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snow levels

snow levels is the plural of snow level.

Meaning of snow level

Noun

snow level (plural snow levels)

  1. The depth of snow accumulated on the ground.
    • An avalanche sloughing off a Utah mountainside killed a state Department of Transportation avalanche forecaster while he was surveying snow levels near a popular winter recreation area, authorities reported.2013 April 13, Michael Mello, “Avalanche forecaster killed in Utah avalanche”, in Los Angeles Times
  2. (US, Western) The altitude, in a mountainous region, above which precipitation falls as snow.
    • The snow level, or altitude in the atmosphere where snow melts to rain, is an important variable for hydrometeorological prediction in mountainous watersheds; yet, there is no operational performance measure associated with snow-level forecasts in the United States.2009, Allen B. White et al., “Developing a Performance Measure for Snow-Level Forecasts”, in Journal of Hydrometeorology, volume 11, number 3, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    snow line

Questions about snow levels

What is snow levels the plural of?
Snow levels is the plural of snow level.

Words near snow levels in the dictionary

  1. snow leopard
  2. snow leopardess
  3. snow leopardesses
  4. snow leopards
  5. snow level
  6. snow levels
  7. snow line
  8. snow lines
  9. snow lion
  10. snow lions
  11. snow load

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