Water to Snow 2 03-06-07

[pwneropwnage]

neat

[HentaiSweetie]

Science is fucking awesome. <3

[iamthejtg]

This works in Albuquerque, NM right now, its only -4 F though. I think it still does it because we have zero humidity whatsoever.

[MWOObserver]

@iamthejtg The humidity is the key in your case!

[k2theC2thejo]

I just did this in 1 degree weather. I wonder perhaps if it would work as long has it was under 32.

[MWOObserver]

@k2theC2thejo The exact temperature at which this "trick" works is only partially dependent on the temperature. The other part of the equation is humidity, or the amount of water vapor in the air. If the air is drier, this will tend to work at warmer temperatures than if the air were moister.

[MWOObserver]

@AryanAce786 Lights and Sounds, by Yellowcard

[knickknack07]

crappy music dubbing aside...you are not seeing snow. You are seeing a thick fog. That is why it does not drop like snow (if you were somewhere with no wind, it would rise, not fall)

[MWOObserver]

@knickknack07 I assure you, what you are seeing is indeed snow. Starting at temperature around 20 below, boiling water will instantly crystallize into snow. Boiling water works best because the molecules of water are then further apart, and are able to more easily crystallize. The reason it does not drop like snow that you are accustomed to seeing has to do with the size of the snow crystals.

[MWOObserver]

Because of the spontaneous nature of the crystallization in this particular case, the snow crystals are so small that they are able to "float", and they also take on the appearance of fog, or steam.

Additionally, it is not possible to throw hot water into air that is as cold as it is in our video, and have that water turn into a "thick fog". The physics behind the situation simply wouldn't allow it.

[MWOObserver]

Keep in mind that fog is simply a ground based cloud, and a cloud is simply liquid water droplets suspended in the air (or ice crystals in the case of cirrus clouds). In other words, what you are suggesting is scientifically impossible.

[Trystenselinger]

@MWOObserver nerd

[MWOObserver]

@Trystenselinger Thank you!

[theanator123]

in soviet russia snow freeze you

[CancorseTV1]

this is amazing btw nice song :) lights and sounds yellowcard :D

[fallenskies2010]

It doesn't need to be this cold to do the experiment. I live in Wisconsin and did this last winter and the temp. was around 6 with I wind chill of -7, I believe. We also didn't boil the water, we put it in the microwave for about 3-4 minutes, depending on how much you're trying to heat up, and it worked just fine! It's -25 here right now and I'm SO doing it!

[MWOObserver]

@fallenskies2010 Very true. If the air has a very low RH, then this will tend to work at slightly warmer temperatures. However, in our experience on Mount Washington, it works best with temperatures below 20 below zero.

[fallenskies2010]

@MWOObserver Well, yours still looked cooler than mine. Our clouds weren't as big as the ones you guys got here.

[lightningfire000]

if you threw the boiling water in someone's face,will they get hit with snow or the water?

[MWOObserver]

@lightningfire000 That depends on exactly how cold it is, and also how humid the air is. The colder and drier the air, the more likely it would be that all the water would crystallize into snow before hitting the person's face.

[yorkylass1]

Cool...Boys 'an their toys'!!!

[pacrozier]

I got married on Mt. Washington (the old stone hut) on summer many years ago. Not cold enough to turn steam to snow, but still bloody cold. Also camped out on Mt. Washington (just below Lake of the Clouds) late October once, and that was cold enough to turn steam to snow. You should post some footage of those huge ice crystals that grow sideways off everything.

[Hadgfeet]

like this if bbc news brought you here

[chrisycee]

anyone know why it has to be boiling water? surely cold water would just work faster? am i missing something?

[MWOObserver]

@chrisycee Boiling water does indeed work better than room temperature or cold water. When water is heated, the individual molecules of water spread out, allowing them to crystallize more easily when thrown into the cold air. This can also work with room temperature or cold water, but the air temperature has to be even colder than it is in this video.

