What is the difference between wet and powdery snow?

Powdery snow contains less water, on average 5 inches of dry snow will melt to only 0.5 of an inch of water. Wet snow, however, can equal up to an inch of water for every 5 inches of snow. Not only is wet snow heavier and therefore harder to shovel, it's also more likely to accumulate an ice layer than powdery snow. read more

Powdery snow is very light and much of it blows out of the way when you drive through it but it is also the snow that blows across the road and drifts 195 Views Charles Wood, Used to have my own snow blowing/making machine, custom built. read more