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Snow water content?

greenpeter · 2010-12-10 09:39:21

How much water dose snow leave behind? 1inch of snow is the same as ? inch's of rain. Is there a way of working it out? Thanks.

10-12-2010 10:39AM

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greenpeter

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How much water dose snow leave behind?

1inch of snow is the same as ? inch's of rain.

Is there a way of working it out?

Thanks.

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#2 10-12-2010 10:44AM

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get a 1L jug of snow and bring it inside for a bit and you'll have the answer.

there's a lot of variables depending on the density of the snow itself which can vary quite a lot, but a good indicator would be 10-12" of snowfall would be equiv. of only 1-2" of rain.

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#3 10-12-2010 10:47AM

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Yeah was gonna say 1CM of snow is about 1MM of rain

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#4 10-12-2010 12:34PM

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t|nt|n wrote: »

Yeah was gonna say 1CM of snow is about 1MM of rain

that too.

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