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it has 5 inches of snow
You would get about 1.2 inches of water for every foot of snow that melts.The average snow-to-water yield is 10 inches to 1 inch, but this varies considerably. Only 5 inches of "wet snow" will yield an inch of meltwater, but it takes 15 inches of dry powder.
On average, 1 inch of snow is equivalent to about 0.1 inches of water. Therefore, 24 inches of snow would be roughly equal to 2.4 inches of water. This ratio can vary depending on factors such as temperature and snow density.
For every inch of snow, it roughly equates to about 1/10th of an inch of water once melted. Therefore, if there were 6 inches of snow, it would result in approximately 0.6 inches of water once melted.
56 centimeters is approximately 22 inches of snow.
No, snow takes up more space than water. Fill a bowl with snow and when it melts it won't be full of water. It'll be semi-full of water.
The general rule of thumb is that 1 inch of rain is approximately equivalent to 10 inches of snow. Therefore, 5 inches of rain would equal approximately 50 inches of snow.
The ratio of snow to water can vary a great deal depending on the vertical profiles of temperature and moisture, and how they change during a storm. Typically 1 inch of rain is equal to 1 foot of snow, a 12-1 ratio. Depending on the temperature and moisture profiles of the snow growth region of the atmosphere and the origin area of the storm system, that ratio can go higher, say 20-1, which would be 20 inches, or lower, say 6-1 or so. 12-1 is most forecasters starting point, and if you go to your local NWS page and read the area forecast discussion, they usually tell what ratio they believe a system will have as it moves through your area.
On average, 10 inches of snow is equal to 1 inch of rain, but this ratio can vary based on factors like snow density and temperature. Therefore, 5 inches of snow would typically be equivalent to around 0.5 inches of rain.
It varies a lot just like it does in other places. Along the coast you might get only 4 inches of snow out of an inch of water. In many other places where it's much colder, you can easily get 20 inches out of that same inch of water.
The type of precipitation that occurs when 6 inches of snow (moist) or 30 inches of snow (dry) is equivalent to 1 inch of rain is considered the snow-water equivalent. This measurement helps in determining the amount of liquid water that would result if the snow melted completely.