Talk:List of regional snowfall index category 5 winter storms

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There are two mentions of the "Ohio Valley." One - the 1950 one - contains a Wikipedia link to Ohio Valley and the other - the 1993 one - Ohio Valley redirects to the Ohio River. Neither one encompasses what the Ohio Valley means in weather reports.


 * Hydrologically, the Ohio Valley encompasses the drainage basin of the Ohio River and its tributaries, including most of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia as well as parts of surrounding states.


 * For forecasters, the Ohio Valley spans the 100-200 mile corridor of the Ohio River from the southern tip of Illinois to western Pennsylvania. Since this area extends from the southwest to the northeast, low pressure systems often move through the central United States parallel to the Ohio River.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-01-06/news/0301060014_1_ohio-river-ohio-valley-wgn

The closest link that would explain this would be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River#Drainage_basin

If I have time and I can figure out how to do the link to the specific section of the Ohio River article. Ileanadu (talk)


 * I was mistaken. The hydrologic definition is not the same as the meteorological definition. So I am updating the article by including a reference to the newspaper article by Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist for WGN-TV. Unless someone can find a better reference.


 * Another alternative is to add a meteorological section to the Ohio River article. Skilling's explanation is quite short and primarily focuses on the Ohio Valley as it relates to Chicago. A broader reference would be better. Ileanadu (talk) 01:35, 17 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Also, there are 4 mentions, but again, they didn't all go to the same link. Ileanadu (talk) 01:39, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Map of the 6 regions where the Regional Snow Index is calculated
I don't know how to insert an image. Tried reading up on it, but it's not a simple matter. The image is from the NOAA website. As a work generated by a federal employee, the image is in the public domain, but apparently I can't just link to it. I would have to upload it. That means first I would have to download it.

http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/snow-and-ice/rsi/six-easternmost-climate-regions.jpg

Using the map would be a better alternative than the current links to the Wikipedia articles of the different U.S. regions, which do not correspond precisely to the climate/meteorological divisions. For example, the Upper Midwest reference links to the Wikipedia article on the Midwestern United States, but this article includes the Ohio Valley. Similarly, the Southeast for RSI purposes does not include Tennessee and Mississippi, but the Wikipedia article includes both. I may add a reference to the NOAA NCDC RSI page as an "External Reference." Ileanadu (talk) 03:58, 17 February 2016 (UTC)


 * The map should probably be included in the following category:


 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Weather_maps_of_the_United_States

More on the previous links to Wikipedia articles. Previously, the South RSI region linked to the Southern United States article, which includes both the South (except for Kansas) and Southeastern RSI regions. Once again, I think we should include the RSI map here since it's in the Public Domain and quickly identifies which states are in each of the six regions and makes it clear that it's only the eastern 2/3 of the US that is covered by the RSI.Ileanadu (talk) 04:53, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

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