And this is the problem with fully automated systems; in the last 4 days, #Winnipeg has received about 25 cm of snow, reported by a human observer at the airport. The climate site has reported 9.5mm of precipitation, which at SLRs of 10:1 to 20:1 equate to 10 to 20 cm of snow (not sure if the Nipher shield is on so it could be undercatch)...
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The snow on ground sensor of the climate site has gone from a peak of 17 cm down to 2 cm and is now at 6 cm. Automated snow depth recording has quality issues and doesn't tell you what you want to know. (2/2)
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@weatherinthepeg yeah, snowfall is the one data point automation really struggles to properly provide value for. I'm surprised snowfall has been manually recorded at airport. Weatherlogics is still doing it too, after Rob moved away, so that's something.
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