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Evaporative Cooling: What It Is and Why It’s So Important

In skiing, physics is everything. It determines what kind of snow falls, its consistency, and how it changes over time once it has fallen on the ground. One big concept that factors into these processes is evaporative cooling. This article will look at evaporative cooling and why it’s so important. Essentially, evaporative cooling describes the cooling of an object due to water […]

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Clay Malott | October 13, 2022
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Above-Freezing Air Temperature Still Offers Chance of Snow—Sometimes

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Recent snowfall across the Rockies has me jonesing for ski season. Unfortunately, August in the midwest spells 90-degree temps and high humidity. If we’re extremely lucky, the earliest snowfall won’t be till late October, and ski season won’t start until the middle of November. So we’re still a ways off. But snow can fall even if it’s above 32 degrees, […]

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Joseph Puetz | August 27, 2021
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