Poga Mountain, NC: 2006-2007 Winter Season Storms

Rain Storm Summary of 2006-2007 Winter Season (November - April) - 12 Storms

Poga Mountain, North Carolina ( Elevation: 1137 m)

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Storm Summary of 2006-2007 Winter Season (November - April)

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SWE = Snow-water equivalent

Blue highlighted rows: Rain / Freezing Rain

* = average for snow days only
** = general trend 24 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 / Freezing Rain	12
Virga to Rain	11
Rain to Snow / Freezing Rain	7
Snow	8
Virga to Snow	6
Virga to Rain to Snow	1
Virga	3

Continuity
Continuous	13
Scattered	34
Continuous (Snow)	9
Scattered (Snow)	11

AGL
Tall		12
Tall to Borderline		10
Tall to Shallow		9
Borderline		3
Borderline to Shallow		5
Shallow		4
Shallow to Tall		1

Average	All	Page
Temp. (°C)	3.4	8.6
Wind Direction	226°	222°
Wind Speed (m/s)	3.2	3.1
Duration (hrs)	14.8	9.3
Snowfall (in) *	1.7	--

													Trends
								Wind Direction					Temperature		RH		Pressure
Year	Month	Day	AGL	Continuity	Start Time (UTC)	Duration (hrs)	Avg. Temp. (°C)	Avg.	At Snow Storm Maturity	Wind Speed (m/s)	Snowfall (in)	SWE (in)	before**	during	before**	during	before**	during
2006	11	15	Tall	Scattered	11:00	25	10.2	SE	--	5.0	--	--	increasing	down - up	increasing	increasing	flat	decreasing
2006	12	19	Borderline	Scattered	13:00	2	8.5	W	--	2.8	--	--	decreasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	decreasing	increasing
2006	01	05	Tall	Continuous	21:00	7	12.3	SW	--	2.8	--	--	increasing	decreasing	up - down	increasing	decreasing	flat
2006	01	07	Tall to Shallow	Scattered	15:00	23	7.2	S	--	3.8	--	--	decreasing	decreasing	increasing	flat	increasing	decreasing
2007	01	23	Shallow	Scattered	23:00	7	-5.4	SW	--	1.2	--	--	decreasing	decreasing	decreasing	down - up	increasing	flat
2007	02	21	Tall	Continuous	01:30	3	8.1	W	--	2.6	--	--	increasing	down - up	increasing	increasing	decreasing	up - down
2007	03	20	Tall to Borderline	Scattered	22:30	7	11.3	SW	--	1.6	--	--	increasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	increasing	increasing
2007	04	04	Tall to Shallow	Continuous	04:00	11	10.3	W	--	3.5	--	--	up - down	decreasing	down - up	flat	decreasing	decreasing
2007	04	11	Tall to Borderline	Scattered	19:30	9.5	9.3	SE	--	3.8	--	--	increasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	decreasing	flat
2007	04	19	Tall to Shallow	Scattered	16:00	7.5	7.0	S	--	2.5	--	--	up - down	decreasing	increasing	flat	increasing	increasing
2007	04	26	Tall to Borderline	Scattered	16:30	7.5	15.4	SE	--	3.2	--	--	down - up	decreasing	up - down	down - up	decreasing	decreasing
2007	04	28	Shallow to Tall	Continuous	16:00	2	8.5	W	--	4.0	--	--	down - up	decreasing	up - down	increasing	increasing	flat

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