IEM Daily Feature
Monday, 04 March 2013
Monday, 04 March 2013
Snow and winds
Posted: 04 Mar 2013 05:40 AM
Our next winter storm system arrived overnight and has dumped a few
inches of snow along with gusty east-southeast winds. Is it common to
have snow being reported along with winds from the ESE? The featured
chart presents a wind rose that summarizes observations from the Des
Moines Airport when falling snow is also reported. The preferred
direction is clearly NW. The least frequent direction is southwest,
which is a wind direction that typically brings us warm weather and
also implies a storm system center that is to our west and north due to
how air flows around low pressure systems.
Voting:
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Tags: windrose snow
Voting:
Good = 51
Bad = 5
Tags: windrose snow