COMET_CASE_036: COMET Case Study 036:Seattle Snowstorm
Summary
On Friday, February 16, 2001, a major snowstorm hit the Seattle area as an arctic front moved from Canada into Washington, interacting with warmer moist, Pacific air. Accumulations generally ranged from four to eight inches of snow across most of the lowlands of western Washington with a foot of snow over the hills around Seattle.Objectives:
This case provides an example of an arctic front moving through the complex terrain of the West.
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Additional information
| GCMD Name | A - C > COMET > Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training > 5c70d6af-b73d-418e-a793-47481302eeb5 |
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Temporal coverage
| Begin Date | 2001-02-15 00:00:00 |
| End Date | 2001-02-17 23:59:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
50.10,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
43.80
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-131.40,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
-119.30
Related projects
| Parent project | COMET: COMET Case Studies |