2007-02-07 02:30:36 · 6 answers · asked by The Exorcist 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
It can snow. It's just not going to be the kinda snow that you can use to make snowpeople.
2007-02-07 02:48:25 · answer #1 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's never too cold to snow. Colder air has much less moisture in it than warmer air. However, instead of inhibiting snow it actually just makes the snow fluffier because the flake is more air than water.
Here's a fun fact:
-If you're in a lake effect situation, the air above the lake may be so much colder than the lake itself that the base of the cloud forms on the lake's surface, aka fog. In this situation, very little lake effect occurs because not many of the clouds form aloft and drop snow.
2007-02-07 10:41:17 · answer #2 · answered by mandos_13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it can snow at -10. So long as you've got enough moisture in the air it's possible that you'll get snow. Below -40 it's very unlikely.
2007-02-07 10:44:39 · answer #3 · answered by Iridflare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The colder the temperature the less water vapor there is in the air to create snow. But snow is not created at ground level where we measure the temperature. Read this, it may help a bit.
http://www.theweatherprediction.com/habyhints/222/
2007-02-07 10:39:01 · answer #4 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if its -10°C on the ground it is too cold for snowflakes to form. because it is colder up where the clouds are, than it is on the ground
it has to be between -4 and 4 on the ground for it to snow
2007-02-07 10:37:55 · answer #5 · answered by Michael Dino C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are just saying that it was-36 F yesterday and it snowed all day I got 2 feet
2007-02-07 10:38:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