What is the difference between dry snow and wet snow..and how wet snow can cause damage and outage in electrical lines and break trees

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2022/02/01

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Arab Weather - Specialists in the Arab Weather Center indicated before the impact of the last polar depression on Jordan and the Levant, that the type of snowfall that will accompany the depression will be the type that accumulates on tree branches and power lines, causing tree breaks, damage and interruptions in power lines, Are there types of snow that accumulate on tree branches and power lines and other types that do not accumulate?

 

The difference between dry snow and wet snow

dry snow

  1. Dry snow occurs when the temperature is below zero.
  2. Dry snow is in the form of frozen crystals, closer to the cold.
  3. It does not accumulate on tree branches because it is in the form of beads.
  4. It does not cause much damage to infrastructure compared to wet snow.

 

wet snow

  1. Dry snow falls when the temperature is warmer (from 0 to +2).
  2. Wet snow is mostly cotton.
  3. It accumulates heavily on trees and fine lines of caravan because of its cotton-like shape.
  4. It causes great damage to infrastructure.

 

Causes of damage to power lines when falling and accumulating snow

Power lines running in the air between poles can be damaged in three ways:

 

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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