http://www.weatherimagery.com/blog/too-cold-to-snow/ A little mix of everything Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:47:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.weatherimagery.com/blog/too-cold-to-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-2985 Anonymous Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:42:21 +0000 http://weatherimagery.com/blog/too-cold-to-snow/#comment-2985 We love to go camping in the snow, it acts and insulator and keeps our tent warm We love to go camping in the snow, it acts and insulator and keeps our tent warm

]]> http://www.weatherimagery.com/blog/too-cold-to-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-2971 Anonymous Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:31:20 +0000 http://weatherimagery.com/blog/too-cold-to-snow/#comment-2971 it always snows on our mountain regardless of the temp it always snows on our mountain regardless of the temp

]]> http://www.weatherimagery.com/blog/too-cold-to-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Dr. Truth Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:31:59 +0000 http://weatherimagery.com/blog/too-cold-to-snow/#comment-1801 It rarely snows when the temperature drops below zero degrees Fahrenheit because the atmosphere is too stable. One of the ingredients for snow is enough lifting of saturated air that snow can develop aloft and fall to reach the surface. When it is said, "it is too cold to snow, "in reality it means there is not enough lifting of air to cause snow to reach the surface. Even at very cold surface temperatures, significant snowfall can occur. Intense lifting can produce significant precipitation, even at very low temperatures. The temperature higher in the atmosphere can be much warmer than the air temperature at the surface, and that warm air aloft can hold more moist air than the colder air at the surface. And, moisture can be transferred into the area where lifting is occurring through advection (the horizontal movement of an air mass). It rarely snows when the temperature drops below zero degrees Fahrenheit because the atmosphere is too stable. One of the ingredients for snow is enough lifting of saturated air that snow can develop aloft and fall to reach the surface. When it is said, “it is too cold to snow, “in reality it means there is not enough lifting of air to cause snow to reach the surface. Even at very cold surface temperatures, significant snowfall can occur. Intense lifting can produce significant precipitation, even at very low temperatures. The temperature higher in the atmosphere can be much warmer than the air temperature at the surface, and that warm air aloft can hold more moist air than the colder air at the surface. And, moisture can be transferred into the area where lifting is occurring through advection (the horizontal movement of an air mass).

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