More than half of the country is covered in snow, making it the highest national snowpack percentage on February 19th on record.
To be clear:
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center records only date back to 2003, so it only tracks the last 16 years, but it's still certainly a strong indication of how busy of a winter it has been for much of the country. In Tuesday's update, 56.3 percent of the country was covered in snow, a new peak for February 19th.
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In addition to the 56.3 percent figure standing as the most national snowpack on record for the date, it's also the largest single day national snowpack percentage in over a year and so far this winter. This is coming off the heels of a series of West Coast and Midwest snow events that have buried much of the country under feet of snow. However, the snowpack percentage is more of a commentary on the wide geography of recent snowfall. Overnight snows blanketed parts of the mid-Atlantic and Kansas and Missouri, helping boost the percent figure for Tuesday's update.
And that 56.3 percent number could grow.
A coast-to-coast storm system is dipping south, a track that could lead currently uncovered areas filled with snow by Wednesday's update.
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For WeatherNation: Meteorologist Chris Bianchi