This map: < http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/01/26/nyregion/snowfall-totals-aroun... > is supposed to show snow accumulation up to when you view it. It's currently ca. 12:15 am Tuesday, and the map looks quite consistent with a roughly 0.2 in./hr. rate of fall. --Dan
On Jan 26, 2015, at 1:33 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
What do you all make of the precipitation forecast at http://forecast.io for the Boston area?
Does "0.2 in/hr" mean one-fifth of an inch per hour? It seems to me, given the severity of the current blizzard, they must mean something closer to two inches per hour.
I made an attempt at visually integrating the curve they show, and it yielded a total snowfall of 3 inches for the coming week. That can't be what they mean. Did I mis-integrate? Or have they mis-labeled their vertical axis?
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