Comments on "Heavy snowfall during an arctic outbreak along the Colorado Front Range." Nat. Wea . Dig., current issue
[hereinafter WWP] investigates an interesting heavy snowfall episode associated with the arctic outbreak of February 1989. As a veteran observer of winter snowstorms in the Rockies (University of Wyoming Professor for 22 years), it is my opinion that this article does offer some clues to an unusual...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.665.9301 2023-05-15T14:53:55+02:00 Comments on "Heavy snowfall during an arctic outbreak along the Colorado Front Range." Nat. Wea . Dig., current issue August H. Auer New Zealand Meteorological Service A Recent Article Wesley The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1991 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.665.9301 http://nwas.org/digest/papers/1991/Vol16-Issue2-May1991/Pg19-Auer.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.665.9301 http://nwas.org/digest/papers/1991/Vol16-Issue2-May1991/Pg19-Auer.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://nwas.org/digest/papers/1991/Vol16-Issue2-May1991/Pg19-Auer.pdf text 1991 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T17:05:50Z [hereinafter WWP] investigates an interesting heavy snowfall episode associated with the arctic outbreak of February 1989. As a veteran observer of winter snowstorms in the Rockies (University of Wyoming Professor for 22 years), it is my opinion that this article does offer some clues to an unusual weather situation; however, there are several salient points overlooked by the WWP that need to be reconciled for a more comprehensive explanation for the heavy snowfall. Heavy snowfall episodes, of the type described by WWP, caused by the overrunning of warm, humid air over the ther-mal barrier of a cold dome are not uncommon across the High Plains of Colorado & Wyoming. Such snow situations here in New Zealand, referred to as warm advection type snowfalls, are well known in causing catastrophic stock losses on the Canterbury and Otago Plains. In my experience Text Arctic Unknown Arctic New Zealand |
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[hereinafter WWP] investigates an interesting heavy snowfall episode associated with the arctic outbreak of February 1989. As a veteran observer of winter snowstorms in the Rockies (University of Wyoming Professor for 22 years), it is my opinion that this article does offer some clues to an unusual weather situation; however, there are several salient points overlooked by the WWP that need to be reconciled for a more comprehensive explanation for the heavy snowfall. Heavy snowfall episodes, of the type described by WWP, caused by the overrunning of warm, humid air over the ther-mal barrier of a cold dome are not uncommon across the High Plains of Colorado & Wyoming. Such snow situations here in New Zealand, referred to as warm advection type snowfalls, are well known in causing catastrophic stock losses on the Canterbury and Otago Plains. In my experience |
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