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March 2008
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Thats what we do as try to navigate our streets during even light snowfalls. It doesn't take much snow to cause havoc on area roads. We see it time and time again every winter. Less than an inch of snowfall and drivers 4 CommentsLeave a comment |
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The Republic, Curlew and Sherman Pass area has received 5" new snow and it is still snowing at 8 AM Friday. It started snowing about 4AM Thursday. Plows have been kept busy from the Keller Ferry north to the Canadian border along SR21. Sherman Pass has also had a steady snow fall and has seen 4" to 6" of new snow in the passed 24 hours.
Why is it that the weather in the colville area seems "slighted" by nightly forecast? Even today, it seems so "a miss", we have more than a dusting of snow, beleive me (addy area) so i wonder what else there is in way of snow toward colville or chewelah. It just frustrate me, because your "our" only local station, and we pay extra to have you on out dish, just for that reason. Yet there is very little acurate weather forecasting for this area, that is of course only my opinion. thank you for your time.
Sandy, I read your comment and I understand your frustration. For the record though, I do a forecast for Colville each night at 5, 6, 10 and 11:00pm. I think where the problem may lie is the forecast for the snowfall amount. It's the easiest thing to miss. With our varied micro-climates some areas get more snow than others. It's always a challenge. I think most times for most places I'm in the ballpark. But sometimes I miss. One thing that helps is getting information about snowfall and snowfall rates from the surrounding areas. It helps me provide a more accurate forecast for all areas.
Sandy, from what I can see on NOAA's site, there are not many weather spotters up in this area who report back data on snowfall and the handful of automated stations can report rainfall (if they have the feature installed), but not snow (unless they have heaters and the one at the Colville airport doesn't).
Tom, your station should just outright solicit snowfall information from your viewers via the web - and local schools if they are doing weather-related projects (little kids love to get involved with that kind of stuff - especially if their work ends up on TV).
It would be a great way to engage your audience and you'll get the data you need.