How to Use snow line in a Sentence

snow line

noun
  • This is where the rain/snow line will set up.
    — Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The rain/snow line will be well above New York City.
    — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The rain/snow line will shift further northwest, to around I-78 or so.
    — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Where the rain/snow line sets up will determine who sees accumulating snow and who doesn't.
    — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • As of Tuesday morning, the snow line was down below the 3,000' mark.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The rain-snow line is forecast to be 10,500 feet high in the Tahoe basin Tuesday.
    — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
  • In between the rain/snow line, some mixed precipitation is possible.
    — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The latest Futurecast shows the sharp rain and snow line early Tuesday, with steady snow inland and a messy mix near the coast.
    — Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • At the same time, the snow line – the elevation where precipitation shifts from snow to rain – is moving upslope.
    — Agnes MacY, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But the snow line is expected to climb next week as a warmer Pineapple Express system raises the risk of flooding due to heavy rain and snowmelt.
    — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of uncertainty remains in the forecast as temperatures waffle across the area, causing the rain/snow line to continue to shift, the weather service said.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
  • To be effective, tree guards should be buried about 1 to 4 inches in the soil and extend roughly 20 inches above the soil or the anticipated snow line.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025
  • To be effective, tree guards should be buried at least 1 to 4 inches below the soil and extend at least 20 inches above the soil or the anticipated snow line.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Warm air pushed the rain-snow line above 10,000 feet, raising flood risk in the Sierra Nevada foothills and avalanche danger in the Tahoe backcountry.
    — Newsroom Meteorologist, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The snow line dropped significantly since Monday, allowing for fresh snow to cover some of the lower foothills communities like Grass Valley.
    — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Another storm Thursday could lower the snow line even further, potentially to 1,000 feet in the North Bay, Mehle said.
    — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2026
  • This week’s Pineapple Express will send the rain-snow line as high as 10,000 feet in the Tahoe region, meaning most of the precipitation will fall as rain.
    — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But extreme warmth across the West this winter has meant more precipitation falling as rain, not snow — a symptom of global warming, which in recent years has been pushing average snow lines higher in the mountains and changing the timing of runoff.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • But extreme warmth across the West this winter has meant more precipitation falling as rain, not snow — a symptom of global warming, experts say, which in recent years has been pushing average snow lines higher in the mountains and changing the timing of runoff.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Because of their warm origins, Pineapple Expresses often bring above-normal temperatures to California and push the rain-snow line above most Sierra Nevada ski resorts.
    — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026

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