[chrisycee]

@MWOObserver ahhhh ok thanks

[surgicasurgeon]

@MWOObserver If we freeze water, it turns into ice cubes, which hasmore volume than room temperature water. So how could individual molecules of hot water be spread out; arent they more compacted together since hot water has a smaller volume than colder water or ice?

[TheAviator8]

The coldest i have even been in was -10F in Chicago suburbs 2007

[budgeX2]

i saw this on BBC news. they did it in Siberia at -50 degrees celcius.

[Hanssen69]

WOW thats impressive. 

[plutonium9]

My wife's feet get colder than this. 

[ZichaMatrix]

@plutonium9 My wife's heart gets colder than this.

[bankpartys]

@ZichaMatrix HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAHAHA+

[TheLastBrainLeft]

This looks like a perfect video for the Mythbusters to test.

[SparkofDarkness1]

it would be funny if some poor bastard did this when it was just snowing at zero degrees and they assumed it was cold enough haha

[SparkofDarkness1]

it would be funny if some poor bastard did this when it was just snowing at zero degrees and they assumed it was cold enough haha

[adamjh2000]

lol, technical equipment using farenheight? WTF.

[MWOObserver]

Not sure what you're saying here...

[jonnygb4]

@MWOObserver what he is saying is, its Old fashioned.

[djjaxon]

@MWOObserver ... that you can't spell.

[controlfreak451]

@MWOObserver Even in the U.S. almost all scientific equipment uses the metric system. Kilometers, Kilograms, Centigrade, etc. Thus it is strange seeing Fahrenheit.

Stranger still, someone acting like a douche about it and still spelling it wrong :D

[adamjh2000]

I just found it really strange that some technical equipment (i,e. the thermal camera) was using farenheight (which you wouldn't expect to see on that sort of equipment).

[onojmai]

@adamjh2000 most technical stuff here in the US operates with Celsius, or both. i imagine they used Fahrenheit for their American audience- better perspective.

the boiling water trick works up to around -23F (-30C)...

try doing it with room-temperature water. it doesn't work, just drops to the ground as a puddle of soon-to-be frozen water.... ah, physics and chemistry...

[TheLastBrainLeft]

@adamjh2000 Scientists generally use metric measurements to maintain international compatibality. I think that using Fahrenheit for this video is more appropriate, since it's the scale we all use in every day situations

[NigelLoller]

@adamjh2000 yeah.. water boils at 200 degrees!!! Thats nothing they still use sixteenths of an inch instead of mm

[MUSICOBLISS]

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[frank182uio]

i just did it with -16C its awesome

[L4ff]

I´m norwegian, and I served my duty at the russian border. We did this alot at temperatures down to -40d C. It´s really amazing :)

[deadwisky]

yep it has too be boiling

[SuperDas17]

its about the molecules... they travel a lot faster when warmed up and boiling compared to cold water. and since the temperature outside is so much colder it makes a much faster physical change

[flanksteak1]

@SuperDas17

It's because the boiling water or almost boiling water turns to steam droplets which then freeze faster due to greater surface area exposure VS a stream of cold water.

[MWOObserver]

It actually has nothing to do with steam.

Boiling water works best simply because the water molecules are spread further apart, allowing them to crystalize much more easily.

[nAyGiNi]

awesome!

[karachisay]

good

[M8Ball90]

Is this only possible when throwing boiling water? Like, if the water was around 10 degrees cooler or if the temperature difference was 10 degrees warmer. How wide is the range?

[atroposBE]

im pretty sure it has to be boiling.

[MWOObserver]

The water doesn't have to be boiling, but it helps when temperature and humidity are a bit marginal.

[taytayg93]

why does it say that you boiled water to 200 degrees F if water doesnt boil til 212 degrees F hahaha

[algol85]

@taytayg93 speaking about things you are not very informed about is ok, but laughing at other people... crosses the stupidity line. Boiling point depends on the pressure.

[kimmmmiex3]

cool!

[surfwrv757]

you call that a pot?

[freshimanx]

what song is this??

[michael89254]

GOOD SONG....what is it?

