Thread: What do you think is "Heavy Snow"
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Old March 2nd 06, 08:39 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default What do you think is "Heavy Snow"
Anne Burgess wrote:

Surely 'heavy snow' should be an assessment of the *rate* of snowfall, not
the accumulated depth? A light dusting of snow falling on top of an
accumulated metre is not 'heavy snow' - well, not to me, at any rate.

Yes - the MO definition of 'heavy snow' is "Snow falling at a rate of 2
cm/hour or more expected for at least two hours.".

http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...ningguide.html
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