01-09-2015, 07:02 PM
For every inch of liquid rain = on average you get 1 foot of snow.
If windy,then blowing snow makes giant drifts ,very deep,that last all summer.
In the 1930s same same,deep deep snow lasting through to the next winter.in the drift prone area's.
For the last 20 to 30 years,seems like far less snow,some winters none at all.
In the early 1970s in parts of puna,54 inch's of rain over night,not 24 hour fall,more like in 8 hours,weather service said once in every 100 year rain.
Then in 99-00 we thinks,only a paltry 20 inchs rain in 24 hours.
I am sure some on here can correct us on the dates in recent past,as this is one evening our minds have a bit of help with the home brew.
If windy,then blowing snow makes giant drifts ,very deep,that last all summer.
In the 1930s same same,deep deep snow lasting through to the next winter.in the drift prone area's.
For the last 20 to 30 years,seems like far less snow,some winters none at all.
In the early 1970s in parts of puna,54 inch's of rain over night,not 24 hour fall,more like in 8 hours,weather service said once in every 100 year rain.
Then in 99-00 we thinks,only a paltry 20 inchs rain in 24 hours.
I am sure some on here can correct us on the dates in recent past,as this is one evening our minds have a bit of help with the home brew.