[Ads-l] When Snow Sticks

[Joel Berson]

Me too (also MA).  For the obvious reason that the darker (blacker) surfaces of roads and streets absorb more heat than the relative whiteness of snow on lawns.

My lexicon is definitely "sticking" (or not).


Joel

      From: Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 9:46 AM
 Subject: Re: [ADS-L] When Snow Sticks
   
On 12/11/15 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> In other climates, I suppose the first snow of the season might behave that way. But places that get "snowed in", or have lingering accumulations of snow, and continuous sub-freezing temperatures, would not typically experience this phenomenon on subsequent snowfalls.
Actually we do. But on areas that have been cleared of snow. And, so, 
yes, while our front yard is covered from previous snowfall(s), we can 
speak of the new snow sticking (or not) to the street, sidewalk, etc.

---Amy West
(MA)

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