Is there any way to access snowfall/accumulation with the new API?

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With weather underground, you could get access to snow fall/ snow depth.  Can this be accessed through the "Weather Company" API?
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Chad Gilhoi

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Enno Lueckel

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Yes - this data is available
6 months ago
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Chad Gilhoi

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@Enno...do you have a link to the API documentation for this?  The docs I saw only reference "precipitation" which is different than snowfall.  Thanks!
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Chad,
I saw it for the forecasts 

qpfSnow / The forecasted measurable precipitation as snow during the 12 or 24 hour forecast period. / [decimal]



2019-03-04T14:05:15+00:00
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I was trying to test this (since it snowed where I am overnight), and keep in mind your PWS has to actually have a value.  I can't seem to find a nearby PWS that has a value for precipitation over the past 24 hours to see whether it tells me snow or water in various API values.  

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