09/10 WINTER IN REVIEW

[Joe-Nathan]

FROM KATC TV3 (Lafayette, LA)

KATC StormTeam 3 Weather BLOG
So…You Think It Was A Cold Winter???

http://www.katc.com/weather-blog/

Your thinking is right! The winter of 2009-10 had a number of events. From the earliest measurable snowfall on record in December, to the deep freeze in early January, and the 6th coldest February on record with another measurable snow. The El Nino pattern was in full swing this winter as system after system rolled up the Texas coast with plenty of rain, clouds, and too many dreary gray days to count. Even though it is now March, we still can’t seem to shake the cold, or the rain. I, like many others are anxious for Spring to get here!

Let’s start with temperatures. Overall the winter was colder than average. When you take the 90 days of climatological winter (December, January, February), the average temperature is about 53.8 degrees. This number comes from averaging all of the normal highs and lows for those months. This winter we finished at 49.0 degrees. Almost 4 degrees below normal, which is pretty significant for a three month average. In south Louisiana we don’t have any average highs that are below 60 degrees, but this year we failed to reach a 60 degree high 52 times! In fact only 26 of the 90 days did we have an above average temperature day! We dropped below the freezing mark 17 times this winter, compared to only 7 times last winter. We had almost as many days below freezing this winter as we’ve had for the past three! There weren’t any breaks this year either. We’ll go warm, then cold, then warm again in a normal winter. When I’m talking about breaks, I mean a day where it hits 70 or higher. Over the past 10 years, we’ve hit 70 degrees about 33 times on average. This year, only 17. 80 degrees? Forget about it…last winter we hit 80 once, this year..0! By the way, February 2010 was tied for the 6th coldest February on record. Only 2 days were at or above average. The average temperature was 47.4 degrees, normal is 54.3. We had 6 days in January where we dropped into the 20s. The lowest temp of the winter…20 degrees on January 10th, sandwiched in between a pair of 21s on the 9th and the 11th. And you wonder why everything is brown outside!

Snow…Twice this winter. December 4th and February 12th. We’ve had two snows in one winter before, but never three. I was really hoping to break that record last week, but the snow never came. December 4th we picked up 0.5″ of snow, and on February 12th we picked up 0.4″.

Rain…Above normal for the winter. A total of 18.62″, or a little over 3″ above. We had over 10″ of rain in December, almost 6″ in February. We caught a break in January with only 2.02″. Probably because the first 10 days of January were so cold that the air couldn’t hold any moisture!

March is coming in like a lion with the rain, and eventually this afternoon the wind. It should be cloudy tomorrow, with sunshine returning Wednesday and holding for the rest of the week. Temperatures aren’t expected to climb to normal until late this weekend when we might hit 70 on Sunday.

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StormTeam3 Meteorologist Dave Baker

Good Morning Acadiana-Weekdays 5-7am

[Joe-Nathan]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1107 AM CST MON MAR 1 2010

..WINTER 2010 IN REVIEW

THE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SEASON...CONSISTING OF THE MONTHS OF
DECEMBER...JANUARY AND FEBRUARY...OFFICIALLY CAME TO A CLOSE
YESTERDAY. AS WE LOOK BACK AT THIS SEASON...IT WILL BE REMEMBERED
AS ONE OF EXTREMES...WITH A FEW RECORDS BROKEN AND OTHERS
THREATENED. CONTINUE READING BELOW FOR A REVIEW OF THE CONDITIONS
AT THE NEW ORLEANS AND BATON ROUGE AIRPORTS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS
INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND COULD CHANGE SLIGHTLY AS QUALITY
CONTROL CHECKS ARE COMPLETED.

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AT THE NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT...WITH RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1947...

WITH A TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION OF 25.92 INCHES...DECEMBER 2009
EASILY TOOK THE NUMBER ONE SPOT FOR THE WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD.
IT SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS DECEMBER RECORD OF 10.77...SET IN 1967...
BY AN AMAZING 15.15 INCHES...AND EVEN BEAT THE RECORD FOR THE
WETTEST OVERALL MONTH BY ALMOST 5 INCHES. EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER ALSO
SERVED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 53.4 DEGREES...WHICH IS 1.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

