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  Snow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Snow is precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes.
Snow is commonly formed when water vapor undergoes deposition high in the atmosphere at a temperature of less than 0°C (32°F), and then falls to the ground.
Where snow is scarce but the temperature is low enough, snow cannons may be used to produce an adequate amount for such sports.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Snow   (908 words)

  
 Snow cannon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A snow cannon is a device used to artificially produce snow.
A snow cannon usually consists of a water nozzle onto which a high pressure jet of air is blown.
If the humidity is low, artificial snow can be made when the temperature is as high as 1 °C (34 °F).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Snow_cannon   (206 words)

  
 Snow - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Snow is commonly formed when water vapor undergoes deposition high in the atmosphere at a temperature of less that 0°C (32°F), and then falls to the ground.
Snow can be also manufactured using snow cannons, which actually create tiny granules more like sleet.
It is generally accepted that an inch of rain is equivalent to ten inches of snow.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /snow.htm   (890 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Snow
Jump to: navigation, search Sleet refers to snow that has partially melted on its fall to the ground, due to surrounding air that is sufficiently warm to partially melt it while falling, but not warm enough to fully melt droplets into rain.
A snow fort is a usually open topped temporary structure made of snow walls that is used for recreational purposes.
Snow sculpture is a sculpture form comparable to ice sculpture in that most of it is now practiced outdoors, and often in full view of spectators, thus giving it kinship to performance art in the eyes of some.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Snow   (3343 words)

  
 SNOW FACTS AND INFORMATION
Snow is commonly formed when water_vapor undergoes deposition high in the atmosphere at a temperature of less than 0°C (32°F), and then falls to the ground.
Snow can be also manufactured using snow_cannons, which actually create tiny granules more like soft_hail.
Where snow is scarce but the temperature is low enough, snow_cannons may be used to produce an adequate amount for such sports.
www.beatlesfacts.com /snow   (848 words)

  
 Search Encyclopedia.com
Himalayas HimalayashĬmäl´eyez, hĬmelā´ez [Sanskrit,=abode of snow], great Asian mountain system, extending c.1,500 mi (2,410 km) E from the Indus River in Pakistan through India, the Tibet region of China, Nepal, E India, and Bhutan to the southern bend of the Brahmaputra River in SE Tibet.
hail hail, precipitation in the form of pellets composed of ice or of ice and snow, occurring at any time of the year, usually during the passage of a cold front or during a thunderstorm.
A snowshoe consists of a light frame of tough wood or aluminum, roughly the shape of a large tennis racket, which is strung with caribou skin or other material and is attached to the shoe in back of a central crossbar in the frame.
www.encyclopedia.com /search.asp?target=Snow+cannon&rc=10&fh=17&fr=11   (426 words)

  
 Snowmaking: The Art and Science - First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Using a snow cannon, a large amount of water is atomized through many tiny nozzles surrounding a giant fan blade.
Snow cannons generate a tremendously greater amount of snow per hour than a traditional air/water gun.
Snow Economics of Natick, Massachusetts is one of the United States' leading manufacturers and distributors of tower guns.
www.firsttracksonline.com /snowmaking.htm   (1943 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Snow
Snow, a form of precipitation, is a crystalline form of water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes.
It is commonly formed when water vapor sublimates high in the atmosphere and then falls to the ground, although it can be manufactured using snow cannon.
Snow fall varies by time and location, including geographic latitude, elevation and other factors which affect weather in general.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Snow   (378 words)

  
 Learn more about Snow in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Since it is composed of small rough particles, it has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by external pressure.
Some mountains, even at or near the equator, have permanent snow cover on their top, including Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
The concept that no two snowflakes are alike is incorrect: in a volume of snow two feet square by ten inches deep there are roughly one million flakes, and so statistically many snowflakes must be visually identical.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/sn/snow.html   (497 words)

  
 1898 Digest
Snow and 1 or 2 others of the quorum should be in perfect harmony and knowledge of financial affairs.
President Lorenzo Snow asked the Presidency as to the duties of the Apostles in Connection with the Presidency in the financial affairs of the Church.
Cannon's speech last week about the Cleveland and McKinley administrations; now his row on the floor today] is just going to bring things to such a crisis that Utah will never receive any recognition.
www.jfs.saintswithouthalos.com /nbks/1898.htm   (3705 words)

  
 Mormon Polygamy (Bigamy)
Three days after his public declaration, President Snow told the apostles that "there were brethren who still seemed to have the idea that it was possible under his administration to obtain a plural wife and have her sealed to him....
Presidents Snow and Cannon wrote a letter to the polygamous wife’s bishop instructing him to accept the woman’s admission that she had given birth to a child and to make no further requirement of her or take action against her.
Cannon took Father into another room where they were alone, to explain to him the status of polygamy in the Church.
www.lds-mormon.com /mormon_bigamy.shtml?FACTNet   (3264 words)

