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Originally Posted by owenc
Not Really the snow will be melting today.
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What's to stop them from building snowmen as soon as it stops falling? Even in this scenario it doesn't melt immediately, and even when it melts the next day a foot of snow can be very useful. Plus there's the simple fact that snow is awesome
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That is why autumnal snow is useless unless you live in alaska or something.
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Not just Alaska - really anywhere that has autumns that transitions to a real winter can get "useful" autumn snow. Plus autumn snow isn't supposed to stick around through the whole season anyway. If it did stick through the rest of the season it wouldn't be autumn, would it?
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Originally Posted by owenc
It can last if its at the end of November but certainly not at the start. The ground temperatures are just too warm.
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Whether it lasts or melts away depends on where you are and how cold the air is. Northern Ireland and New Jersey are quite different from Labrador and Alaska. Even Montana sometimes has lasting snow in November.
The case in point for my case for autumnal snow is occurring right now in Montana. Temperatures are going to plunge into the teens and stay there for a while. Heavy powder and blizzard conditions are on tap, and still Montana hasn't "fully" transitioned to winter, though looking at the 10-day forecast it looks like winter is getting an early start in Montana.
TWC has also christened this new storm "Winter Storm Brutus". Unlike the Election Day Blizzard (or "Athena"), I actually like the name of Brutus for this storm. Somehow it seems to be appropriate. Anyway, here's the 10-day forecast for Glasgow, Montana:
Nov 9: Blizzard, 24/25
Nov 10: Snow Showers, 14/17
Nov 11: Partly Cloudy, -2/6
Nov 12: Partly Cloudy, -5/23
Nov 13: Partly Cloudy, 12/26
Nov 14: Partly Cloudy, 9/25
Nov 15: Partly Cloudy, 16/31
Nov 16: Sunny, 16/33
Nov 17: Scattered Snow Showers, 22/31