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Wintry March 16/17 2026 Snow

Snow water equivalent (SWE) for our snow this morning was just under 0.25". If we were to assume a conservative 6:1 ratio, that would be about 1.5" of snowfall, which considering warm surface melting would match well with the 0.75-1.00" observed.

ETA: where I was going with that is that rates may have exceeded 1"/hr for the 90 minutes of heavier snow that we experienced.
 
No snow, but had hail/graupel here with temp at 39ÂşF while I was at work this afternoon, heard it hitting the windows, but was too busy to get a video
 
SnowQueen said:
Is it me or could Wilson Lake and Wheeler Lake in Alabama be producing lake affect snow maybe
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Lake Wheeler has been producing a lake-effect/lake enhanced snow band on and off through this afternoon, and given the warm temperatures over the past few weeks, it makes sense that this could happen when compared to the deep winter months (Jan).
 
Bham 99 said:
That thing about it needing to be in the 30s for five straight days before it can snow apparently is out the window, it can be 80 and snow 12 hours later and stick.
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With heavy rates (which this one had), yes. But with cold temperatures preceding it and colder BL temps, it wouldn't surprise me if somewhere like BHM could've picked up closer to 2" rather than 1". Also, it melted a lot quicker afterwards as a result. And roads remained wet from what I could tell.

Where you really get into trouble with crappy conditions before the storm is if rates are poor or inconsistent. This was a best-case scenario where the snow was very heavy so it could overcome this.

We just saw Richmond get accumulating snow the other day after being 89 the day before, after all, hah! I've personally seen sticking snow here after a day in the 70s, as well. You just need heavy rates.
 
superjames1992 said:
With heavy rates (which this one had), yes. But with cold temperatures preceding it and colder BL temps, it wouldn't surprise me if somewhere like BHM could've picked up closer to 2" rather than 1". Also, it melted a lot quicker afterwards as a result. And roads remained wet from what I could tell.

Where you really get into trouble with crappy conditions before the storm is if rates are poor or inconsistent. This was a best-case scenario where the snow was very heavy so it could overcome this.

We just saw Richmond get accumulating snow the other day after being 89 the day before, after all, hah! I've personally seen sticking snow here after a day in the 70s, as well. You just need heavy rates.
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100% agree. I just was saying that so next year the doomers would remember
Haha.
 
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