Swarthmore snow report!
Dec. 20th, 2009 01:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eclectic_boyI just got back from walking around lower campus (roughly Pittinger through Sharples) taking depth measurements. Swat's about four miles from PHL airport, but even though the airport is reporting 22.9", I'm reporting 11.0". Did something go wrong?
I don't think so, on my end anyway. I took a dozen measurements, in places reasonably wind-shaded but not near buildings (or right next to paths or trees). I got:
10.5, 12, 9, 10, 9.5, 12, 13, 12, 11, 11, 10, 12.
So, some variation but nothing near what the airport says. I did the same thing in 1996, when the airport officially reported 30", and I got 15". Maybe Swarthmore is a mysterious low-snow pocket? Maybe the airport gets mysteriously high readings?
Anyway, I'm cold and it's beautiful outside. And earlier today I got to go sledding on a large piece of cardboard I've been saving for over a year for just that purpose. What more can you ask for? Happy snowstorm of 2009, everyone!
I don't think so, on my end anyway. I took a dozen measurements, in places reasonably wind-shaded but not near buildings (or right next to paths or trees). I got:
10.5, 12, 9, 10, 9.5, 12, 13, 12, 11, 11, 10, 12.
So, some variation but nothing near what the airport says. I did the same thing in 1996, when the airport officially reported 30", and I got 15". Maybe Swarthmore is a mysterious low-snow pocket? Maybe the airport gets mysteriously high readings?
Anyway, I'm cold and it's beautiful outside. And earlier today I got to go sledding on a large piece of cardboard I've been saving for over a year for just that purpose. What more can you ask for? Happy snowstorm of 2009, everyone!