THANKFULLY...WHEN DECEMBER 2009 CAME TO A CLOSE...NEW ORLEANS WAS
GIVEN A CHANCE TO DRY OUT. JANUARY 2010 SAW ONLY 2.24 INCHES OF RAIN
DURING THE MONTH...3.63 INCHES LESS THAN NORMAL. IN FACT...JANUARY
2010 WAS THE NUMBER 6 DRIEST JANUARY ON RECORD. TEMPERATURES IN
JANUARY RAN THE GAMUT FROM 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL DURING A STRONG
ARCTIC OUTBREAK JANUARY 8TH THROUGH THE 11TH...TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL ON JANUARY 20 AND 21...WHEN AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES NEARED THE
80 DEGREE MARK. THOSE FEW WARM DAYS WERE NO MATCH FOR THE ARCTIC AIR
MASSES THAT AFFECTED THE AREA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. WHEN
ALL WAS SAID AND DONE...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS
48.4 DEGREES...4.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

COLDER THAN USUAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUED INTO FEBRUARY. WHILE NO
DAILY RECORDS WERE BROKEN...ALL BUT 5 DAYS SAW BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. IN FACT...THE MERCURY ONLY CROSSED THE 70 DEGREE MARK
ONCE DURING THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS
48.3 DEGREES...7.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS MAKES FEBRUARY 2010
THE 4TH COLDEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THE AIRPORT RECORDED 6.6 INCHES
OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY...1.13 INCHES HIGHER THAN
NORMAL.

OVERALL...THE WINTER OF 2010 WILL GO DOWN AS THE WETTEST WINTER ON
RECORD FOR NEW ORLEANS...MOSTLY DUE TO THE RECORD RAINFALL OF
DECEMBER 2009. ADDITIONALLY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 50.1
DEGREES IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE NUMBER 6 SPOT ON THE LIST OF COLDEST
WINTERS.

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AT THE BATON ROUGE AIRPORT...WITH RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1930...

DECEMBER 2009 SAW A TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATION OF 14.86 INCHES.
THIS IS 9.6 INCHES HIGHER THAN NORMAL...AND GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE 2ND
WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. DECEMBER OF 1982 HOLDS THE RECORD WITH
15.94 INCHES. TEMPERATURES IN DECEMBER AVERAGED 1.9 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 50.5 DEGREES.

RAINFALL TAPERED OFF BY JANUARY...WITH ONLY 2.38 INCHES FALLING
DURING THE MONTH. THIS IS 3.81 INCHES BELOW NORMAL...BUT NOT QUITE
LOW ENOUGH TO CRACK THE TOP 10 DRIEST JANUARY LIST. TEMPERATURES IN
BATON ROUGE VARIED JUST AS MUCH AS THEY DID IN NEW ORLEANS...RANGING
FROM 21 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...TO 17 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 46.9 DEGREES...WHICH IS 3.2
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. AGAIN...THIS WAS LARGELY DUE TO ARCTIC
AIR MASSES THAT AFFECTED THE AREA DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.

TEMPERATURES CONTINUED BELOW NORMAL DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY...
WITH ONLY THREE DAYS SEEING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. WHILE NO DAILY
RECORDS WERE BROKEN...SEVERAL DAYS SAW TEMPERATURES THAT WERE 10 TO
15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS
45.8 DEGREES. THIS IS 7.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...AND GOOD ENOUGH
TO MAKE FEBRUARY 2010 THE THIRD COLDEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THE
COLDEST FEBRUARY SAW AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 45.4 DEGREES IN
1968. RAINFALL DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 6.51 INCHES FALLING DURING THE MONTH.

OVERALL...THE WINTER OF 2010 WILL GO DOWN AS THE SECOND COLDEST
WINTER ON RECORD...WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 47.8 DEGREES. ONLY
THE WINTER OF 1978 WAS COLDER...WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 46.9
DEGREES. IT WILL ALSO BE RECORDED AS THE 5TH WETTEST WINTER ON
RECORD...WITH A TOTAL OF 23.75 INCHES OF RAIN...MOSTLY DUE TO THE
UNUSUALLY HIGH RAINFALL TOTAL IN DECEMBER.

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FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF EXTREMES...PLEASE REFER TO OUR WEBSITE AT
. CLICK ON THE CLIMATE TAB AND SEE THE LOCAL
DATA/RECORDS SECTION.

[Joe-Nathan]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
400 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...THE WINTER OF 2010 WRAPS UP AS ONE OF THE COLDEST AND
SNOWIEST WINTERS EVER ON RECORD FOR THE FOUR STATE REGION...

