snowpack

Noun

Meaning

snowpack (countable and uncountable, plural snowpacks)

An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.

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Examples

And I did, driving 350 miles to the Rockies in Colorado to meet with a scientist (socially distanced, of course) to talk about snowpack and drought. Source: Internet

BERTHOUD – Above average regional water storage coupled with above average snowpack prompted the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District board to increase its 2020 quota allocation for the Colorado-Big Thompson Project to 70%. Source: Internet

A thick snowpack is not often seen, with an average of only 27.5 days with convert or more of snow cover. Source: Internet

According to the B.C. River Forecast Centre, snowpack for the Okanagan was the highest in the province at 147 per cent of normal by May. Source: Internet

It was December 2014 and the students had just started under the tutelage of BYU forest ecologist Sam St. Clair for research on the impact of wildfires on snowpack levels. Source: Internet

Heat exchange takes place by convection between the snowpack and the overlaying air mass, and it is governed by the temperature gradient and wind speed. Source: Internet

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