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Anonymous Sat 13 Mar 16:54:56 2021 No.12827287 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12827346 >>12828028

>weather forecast for Denver, CO says 36 degrees and snowing
Is the weatherman being dumb or does snow form at higher temperatures when you're at ~5,000 feet elevation?

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Anonymous Sat 13 Mar 2021 17:16:04 No.12827346 Report

Quoted By: >>12827388 >>12827990

>>12827287
First, Denver is at the Front Range, it's not actually in the mountains. The elevation is about a mile, hence "the mile-high state". Secondly, Colorado has a very unpredictable weather. I remember when we had 70 degrees one day and -5 the next. It doesn't happen every day, but no one is surprised by this.

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Anonymous Sat 13 Mar 2021 17:27:02 No.12827388 Report

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>>12827346
but why did they forecast snow + 36-degree weather? Is it even possible to have snow when it's 36 degrees? Idk what the actual temperature is but it's currently drizzling liquid. Would it be snowing if it were 36 degrees?
Or was the weatherman trying to hedge his bets and say "it will either be 36 degrees or it will snow so either way I'll be half-right"

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Anonymous Sat 13 Mar 2021 17:37:35 No.12827421 Report

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>>12827388
Yes, because the temperature in the sky can be several degrees lower and high winds can prevent the snow from melting before it gets down. Sure, it'll be a mushy mess and I wouldn't call it "snow", but 36 degrees is not high enough to prevent snow from falling and having it melt immediately. The latent heat of fusion for water is quite high.

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Anonymous Sat 13 Mar 2021 20:24:41 No.12827990 Report

Quoted By: >>12828001

>>12827346
the mile high city, not state. eastern CO is as flat as a pancake.

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Anonymous Sat 13 Mar 2021 20:26:13 No.12828001 Report

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>>12827990
It's flat, but it's still highlands. The lowest point in CO is also the highest point in Kansas.

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Anonymous Sat 13 Mar 2021 20:33:28 No.12828028 Report

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>>12827287
Yeah beacause its in Fahrenheit you stupid faggot

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Anonymous Sat 13 Mar 2021 23:38:12 No.12828830 Report

Quoted By: >>12829527

32 is the freezing point for pure water. I've yet to find any impurity that will do anything except raise the freezing point. I doubt it gets up to 36, but I've not been able to find any authorities saying exactly what is the freezing point of the impure rain water.

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Anonymous Sun 14 Mar 2021 02:42:48 No.12829527 Report

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>>12828830
Does elevation affect it? In Denver, water boils at about 200 degrees Fahrenheit instead of 212. Does it have a similar affect on freezing temps?

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Anonymous Sun 14 Mar 2021 04:52:05 No.12829856 Report

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>>12829527
Higher elevation generally means lower air pressure, which slightly increases the freezing point of water before causing it to drop somewhat. But we're talking about extremely minor effects so not relevant to conditions anywhere on Earth, much less those of Denver.

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