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Snow will not cause the ice to melt.........however if there is over say 6 or more inches of snow on the ice it will somewhat insulate the ice causing it to not thicken as quick as if it was bare ice........will still make ice but just at a slightly slower rate......
I'll be more dramatic: unless it's very cold, the ice will thicken MUCH slower. It may not thicken unless the temps drop below 20*f or lower. Snow is a GREAT insulator. Pray for one or two days of high winds to blow most of it off. The weight of it will also push the ice down enough to bring water on top of the ice, causing slush problems
how does snow insulate ice so htat it doesn't make good ice. the temperature it is insulating is the temperature of the ice. so lets say the ice is 32*, then its 20 degrees out. so lets say the temp balances inbetween the two temps. that will still make good ice. tell me how i'm wrong
reverse engineering young man its not the ice temps but the water temps ice grows from the bottom and melts from the top and bottom,as the snow increases the heat transfer from the water to the ice to the air is impeded so it either stops freezin or meltsjust saying and stayed at a holiday innn expreesss lolGOD BLESS YOUmo