rramblings Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Ok, question. I have had five events where I said I had a dusting of snow, that is snow fall of under a tenth of an inch. How do I account for these events. As I have had five of these events, I have added 1/2 an inch to my 2016-17 snowfall totals. Thanks for your help. Of course this is only for our purposes, but I would like my figures to have some validity. Snowfall, Flemington area, Hunterdon County NJ March 3, 2017 light dusting February 9, 2017 5.1 inches January 31, 2017 trace January 13, 2017 .8 inches January 7, 2017 1.7 inches January 5-6, 2017, 4:05 AM 1.1 inches. December 16-17, 2016 .6 inches snow; .6 inches ice December 11-12, 2016 trace December 5 2016, light dusting November 19-20, 2016: light dusting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 I don't think anyone here would ridicule you or I or anyone else with rounding up a dusting to 0.1". I know myself I've "recorded" 3 - 0.1" events this winter. There have definitely been a handful of "traces" that I've simply left off my list although if I was keeping daily logs I'd surely make note of it. I'd like to think those whopping 0.1" events were from something more appreciable weatherwise like a snow squall vs. scattered flurries on a general overcast, cold day. 5/9 of my snow events are either 0.1" or 0.2" this winter! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Pretty much what parsley said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramblings Posted March 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Thanks Parsley and Tom. Of course this begs the question of the distinction between a trace of snow and a dusting. I read somewhere that a trace of snow was snow that melted on the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 35 minutes ago, rramblings said: Thanks Parsley and Tom. Of course this begs the question of the distinction between a trace of snow and a dusting. I read somewhere that a trace of snow was snow that melted on the ground? Yeah, kind of like a rain so light and short in duration it barely dampens the pavement. Flurries at temperatures above freezing would be a good winter example. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramblings Posted March 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 18 hours ago, Parsley said: Yeah, kind of like a rain so light and short in duration it barely dampens the pavement. Flurries at temperatures above freezing would be a good winter example. Thanks Parsley! I think that I misclassified one or two of my "trace" events where I did see some snow that was not measurable. If the snow melted on contact with the ground I usually did not note it in my precip logs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 Technically any snow that reaches the ground, melting on contact or not, is a "trace". That varies from those that melt on contact to those which whiten the ground but don't quite measure to 0.05". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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