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.BR GAMMA 240420 /SAIRF/SWIRF
:TO ------ Service Hydrologist (Please give HARDCOPY to SH)
:FROM ---- Office of Water Prediction - Airborne Snow Survey Program
:--------- Carrie Olheiser, (952) 368-2503, Minneapolis, Minnesota
:Visit our web page at www.nohrsc.noaa.gov
:SUBJECT - AIRBORNE SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT DATA                     240420042013
:------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Total No. of flight lines sent = 13
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:Line   Survey    %SC   SWE   SWE %SM Est Fall  %SM  Pilot
:No.    Date           (in) (35%) (M) Typ Date  (F)  Remarks
:==============================================================================
AK204  DY240419 / 100 / 3.7 : 3.2, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK215  DY240419 / 100 / 6.5 : 5.9, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK216  DY240419 / 100 / 5.3 : 4.8, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK217  DY240419 / 100 / 5.7 : 5.2, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK218  DY240419 / 100 / 5.3 : 4.8, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK219  DY240419 / 100 / 4.5 : 3.9, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK220  DY240419 / 100 / 7.1 : 6.5, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK221  DY240419 / 100 / 5.3 : 4.8, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK222  DY240419 / 100 / 6.0 : 5.5, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK223  DY240419 / 100 / 6.2 : 5.7, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK224  DY240419 / 100 / 6.7 : 6.1, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK225  DY240419 / 100 / 6.5 : 6.0, 25 SE      0 , 25
AK597  DY240419 / 100 / 6.2 : 5.9, 30 SE      0 , 30
.END
Snow Survey conducted in the Brooks Range. AK215 River mostly frozen
until the southern end. AK218 Lots of ice observed. AK217 John River
moslty frozen. AK204 Not much snow cover, lots of ice observed. AK222
River mostly frozen. AK223 Lots of ice observed. AK221 Openings in
river. AK225 Glacier Creek starting to open.
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