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HAUTEUR NEIGE TEMPETE [1 record]

Record 1 2007-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
CONT

Another 3 cm of snow accumulated in the valley (and more up high). With settlement there is approximately 30 cm of storm snow (height of storm snow: HST).

CONT

There has been a bit of a cycle over the weekend to size 2.5, involving HST on crusts in the Cariboos. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

storm snow: The snow that falls during a period of continuous or almost continuous snowfall. Many operations consider a storm to be over after a day with less than 1 cm of snow.

OBS

height of storm snow; HST; storm snow height; depth of storm snow; storm snow depth: terms and abbreviation officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

Key term(s)
  • height of stormsnow
  • stormsnow height
  • depth of stormsnow
  • stormsnow depth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
CONT

Un cycle d'avalanches de taille allant jusqu'à 2,5 s'est produit dans la chaîne Cariboo durant le week-end emportant toute l'épaisseur de neige de tempête reposant sur les croûtes existantes. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

épaisseur de neige de tempête; hauteur de neige de tempête : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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