seasonal snow
Cold-weather white blanket
Seasonal snow is snow that accumulates during winter months and melts completely by summer, as opposed to permanent snow that persists year-round.
The term appears in climatology and hydrology, where seasonal snowpack serves as natural water storage: Much of the region's water supply depends on seasonal snow in the mountains.
- ice crystalsSolid water formations
- fresh powderNewly fallen, uncompacted snow
- meltwaterWater from melted ice
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- snowpackAccumulated mountain winter layers
runoff · frost line · snowstorm · precipitation · spring thaw · hibernation · water cycle · snowmelt · climate · winter tourism · watershed · flood risk · migratory patterns · streamflow · avalanche · January · white · December
seasonal snowglacial ice
Compressed snow becoming solid
glacier · ice cap · ice sheet · firn · permafrost
seasonal snowsummer rain
Precipitation in hot season
warm rain · rain · monsoon · monsoon rain · tropical rainfall