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Eco-freako t1_j5tfjqq wrote

Reply to comment by ballsonthewall in can someone meteorologically explain why snow is adverse to pittsburgh or does mother nature just not want to see us pgh skiers happy? by d071399

This is in addition to what u/ballsonthewall said: It probably also has some to do with the urban heat island effect, which is more severe is summer, but still impacts weather in the winter. Basically, we have a city of concrete buildings that, during the winter, are being heated and emitting some heat out into the environment which creates an overall warmer local atmosphere than the surrounding area.

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ballsonthewall t1_j5tgllr wrote

urban heat island wouldn't really have much impact until the snow is below radar levels anyways. snow might stick less downtown or vary slightly with elevation, but most of the dynamic weather is happening far enough up in the atmosphere to render small changes in what precip looks like at the surface moot.

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