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in oder for it to snow it can not be to cold
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Water drops that fall when the temperature is above freezing?
rain because if its above freezing then it wont be snow or freezing rain because they would freeze below freezing and not above freezing:)
Is snow always at least 32 degrees F and never colder?
Snow, like all other matter can get as cold as it's environment. Snow cannot rise above water's freezing point, because it would be liquid water. To expect snow to stay at it's freezing point is like expecting wax to never get colder a than it's freezing point. There is no basis for snow staying at 32 degrees F.
How can it rain at 20 degrees Fahrenheit?
there would have to be a layer of above freezing air on top of the ground so the rain would start as snow and melt in the above freezing air and become supercooled and fall as freezing rain (rain that freezes on contact with anything).
Does it have to bebelow freezing for it to snow?
Snow forms when the atmospheric temperature is at or below freezing (0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit) and there is a minimum amount of moisture in the air. If the ground temperature is at or below freezing, of course the snow will reach the ground. In the clouds, the water droplets freeze and become ice crystals, or snow!
Can it snow when the temperature is 50 degrees?
no, has to be 32 degrees or below! sorry yes it can snow if it is 50f at the surface, but below freezing in the upper levels.
Water drops that fall when the temperature is above freezing?
rain because if its above freezing then it wont be snow or freezing rain because they would freeze below freezing and not above freezing:)
Is snow always at least 32 degrees F and never colder?
Snow, like all other matter can get as cold as it's environment. Snow cannot rise above water's freezing point, because it would be liquid water. To expect snow to stay at it's freezing point is like expecting wax to never get colder a than it's freezing point. There is no basis for snow staying at 32 degrees F.
How can it rain at 20 degrees Fahrenheit?
there would have to be a layer of above freezing air on top of the ground so the rain would start as snow and melt in the above freezing air and become supercooled and fall as freezing rain (rain that freezes on contact with anything).
Does it have to bebelow freezing for it to snow?
Snow forms when the atmospheric temperature is at or below freezing (0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit) and there is a minimum amount of moisture in the air. If the ground temperature is at or below freezing, of course the snow will reach the ground. In the clouds, the water droplets freeze and become ice crystals, or snow!
Can it snow when the temperature is 50 degrees?
no, has to be 32 degrees or below! sorry yes it can snow if it is 50f at the surface, but below freezing in the upper levels.
Can it snow at 1 degrees Celsius?
yes, in fact it has to be above zero degrees to snow on the ground.
Is there a temperature where you can't make snow for ski slopes?
for snow to be snow, not water, the temperature of the air has to be below 0 degrees Celsius (freezing point) and the ground has to be below 0 degrees Celsius.
Is it possible to have snow that sticks to the ground when it is above 32 degrees Fahrenheit?
Only for a very short time. Recorded weather readings are taken at a height of 5 feet above the ground. If the ground has been frozen, the air temperature at ground level will be a few degrees cooler than the official temperature. It is not unusual for snow to remain for days or even weeks in shaded areas when the air temperature is well above freezing during the afternoons but near or below freezing at night.
Can there still be snow after the temperatures reached mid 80s?
When it is 80 degrees outside there will be no snow. In order for it to snow and stay around is for temperatures to be below freezing.
What temperature does it have to be for snowfall?
It depends on more than the temperature. It can snow when it is above freezing point (if it's colder where the snow comes from).
Can it snow if it is 37 degrees outside?
The answer is yes. And no. I'll explain. It can never snow when it is above freezing in the clouds where the snowflakes form. In fact, it must be many degrees below freezing for the proper conditions to exist for crystalline growth to occur as moisture condenses and freezes around atmospheric particles, such as dust. And, generally speaking, it must be below freezing all the way from the cloud to the ground for the snowflakes to be preserved. Snow will melt into rain if it passes through above freezing layers of the atmosphere for more than several seconds. But here is the loophole. If the only layer of the atmosphere that is above freezing is very thin and close to the ground, snow may not have time to entirely melt before hitting the ground. So that is how sometimes you can see snow, even heavy snow, when temperatures are as high as the upper 30s, or even into the low 40s in certain conditions. Usually, when it starts snowing above freezing, either the falling snow will cause the temperature to fall to near or below freezing, or warmer air aloft will become dominant and change the snow to rain. But there have been some large accumulations with temperatures hovering at 33 or 34 degrees and snow falling faster than it can melt. Sorry if that didn't settle the question clearly for one side or the other. It can snow but wet snow it evaporates once it gets to the ground, but for some reason it also may stick because probably a snow storm occurs a temperature 34 degrees it sticks on the ground because the snow is coming down faster than it can melt on the ground at least 32 degrees to snow.
What kind of precipitation would occur if the temperature was above freezing?
ummm snow stupid