  
 Snow
Cocaine is called "snow", because it is a fine white powder, and it is often sniffed and absorbed from the nasal mucosa.
A snow was a two-masted merchant vessel of the 16th through the 19th centuries, the largest two-masted ship of her period with a tonnage of up to around 1,000 tons, primarily a merchant ship but also used at war.
She carried square sails on both masts, but had a small trysail mast (also called a snowmast) stepped immediately abaft the mainmast from which a trysail with a boom was set, with the luff of the trysail hooped to it.
www.websters-dictionary-online.org /definition/english/sn/snow.html   (3579 words)

  
 Joseph F. Smith and others dealings with Mormon Polygamy
Abraham H. Cannon’s post-Manifesto plural marriage is the first specific evidence that Joseph F. Smith encouraged new polygamous ceremonies, although George Q. Cannon had implied the second counselor’s assent ("satisfactory to all of us") in his 1892 letter on presidency stationery authorizing a polygamous marriage in Mexico for a U.S. resident.
All family accounts agree that Abraham H. Cannon’s plural marriage occurred in June 1896, but the family and public tradition is that Joseph F. Smith performed the ceremony on a steamer between San Pedro, California, and Catahna Island, a story that President Smith and the plural wife, Lillian Hamlin Cannon, consistently denied.
Counselor Cannon, however, was anxious to allow his son Hugh the privilege of marrying plurally six years after the unsuccessful effort to make him a proxy husband for his dead half-brother David.
www.lds-mormon.com /joseph_f_smith.shtml?FACTNet   (4232 words)

  
 Ski Miquel - Skiing Holidays
Snow arrives early to late November, never failed in our years in the resort.
New state of the art cannon in the run from the Lauberhorn down into Wengen, on the down hill course gives good conditions even in a 'dry' year.
However for all recent Easters there has been resort level skiing up to when the resort closes, which is on the weekend nearest the 1st May! The resort has made a very significant investment in snow cannon which ensures that the condition of the runs is always of a good standard.
www.miquelhols.co.uk /snow.html   (267 words)

  
 Entertainment Design: Special Effects - companies producting theatrical lighting supplies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
True North Snow Fluid is a cost-effective, consistent snow effect that leaves minimal residue.
Confetti, confetti cannons, cannon streamers, serpentines, tickertape, and volvanic ash are available in paper or tissue, Mylar and flame-resistant or non-flame-resistant.
Duocannon is a dual-function and high-performance foam and snow cannon constructed entirely of stainless steel and is mounted on heavy-duty casters for easy transportation.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0CVQ/is_11_33/ai_58224268/pg_2   (1199 words)

  
 Understanding the misunderstood: Snow
Snow to me is God's icing on this beautiful planet we call home.
Snow can turn the most run down areas of a city and make them beautiful again.
Sometimes snow can be a social event for an entire city block as they shovel out.
understandingthemisunderstood.blogspot.com /2005/01/snow.html   (229 words)

  
 CLN/AJC - Detour
Placed upon a series of five pedestals, the snow globes contain amusing little dioramas like "Shangri-La," in which a vintage poolside postcard scene of a '50s motel is overtaken by alligators.
On the opposite side of that snow globe image is a tongue-in-cheek map with a bossy red arrow pointing to the titular destination.
Cannon takes the simple device of a snow globe and makes it a window into the imagination.
www.tubecreative.com /artspot/CLN_AJC_Detour.html   (1116 words)

  
 Cannon Mountain Tubing -
Cannon Mountain Alpine Village is a condominium Resort located in the Loon/Cannon Mt. Valley of NH.
Cannon Mountain boasts the most vertical feet in New Hampshire serviced by a 70-passenger aerial tram...
Cannon Mountain Ski Resort, located in Franconia Notch State Park, is primarily...
cannon.faasv.com /index.php?k=cannon-mountain-tubing   (1188 words)

  
 Snow Journal - Serious About Snowsports! 2005 Winter Edition
The roads were fairly crappy, but still was on the slopes by 10:30 or so and hooked up with a fellow sledhauler and his son for some fun in the fresh snow.
it was about as nasty as cannon ever gets with only gary's really worth skiing, and even that had suspect groomed snow due to what i would guess is the composition of the snow (moist with several freeze-thaw periods).
when cannon is scraped up and wind blown, a ~50 minute drive north yields burke with nearly as good trails but almost always better snow conditions.
www.snowjournal.com /page.php?cid=topic5927   (944 words)

  
 Snow cannon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Snow cannon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
A snow cannon is a device used to make artificial (A layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground) snow.
This device is often used by ski hills and (A resort with lodging and facilities for skiing) ski resorts to supplement naturally occurring snow to extend the skiing season.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sn/snow_cannon.htm   (183 words)

