Hard to tell if it's actually reading snow, or just measuring the height of the vegetation, but the NWAC telemetry shows 25" on the ground at Chinook Pass, up from 15" when they turned the sensors on Monday morning. So at the very least, I'd expect 10" on top of ???
www.nwac.us/weatherdata/chinookpass/10day/
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10-2-2013
Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
Washington Department of Transportation
Chinook Pass, Washington
Wind gages unheated and may rime
Equip temp is prec. gage temp
Prec. gage not heating
Total snow may reflect vegetation in early season
MM/DD Hour Temp Temp RH RH Wind Wind Wind Equip Hour Total Total
PST F F % % Avg Max Dir Temp Prec. Prec. Snow
6240' 5500' 6240' 5500' 6240' 6240' 6240' 5500' 5500' 5500' 5500'
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(some missing data for this range)
10 2 900 30 98 1 1 101
10 2 800 30 33 98 97 1 1 104 33 0 0 25
10 2 700 29 31 98 99 1 1 122 32 0 0 25
10 2 600 30 30 98 100 1 1 112 30 0 0 25
10 2 500 30 30 98 100 1 1 117 31 0 0 25
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(some missing data for this range)
10 2 300 30 30 99 100 1 1 135 31 0 0 25
10 2 200 30 30 98 100 1 1 157 31 0 0 25
10 2 100 30 31 99 100 1 1 159 31 0 0 25
10 2 0 30 31 99 100 1 1 147 31 0 0 25
10 1 2300 30 30 98 100 1 1 140 31 0 0 25
10 1 2200 30 31 98 100 1 1 150 31 0 0 25
10 1 2100 30 31 98 100 1 1 164 31 0 0 25
10 1 2000 30 31 98 100 1 1 168 31 0 0 25
10 1 1900 30 31 98 100 1 1 154 31 0 0 25
10 1 1800 29 30 99 100 1 1 157 31 0 0 25
10 1 1700 30 30 98 100 1 1 182 31 0 0 25
10 1 1600 31 31 98 100 1 1 172 32 0 0 25
10 1 1500 31 32 98 99 1 1 180 33 0 0 25
10 1 1400 32 33 98 97 1 1 160 35 0 0 24
10 1 1300 32 32 98 97 1 1 181 36 0 0 24
10 1 1200 31 34 98 95 1 1 168 38 0 0 24
10 1 1100 32 33 98 97 1 1 153 37 0 0 23
10 1 1000 30 34 98 96 1 1 163 38 0 0 24
10 1 900 29 32 98 99 1 1 148 33 0 0 23
10 1 800 29 31 98 99 1 1 145 32 0 0 377
10 1 700 28 30 99 99 1 1 148 31 0 0 22
10 1 600 28 29 98 100 1 1 159 29 0 0 22
10 1 500 28 29 98 100 1 1 165 29 0 0 377
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10 1 400 28 28 98 100 1 1 186 28 0 0 377
10 1 300 28 28 98 100 1 1 176 29 0 0 24
10 1 200 28 29 98 100 1 1 181 29 0 0 23
10 1 100 28 29 98 100 1 1 189 29 0 0 23
10 1 0 28 29 98 100 1 1 176 29 0 0 23
9 30 2300 27 28 87 100 1 1 168 28 0 0 24
9 30 2200 27 29 97 100 1 1 183 30 0 0 24
9 30 2100 29 30 99 100 1 1 185 31 0 0 377
9 30 2000 30 30 99 100 1 1 195 31 0 0 22
9 30 1900 29 31 98 100 1 1 186 31 0 0 21
9 30 1800 30 32 98 100 1 1 175 32 0 0 20
9 30 1700 31 32 99 100 1 1 192 32 0 0 22
9 30 1600 32 32 98 100 1 1 182 34 0 0 377
9 30 1500 32 32 98 100 1 1 185 33 0 0 22
9 30 1400 31 32 98 100 1 1 190 32 0 0 377
9 30 1300 32 32 98 100 10 30 184 33 0 0 377
9 30 1200 32 33 97 100 8 29 176 32 0 0 377
9 30 1100 31 32 98 100 6 24 181 32 0 0 19
9 30 1000 32 32 99 100 5 19 172 32 0 0 377
9 30 900 31 32 99 100 5 15 176 32 0 0 18
9 30 800 31 31 99 100 10 24 182 31 0 0 377
9 30 700 31 31 98 100 14 47 188 31 0 0 377
9 30 600 30 30 99 100 11 34 186 30 0 0 15
9 30 500 30 30 99 100 6 15 178 30 0 0 377
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9 30 400 30 29 99 100 11 31 181 30 0 .04
9 30 300 29 29 99 100 12 25 189 30 0 .04
9 30 200 30 30 98 100 18 42 188 31 0 .04
9 30 100 29 30 93 100 24 73 186 31 0 .04
9 30 0 30 31 96 100 12 34 186 32 0 .04
9 29 2300 30 31 99 100 22 51 186 32 0 .04
9 29 2200 34 34 99 100 23 61 175 33 .01 .04
9 29 2100 37 36 98 100 9 50 162 34 .02 .03
9 29 2000 35 35 99 100 9 28 78 33 .01 .01
9 29 1900 34 34 100 100 3 18 85 33 0 0
9 29 1800 34 32 99 100 1 1 110 32 0 0
9 29 1700 32 32 99 100 1 1 117 32 0 0
9 29 1600 30 31 99 100 1 1 107 32 0 0
9 29 1500 30 32 98 100 1 1 111 32 0 0
9 29 1400 30 32 99 100 1 1 100 32 0 0
9 29 1300 31 32 99 100 1 1 114 33 0 0
9 29 1200 31 33 98 99 1 1 118 34 0 0
9 29 1100 31 32 99 100 1 1 112 33 0 0
9 29 1000 31 32 99 100 1 1 108 33 0 0
9 29 900 31 32 99 100 1 1 93 32 0 0
9 29 800 32 32 99 100 1 1 92 32 0 0
9 29 700 32 32 99 100 1 1 107 32 0 0
9 29 600 32 32 99 100 1 1 107 32 0 0
9 29 500 32 32 100 100 1 1 103 32 0 0
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