Monday, September 27, 2021

The snow ratio

 


The temperature at which snow forms influences the shape and characteristics the snowflakes.  In the simplest possible terms, colder means drier, fluffy snow, which has a greater depth, for the same amount of water.

One inch of water at 30 degrees will make 10 inches (depth) of snow.

One inch of water at -10 degrees will make 50 inches (depth) of snow

The weight will be exactly the same. 

As an example, a little over an inch of water (precipitation) when it is very cold (-10 degrees) will result in 5 feet of snow.

At just around freezing it will be around on foot of snow.

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