Snow forecast (using sounding forecast)
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ECMWF's forecast for Thursday morning
for an area (yellow dashed line) in Northern Greece
shows rain (not snow).
"Snow depth" map shows: "no snow"
and "precipitation type" map shows the precipitation will be in the form of rain.
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... now, let use the "sounding forecast" tool for this area ...
... as we can see, at the height of 1144m, the temperature is 0 C.
So, we assume, that we must expect the precipitation must be in the form of SNOW.If we take into account that snows even in temperatures of +2 C (but melts in a while)
we must expect snow in areas above 900m.
Conclusion: by using soundings we can have more precise forecast, especialy for "borderline" conditions (rain - snow).
Now, I'll wait till Thursday to see if will snow in the hills and mountains
of the above mentioned area (near Thessaloniki, Greece) :-)
