Observers' Meeting
An observers' meeting of the 2003-04 'Snow Rules!' project is being planned for October 24, 2003
at the Cook county SWCD office in the
courthouse in Grand Marais. The meeting purpose will be to
provide observers with equipment and observing forms and to provide basic instructions.
Please call if you are thinking of attending so that we can make better meeting preparations.
Snow Rules, Informal meeting
Oct 24, 6:00 PM, Court House
- Video (25 minutes) and refreshments
- Welcome
Rebecca Wiinanen, Cook County Soil & Water Conservation District
- Overview of project – whys, outcomes, benefits, grid of North Shore
Jim Zandlo, project coordinator, State Climatologist, DNR Waters
- Measuring snow and rain
- Report forms and submitting online (Looking for volunteers for data entry.)
- Measuring equipment discussion
- Snow board (16"x24" white expanded PVC board)
- Snow ruler marked in tenths of inches
- Flag markers (marks board location)
- Snow post (demo only)
- Rain gauge cylinder (SWCD)
- Self-addressed envelopes (SWCD)
- Report forms (Jim will bring.)
- Extra videos ('how to' measure snow)
- Distribute equipment
Attendees:
| name | affiliation | phone | email |
| Rebecca Wiinanen | Cook SWCD | 218-387-3647 | rebecca.wiinanen@co.cook.mn.us |
| Jim Zandlo | State Climatology Office - DNR | 651-296-4214 | jzandlo@soils.umn.edu |
