Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 06:20:49 -0700 (MST)
From: Bob Rozumalski <roz@mailhost.comet.ucar.edu>
Subject: New STRC WES Case: 24-25 January 2000


Greetings All Again,

The SOO Science and Training Resource Center is pleased to announce
the availability of a new data-only case on the National Case Study
Library. The case is from the infamous 24-25 January 2000 East Coast
snowstorm and is focussed over central North Carolina. Here is a
summary of the case:

Here is a summary:

  Localization: RAH (Raleigh, NC)

  This case follows the genesis and rapid intensification of
  a cyclone along the southeastern US coastline. The storm
  moved almost due north, affecting nearly the entire eastern
  seaboard. In retrospect, this storm's intensity and position
  were difficult for numerical models to predict accurately,
  posing  a forecasting challenge for the impacted forecast
  offices.

  Heavy snow fell from the Carolinas, through the Washington,
  DC area, and into New England, with at least 5 deaths reported.
  Record snowfall amounts fell across North Carolina, with the
  Raleigh-Durham office (RDU) reporting 15 inches in 4 hours.
  Snowfall at RDU totaled 20.3 inches (from the evening of Jan.
  24th through 3PM LST on the 25th) breaking the record for a
  single storm event of 17.9 inches from February 15-17, 1902.


The case is available though the National Case Study Library, which
is part of the SOO Science and Training Resource Center:

  http://strc.comet.ucar.edu



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Robert A. Rozumalski     NWS National SOO Science and	
                         Training Resource Coordinator

COMET/UCAR PO Box 3000   Phone:  303.497.8356
Boulder, CO 80307-3000   FAX:    303.497.8491

SOO/STRC Home Page: 
http://strc.comet.ucar.edu
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