The large winter storm that the CBS4 weather team had been tracking all week long has come and gone, leaving behind a blanket of fresh snow, just in time for Christmas. With bitterly cold temperatures expected the next few days, a white Christmas is pretty much a guarantee!
Before I get into the specific snow totals, I just wanted to show you how we did forecasting this event. This one was especially tough to nail down, because temperatures at the surface and about a mile up in the atmosphere were near or slightly above freezing, causing sleet and freezing rain. Many hometowns, especially from the QC and points southeast saw a longer period of mixed precip, but the deformation snow band had several moderate to heavy bands of snow.
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| CBS4's Forecast Saturday Afternoon |
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| Actual Snowfall Measurements ending Sunday |
Overall, our forecast was pretty close to what actually occurred. From what I've seen, no hometowns in our area received over 7", so that was a little high. Below are some hometown totals from both sides of the river. For a full list of totals from the National Weather Service,
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