	increasing	increasing	increasing	decreasing	decreasing	up - down
2008	1	10	Tall	Scattered	8:30	5.5	3.2	S	2.8	83%	1020	decreasing	decreasing	up - down	increasing	flat	decreasing
2008	1	22	Borderline to Tall	Scattered	14:00	12	2.9	SW	1.5	86%	1020	increasing	up - down	flat	increasing	flat	decreasing
2008	2	4	Tall	Continuous	16:30	7	11.0	SE	1.1	90%	1022	increasing	decreasing	flat	increasing	increasing	flat
2008	2	6	Tall	Continuous	14:30	7	12.5	S	3.5	90%	1009	decreasing	down - up	increasing	up - down	decreasing	decreasing
2008	2	13	Borderline to Tall to Shallow	Scattered	5:00	11.5	6.2	SW	2.6	93%	1005	increasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	decreasing	decreasing
2008	2	17	Borderline to Tall	Continuous	18:00	10.5	9.3	SE	3.7	92%	1010	increasing	increasing	increasing	flat	decreasing	decreasing
2008	2	23	Borderline to Shallow	Scattered	12:00	6.5	4.2	NW	2.8	96%	1013	decreasing	decreasing	flat	down - up	flat	increasing
2008	3	15	Tall to Shallow	Scattered	16:30	12	7.1	SW	2.9	93%	1005	increasing	decreasing	decreasing	increasing	flat	down - up
2008	3	28	Shallow to Tall	Scattered	16:00	23.5	10.1	SW	2.2	90%	1019	increasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	increasing	increasing
2008	4	3	Tall	Scattered	7:00	18.5	4.4	E	4.6	78%	1023	decreasing	flat	increasing	increasing	flat	decreasing
2008	4	13	Shallow	Scattered	5:00	1.5	4.6	W	4.6	71%	1011	decreasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	increasing	flat
2008	4	20	Borderline	Scattered	9:30	13.5	6.3	NW	2.3	84%	1015	decreasing	increasing	down - up	decreasing	decreasing	increasing

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