Will clothes dry outside when it very lightly snowing?

[hyphen]

Debating whether to put the washing outside as don't like drying indoors and haven't bought a tumble dryer yet.

It is very lightly snowing on and off, but surfaces it is landing on including plastic stuff are not wet from it, so appears to be evaporating. Weather app says 2 degrees outside.

So can a plane take off on a conveyor belt, and can I dry my washing outside?

Edited by hyphen on Monday 26th February 14:39

[Toltec]

Possibly, it may be quite stiff and become wet when you bring it back inside though.

[ReverendCounter]

I would guess that it won't - if there's a gentle breeze at 0ºC, the windchill will freeze the water. However if the air is very dry and no breeze at over 0ºC, there might be some evaporation.

[andy_s]

Yes. If you leave it long enough. Like until June.

[hyphen]

andy_s said:

Yes. If you leave it long enough. Like until June.

Ive been drying in the cold all winter though, if it isn't forecasted to rain it goes out no matter how cold. And has dried fine in 24 hours (the washing machine leaves clothes damp rather than dripping wet).

So only change is the snow.

[paul.deitch]

Depends on air temperature and absolute air humidity. If above freezing and the air humidity is lower than the washing then the washing will dry. How fast depends on air temperature, humidity and air speed.

[Dromedary66]

You will smell of damp.

[Toltec]

hyphen said:

Ive been drying in the cold all winter though, if it isn't forecasted to rain it goes out no matter how cold. And has dried fine in 24 hours (the washing machine leaves clothes damp rather than dripping wet).

So only change is the snow.

Snow is frozen water though so it will either just collect on the clothing until it melts making the clothes wetter or if the clothes are not frozen yet there will be a transfer of latent heat from the water in the clothing to the snow making the snow melt, some of which may evaporate and some soak into the clothing, and possibly the water in the clothes freeze. If it is windy enough and the temperature high enough the clothes may well dry eventually, the snow will just make it take longer and if the snow gets just a little heavier before they have dried they will start to get wetter again.

[eldar]

Tie it to the roof of a MX5.

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

The humidity is very low at the moment - went for a walk at lunchtime and the path which is usually muddy is bone dry. Also zero frost this AM despite being -2.
So I would say they will dry.