The snowpack is awesome this year and snowmobiling has never been better. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Two newspapers in one] Reference
To be fair, I think it did snow up in the mountains, although snowpack is well down this year. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » After warmest January in history, Vancouver airlifts in snow for Winter Olympics.] Reference
On a regional scale, mountain snowpack, glaciers, and small ice caps play a crucial role in fresh water availability. From Wordnik.com. [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Nobel Lecture] Reference
So why do you and the NRO stubbornly ignore that the increase in snowpack validates the hypothesis of global warming?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » National Review: ThinkProgress Doesn’t Have The ‘Slightest Idea What They Are Talking About’] Reference
The snowpack is the primary source of fresh water for California. From Wordnik.com. [Watts Up With That?] Reference
By contrast, during my last visit, in 2005, the snowpack was about six feet and the thermometer barely got above freezing. From Wordnik.com. [Stromata Blog:] Reference
The snowpack, which is crucial for water supply throughout the year, is running about 200% of normal as of now in the Sierra. From Wordnik.com. [PM Update: A little cooler tonight and Thursday] Reference
What this means is the snowpack is the rain, the sunshine, and day and nighttime temperatures not just today, but all winter long. From Wordnik.com. [CANOE Travel Features] Reference
Janowicz said monitoring stations in the Alsek River basin are showing a snowpack which is. From Wordnik.com. [Whitehorsestar.com News] Reference
"snowpack," may turn out to be a non-issue for riverside residents. From Wordnik.com. [The Ottumwa Courier Homepage] Reference
That reveals how much more weight the snowpack can support. From Wordnik.com. [Taming The White Dragon] Reference
Those are mountains with 68 percent of normal snowpack on them. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Folks have been claiming our snowpack is near or above the 30-year average. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Grazing is limited by climatic conditions, lack of forage, and lingering snowpack. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
CO2, CH4 and N2O flux through a Wyoming snowpack and implications for global budgets. From Wordnik.com. [General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels] Reference
For example, have you ever noticed the snowpack on a car windshield after a snowfall?. From Wordnik.com. [Avalanche] Reference
This uniformly dry snowpack accounts for Utah's lack of snow avalanches in the mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Wasatch and Uinta montane forests] Reference
The art in avalanche science is determining when the snowpack is in danger of giving way. From Wordnik.com. [Taming The White Dragon] Reference
The effects of increasing snowpack on a subalpine meadow in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, USA. From Wordnik.com. [Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation] Reference
That pattern increases the instability of the snowpack and therefore the risk of avalanches. From Wordnik.com. [Taming The White Dragon] Reference
The vegetation in this zone is adapted to extremes in heavy winter snowpack and summer drought. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Nevada (EPA)] Reference
Frequent minor avalanches prevent the buildup of unstable snowpack that can lead to large ones. From Wordnik.com. [Taming The White Dragon] Reference
Most of the precipitation is in the form of snow and the snowpack can remain well into the summer. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)] Reference
Understanding the history of snowpack for that season can reveal several clues about slope stability. From Wordnik.com. [Avalanche] Reference
Our desert is certainly still dry, but it looks like they're right about our snowpack in the mountains. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Weak layers deep in the snowpack can cause avalanches even if the surface layers are strong or well bonded. From Wordnik.com. [Avalanche] Reference
Perhaps the most significant factor (but not the only one) is how the snowpack has developed over the season. From Wordnik.com. [Avalanche] Reference
The West, Pacific Northwest, and Alaska could see changes in the thickness of snowpack and the timing of snowmelt. From Wordnik.com. [Internet Address Paper On The Challenge Of Global Warming] Reference
Slab avalanches are the most common and most deadly avalanches, where layers of a snowpack fail and slide down the slope. From Wordnik.com. [Avalanche] Reference
Mountain snowpack represents a substantial amount of annual water supply in the Colorado River Basin and throughout the West. From Wordnik.com. [REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY: COLORADO RIVER WATER USERS ASSOCIATION BY ANNE CASTLE] Reference
When temperatures stay below freezing, especially below zero degrees Fahrenheit, the snowpack may remain relatively unstable. From Wordnik.com. [Avalanche] Reference
Because of its granular structure, similar to dry sand, depth hoar bonds poorly and creates a very weak layer in the snowpack. From Wordnik.com. [Avalanche] Reference
For instance, shadows from the sun crossing the snow surface throughout the day will not significantly change snowpack stability. From Wordnik.com. [Avalanche] Reference
Because snow is a good insulator, small temperature changes do not have as much effect on snowpack as larger or longer changes do. From Wordnik.com. [Avalanche] Reference
Recent snowfall puts extra stress on the existing snowpack, especially if it does not adequately bond to the pre-existing surface layer. From Wordnik.com. [Avalanche] Reference
On the other hand, light snowfalls and consistently cold temperatures help strengthen the snowpack and make it more resistant to avalanche. From Wordnik.com. [Avalanche] Reference
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