Snow

Exit78 Photo of the Day #98
Snow covered Bona Dea Trails & Sanctuary, Lake Front Drive, Russellville, Arkansas, February 9, 2011 (Pentax K-r)

Snow covered Bona Dea Trails & Sanctuary,  Lake Front Drive, Russellville, Arkansas, February 9, 2011 (Pentax K-r)

Fortunately, we escaped frozen precipitation, except for trace amounts, during the 2017-2018 winter season.  We don’t usually get much, but, being in a climate transition zone,  significant snowfall is quite possible in Arkansas.

Major Winter Storm February 8-9, 2011 (National Weather Service)

Storm Summary

An upper level storm system moving across Oklahoma and Arkansas, and cold arctic air spilling south into the area, resulted in another major winter storm across eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas during the night of February 8th and the morning of February 9th. While this storm system was not as strong as the one the week before, strong frontogenetic forcing led to a narrow band of intense snowfall that remained nearly stationary for several hours near a Ponca City to Chelsea to Fayetteville line. Snowfall amounts within this band ranged from 12 to 18 inches in the western part of the band to 18 to 25 inches in the eastern part of the band. Outside of the intense snow band, snow amounts from 4 to 8 inches were widespread north of a McAlester to Poteau line, with 1 to 4 inches to the south in far southeast Oklahoma. Some sleet also briefly fell as the precipitation began in far southeast Oklahoma. Some blowing and drifting of snow also occurred, but winds were not as strong as they were with the system the previous week, and blizzard criteria was not met with this storm.


Series notes:

  • The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
  • Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
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