Warm Enough To Snow
… or fun with Shoveling.
As the temperature drops, moisture is sucked out of the air (PV=nRT) either via snow, or closer to the ground, deposition. So the atmosphere would need to be drastically humidified to make it snow. Well as a “warm” front comes in, it brings with it the higher humidity, and a higher water saturation point potentially dropping all sorts of huge dendrites and plates on us. But, since it is still about 0 degrees Fahrenheit, there is no excess moisture to congeal the plates and we are left with snow that is so dry and fluffy that you can scoop up massive piles and toss it casually over your shoulder. Makes me remember that playing in the snow can be fun.
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