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Snowfall probabilities on Merseyside
Author(s) -
Reynolds G.
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708034515
Subject(s) - snow , snow cover , climatology , environmental science , meteorology , period (music) , geography , physical geography , geology , physics , acoustics
The probabilities of snowfall and snow cover on Merseyside are examined by computing adjusted normal frequency distributions for 34 years of record at Bidston, Wirral, about three miles from the centre of Liverpool. A graph has been drawn from which the chances of these occurrences can be read off directly for any selected date or period. Estimates are also advanced of the probabilities of deep snow lying on the ground. These have been computed principally from records of heavy daily rainfall.