THE MODERATE EL NINO IN PLACE ACROSS THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC SINCE
THE LATE SUMMER MONTHS HAS CONTRIBUTED TO ONE OF THE COLDEST AND
SNOWIEST WINTERS ON RECORD ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. MANY OF
THESE RECORDS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO A VERY COLD AND SNOWY FEBRUARY, WHERE
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE SOME 7 TO 9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

THE TABLE BELOW INDICATES HOW THE FEBRUARY AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURES (WHEN COMPARED TO NORMAL) AND SNOWFALL RANKS IN
RECORDED HISTORY FOR SELECTED CITIES ACROSS THE REGION:

LOCATION: FEBRUARY AVG. RANK FEBRUARY TOTAL RANK
TEMP./DEPARTURE (COLDEST) SNOWFALL (IN.) (SNOWIEST)

SHREVEPORT, LA 42.9 (-8.3) 6TH 5.4 1ST

MONROE, LA 43.5 (-7.5) T3RD 3.1 2ND

TEXARKANA, AR 40.7 (-8.9) 5TH 6.0 2ND

EL DORADO, AR 40.9 (-7.4) 4TH 4.1 4TH

TYLER, TX 42.7 (-9.7) 6TH* 7.7 2ND*

LONGVIEW, TX 42.8 (-8.5) T3RD 7.0 1ST

LUFKIN, TX 45.7 (-7.2) T3RD 2.5 1ST

THE TABLE BELOW INDICATES HOW THE WINTER AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES
(DECEMBER-JANUARY-FEBRUARY) AND SNOWFALL RANKS IN RECORDED HISTORY
FOR SELECTED CITIES ACROSS THE REGION:

LOCATION: WINTER AVG. RANK WINTER TOTAL RANK
TEMP./DEPARTURE (COLDEST) SNOWFALL (IN.) (SNOWIEST)

SHREVEPORT, LA 43.9 (-4.8) 6TH 5.7 7TH

MONROE, LA 44.4 (-4.1) 8TH 3.1 T14TH

TEXARKANA, AR 40.8 (-6.1) 2ND 6.0 T9TH

EL DORADO, AR 41.2 (-4.8) 3RD 4.1 16TH

TYLER, TX 43.5 (-6.2) 2ND* 7.7 4TH*

LONGVIEW, TX 43.8 (-3.8) 2ND 7.0 4TH

LUFKIN, TX 46.2 (-4.4) 4TH 2.5 4TH

* NOTE: THE FEBRUARY AND WINTER RANKINGS FOR COLDEST AVG.
MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AND SNOWIEST FEBRUARYS IN TYLER, TX ARE
VERY PRELIMINARY, AND MAY BE UPDATED IN THE NEAR
FUTURE AS ADDITIONAL DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE AND IS ANALYZED.

[Joe-Nathan]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
337 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

...FEBRUARY 2010 ONE OF THE COLDEST ON RECORD...

...2009-2010 WINTER ALSO ONE OF THE COLDEST ON RECORD...

IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION AND GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB...I GUESS
FEBRUARY CAME IN LIKE A PENGUIN AND WENT OUT LIKE A POLAR BEAR. IT
WAS COLD!!! MOST OF THE CLIMATE SITES SUFFERED AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
THAT WERE SEVEN TO EIGHT DEGREES COLDER THAN THE 30 YEAR CLIMATE
AVERAGES. DATA FOR HOUSTON AND GALVESTON GO BACK TO 1892 AND 1875
RESPECTIVELY SO HAVING THE 5TH AND 7TH COLDEST FEBRUARY IS RATHER
REMARKABLE. HERE ARE THE FIVE COLDEST FEBRUARIES ON RECORD FOR THE
PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES
HOUSTON GALVESTON COLLEGE HOUSTON
STATION HOBBY

42.2 1895 42.6 1895 44.1 1905 46.3 1978
44.0 1905 45.6 1905 44.8 1929 48.8 1947
45.1 1978 47.0 1978 45.1 1978 49.3 2010
45.4 1899 48.6 1899 45.8 1936 49.4 1964
48.5 2010 49.7 1872 46.7 2010 49.7 1960
50.0 1985
50.4 2010

ALTHOUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS ENDURED COLD TEMPERATURES...DAILY
TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE NEVER REALLY IN JEOPARDY OF BEING BROKEN.
IT WAS JUST A CONSISTENTLY COLD MONTH. HOUSTON ONLY HAD TWO DAYS
WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WARMER THAN NORMAL. THIS COLD SPELL
BEGAN IN DECEMBER. TEMPERATURES FOR THE LAST 12 WEEKS HAVE JUST
BEEN COLD. MEASURING THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FROM DECEMBER 1
THROUGH FEBRUARY 28 YIELDS A THREE MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF
49.2 DEGREES FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THE 30 YEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIOD IS 53.6 DEGREES.
GALVESTON HAS HAD AN AVERAGE THREE MONTH TEMPERATURE OF 51.2
DEGREES WHICH IS 6.1 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE NORMAL DECEMBER
THROUGH FEBRUARY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 57.3 DEGREES. COLLEGE STATION
HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 47.5 DEGREES SINCE DECEMBER 1ST
2009. THE 30 YEAR NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BETWEEN DECEMBER 1ST
AND FEBRUARY 28TH IS 52.3 DEGREES. BELOW ARE THE TEN COLDEST
DECEMBER 1 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28 FOR THE CITIES OF HOUSTON...
GALVESTON AND COLLEGE STATION:

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DECEMBER 1 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28

HOUSTON GALVESTON COLLEGE
STATION

46.6 1977-78 50.1 1977-78 46.0 1978-79
48.3 1898-99 50.7 1904-05 46.2 1977-78
48.4 1976-77 50.7 1898-99 47.1 1972-73
48.5 1904-05 50.9 1963-64 47.3 1963-64
48.8 1983-84 51.2 2009-10 47.4 1976-77
49.2 2009-10 51.3 1976-77 47.5 2009-10
49.5 1978-79 51.7 1911-12 47.6 1983-84
49.7 1894-95 51.8 1962-63 47.9 1935-36
50.2 1972-73 51.8 1894-95 48.3 1904-05
51.0 1911-12 51.8 1880-81 48.6 1962-63

IN ADDITION TO THE COLD...THERE WERE TWO SNOW EVENTS THAT AFFECTED
THE NORTHERN THIRD OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE FIRST SNOW EVENT
AFFECTED AREAS NORTH OF A BRYAN TO TRINITY ON FEBRUARY 11TH. 2 TO
4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ALONG A MADISONVILLE TO CROCKETT LINE WITH
LIGHTER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH. THE SECOND SNOW EVENT OCCURRED ON
FEBRUARY 23RD AND AGAIN AFFECTED THE NORTHERN THIRD OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL NORTH OF A BRENHAM TO TRINITY
LINE. CROCKETT RECEIVED OVER FIVE INCHES OF SNOW DURING THE MONTH
AND MADISONVILLE PICKED UP ABOUT 4 INCHES OF SNOW DURING FEBRUARY.

HERE ARE THE BRUTALLY COLD NUMBERS FOR THE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES
AND SUPPLEMENTAL ASOS SITES FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS (PUT ON A SWEATER
BEFORE READING):

SITE AVG AVG AVG DEP RAIN DEP SNOW
HIGH LOW MONTH

IAH 57.6 39.4 48.5 -6.9 3.55 +0.57 T
GLS 56.7 44.1 50.4 -7.6 3.47 +0.86 0
CLL 55.4 38.0 46.7 -7.8 2.77 +0.39 3.0
HOU 57.6 40.9 49.3 -8.4 3.38 +0.37 0
CXO 55.9 34.6 45.2 -8.3 3.24 +0.33 0.8
UTS 54.8 36.1 45.4 -7.6 1.98 -1.16 1.5
SGR 56.6 38.6 47.6 -8.4 2.94 -0.18 T
PSX 60.2 42.0 51.1 -4.7 4.53 +2.08 0
DWH 56.4 37.9 47.1 -7.8 3.68 +0.79 T
LBX 58.2 40.3 49.3 -7.0 3.55 -1.21 0
LVJ 59.6 42.1 50.8 -5.2 3.71 +0.89 0
HGX 57.1 39.7 48.4 -8.3 4.25 +0.80 0

[Joe-Nathan]

WHY? B/C I REALLY WANT TO LIVE THERE (either Flagstaff or Alpine), BUT THE FAMILY DOES NOT LIKE THE COLD

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/Monthly_...eb10review.pdf


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
342 PM MST TUE MAR 2 2010 ...

MONTH IN REVIEW FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA FOR FEBRUARY 2010...

...TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OVERVIEW...

TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES...WERE BELOW NORMAL ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA IN FEBRUARY. THIS DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL MAY HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED IN PART BY A SOUTHWARD DISPLACED SUBTROPICAL JET STREAM DURING MOST OF THE MONTH. SNOWFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR FEBRUARY ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WAS ABOUT NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS WERE DUE TO A HIGHER THAN NORMAL AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION FALLING IN THE FORM OF SNOW ...RATHER THAN RAIN.

