Snowfall Records Fall With First Snow Of The Season

 

...Snowfall Records Shattered With The First Snowstorm Of The Season…
 
A new snowfall record was set for the month of October, when 13.8 inches
was observed at the National Weather Service Office at North Platte
Regional Airport.  The old record occurred way back on October 29th and
30th 1896, when 13.0 inches was observed. 
 
Snow depths of over a foot and a half were reported in and around the
North Platte area.  Snow fell continuously from 8 pm CDT Friday evening
until 10 am CDT Saturday morning.   
 
An unusually strong Arctic cold front ushered in temperatures from the 
upper teens to middle 20s by mid evening Friday.  As a strong Polar 
jetstream acted to bring persistent lift to the area Friday night, moderate
snow fell continuously across the Nebraska Panhandle into west central
and central Nebraska.  
 
Because the airmass was unusually cold, this caused the snow to be rather
light and fluffy, thus the high snowfall totals.  Below is a list of snowfall
totals across western and north central Nebraska Saturday morning.
 

Snowfall Location County
17.0 8 WNW North Platte Lincoln
16.0 6 NNE North Platte Lincoln
15.0 North Platte - Third and Maple Street Lincoln
15.0 North Platte Lincoln
15.0 Paxton 6 W Keith
15.0 Sutherland 1 N Lincoln
14.0 Mason City Custer
14.0 5 E Westerville Custer
14.0 12 W Callaway Custer
13.0 3 E North Platte Lincoln
12.0 15 NNE North Platte Lincoln
11.8 North Platte - Southwest side of town Lincoln
11.0 Ogallala Keith
10.0 20 S Arnold Custer
10.0 Lewellen Garden
10.0 10 NE Lemoyne Keith
9.6 9 WSW Wallace Perkins
9.0 7 NW Madrid Perkins
8.0 Arthur Arthur
7.0 10 NE Oshkosh Garden
6.2 Grant 3 S Perkins
6.0 Tryon McPherson
6.0 Stapleton Logan
6.0 Grant Perkins
0.5 Mullen Hooker

  

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