Briefly, this snapshot of my spreadsheet shows Lexington Kentucky's snowfall amounts since February 1990 through 2015.
| Days of Snow | Total Inches | Inches/Day | ||
| 1-Feb | 2 | 1.1 | 0.55 | |
| 2-Feb | 4 | 6.1 | 1.53 | |
| 3-Feb | 5 | 8.4 | 1.68 | |
| 4-Feb | 6 | 14.6 | 2.43 | |
| 5-Feb | 5 | 3.9 | 0.78 | |
| 6-Feb | 6 | 7.0 | 1.17 | |
| 7-Feb | 4 | 5.8 | 1.45 | |
| 8-Feb | 6 | 5.1 | 0.85 | |
| 9-Feb | 6 | 6.6 | 1.10 | |
| 10-Feb | 8 | 5.3 | 0.66 | |
| 11-Feb | 4 | 6.8 | 1.70 | |
| 12-Feb | 3 | 1.8 | 0.60 | |
| 13-Feb | 5 | 2.7 | 0.54 | |
| 14-Feb | 5 | 2.5 | 0.50 | |
| 15-Feb | 3 | 10.2 | 3.40 | |
| 16-Feb | 4 | 11.3 | 2.83 | |
| 17-Feb | 3 | 3.3 | 1.10 | |
| 18-Feb | 2 | 5.5 | 2.75 | |
| 19-Feb | 1 | 0.1 | 0.10 | |
| 20-Feb | ||||
| 21-Feb | 2 | 1.1 | 0.55 | |
| 22-Feb | 1 | 1.8 | 1.80 | |
| 23-Feb | 3 | 0.7 | 0.23 | |
| 24-Feb | 1 | 0.8 | 0.80 | |
| 25-Feb | 4 | 8.3 | 2.08 | |
| 26-Feb | 4 | 1.6 | 0.40 | |
| 27-Feb | 1 | 0.2 | 0.20 | |
| 28-Feb | 1 | 0.3 | 0.30 | |
| 29-Feb | 1 | 0.5 | 0.50 | |
| 100 | 123.4 | 1.16 | ||
The second column highlights how many times measurable snow of at least 0.1" has occurred for each day of the month. The third column displays the total snowfall that has occurred for that date over the years since 1990. Finally, the last column shows what I call the efficiency number, or how much snow fell per measurable snow event for that date.
Of course, the totals are displayed at the bottom. Just to let you know, since 1990, February has been the most productive month of the winter for snowfall in Lexington. Yes, despite less number of days than January and including no measurable snowfall for the 20th of February, the month beat out January in total snowfall during this period.
As a side note, if you look at the date of February 10, you will note that there have been 8 instances of measurable snow for that date, the most of any day for the month of February. And you know what? We may add to that, since snow showers are expected to occur over the next few days, including the 10th.
In future posts when nothing is going on, I'll display more spreadsheet views of the other winter months of December and January. Actually, I'm just about done with February, so that one will be available this week. But, the spreadsheet view you see above is what will be displayed during that post.
For the next few days, regionally, we will be dealing with off and on snow showers and squalls. We call them snow showers because of the convective nature of the type of snow. Lots of instability between the surface and the air above will promote and foster bursts of, at times, heavy snow and wind with some of the stronger bands or squalls.
For the most part, the major arteries of our highway systems in Kentucky should be able to handle the light to moderate bands that occur during the daytime, but if these squalls are still kicking up a fuss during the nighttime hours, travel will become more negatively impacted.
In addition, the heavier squalls with strong winds at times, will reduce visibility suddenly. Drivers will likely be slowing down dramatically at times. So, do not think that since the weather is not bad where you are currently driving is going to be that way for the rest of your travel. A distance of a few miles or less will have no snow at times to intense, near white-out conditions at other times. And if you are just plowing along at normal highway speed when you come upon drivers that have had to slow down, well, you know what can happen. Don't be that driver. Use common sense and plan ahead for travel issues. You are not the only driver on the road. I know, that's hard to believe, isn't it? I have to tell myself that all of the time. So, be careful out there.
MS
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