snow level

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snow level (plural snow levels)

The depth of snow accumulated on the ground.
- 2013 April 13, Michael Mello, “Avalanche forecaster killed in Utah avalanche”, in Los Angeles Times:
  An avalanche sloughing off a Utah mountainside killed a state Department of Transportation avalanche forecaster while he was surveying snow levels near a popular winter recreation area, authorities reported.
(meteorology, chiefly Western US) The altitude, in a mountainous region, above which precipitation falls as snow.
- 2009, Allen B. White et al., “Developing a Performance Measure for Snow-Level Forecasts”, in Journal of Hydrometeorology, volume 11, number 3, →DOI:
  The snow level, or altitude in the atmosphere where snow melts to rain, is an important variable for hydrometeorological prediction in mountainous watersheds; yet, there is no operational performance measure associated with snow-level forecasts in the United States.
- 2019 December 20, Hannah Fry, “Rain and snow return to Southern California this weekend. How long will it last?”, in Los Angeles Times:
  Snow levels Sunday and Monday are expected to hover about 6,000 feet before dropping to 5,000 feet midweek.
- 2020 December 18, National Weather Service, 335 AM HST Winter Weather Advisory:
  A surge of moisture moving will produce a wintry mix over the Big Island summits through today. Snow levels are expected to be around 13,000 feet during this time.