Sentence examples for significant snow accumulation from inspiring English sources

It is found that in areas with significant snow accumulation, the snow load has significant effects on the seismic risk assessment for light-frame wood construction.

As late as the afternoon of January 24, it appeared that the developing storm system in the southeast U.S. would track out to sea, south of Washington, sparing the area of significant snow accumulation.

To the west of the Berkshires, strong east winds prevented significant snow accumulation in valleys.

"Extremely dangerous travel conditions developing due to significant snow accumulations," it said.

The main takeaway from all this still looks like little to no snow/sleet accumulation on roads for most of the immediate metro area, but some slick spots possible as you head north and west of the Beltway late this afternoon and evening, and more significant snow and sleet accumulation well north and northwest of the District such as in Frederick and Carroll counties in Maryland.

Dry years with high temperature cause a significant decrease in rainfall and snow accumulation in the Balkhash Lake drainage basin, which, as a consequence, results in a decrease of run-off during the following year.

(4) According to the result of Case IV, the effects of parameter η (porosity) on local scour around fences are not so significant as parameter β (wind gap size), and the snow accumulation velocities decrease with an increase in η.

A landscape covered in accumulated hail generally resembles one covered in accumulated snow and any significant accumulation of hail has the same restrictive effects as snow accumulation, albeit over a smaller area, on transport and infrastructure.

It was concluded that the snow accumulation and ablation process in the catchment had a significant impact on SS runoff characteristics especially during the snow-melting period.

To provide a significant counterweight to Antarctica's expected long-term ice loss, however, the increased snow accumulation would have to continue in coming decades and also occur elsewhere across the continent — areas the study did not cover.

The significant snow was characterized by a sharp western cutoff; for example, in Chester County, accumulations ranged from around 6 inches in the far eastern parts of the county to only an inch along its western border with Lancaster County.