October 2013 Winter Storm Classified As Category Five As Martin Winter Storm Intensity Scale Returns
November 4, 2013 | Posted by Senior Meteorologist | 0 comments |
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A category system for Winter Storms was developed here at TheWeatherSpace.com in 2012. This system was used that year and it will return again this season. The October 2013 South Dakota Blizzard has been classified as a Category Five on the system that goes from one through five.
The “Martin Winter Storm Category Scale” takes in wind + snow amounts and gives the category for the storms. Each storm that meets the criteria this year will be assigned a category number to let the public know what type of system is coming. The system goes from one through five. So far this season we have had one Category Five. That is the “South Dakota Blizzard of October 2013.” The blizzard dropped nearly 60 inches of snow and killed over 75,000 cattle in Western South Dakota.
The storm was predicted well in advance, however since the cattle were not in their winter coats, and still in feeding pastures, they stood no chance at survival.
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