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snowfall
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snowfall
1. a fall of snow
2. Meteorol the amount of snow received in a specified place and time

snowfall [′snō‚fȯl]
(meteorology)
The rate at which snow falls; in surface weather observations, this is usually expressed as inches of snow depth per 6-hour period.
A snow storm.


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Thus, Kocin and Uccellini (2004a,b) demonstrate that 10-inch snowfalls occur in portions of the Megalopolitan region under virtually any synoptic pattern that provides a strong surface cyclone, an 850 mb onshore jet, upper air support via positive vorticity advection at 500 mb, and a sufficiently deep subfreezing layer adjacent to the surface.
All of the house plans have a comfortable and gentle Midwest charm, including a sharply angled roof so that heavy snowfalls will not place too great a load on the house's ceiling.
The state cannot prevent exceptional snowfalls, even if Italy is the country of the sun and people think they have the right to have the snow melted immediately by the authorities.
 
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