First snow of the season

This seems earlier than normal for the first snow of the season here in Fort Wayne. I don't know how intense it got at home, but on the west side of town (at work) we had an intense snow shower, mostly pellets, around 1500 that lasted for about 10 minutes. At one point, mulch was completely covered with the pellets, which ranged up to nearly pea-sized. Visibility for a couple of minutes was reduced to less than ¼ mile.

We had several other snow showers throughout the afternoon; but the temperature stayed in the upper 30s and this being the first time of the season near the freezing mark, the ground quickly melted all the pellets. The rain gauge on the roof at work registered 0.01" (no liquid precipitation fell today), and I can imagine that at least 0.05" of snow was received. Not really a “measurable” snow, but rather impressive for October in northeastern Indiana.

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awc 2006-10-12 23:34:40