[Tricotine69]

What is the song?

[Aznboi986]

i have done this before but in like -10 degree fahrenheit but the water does hit the ground...when that vapor hits you is it still hot?or do you not feel it?

[4blackout]

what the warmest you can do this at?

[lilchasdogg101]

what does NH stand for causse it doesn t look like new hampshire

[Pingletons]

This is New Hampshire.

[Noobass2oooo]

thats because its showing his farm.. not the state of new hampshire

[surfandsk8]

Thats not a farm, its the top of Mount Washington, hence the reason for the extremely cold temperatures.

[tplfc42187]

Its New Hampshire. The top of Mount Washington gets REALLY cold and REALLY windy (fastest winds ever recorded, Look it up if you don't believe me)

[dressedinplastic]

it might be because new hampshire is kindn of shaped like a rectangle standing up, and the frame the video is shown in is basically square, so I could see where you could mess up there. Maybe NH stands for something else. MAYBE YOU'RE AN IDIOT It's like a fucking garage with snow outside, how does that not look like new hampshire or even anywhere where there's snow? You goddamned idiot!!!!!!!!

[itsgrizbear]

Stupid people should not comment on things they know nothing about....

[MariusSemeonOrtiz]

thats so cool i wish i could do that but here its hot not cold...

[GoPlayGo]

dude thats awsome

[matt61]

Pretty cool

and for all those wandering

the song is Lights and Sounds by Yellowcard =)

[drew86]

why don't u try something other than water? Like boiling coffee, milk, soup would be messy but the results might be interesting. haha

[r0ck3tsm0k3]

:) Cool idea.

[jumpforkangaroos]

hot water doesnt freeze faster, sir. (delta)T is greater in hot water to freezing then cold water to freezing. so why would it take less time?

[dboshen]

Actually, I'm pretty sure its been proven hot water does freeze faster than room temperature water.

[rekenner]

Nope. Doesn't make sense.

[christiaanrem]

trust me it does, since the warmth gets extracted from the warm water faster then the little bit of warmth colder water has, it goes down much faster then cold water if you look at the temperature

[kozzy123mine]

....the rate of heat transfer is faster with the hot water in cold air than it would be wit cold water. So some effects that would be rate-dependent or -sensitive are exaggerated. Maybe that's the thing with the freezing. I dunno.

[kaylher13]

that was my friends science fair, and yer right.

[dannoluvzurmom]

lol hot water freezez faster and cold water boils faster. i culd explain it cuz its been scientificly proven but i dont feel like typeing that much soo look it up for yourself if u odnt beleive me

[GDragonSage]

Cold water does not boil faster than hot water. That's an old wive's tale. However, warm water does freeze faster than cold. It's called the Mpemba effect.

[x3fishy14]

only in slightly more extreme conditions like this one. but yeah. if you're just boiling water to make spaghetti you should use hot water.

[rekenner]

Except it hasn't been. Because it doesn't make sense.

It ... works under very, very specific conditions. These are not those.

[wolfbrother1000]

Way cool. No pun intended.

[CHEEEEZE121]

wat the song called// nice video nice work :)

[OMGLysses]

Haha I wish I could do that up there. Mt. Washington was calm when I went up there XD

but it is pretty amazing. Lmao

[Staffffford]

-35F?? Ive been in -35C, but -35F?? ^.o

[tfinvold]

-40 is a common temp that Fahrenheit & Celsius share, so -35 is almost the same, a variance of like a degree or two, its about the same, so you've seen the cold before, so that's just brr, yeah for some reason it snowed where I live today, and its the middle of may.

[snaperdoodles16]

cool?

[hanniballisticbear]

I am about an hour from MtWashington, I might go and try that.

[KosyenElef]

Wait.. doesn't make sense. Does the temperature of the water affect the changing into the snow?

Haven't you guys heard? If its too cold, its impossible for it to snow. Too Cold To Snow. North Pole doesn't know, it freezes. I have a big feeling that the the white was just steam. I dunno why.

