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The ratio of snow to water can vary a great deal depending on the vertical profiles of temperature and moisture, and how they change during a storm. Typically 1 inch of rain is equal to 1 foot of snow, a 12-1 ratio. Depending on the temperature and moisture profiles of the snow growth region of the atmosphere and the origin area of the storm system, that ratio can go higher, say 20-1, which would be 20 inches, or lower, say 6-1 or so. 12-1 is most forecasters starting point, and if you go to your local NWS page and read the area forecast discussion, they usually tell what ratio they believe a system will have as it moves through your area.

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12y ago

It depends on a lot of things, and can range anywhere from 4 inches of snow to an inch of rain up to about 20 inches of snow. The most common figure it 10 or 12, since it is easy to convert. But essentially, it depends how "wet" the snow is.

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On average, thirteen inches of snow equals one inch of rain in the US, although this ratio can vary from two inches for sleet to nearly fifty inches for very dry, powdery snow under certain conditions.

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snow's half consistence is water and the rest of the half is air . so one inch of snow contains half inch of water.

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About 10 inches of snow becomes 1 inch of water.

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8.25 up to 11 inches of snow equal to one inch of water

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It varies, but a good estimate would be 20-25 inches.

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It varies a lot, but a general rule of thumb is 1 inch of rain = 10 inches of snow.

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It's about 10 inches of snow per inch of water, unless the snow is wet.

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