Is it warm because its snowing or is it snowing because its warm?

Question

Why doesn't it snow when its SUPER SUPER COLD? and it feels so much warmer when it does snow...

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Answer 1

when the temps drop to low it wont snow because the moisture is froze(basicaly). The extreamly frigid temps dry out the air. No moisture = no snow...

Answer 2

Snow is frozen rain and as you know rain is caused by moisture in the air.

Moisture enters the air through evapouration from the seas and oceans and to a lesser extent from lakes and rivers. If it's sub-zero there's no evapouration.

Places where it's super cold such as the Arctic and Antarctic rarely have snow - it's just that what bit does fall never melts so over thousands of years it builds up.

To answer your question - it's snowing because it's warm (comparatively). Snow is most likely in temperatures around freezing and in places close to large bodies of water (by close I mean within a few hundred miles).

Answer 3

Perhaps its because there is a lack of wind on the days you've experienced snow and on other days you are experiencing the wind chill....beyond this I don't think there is a phenomenon in which it gets warmer when it snows

Answer 4

Where it's SUPER SUPER COLD, like Antarctica for example, it's unable to snow due to the cold air making the air too dense and too arid to precipitate.

Answer 5

i don't know where u live but it sure is cold here when it snows

Answer 6

well I'm pretty sure it isn't snowing cause it's warm.... I'm in San Diego, its warm here.... not snowing.

Answer 7

complicated issue. look into on to google. that will could help!

Answer 8

and your question is?????