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Offline DaleReid

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What 12" of heavy wet snow does to wind monitors
« on: February 25, 2017, 10:40:58 AM »
Here's a couple pix of my 'test bed' Met One 034 wind monitors after 12" of heavy wet widow maker, finger taker snow.  It came with almost no wind during the big Minnesota/Wisconsin storm yesterday. After the snow it expectedly turned colder and set the wet stuff in place.

The snow was on ground and sidewalks that had 40s lows (yup, February here) and 50s and 60s highs for many days, so the lower snow was melting and made throwing the snow with the trusty John Deere more like extruding toothpaste out the discharge chute.

Nonetheless, when I looked out to to see the poor things embarassingly covered in show.  Maybe the wind gusts today will shake it lose.
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Re: What 12" of heavy wet snow does to wind monitors
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2017, 11:52:55 AM »
Those are awesome pics!

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Re: What 12" of heavy wet snow does to wind monitors
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2017, 12:22:11 PM »
nice :-) I think that would be the end of my plastic wind sensor :D

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Re: What 12" of heavy wet snow does to wind monitors
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2017, 09:47:14 PM »
Great pics....  Around here we call it Pacific Northwet Concrete....  :)

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Re: What 12" of heavy wet snow does to wind monitors
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2017, 09:59:14 PM »
Something I'll never have to worry about unless nuclear winter / mega volcano / ice age.
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Re: What 12" of heavy wet snow does to wind monitors
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2017, 02:10:12 PM »
I have that situation everytime it snows.   I either go out and brush it off the solar/uv sensors solar panels or just leave it alone.  Now freezing rain is a pain.