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Old 01-10-2009, 04:10 PM   #32
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Default Not much snow this weekend

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Originally Posted by BoulderBronco View Post
Any ice reports? How much snow is on the ice? Looks like another storm coming. Hopefully not to much falls or it will insulate the ice from the real cold temps coming this week.
I do not think we will get much water content in the snow during the next 24 hours. The air is very dry, so what will start to fall will evaporate on the way down. It will take some time for it to reach the ground.

The air is cold, so there will be a high snow to water ratio 15:1 to 20:1, so if we get 4" to 6", there will not be much water content and the winds early next week should blow it off the clear ice and compress it some.

Bigger problem is possible later next week. Too soon to make a call on that storm.

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