can anyone please explain why it snows on mountains.
please and thank you
2007-11-11 16:27:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
No but why, like a scientific explanation or something. Please.
2007-11-11 16:42:24 · update #1
Thanks for all the help!
2007-11-11 18:30:13 · update #2
There are two main reasons;one is that the atmosphere is heated from below by the solar radiation and the temperature decreases as you go up.Secondly, the mountain top is a part of the earth's surface(land) and it gets cooled more than the surrounding air as the land,being a good absorber of heat is also a good radiator of heat (than the air).So mountain tops become more colder than the air surrounding it and the water vapour in the air which is in contact with the surface of the mountains,condenses as snow.
Further once snow is formed,it will reflect the heat received by it(as snow is a good reflecto of heat) and the mountain top having the snow will get further cooled.
2007-11-11 20:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by Arasan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It has got to do with the freezing level. Temperature usually decreases as you go up in the lower atmosphere, apart from the presence of severe inversions, which means that you are more likely to obtain temperatures below zero closer to mountain tops than the mountain base. So it can snow on a mountain top, but the snow may melt into rain, if the freezing level is high enough, before it hits the base of the mountain.
2007-11-12 13:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it snows on mountain because.. it's too high there that it almost reach the level of the atmosphere where snows and hailstones are formed...
2007-11-11 16:55:42 · answer #3 · answered by eljhay 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Why does it snow on mountains?
can anyone please explain why it snows on mountains.
please and thank you
2015-08-05 23:51:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it typically gets colder as you get higher in the atmosphere.
2007-11-11 16:39:34 · answer #5 · answered by poeticjustice 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, the cold. And the lower dew point at higher altitudes.
2007-11-11 16:44:00 · answer #6 · answered by bahbdorje 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oorographic Uplift. And the Bigfoot thig ...
2007-11-11 16:36:24 · answer #7 · answered by NietzChe 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because it's cold up there
2007-11-11 16:34:54 · answer #8 · answered by Liz A 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because bigfoot wants it to.........
2007-11-11 16:34:58 · answer #9 · answered by paladin12002000 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