<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 acc_role="text" CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV> <DIV>One possibility.............snow is generally not as deep under the tree canopy because some of the snow is intercepted by the branches.  With the snow not as deep it will appear to melt away more quickly.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Fred Kallien</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:jochapple@earthlink.net href="mailto:jochapple@earthlink.net">Janet Chapple</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:geysers@wwc.edu href="mailto:geysers@wwc.edu">geysers@wwc.edu</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 11, 2005 8:47 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] Non-geyser query</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>In looking at the Webcam of OFG this morning, I was reminded of a <BR>question some of you may be able to answer.<BR><BR>What causes the snow to melt around the base of a tree before the <BR>surrounding snow melts? Maybe this is something we can explore during <BR>this low season.<BR><BR>Janet Chapple<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Geysers mailing list<BR><A title=mailto:Geysers@wwc.edu href="mailto:Geysers@wwc.edu">Geysers@wwc.edu</A><BR><A title=https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers href="https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers">https://mailmanwwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>