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re: Winter thread: 3.5" officially in BR on the 8th day of meteorological winter!!
Posted on 12/7/17 at 6:54 pm to GeauxTigers2525
Posted on 12/7/17 at 6:54 pm to GeauxTigers2525
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from what I understand it doesn't need to be below 32 to snow, down south 33-36 is about the ideal range to produce snow and if I remember right when it snowed in 08' temps were about 33-34
It's all about the vertical temp profile. If it's 35 on the ground but quickly drops under freezing as you go up, it can snow.
Just like how a couple of years ago we got rain falling here despite it being freezing at ground level and it turned to ice. Was warmer above the surface.
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 6:57 pm to Duke
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It's all about the vertical temp profile. If it's 35 on the ground but quickly drops under freezing as you go up, it can snow.
Just like how a couple of years ago we got rain falling here despite it being freezing at ground level and it turned to ice. Was warmer above the surface.
ahh makes sense thanks for the explanation.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 6:59 pm to Duke
It's been my anecdotal experience as a resident of BR for about 40 years that none of the "major" snow events (A couple of inches or more that accumulated) that we have ever had were accurately predicted by the weather folks. In other words, it seems like these things are very hard to forecast, especially in relation to regular stuff like thunderstorms.
Posted on 12/7/17 at 7:09 pm to Duke
My kids are so jacked in Lafayette. They will not sleep very well.
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