Sentences with phrase «less snow pack»

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The collars transmit less well through the packed snow of a den, causing a noticeable drop in the signal while a female is inside.

In Alaska, snow pack totals less than 25 percent of average were observed across southern regions of the state, while interior locations had near - average snow pack.

In the Cascade and Sierra Nevada Mountains, snow pack totals were less than 25 percent of normal and record low for several locations.

The accumulation of packed snow in the concrete's seams made opaque grids, grids that were again defined by planes of less dense, more transparent layers of snow that covered the higher surfaces.

These characteristics raise interesting possibilities, for example, years of high growth may be years where there was a robust snow pack that lasted until late spring ranging into mid summer, years with less growth may have been warmer and drier.

Dry conditions and low snow packs lead to an early start to the fire season with Alberta's Fort McMurray fires capturing the world's attention in spring but then the fire season quieted, copious summer rains fell, and record heat became less noticeable.

Climate change has played a part, as we now have less snow - pack.

Add in the jokers — less melt ponds, more snow cover, stressed / weaker ice pack, the volume perhaps more concentrated in areas that melt out — and the height of the 2017 melt season could go any - which - way.