It takes six moist or thirty dry inches of what form of precipitation to equal one inch of rain?

Answer by  kn80 (69)

Snow. To visualize this, imagine an 8 oz cup filled with water. Water forms to the container filling the entire space. However, the same cup filled with powdery snow would contain many small air pockets. Very moist snow (like a slushy mix) would contain fewer air pockets. When snow melts it contains less liquid water because of these pockets.

Answer by  gcmeyer2 (787)

This sounds like a calculation to measure the amount of water in snow. Generally, every 10-12 inches of snow will yield one inch of rain. The colder the snow the less water it will hold because, the colder the air, the more water it can hold.

Answer by  ML (122)

I would prefer one inch of rain over the six inches of wet, heavy snow that we just received. I really like the big white fluffy snow flakes, but to receive thirty inches at a given time is just back breaking.