Happy Monday to you!
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas weekend! Much of the central U.S. weathered another major snowstorm in a matter of 3 weeks. In the Omaha metro, it dumped at least 10 inches. The following map and report are provided, for your benefit, from the National Weather Service office in Valley regarding the final totals from this event:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY, NEBRASKA
1134 AM CST SUN DEC 2009
BELOW ARE MULTI-DAY PRECIPITATION TOTALS FROM
DEC 23RD THROUGH DECEMBER 27TH
PCPN. SNOW
-ID- -COUNTY- -LOCATION- (IN.) (IN.)
-EASTERN NEBRASKA (ASOS/AWOS)-
LNK LANCASTER LINCOLN ARPT ASOS 1.37 12.9
OFK MADISON NORFOLK ASOS 1.25 19.1
OMA DOUGLAS OMAHA EPPLEY ASOS 1.37 11.5
OAX DOUGLAS VALLEY NWS 1.75 14.5
-EASTERN NEBRASKA (COOP)-
AUBN1 NEMAHA AUBURN 5 ESE 1.45 14.1
DVDN1 BUTLER DAVID CITY 1.50 12.5
FABN1 JEFFERSON FAIRBURY 1.31 5.0
FCLN1 WASHINGTON FORT CALHOUN 1.99 13.0
FMTN1 DODGE FREMONT 1.85 14.0
FNDN1 SALINE FRIEND 3 E 1.05 8.1
GRAN1 SARPY GRETNA 4 NE 1.78 15.2
OKDN1 ANTELOPE OAKDALE 0.57 7.7
PAWN1 PAWNEE PAWNEE CITY 1.54 11.3
RYMN1 LANCASTER RAYMOND 2 NE 1.34 12.8
SPNN1 SARPY SPRINGFIELD 7 E 1.41 11.2
TEKN1 BURT TEKAMAH 0.86 9.2
VDLN1 KNOX VERDEL 6 SSW 1.07 15.0
BNTN1 DOUGLAS BENNINGTON 3WSW 2.04 15.2
NLHN1 ANTELOPE NELIGH MM 16.0
PPLN1 SARPY PAPILLION 1.52 14.4
SBTN1 RICHARDSON SHUBERT 1.53 13.5
-SOUTHWEST IOWA (COOP)-
CLDI4 PAGE CLARINDA 1.62 12.0
GLNI4 MILLS GLENWOOD 1.10 10.0
HRLI4 SHELBY HARLAN 1 N 1.64 10.7
LSXI4 HARRISON LITTLE SIOUX 2 NW 1.74 17.0
LOGI4 HARRISON LOGAN 1.71 15.5
OAKI4 POTTAWATTAMIE OAKLAND 1.39 13.7
ROKI4 MONTGOMERY RED OAK 1.62 11.4
SDHI4 PAGE SHENANDOAH 2.28 15.5
HSII4 MILLS HASTINGS 2.67 10.0
The following link from the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center has information about storm impacts on other parts of the country: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc1.html
Some of you have asked me, “how is snow measured?” There’s a precise way to do it, instead of just sticking a yardstick somewhere random in your yard. For some insight to the recommended procedure, check out this link containing the online tutorial from the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow (CoCoRaHS) Network: http://www.cocorahs.org/Media/Training/Training_Snow.html
Let’s hope we don’t get another big storm anytime soon! Thankfully, other than a midweek clipper and a possible light snow for our area on Sunday, it looks quiet heading into New Year’s!