-By a Twelve year old

[MWOObserver]

It can be too cold to snow but that does not occur until about -40C (or -40F). IT can snow at temperatures below -40 but the capacity for the atmosphere to do so makes it difficult. What usually happens are ice crystals instead. We were only at -30F (approx) that day so snow was still possible.

A handful of factors affect snow formation: * Droplet size * Air temperature * Humidity * Droplet temperature * Water purity

[KosyenElef]

Oh ok... Hey im only a twelve year old, xD Thats good enough for me

[ChazEverest]

It does snow on both poles and well below -40

What is happening here though is not really snow. The water is flash frozen when it is thrown into the air. It comes down like snow.

[JMRabil675]

where i live it can get really cold (a high of 20 or soo) and really hot in the summer (into the 100 range!!!).....its fall right know and the low temp for Wednesday is is 29 degressF.......thats accualy cold where i live!!!so basically we have all the seasons...exept for the fact that it ussaly snows in the spring...we have really effed up weather here....in feb we had 5 inches of ice!!! we where off school for a week and a half

[Magicxz]

this may be a stupid question but was the snow kinda warm lol?

[iluvcarssomuch]

lol ive been in -35 degrees F. it is not fun :(

[x3fishy14]

yeah with wind chill where i live it's been down to -60. insane.

[zip1996]

i learned that the hotter the water the faster the freeze.

so remember that.

[ednut69]

i would've liekd to see you attempt to pour the boiling water onto your hand, and have it turn to snow before it ets to your hand.

[tracy1010]

Gosh I wish I live in somewhere like this. Singapore is hot and humid all year round. pV=nRT

[jespo26]

i do that all the time i live in buffalo

[chris198099]

is he a teacher

[cottenmonkey93]

Awesome that wountain is in my back yard, not literly im in center conway nh, noiut I was just up there today for acamp (hiking)

[Tiggercobalt]

Why does the water do that?

[jockofthebush]

cuz its so damn cold that the water turns instantly into snow

[cottenmonkey93]

because it is really cold

[baronvf]

pv=nRt

[tommywm24]

I think because it was so cold it froze the boiling hot water instantly

[windknife]

y didnt they tip over the stuff instead of flinging it into the air

[riNT0]

GO TO SIBERIA ;)

[tasdik2002]

Come to Canada in February....u will have the chance to ice as much water as u want... i am mean water thru a hose.

[3Deity]

A guy I knew in special forces told me boiling water was ice in 20 seconds if taken off the heat. I never believed him until now!

[F3arWhopperJr]

the guy throwing the water is the son of my science teacher, seriously.

[sarex362]

ı like that kind of video ı want to be there

[deaconproject]

I like this kind of stuff

[JangoRocks]

why didn't you try this with liquid water (about 4° C).

cause water becomes faster to ice when it's hot...

[jsweissman]

This is interesting. i wander if it would work if the water was not boiling

[xXxmidgexXx]

I suggenstion.Use high temp spray guns if possibel.

[jlashure]

that is pretty crazy...i also heard that temps on mt washington got into the 90 belows that week, thats pretty rediculous.

[experimentjon]

Wow...that was way cooler than I thought it would be. I was expecting to basically watch paint dry.

[Siffblu]

Yellowcard ftl. Great video though.

[novabruce]

I'd love to try this, but in Florida it's just kinda dangerous! Awesome place, Mt. Washington. I can't wait to go back!

[tammimoore999]

add vanilla! get ice cream

[wenalorm]

lol this song makes me wana play burnout revenge....

[mesmerman]

yeah

[Alademuerte]

Wow, this video is amazing. That's just crazy! This definitely needs to be featured.

[nealio1222]

dude thts soo cool

[RockerChick2103]

Nevermind lol lights and sounds by yellowcard ._.

[RockerChick2103]

Awesome

Whats the song called? lol

[PabstOut]

pretty sure boiling water freezes faster than tap temp

[effectus]

I have done the same thing with an air temperature of -12 here in Saint Cloud, MN, so it doesnt take -30 to have that happen. very old trick btw.

