COOK METHOD
AVERAGE SNOWFALL IN 24 HOURS WILL BE ABOUT HALF THE WARM ADVECTION IN Co AT 200 MB
- PROVIDING WARM ADVECTION IS PRESENT AT 700 MB
- IF COLD ADVECTION IS TAKING PLACE AT 700 MB, THEN THE SNOWFALL WILL BE ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE OF THE WARM ADVECTION
- 200 MB FLOW SHOULD NOT BE STRONGLY CONFLUENT
THE METHOD PROBABLY WORKS BECAUSE THE WARM ADVECTION IS A MEASURE OF THE STRENGTH OF THE TROPOSPHERIC FOLD AND THE POTENTIAL OF THE ASSOCIATED CYCLONE TO DEVELOP.