Topic: It takes a snowflake about 45 minutes to fall to the ground.
Anonymous A started this discussion 11 years ago #39,831
Fact of the day.
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Stealth joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 18 minutes later[^] [v] #530,308
Snow expert and Colorado assistant state climatologist Nolan Doesken states the vast majority of snowflakes fall at speeds between 1 to 6 feet per second. A snowflake's surface area and its mass are the most important factors in determining the rate of fall. Large flakes act like parachutes and slow down due to increased air resistance, while smaller snow pellets known as "graupel" fall at a much faster rate. In a typical winter storm, snowflakes begin their descent from a cloud layer about ten thousand feet above the ground. Assuming an average fall speed of 3.5 feet per second, a snowflake would take more than 45 minutes to reach Earth.
Chicago NWS forecaster Jim Kaplan, notes that when local Doppler radar depicts heavy snow returns at a radar beam level of about 3000 feet, 10 to 15 minutes elapse before heavy snow is actually observed in the local area.
Editors note:
In other words it may get dirty as it falls to ground
Anon says:
@OP
But it only takes Syntax 15 minutes to drive there.
Exactly
New meme is is is
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Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 48 seconds later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #530,309
@OP
But it only takes Syntax 15 minutes to drive there.
But it only takes Syntax 15 minutes to drive there.
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@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Horseshit has the potential to be spread on a field and provide nourishment to a crop of food that humans will one day consume. Doesn't make it popular.
Horseshit has the potential to be spread on a field and provide nourishment to a crop of food that humans will one day consume. Doesn't make it popular.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 11 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #530,636
@previous (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
It makes it popular in the context of growing food. It's pretty common knowledge that manure is good for crops.
It makes it popular in the context of growing food. It's pretty common knowledge that manure is good for crops.
Green joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 25 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #530,646
@530,623 (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
This. It's being forced and there's nothing funny or absurd about it in the first place.
This. It's being forced and there's nothing funny or absurd about it in the first place.
Anonymous C replied with this 11 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #530,649
Syntax replied with this 11 years ago, 6 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #530,731
@530,309 (C)Discounting Hail which covered my beach for one hour last year
Drive time to Snow locally to Mount Laguna
via I-8 E 1h 11 min
69.7 miles 1 h 9 min without traffic