Rare weather occurrence: Soar finds industrial snow in Hungary
On very fine, cloudless, slightly breezy, but extremely cold days, if the right atmospheric conditions are met, industrial areas can produce snow.
Nearby factories that are producing a lot of localised heat, can cause steam and moisture to rise, coming into contact with near saturated air, which results in the creation of snow crystals, and there, snow falls further downwind. In most cases, no further away than 3–5km away.
Moreover, the total depth of the snow is seldom over 3–5 inches, spread unevenly across the affected area.
The snow is not dangerous or toxic.
Overview Location: Budapest, Hungary
Found on Soar: Industrial Snow in Budapest, Hungary
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Below we used Soar’s neat ‘Area of Interest’ (AOI) tool to look at imagery from this region of Budapest complete with annotations.
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