I'm at work in Center City Philadelphia and it's been snowing all day. The ground is wet, but there is no accumulation. When I gome home tonight, a 10 minute train ride from here, there will be at least two inches of snow on the ground. Why is that?
2007-02-13 07:42:26 · 3 answers · asked by CJ'sMomma 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The city is definitely warmer with all the buildings and asphalt and transportaion and people. So when you're near the freezing mark you would tend to get more melting as the snow hits the ground. You would get the same amount of moisture falling in both, but the suburb is more open so you would also get drifts that would make it look like there's more snow.
2007-02-13 08:01:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be 2 - 3 degrees C warmer in the middle of a city, due to all the stone and concrete acting like a storage radiator, not to mention all the heat generated by cars and offices.
2007-02-13 15:47:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey snow is pretty smart stuff, of-course more will stick in the hills then in the city all that grease snow no stick
2007-02-15 22:09:23 · answer #3 · answered by ashkicker420 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