an inch of snow = how much rainfall ?

[tubbystu]

Just a thought, given we had 8 or 10" snow fall overnight and another 2 or 3" during the day, how much does that convert roughly if it had fallen as rain ?

Not an exact science I know but it is all water after all.

[plg101]

http://www.avalanche-center.org/Education/glossary...

[Shaw Tarse]

tubbystu said:

Just a thought, given we had 8 or 10" snow fall overnight and another 2 or 3" during the day, how much does that convert roughly if it had fallen as rain ?

Not an exact science I know but it is all water after all.

Too much for the drains to cope with!

[spikeyhead]

a foot of snow is approximately an inch of rain.

[tubbystu]

Shaw Tarse said:

tubbystu said:

Just a thought, given we had 8 or 10" snow fall overnight and another 2 or 3" during the day, how much does that convert roughly if it had fallen as rain ?

Not an exact science I know but it is all water after all.

Too much for the drains to cope with!

My thoughts exactly - especially if we get rain and it thaws quickly.

It would seem from the link snow is about 10% the density of water, so that is still an inch or so of rain in one night !

[trooperiziz]

tubbystu said:

Just a thought, given we had 8 or 10" snow fall overnight and another 2 or 3" during the day, how much does that convert roughly if it had fallen as rain ?

Not an exact science I know but it is all water after all.

Very roughly, a foot of snow is about an inch of rain, I think.

edited to add - too slow!

Edited by trooperiziz on Monday 2nd February 15:44

[crofty1984]

At a guess, the volume of 1 Kg of solid ice is 10-20% that of water (the whole "tip of the iceberg" thing).
Then you have to consider the air gaps. I have no idea, but at a guess, fluffy snow would be 30% air gaps. About half?