most likely to melt in January or sometimes if its a lite snow it will melt in the next 2 or three days
simple . . it's because the glacier melted . . . The snow actually forms a glacier through a long process...a metamorphosis of sorts. Snow (which is an ice crystal) falls in an area that stays cold enough year round that snow doesn't totally melt in the summer. There has to be a large accumulation of snow and it must be in a place that isn't prone to avalanches or severe enough wind to blow the snow away. Or (as in the poles, the snow that falls stays because it stays cold enough that the snow doesn't melt all year.) Over a period of time, new layers of snow pile on top of previous snows, some parts melt so the layers pack more and more tightly. The transformation becomes known as firn. Eventually the firn transforms into a solid bluish mass filled with air bubbles. It can take a few decades or much longer.
Depending on the year, the snow in Fairbanks usually melts in mid to late April. However, in 2013 it was on the ground until early June so it definitely varies.
32 Inches of snow.
on average there is 150 snow storms a year in the usa
From December to around early April. At lease that's how it goes here in Ottawa, Canada. Edit: Usually, snow starts in November to March. But this year, it started late December! Our first snow was the big snowstorm that also happened in the US. I don't know how long the snow is going to last this year! There's less than an inch of snow! There was never enough snow to make a snowman other than the snowstorm!
Yes, there are many glaciers on the mountain above about 8,000 feet where snow and ice don't melt. Hundreds of inches fall every year on Paradise Ranger station which is around 5500 feet, and it often doesn't completely melt until late June or July at that elevation. But it does all melt. You have to get above 7-8 thousand feet, depending on the year, to find snow that does not melt.
You explain this: "When the clouds get really cold, stuff drops from them. That stuff is snow."
There is more snowfall during the year and it takes more time to melt, the adelie penguins usually breed in summer when all the snow has melted.
On mountains with the highest peaks, snow and ice remains year-round; it never fully melts. In lower elevations, snow would behave according to the temperature. In warm spring time, lower elevation snow melts and feeds streams. Ice will also break up and melt.
Polar bears do not have a routine like humans do. What a polar bear does in a day is never the same. There are numerous days where a polar bear is just travelling, not eating, or waiting out a snow storm. It all depends on the bear and the time of year, among many other things.
simple . . it's because the glacier melted . . . The snow actually forms a glacier through a long process...a metamorphosis of sorts. Snow (which is an ice crystal) falls in an area that stays cold enough year round that snow doesn't totally melt in the summer. There has to be a large accumulation of snow and it must be in a place that isn't prone to avalanches or severe enough wind to blow the snow away. Or (as in the poles, the snow that falls stays because it stays cold enough that the snow doesn't melt all year.) Over a period of time, new layers of snow pile on top of previous snows, some parts melt so the layers pack more and more tightly. The transformation becomes known as firn. Eventually the firn transforms into a solid bluish mass filled with air bubbles. It can take a few decades or much longer.
simple . . it's because the glacier melted . . . The snow actually forms a glacier through a long process...a metamorphosis of sorts. Snow (which is an ice crystal) falls in an area that stays cold enough year round that snow doesn't totally melt in the summer. There has to be a large accumulation of snow and it must be in a place that isn't prone to avalanches or severe enough wind to blow the snow away. Or (as in the poles, the snow that falls stays because it stays cold enough that the snow doesn't melt all year.) Over a period of time, new layers of snow pile on top of previous snows, some parts melt so the layers pack more and more tightly. The transformation becomes known as firn. Eventually the firn transforms into a solid bluish mass filled with air bubbles. It can take a few decades or much longer.
Depending on the year, the snow in Fairbanks usually melts in mid to late April. However, in 2013 it was on the ground until early June so it definitely varies.
The Red River is notorious for its flooding.
it stays so freakin cold up there that it doesn't even get a chance to melt:)
Never.
usually during the summer when it's dry, not in the winter when it's snowy. Or in the spring when all the snow melts. Answer: It depends on your location: * during monsoon season * during the rainy seasons, usually spring * during the snow melt * during freak storms