Most of the time there will be some ice as all of the water is not frozen.
Often snow does not come from clouds at all but goes directly from a vapor
to a crystal. In that cast there is no cloud and no ice. Today it was
snowing heavily on the ground where it was -1C and I found ice in the clouds
all the way to the tops at about 16,000' where it was below -20C (most of
the ice was lower however).

If the snow is the pellet type it is formed by liquid droplets freezing
together, so there is definately liquid water in clouds producing this kind
of snow.

..
Mike
MU-2



"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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Ok, so it's snowing out. Presumably the water in the clouds is all frozen
and
there should be no icing concerns. Under what circumstances am I wrong?

Jose

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