When to Measure New Snow! •!Measure new snowfall as soon as possible after it ends, before settling and melting occur. •!This often will not be at your regular observation time. Note that we never measure the depth of the snow in the rain gauge itself

Snowfall: Measure and record the snowfall (snow, ice pellets ) since the previous snowfall observation (24 hours). (See Snowfall section below for details) Snow Depth: Determine the depth of the new and old snow remaining on the ground at observation time

It is not a good practice to measure the snow directly in the grass as the snow amount will be inflated by the blades of grass. The snowboard is used to measure new snowfall and will need to be cleaned off after each measurement. To measure snow depth, yo