If i packed a 5 gallon bucket with snow. How much water would i have when it melted
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On average, 10 inches (25 centimeters) of snow is equal to inch (2.5 centimeters) of water. Heavy, wet snow may contain as much as 16 percent meltwater by volume. A dry, powdery snow may be as little as1/13meltwater by volume. So, to answer your question, 5 gallons of snow would be equal to 1/2 gallon of water when melted, on average. http://www.enotes.com/science-fact-finder/weather-climate/how-much-water-there-an-inch-snow
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According to what I glanced over at http://www.kbs.msu.edu/k12/resources/documents/Snow.Water.Volume.pdf , you'd have about 1.85 gallons of water.
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