Why do some places get snow and others don t?

Why do some places have more snow than others This is an easy question to answer: some places have more snow because the air is colder for longer periods of time AND there is a larger amount of water vapor in the air than there is in other places.

Why do some places have snow?

At a certain height, the air becomes overloaded with water vapor. Air that is teeming with water vapor and moisture is said to be in a supersaturated state. When the air cannot bear the weight of these particles, they fall to Earth as snowflakes and form a blanket of snow on those regions with high enough altitude.

Why do some mountains have snow and others don t?

As you climb a mountain to a higher altitude (height), the atmosphere gets thinner and thinner. This is because air pressure decreases with altitude. Even though warm air rises, as it does so the rising air expands and cools. More moisture means more rain and, at the very top of a mountain, more snow.

Why does snow only occur in winter?

1. Cold air (below freezing) is needed to make snow. For snow to fall to the ground, the temperature must be cold both up in the clouds where snowflakes form, and down at ground level. If the air near ground level is too warm, the snow will melt on its way down, changing to rain or freezing rain.

How does snow stay on mountains?

The air at high altitudes is thinner, and much colder than lower down. So snow both forms on them more readily and stays longer, as the climate is much colder higher up. The other reason is that because they are mountains, the sun does not fall on them all the day.

How cold is too cold to snow?

Snow forms when the atmospheric temperature is at or below freezing (0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit) and there is a minimum amount of moisture in the air. If the ground temperature is at or below freezing, the snow will reach the ground.