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Old December 16th 04, 06:49 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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In article .com,
Weatherlawyer writes:
While John Hall still hasn't realised that cold weather here in winter
is usually a spell with little precipitation:

Some of us still retain a child-like delight in snow, and the way it
transforms an otherwise boring vista into a thing of beauty. Since our
wishing for snow has no effect whatsoever on whether it will occur, we
surely don't need to feel guilty about wishing for it.


Not at all. I went on to point out that cold weather is most often dry
weather, so that one advantage of a cold winter may be that the risk of
flooding is less. I mentioned snow because most people here seem to be
snow enthusiasts rather than keen on cold weather for its own sake.


.... It is still a matter of debate and location about the saw: "Too
warm to snow"


Not much debate about that. "Too cold to snow" is a different matter.

Of course, the colder the air, the less moisture it can contain. But
colder on the ground is not always the same thing as colder at the
altitude from which the snow is falling.
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"