PRACTICAL FORECAST OF THE MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH CONSIDERING THE GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTRISTICS

APPROACH USING THE HEIGHT OF MANTIS'S EGG SACKS

Abstract

It is indispensable to forecast the snow depth to consider a counterplan of the snow removing. The short and midlle time weather forecast less than one week is practical condition, but it doesn't always follow that the long time such as more than one month weather forecast. There are many proverbs relationship between weather and ecology in snow country. The one of these is “the mantis lays eggs at high/low place when we get a heavy/light snowfall”.
The purpose of this paper is to forecast the maximum snow depth using the height of mantis's egg sacks considering the geographical characteristics such as the latitude, the longtude and the sea level.