It's Snow Joke

Another 10 to 20 inches of snow is on the way to the Mid-Atlantic where 20 to 30 inches fell over the weekend. Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia have been hit by two 20"+ snowstorms this winter. This is extremely rare maybe once in a hundred years to get two major snowstorms in a single winter for those cities. Now another winter storms is heading toward the Mid-Atlantic...this may wind up being the all-time snowiest winter for some East Coast cities.



Today there was heavy snow in Tennessee, Northern Mississippi and Alabama. There is a possibility for additional snow in the Southeast late Tuesday and parts of the Southeast will see some sleet and or snow on Friday with additional chances for cold weather events for the remainder of February. Click here to see the outlook for the next 6 to 10 days.



So here is the Didjaknow Factoid.



Let's say you have a standard driveway that is 20 feet wide by 40 feet long. Now, if you live near Dover, Delaware you just got about two feet of snow. You are old fashioned and you use a good ol' snow shovel like dad used to have.

Do you know how much weight you lifted by the time you cleared that driveway?

Well, the liquid content of the weekend snow was about 10:1. This means that for every 10 inches of snow you will have about 1 inch of liquid equivalent. That drive way has about 1600 cubic feet of snow. The weight of a cubic foot of heavy wet snow is about 12 pounds. By the time you cleared that driveway...you have lifted about 19,200 pounds of snow!!!!!!!! No wonder snow blowers are so popular.