  
 WHDH-TV - Boston - What You Need to Build a Snow Gun
Your best bet is an electric compressor that is rated for continuous duty and uses oil (for long life), such as those from Emglo or Ingersoll-Rand.
You will also need a pneumatic hose from the compressor to your home-grown snow gun that is at least 50 ft. long with appropriate adapters at both ends of the hose (your local hardware store can help you with all the parts).
After building the snow gun, you will need to mount it on a sprinkler tower that you can get at your local home and garden store.
www.whdh.com /news/articles/extra/1887   (291 words)

  
 BCS Attachment Details
Your first impression of the BCS snow thrower in action will be that it’s misnamed — it should be called a snow cannon!
Because it conducts the cold quickly and never rusts, snow does not have the tendency to stick to the chute.
So whether you’re scraping a paved drive or avoiding the stones on a gravel drive; whether you’re blowing the snow off your skating pond or clearing a path to the woodpile, there’s a setting appropriate for the job.
www.bcsamerica.com /attachments_details.cqs?catid=6f2eea55c0e8c50ae8bc9ee9d3650778   (183 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - The Snowball Cannon
The cannon can fire 40 ton snowballs (which it generates itself) and it also has a rapid-fire conventional-sized snowball hurler that can fire regular-sized snowballs at the rate of 2 per second.
Also installed were aim limiters so that the cannon could not be aimed at the doughnut stand.
The researchers Afgncaap5 and Garius Lupus and the robot Ampton built the snow cannon out of parts recovered from the UFO.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A270677   (451 words)

  
 The SNOW BLOWER Shop, Glossary
The auger drum has rubber flights that move the snow and pull the machine forward as they scrub snow from the ground.
Dual Stage: A snow blower with a low speed auger that loosens and collects the snow and a higher speed impeller that hurls it up the discharge chute.
These have an all steel auger that does all of the snow handling and the machine is self propelled just like a full size 2 stage machine.
home.gwi.net /~spectrum/snowglossary.html   (1529 words)

  
 Cannon, NH - 11-7-04
It was a fairly wet snow on the bottom of the mountain, a condensed 4-5 inches.
We decided at the bottom not to bring snow shoes as we were optimistic, but not that optimistic.
We followed middle cannon down the mountain, this was the only section of the hill with a few rocks, however, my rock skis did make it through the day with hardly a scratch.
www.alpinezone.com /forums/about2271.html   (877 words)

  
 Daily New England News - Annual Snow Triathlon At Cannon Mountain - Tuesday, January 25, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cannon Mountain will hold the 1st Annual Snow Triathlon with the Littleton Regional Hospital Charitable Foundation on Saturday, Jan. 29.
Cannon Mountain and the Littleton Regional Hospital Charitable Foundation are working to raise monies to benefit Littleton Regional Hospital.
Monies raised will support the Foundation's mission to raise fund for the benefit of Littleton Regional Hospital, including the creation of a permanent endowment to support patient care, equipment needs, and programs directly related to the health and well being of members of the community they serve.
www.onthesnow.com /news/northeast/012505-13349.html   (293 words)

  
 Vasaloppet.se > Nyheter
Responding to the challenge and its obligations, Vasaloppet's organisation is flexing its muscles, and the snow cannons are rumbling.
With three stationary and two mobile snow cannon plants, snow is being produced for, in the first place, the 30-km stretch from Oxberg to Mora.
And if the lack of snow from above continues, then still more equipment will be brought into action to ensure good snow cover for the Sälen - Oxberg stretch.
www.vasaloppet.se /wps/VasaCMS/generated/resources.Nyheter/nyheter/en/Telegram/484.html   (303 words)

  
 Pete's Gilson Snowblower Features Page
Along the way there were also smaller machines including the Snow Cannon, one of the first of the 2 stroke lightweight machines that seem to gain popularity every year.
This is what Gilson branded as the "SNOW CANNON" It was one of the first of the rubber flight 2 stroke machines on the market when introduced in the late 1970s.
Along with the Snow Cannon this was one of the first machines designed with modern safety measures.
home.gwi.net /~spectrum/snowfeatures.html   (3724 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Snow: Economy revs up for takeoff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He slid into a seat still hot to the touch after the hasty departure of his outspoken predecessor, Paul O'Neill, who was jettisoned for being a loose cannon.
Now Snow, former chairman and CEO of CSX Corp., a major transportation company, takes on the role of chief defender of the Bush administration's first-term economic record — including rising deficits and falling employment.
In a meeting with USA TODAY's editorial board, Snow talked about the nation's economic outlook and job prospects.
www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/editorials/2004-03-03-john-snow_x.htm   (1521 words)

  
 Division News: ANNUAL SNOW TRIATHALON AT CANNON MOUNTAIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This Snow Triathlon is a first of its kind in northern New Hampshire.
Cannon Mountain, in rugged Franconia Notch State Park, NH, offers year-round value and fun for the whole family.
Known for the pristine beauty of its setting, Cannon Mountain is operated by the Division of Parks and Recreation of New Hampshire's Department of Resources and Economic Development.
www.nhstateparks.org /ParksPages/parknews/parknews05/SnowTriathalon05.html   (344 words)

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