'It is too cold too snow' - What's that all about?

[CHAPPERS]

We're having a discussion about the phrase above and wonder if anyone can state exactly what it means when people say, 'It's soo cold too snow'. Dunnit snow in the mountains when it's like -15 and shit in Canada. One person thinks it's too do with a change in temperature and that sounds the most likely.

Anyone?

 

[Seagullible]

it's bollox mate.

 

[Adams score 0]

Beyond me.:
I'm a

 

[larus]

I believe the reason for the saying is that it normally warms by a degree or so when it starts snowing due to the cloud cover.

So my mate Michael Fish said anyway

 

[SK1NT]

if its really cold, theres usually no cloud, hence no snow


i want snow

 

[CHAPPERS]

What a bunch of TARDCAKE.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

If the air cools to truly frigid Arctic temperatures such as -40 C and below then the moisture capacity of the air will be so low that likely not much snow can occur. Only at these extremely low temperatures is the phrase "it is too cold to snow" fairly valid.
Even in these conditions, snow is possible.

In this county in the winter, when it's very cold the weather feature necessary for it to snow is unlikely to form because it is often high pressure. When this occurs the phrase "too cold to snow" is sometimes heard.

Clearly it can't literally be too cold to snow, so I always take it to mean it's too cold for the necessary weather feature for it to snow to occur.

 

[Parson Henry]

I hearda weatherforecaster say that we should expect wet snow!!!

Ermmm is that not rain or even sleet?

 

[sully]

I hearda weatherforecaster say that we should expect wet snow!!!

Ermmm is that not rain or even sleet?

Nope.

It's all to do with the shape that forms depending on the temperature. We normally get wet snow in this country as it doesn't normally get cold enough for any other sort.

This might help (a little):

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/snow.htm

 

[Lady Bracknell]

So....it's not that it's too cold for snow. It's that it's too cold for the right sort of snow.

A situation that Southern Railways (or whatever they call themselves today) have been exploiting for years.

 

[Easy 10]

If the air cools to truly frigid Arctic temperatures such as -40 C

Those are the conditions I normally encounter when I roll in half pissed, with no flowers or chocolates.

 

[Croydonbloke]

Those are the conditions I normally encounter when I roll in half pissed, with no flowers or chocolates.

Quite a good excuse for not going home with the mentioned goodies Easy10.

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

Leeds,Sunderland,West Ham ,to good for this league,What's all that about??

 

[Croydonbloke]

It`s is starting to snow again. POXY STUFF.

 

[Parson Henry]

It`s is starting to snow again. POXY STUFF.

Naah its Simon Jordan's dandruff blokie!!!

 

[On the Left Wing]

Minus 30 degrees Celcius when I was in Northern Sweden 5 years ago and it snowed all the time!

When I lived in Aberdeenshire it was often as low as minus 15 (two winters as low as minus 19) and we had buckets of snow. Absolute humidity hols true, but try telling that to Eskimos!

 

[Croydonbloke]

Naah its Simon Jordan's dandruff blokie!!!

Perry i usually associate you with origional quotes. You are slacking man, sort yourself out or take a break!!

 

[Parson Henry]

Sorry blokie.

Shit can't use that someone may have apologised to you before

 

[Gluteus Maximus]

It's bollocks. -10 here in Copenhagen and 6 inches last night. (or was that -10 and I managed 6 inches...)

 

[Waterhall Wizard]

It`s is starting to snow again. POXY STUFF.

I blame all this snow that we're having on the global warming!