Not yet :-)
> Well this rain on snow thing is overrated. It's all about
> energy.
[interesting point deleted]
>
> I think the real impact of snow is twofold. First, water
> tends to run efficiently on its surface or channels within it
> and thus get to streams _quickly_ (increasing peak flows) and
> without too much infiltration. Second, the soil below
> isothermal snow should be saturated and unable to take up much
> additional water.
There may be other factors. Unconsolidated snow is an extremely good
insulator -- rain, by compacting the snow, may cause solar energy to
be significantly more efficient at melting it. Also, warm rain means
warm air, and, while the specific heat of air is very low, there's
lots of it -- the ratio of the volume of air to the volume of the
rain is probably many thousands of times.
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