Snowmelt refers to the process of snow turning into water when it gets warmer. Full definition
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In my 2003 presentation on earlier snowmelt runoff in the Upper Midwest / northern Great Plains, which I did while I was employed by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) at the North Central River Forecast Center in Chanhassen, MN, I arranged for a national Press Release (PR) which was issued with my money ($ 500). (realclimate.org)
The researchers found that large - scale features of atmospheric circulation — in particular, the strength and position of the Aleutian Low, a semi-permanent, subpolar area of low pressure located in the Gulf of Alaska near the Aleutian Islands — largely determined the timing of snowmelt during spring in Alaska, by either facilitating or inhibiting the transport of warm, moist air into the region. (sciencedaily.com)
In the northern Rocky Mountains in the US, for example, an increase in wildfires has been linked to early snowmelt in spring, extending the dry summer. (carbonbrief.org)