FEBRUARY DATA AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR SELECTED CITIES:
MAX DEP MIN DEP PCPN DEP
TEMP NORM TEMP NORM TOTL NORM

FLAGSTAFF 41.3 -3.1 18.8 +0.8 1.67 -0.34
BELLEMONT 40.2 -5.2 14.3 -1.3 3.25 -0.03
WINSLOW 51.3 -2.8 26.5 +1.7 0.48 +0.01
PRESCOTT 51.1 -3.4 26.6 +0.7 2.04 +1.33
SAINT JOHNS 49.3 -5.3 24.2 -1.7 0.39 -0.10
WINDOW ROCK 40.4 -6.4 13.9 -4.7 0.63 -0.05
PAGE 48.0 -2.8 32.6 +1.8 1.09 +0.60 S
ELIGMAN 53.2 -2.0 27.2 +3.1 1.59 +0.62
ALPINE 40.7 -6.3 14.3 -1.0 0.89 -0.35

SNOWFALL(IN) DEP NORM
ALPINE 16.0 +5.2
BELLEMONT 24.6 +5.4
FLAGSTAFF 28.5 +7.7
GRAND CANYON S RIM 19.0 +10.3
MUNDS PARK 34.0 +17.6
NAVAJO NM 21.5 +11.9
PRESCOTT 4.5 -0.2
SELIGMAN 0.5 -2.3
WALNUT CANYON 17.3 +6.3

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER...
A PACIFIC STORM BROUGHT WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN SNOW TO NORTHERN ARIZONA ON SATURDAY NIGHT (FEB 6TH) AND SUNDAY (FEB 7TH). THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND LARGEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS THE WESTERN
MOGOLLON RIM ON SATURDAY NIGHT. OTHER MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS RECEIVED LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS. SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED ON SUNDAY BUT LITTLE ACCUMULATION WAS OBSERVED.

SNOW REPORTS FROM THE FEBRUARY 6-7 WINTER STORM:

MORMON LAKE 14 INCHES.
FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT 12 INCHES.
MUNDS PARK 11 INCHES.
BELLEMONT 11 INCHES.
WILLIAMS 10-12 INCHES.
CLINTS WELL 7 INCHES.
NAVAJO N.M 6 INCHES.
SUNRISE MOUNTAIN 3 INCHES.
GRAND CANYON SOUTH RIM 5 INCHES.
EAGAR 3-4 INCHES.
WINDOW ROCK 1-3 INCHES.
DONEY PARK 1-5 INCHES.
HOTEVILLA 4 INCHES.
STRAWBERRY 3 INCHES.
PINON 3 INCHES.
MCNARY 3 INCHES.
CHRISTOPHER CREEK 3 INCHES.
WINONA 3 INCHES.
FOREST LAKES 2 INCHES.
HEBER 2 INCHES.
SHOW LOW 2 INCHES.
VALLE 2 INCHES.
CHINLE 1 INCH.
VERNON 1 INCH.
PRESCOTT TRACE.
SEDONA TRACE.


A COLD WINTER STORM MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA SUNDAY NIGHT (FEB 21ST) AND MONDAY (FEB 22ND). MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FELL...MOSTLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE FEBRUARY 21ST THROUGH 22ND WINTER STORM INCLUDED:

JACOB LAKE 18 INCHES
FOREST LAKES 13 INCHES
KACHINA VILLAGE 11.5 INCHES
LUKACHUKAI 11 INCHES
FLAGSTAFF ARBORETUM 10.7 INCHES
GRAND CANYON S. RIM 10 INCHES
CLINTS WELL 9-10 INCHES
PARKS 9 INCHES
FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT 8.5 INCHES
FLAGSTAFF CITY AREA 5-9 INCHES
MUNDS PARK 6.0 INCHES
WINDOW ROCK 6.0 INCHES
WHITEGRASS (BLACK MESA) 5.5 INCHES
MOUNTAINAIRE 5.5 INCHES
OVERGAARD 8 INCHES
TUBA CITY 5 INCHES 10 MI S.
IRON SPRINGS 5 INCHES
BELLEMONT 4.8 INCHES
12 MILES N. PARKS 4.0 INCHES
FREDONIA 4 INCHES
CHINLE 4 INCHES
MORMON LAKE 3.5 INCHES
MCNARY 3 INCHES
POLACCA 3 INCHES
EAST FLAGSTAFF 2-4 INCHES
CHINO VALLEY 2.5 INCHES
PINETOP LAKESIDE 2.4 INCHES
WILLIAMS 2 INCHES
PRESCOTT 1.5 INCHES
PINE 0.5 INCHES

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