Poga Mountain, NC: 2006-2007 Winter Season Storms

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

Poga Mountain, North Carolina ( Elevation: 1137 m)

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

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SWE = Snow-water equivalent

Cells under bellow columb are general trend 24 hours before storm

Storm Summary
Rain	12
Virga to Rain	11
Rain to Snow	6
Snow	10
Virga to Snow	5
Virga to Snow to Rain to Snow	1
Virga	3

Continuity
Continuous	16
Scattered	32
Continuous (Snow)	11
Scattered (Snow)	12

AGL
Tall	13
Tall to Borderline	8
Tall to Shallow	10
Borderline	5
Borderline to Shallow	4
Shallow	4
Shallow to Tall	1

Tall (>4.0 km AGL)

Borderline (2.5-4.0 km AGL)

Shallow (<2.5 km AGL)

Continuity for Storm Maturity

Scattered: Several Breaks

													Trends
								Wind Direction					Temperature		RH		Pressure
Year	Month	Day	AGL	Continuity	Start Time (UTC)	Duration (hrs)	Avg. Temp. (°C)	Avg.	At 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	increasing	increasing	increasing	decreasing	decreasing
2006	12	19	Borderline	Scattered	13:00	2	8.5	W	--	2.8	--	--	decreasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	decreasing	increasing
2006	12	26	Borderline	Continuous	07:30	3.5	3.1	W	--	2.9	--	--	decreasing	decreasing	decreasing	increasing	decreasing	increasing
2006	01	05	Tall	Continuous	21:00	7	12.3	S	--	2.8	--	--	increasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	decreasing	flat
2006	01	07	Tall to Shallow	Scattered	15:00	23	7.2	S	--	3.8	--	--	decreasing	decreasing	increasing	flat	flat	decreasing
2007	02	21	Tall	Continuous	01:30	3	8.1	W	--	2.6	--	--	increasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	decreasing	flat
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	--	--	decreasing	decreasing	increasing	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	--	--	increasing	decreasing	increasing	flat	increasing	increasing
2007	04	26	Tall to Borderline	Scattered	16:30	7.5	15.4	SE	--	3.2	--	--	increasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	decreasing	decreasing
2007	04	28	Shallow to Tall	Continuous	16:00	2	8.5	NW	--	4.0	--	--	increasing	decreasing	increasing	increasing	increasing	flat

Version 1.2, 13 November 2009

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