The texture difference in snow comes down to how liquid water turns into snow, which is measured by the snow-to-liquid ratio.
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Extreme cold coinciding with snow this weekend determines what’s called the snow liquid ratio
The big story heading into this weekend is watching for snow to be arriving; however, the cold impacts how much snow we can make out of the moisture.
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The science behind fluffy snow
When it's really cold, like it was this weekend, the snow-to-rain ratio will be more like 20:1, 20 inches of snow for an inch ...
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