Why is there almost a foot of snow outside?
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Conditions made it right for the set up honey.
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its too cold in canada.
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Precipitation from the clouds, which hover around the top of the mountain, freezes due to the lower temperatures. And we have snow!
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Before it begins to snow, the system begins to cool the air down to ground level.  As this happens, moisture in the ground moves up into the weather system, and eventually mixes with the already cold water, ect within the cloud.  As the snow begins to fall, the temprature drops for a short period of time, and then stabilizes. \n\nThis stabilization happens so that the snow can continue to fall without turning into ice.  On average, winter snow will fall between 14 F and 30 F.  However, it is possible for snow to fall at lower tempratures, however you will see an increase in temprature to have snow fall.\n\nNot all snow falls, however, fall within that temprature range.  Area's such as alaska, greenland, siberia, ect, can have snow even when it is much much colder.  However, the general rule still applies:  snow fall equels an increase in temprature untill a stabilization point has been reached.\n\nSnow that falls within the normal range is usualy wet snow, ie it is snow that is mixed with a bit of melted snow (water vapor), thus causing it to be heavy snow.\n\nSnow that falls below the temprature range tends to be dry snow, ie, snow that has completely frozen over.\n\nDry snow can be a major problem as it doesn't allow for the stabilization to occure at a quick rate, instead, blizzards, huge snow storms, ect, can take effect before the storm system actually stabilizes.\n\nHope that made sens&#92;e
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Well snow is white because it is a frozen sliver of moisture.We christians accept white as a sign of purity.Interestingly if you watch snow falling,no two particles ever collide(till they reach the ground)If you stand underneath falling snow and look directly up,the falling snow won't look white(try it)
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i lived in anchorage last year and  about this time last year was about 6 inches \n its weird cause the sun comes out during the day time (what few hours of light there is) and melts it into a sheet of ice and then it gets coverd again by more snow i would say there was no more then 10 inches at a time last year 2005-2006\n&#92;\n&#92; right now in bagdad Iraq there isint any snow :)
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The snow is worse because it piles up and causes serious driving problems. Hail, on the other hand, may cause some damage, but is short - lived, usually ending within minutes.
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A rule of thumb is that it varies from 1.2 inches of water to one foot of snow to 0.48 inches to make one foot of snow (a ratio of between 0.10 - 0.04). It obviously depends on the compaction of the snow and the crystal structure. \n\nBy my calculations the commercial snowmaking machines use about 5 inches of water to one foot of snow, so it is obviously much denser than natural snow.
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It snowed in Pensacola,Florida a couple weeks ago- end of February I believe. less than an inch.
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An avalanche can happen with just a foot of snow (even less) if it's on top of snow that has already iced over.\nMuch more to it than amount.
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haha you are funny, it is well below freezing here and well get to -40 below before winter is done.  suck it up
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When people talk about what temperature it is, they are talking about the temperature at near ground level. However, this temperature is not the key to creating snow. Snow is typically formed much higher in the atmosphere from typically at 1000+ ft up in the air. So when ever you have moisture laden air cooled to below 32°F (0°C for your EU friends), snow will form and fall to the ground. If the temperature near the ground is below 32°F (30, 20, 10, etc), the snow will land. If the temperature is above 32°F, it may melt on the way down and show up as rain.\n\nNow there may be geographical and weather pattern reasons why it doesn't snow very often when it is below 32°F in France, but scientifically there is no reason it can not.
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I'm taking a wild guess here, snow.
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Here in Canada the bikes are put up for the season since snow is around. Fall is only now getting cool which is unusual for us.Normally we would be under a foot of snow, but not yet. We normally clean the house Saturdays, and on sundays relax, walk the dog, have a drink by the fireplace, welcome friends who drop over and perhaps watch a movie all curled up together. Can`t wait for the snow so snowmen and snow forts can be built. We love tons of snow...hopefully we will see some soon...hey gotta have a white christmas right.
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Powder is great, and it´s bad when there´s ice! But it´s also good, when the snow is almost melting. But then yah should not fall...
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It depends on the density of snow. New snowfall is typically between 7% and 12% of the density of water, which means 1 inch of snow is equivalent to 0.07" to 0.12" of rain; stated another way, it takes 8 to 14 inches of snow to equal 1 inch of rain.\nWind exposure often increases the density to 20% to 30% (1 inch of rain = 3 to 5 inches of snow). Higher density (heavier) snow typically results from warmer temperatures and/or winds while lower density (lighter snow) usually results from colder air with less wind.
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Winter is cold \n\nYou said short ;)