Serbia '14

[Volcano Man]

The weather on the 15th of November 1914 is 100% Snow.
On the 16th, it's 100% Normal
On the 17th, it's 100% Soft.

I get the feeling there might be a typo in the weather.dat and that the weather on the 16th should be 100% Soft.

Thanks for the info.

Yes, I agree - it looks odd at a glance, but its actually correct. I verified in the historical text (Austo-Hungarian Official History) and there was a strange weather anomaly on those dates.

Historically it was off and on periods of rain (often severe) up until the 13th, at which point the historical text mentions a severe snow storm. After that, it neither mentions snow nor rain between the 13th and the 15th, at which point the historical text goes to great lengths to mention that on the 16th, something remarkable happened: the sun came out in full force and the weather and conditions were surprisingly ideal.

The troops overjoyed, and "joyously" marched to the Kolubara in the fine autumn sunshine, it says.

However the ideal weather was short lived, as it says:

"The beautiful weather continued only until the afternoon of the 17th; then rain returned..."

Now certainly it is debatable whether the 15th should be Soft instead of Snow, but I opted to go with Snow because it has better mobility for the A-H side, and because I didn't read anything about poor ground conditions on that day. In the absence of details between the 13th and the 15th, I tried to retain the best mobility between the two possible choices (Soft vs. Snow).

So, my interpretation is that there was a snow storm on the 13th, then snow remained on the ground but it gradually dried up over several days (but it must of remained very cold, not in that middle warm/cool temperature to turn to mush), then the weather turned hot on the 16th as the sun came through, firming up the ground in full intensity.