Snow
Moderator: Mattk
Re: Snow
Must be a slow week!
I don’t. I did have a square that I had used to actually measure snow depth and tried to make some correlations but I had better use for my time. At 7,000 feet in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, our snow can be so dry that the snow water equivalent could be 1:10 (1mm H2O = 10mm snow) or dryer; sometimes the snow is so “wet” that 1:2 happens. Here in the arid southwest USA, us non-skiers are more interested in water equivalent than snow depth.
I use a heated (tipping-bucket) rain collector to measure the actual water content of the falling snow. That and using the outside air temperature (plus looking out the window) can give me some idea of snow depth.
I don’t. I did have a square that I had used to actually measure snow depth and tried to make some correlations but I had better use for my time. At 7,000 feet in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, our snow can be so dry that the snow water equivalent could be 1:10 (1mm H2O = 10mm snow) or dryer; sometimes the snow is so “wet” that 1:2 happens. Here in the arid southwest USA, us non-skiers are more interested in water equivalent than snow depth.
I use a heated (tipping-bucket) rain collector to measure the actual water content of the falling snow. That and using the outside air temperature (plus looking out the window) can give me some idea of snow depth.
Dave
Really! I am too busy to ranch.
Really! I am too busy to ranch.