Apple Weather App snowfall totals don’t make sense

Can someone explain why there is such a marked discrepancy between the predicted snowfall totals for a given day in the Apple Weather app? For any given day, there are two precipitation amounts, one above the hourly summary that says

X” Total for the day

and then a different value under the Daily Summary.

I have the latest iOS version.

And this has nothing to do with my current location. I live in Seattle and am looking for snowfall predictions at several nearby ski areas.

Other examples:

iPhone 6, iOS 12

Posted on Jan 4, 2024 8:03 AM

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Posted on Jan 7, 2024 2:57 AM

I’m guessing the larger number is physical inches of snow while the smaller number is something like Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) which measures how much water is in snow. It’s normally like a 10:1 ratio (10 inches of snow = 1 inch of water (precipitation). But if this is the case, they need to label those much clearer.

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