[MWOObserver]

That's true, it can occur at different temperatures but the key thing to look at is humidity. If it is extremely dry, you can do it at "warmer" temperatures.

[pjmantia]

Amazing cold, very entertaining video, with great music.

Cheers to you guys up on the Rok !

[nicoledecal]

it's videos like this that make youtube invaluable to educators :) Thank you so much! nicole in nashua

[MWOObserver]

Glad to hear that we are being used in the classroom.

[mangolefty]

Awesome. Try blowing soap bubbles in 15 degrees F. It is also pretty cool, dont need as much cold.

[poppa2006]

uhh! Doesn't take much to entertain some people!!!!

[LubeSkywalker]

AWESOME.

[DigitalDiabloUK]

Looks cool, but doesn't it just turn to steam? Shame about the crock music backing!!

[orlaspirit]

well done =)

[notoddencamping4life]

cool!!

[petenice666]

Amazing vid, crummy music

[darmafb]

Going to Key West tomorrow! Don't be jealous

[darko2oo4]

ermmmm whatever

[Pheeba]

Brrrrr!

[jaredmetalhead666]

awsome vid, tho i HATE the song, any emos who wanna know what it is, its light and sounds by yellowcard

[colindude]

I bet that woundn't work with cold water.

[outlawjdr]

it would work with any water no matter the temperature. The air is neg 35 degrees. It will cause frostbite the instant the air touches your skin.

[L0r3n]

No I won't. I've been to -35C many, many times with no trouble. I've actually been to around -45C and had no trouble (except when it started to wind).

[MWOObserver]

It actually wasn't working with cold water, we tried that as well.  It would pour out and then freezed quickly on the ground and not turn to a cloud of ice crystals.

[Dmitry1990]

lol afcorse it would, even faster

[twss44]

coolio

[smitf09]

dude thts amazing. i bloody loved it.

[EveryMomentHasMusic]

wats the song?

[Grajiin]

lights and sounds by yellowcard

[sj67]

lol it takes out the flame on the way down.

[MamaBunnie]

Thats friggin cold.. thanks

[rabair]

I'm over here in neighboring VT... not quite as cold, but we're still sweating balls due to "global warming" as well.. Currently it's almost Noon and it's 1F, with -30F windchill (yes, NEGATIVE 30, 30 BELOW 0)... And that's not in the mountains!

[Reemyfuckman]

Pretty cool...

[PCDON87]

literally.

[slipknotFreakChar]

cool

[Ahippi]

i gets colder in Miami Beach.

[JC80]

that's cool

[KevL3]

Its -37 degrees celcius. Pretty damn cold!

[SamuraiGunSanji]

well its -35F at there, in F -37C is probably around -3-10

[theklutz321]

what song was that

[llbadge]

New Hampshire rocks!!! Especially....LINCOLN!!

[willday06]

-37 celcuis i believe

[L0r3n]

-35F is about -37 C.

I got to try this some time. It's not rare for the temperature to go down to -40 C here in Finland in Winter so I won't be needing any fancy machines for it.

[MWOObserver]

You don't need to wait for -40C, just make sure it is below zero with low relative humidity and that your water is as hot as it can get and it should work.

[effectus]

any sub zero temperature is considered 'dry' since it cant hold that much moisture anyway, so it would work in pretty much any subzero temperature day. to get cold to freeze in mid air and break on impact as it reaches the ground the air temperature needs to be at least -50f. several people have done that in Fairbanks, AK.

[Sakuya29]

Amazing!

[girtulis]

it is about -37C not so cold as u think, in Latvia few weeks ago it was -32C

[latinoguy16]

that was discvered a long time ago its just that not everyine knows it

[hoqboy]

dude thats frigging awsom!

[olaifeartaigh]

50% of comments are about the frigging song? who cares.

good vid anyway, wish I could try that

[Jimichu]

1. can it freeze pee?

2. would that hurt?

-_-