Is this conversion even right? I found it on google with little explanation. One inch of rain seems minuscule to 10 inches of snow but maybe I have a fundamental misunderstanding of how much one inch of rain actually is. Please help.
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The snow ratio also changes with the atmosphere, if there’s a particularly dry layer the snow falls through and the air is incredibly cold, the ratio goes up. It’s not uncommon during strong winter storms to see 1:20 or 1:25 ratios. You just don’t see 25 inches of snow because cold air holds less water and you generally won’t get an inch of precipitable water in the air, so the .25 inches of rain you can get will translate into a couple of inches of snow
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