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It melts, partially or totally. If the air remains above freezing the remainder of the way down to the ground, you'll get rain. If there is a sufficient cold layer below the layer of warm air down to the surface, it has time to refreeze into sleet. If there is a very shallow layer of sub-freezing air at the surface, rain will fall but freeze to the surface upon contact.
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How snow starts off as sleet?
Sleet starts as snow, then falls through a layer of the atmosphere that is above freezing whereupon it melts into rain. Finally, it falls back into colder air and refreezes as ice pellets (sleet) before reaching the ground.
How does the humidity of air affect the type of snow that falls?
When snow falls through humid air that is close to freezing, the snowflakes tend to join together into larger clumps in which the individual crystals are hard to see. Powdery snow is produced when snow falls through cold dry air
What happens if too much rain or snow falls at once?
If too much rain falls you will have tons of floods. If too much snow falls at once it will become a blizzard.
Why are the gases in each layer of ice different?
Layers of ice in a glacier or permanent ice pack form a sort of history. Snow falls on top of older layers of snow, and as it builds up the snow at the bottom gets compressed into ice. The gases in each layer represent the composition of the air at the time
What happens if heavy rain falls on heavy snow?
This can create a significant flooding concern. Initially the rain will be absorbed and saturate the snow pack completely, but after that it will all runoff in addition to melting snow as it falls. So in other words, you may end up adding both the amount of rain that fell with the snow water equivalent of the snow pack to the hydrologic system, which could overwhelm it...
When snow falls and falls again the next day what happens to the first layer?
It evaporates into a second layer
What happens to snow if ti falls through a layer of warm air?
They will fall to the ground as snow.If the air is warmer than 0 degrees celsius , the ice crystals will melt.
What happens to snow if it falls though a layer of warm air?
some of it would defrost. then for every (umm) second that the snow is there another couple of thousand flakes melt.
What happens in a snowstorm?
a lot of snow falls
How snow starts off as sleet?
Sleet starts as snow, then falls through a layer of the atmosphere that is above freezing whereupon it melts into rain. Finally, it falls back into colder air and refreezes as ice pellets (sleet) before reaching the ground.
How does the humidity of air affect the type of snow that falls?
When snow falls through humid air that is close to freezing, the snowflakes tend to join together into larger clumps in which the individual crystals are hard to see. Powdery snow is produced when snow falls through cold dry air
What happens during a avalanche?
snow falls down the mountain
What happens if too much rain or snow falls at once?
If too much rain falls you will have tons of floods. If too much snow falls at once it will become a blizzard.
How does the humidity of the air affects the type of snow that falls?
When snow falls through humid air that is close to freezing, the snowflakes tend to join together into larger clumps in which the individual crystals are hard to see. Powdery snow is produced when snow falls through cold dry air
What happens during avalanche?
Snow a falls down a the mountain!
A low smooth layer of clouds of gray from which a steady rain or snow falls?
cumulonimbus clouds
What is another name for ice pallets?
Ice pallet are also known as 'Sleet' -Its the solid form of water. They are formed when snow falls through a warm layer of air, partially melting, and then falls through a layer of air below 0*C. The resulting beads of ice are hard enough to bounce off the cold ground when they strike it.
