Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:05:42 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

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>>> It snowed here in CT, but the air was so dry, nothing hit the
>>> ground. No
>>> complaints from me.
>>
>> Is this some sort of magic, freeze-dried snow?
>>
>> -sw
>
> Actually, yes. The snow precipitates from the clouds but it sublimated
> in the upper atmosphere. Happens with rain sometimes as it can
> evaporate on the way down.


Google or Wikipedia "virga" for an explanation. I happens fairly often
on the east side of the Rockies in Colorado.

gloria p