Today we had a little over a dusting of snow. The temperature did reach at least 33 maybe 34. The sun did not come at as far as I know today. Most of the snow had melted but patches remain. I ran to the store a little while ago. When I returned I noticed a white stripe running a crossed the drive like someone painted it. It was snow. I swore someone painted a strip over the drive.
The only thing above the strip are the power lines. My question. Are those power lines. Probably 3 inches thick. Enough to keep solar rays from melting that snow. If not. Any guesses. Just one of those strange things in life.
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Well, anything will cast a shadow and the further off the ground the wires are, the bigger the shadow. Has the sun been out all day? If so, then some angle should have annihilated any snow spot.
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It was actually cloudy all day. That doesn't mean the sun wouldn't heat the ground threw the clouds. And the sun moves. Would that mean the sun was on the same angle as the wires above them. That just seems to not going to happen kind of thing.
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Other possibilities that come to mind (don't know how feasible these are, though, it would depend primarily on how long things have been below freezing there and the overall temperature of the soil):
The snow on the drive melted off but the snow on the lines didn't (no ground heat), the stripe was the remaining snow that fell off the lines right before you got home and made a stripe.
There's a water pipe running underground not very deep which normally wouldn't matter but this was such an edge case that the tiny bit of extra protection from ground heat kept that stripe of snow from melting.
Edited By TPRJones on 1419037310
The snow on the drive melted off but the snow on the lines didn't (no ground heat), the stripe was the remaining snow that fell off the lines right before you got home and made a stripe.
There's a water pipe running underground not very deep which normally wouldn't matter but this was such an edge case that the tiny bit of extra protection from ground heat kept that stripe of snow from melting.
Edited By TPRJones on 1419037310
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Close TPR. Was looking up to much instead of down. The driveway tile is buried there. Bridges freeze before roadways because the cold air can get below them. I can honestly say I have never seen that foot wide strip of snow before. An answer for everything paranormal. Just have to look.
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