Just heard that excitable Alex Deacon on Radio 4 say the snow is finding it
hard to settle because the ground is wet !
My old aunt used to say that too,I wonder what happens when the temperature
gets down to near zero as its approaching here in Woodford Green ,with white
cars and lawns ?

RonB

ron button wrote:
Just heard that excitable Alex Deacon on Radio 4 say the snow is finding it
hard to settle because the ground is wet !
My old aunt used to say that too,I wonder what happens when the temperature
gets down to near zero as its approaching here in Woodford Green ,with white
cars and lawns ?

RonB


There is some truth though in the apparent effect. For example at the
moment the snow lying is very slushy and wet as the temperature is still
above freezing, +0.5C although the DP is below zero. So the snow is
mixing with the surface water making it slushy. Had it have been dry and
the DP below zero I suspect the initial layer just above freezing would
not have become wet and the snow then falling on that initial would have
not been slushy.
Dave