Learn The Right Way to Measure Snow
National Weather Service offers winter spotter training in October, November.
Whenever a snowstorm hits Metro Detroit, the National Weather Service tells us how much snow actually fell. To get those amounts, meteorologists rely on measurements taken by the public. But there’s a right way to measure snow and a wrong way. The NWS office in White Lake Township trains “spotters” on how to accurately take readings.
Warning Coordination Meteorologist Rich Pollman tells WDET’s Pat Batcheller why spotters are important to the weather service. Click on the audio player to hear the conversation.
Winter spotter training schedule from the National Weather Service Detroit-Pontiac office
Three-month outlook for December 2016-February 2017 from the Climate Prediction Center
