Talk:Classifications of snow

Ukichiro Nakaya
Should not this page contain significant references to the scientific classifications of types of snow resulting from the work of Ukichiro Nakaya? At the moment, the types mentioned seem to be completely ad hoc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.106.139 (talk) 20:19, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Merge: Champagne powder
"Champagne powder" is just a dry kind of powder. It's nothing magical or special, despite being a trademarked term by Steamboat Springs ski resort. The sole source for the article is a German newspaper travel piece which mentions the term only once.  Will Beback   talk    23:32, 31 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: An AfD has been closed with the go-ahead to merge. Michaelzeng7 (talk) 03:13, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Lake-effect snow
The description for "lake-effect snow" describes it as "deposited on the lake's shores" — but people who live near the Great Lakes experience lake-effect snow falling at distances far greater than "the shore" — indeed, many kilometres. I think the description could use clarification? -- Mecandes (talk) 21:23, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Snow mixed with exhaust?
Is there a name for what I call "brown snow": Snow on the roadside that gets mixed with dirt and crap from exhaust fumes to make a brown colour? This stuff. Steel Wool Killer / Lanolжeð Renforsdfer Tyklovon (talk) 16:03, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Authoritative source
This article appears to lack reliable sources. An authoritative one to use for this article is:

User:HopsonRoad 13:04, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Words for forms of ice
There needs to be a list of words for different forms of ice too, including all the different forms of ice (black ice, clear ice, glaze ice), frost (white frost, black frost, hoar frost, window frost / fern frost / ice flowers, advection frost / wind frost), hoar (surface hoar, air hoar, crevasse hoar, depth hoar), hailstones, ice pellets, glaze, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.60.126.246 (talk) 05:04, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 23 December 2018 to "Classifications of snow"

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The result of the move request was: Support move. HopsonRoad (talk) 22:24, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

This article appears to be based on a vernacular understanding of how to classify snow as it falls and snow after it accumulates on the ground. This is reflected in its lack of reliable sources. I recommend that it be renamed, "Classifications of snow" and organized, as follows:
 * Events would describe the types of meteorological events that cause snow, using the following principal references:
 * Precipitation would describe snow crystals in the air and freshly deposited, using the following principal reference:
 * On the ground would describe the snow pack as it metamorphosizes, using the following principal reference:
 * Precipitation would describe snow crystals in the air and freshly deposited, using the following principal reference:
 * On the ground would describe the snow pack as it metamorphosizes, using the following principal reference:
 * On the ground would describe the snow pack as it metamorphosizes, using the following principal reference:
 * On the ground would describe the snow pack as it metamorphosizes, using the following principal reference:

HopsonRoad (talk) 16:50, 23 December 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. Dekimasu よ! 20:16, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Support moving per nom - clearly a lot of research has gone into this, I see no reason to oppose --DannyS712 (talk) 21:06, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Eskimos have seventy words for Support. Randy Kryn (talk) 21:23, 30 December 2018 (UTC)


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